Joe Orlando has been an advanced collector of sportscards and memorabilia for nearly 20 years. Joe has established himself in the hobby as a respected authority on pricing in virtually all major areas of the advanced market. Joe attended Westmont College in Santa Barbara California where he studied communications and was a team captain and catcher for the baseball team. After a brief stint in the minor leagues Joe obtained a Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School in Southern California in the spring of 1999. During the last six years Joe has authored several collecting guides and dozens of articles for Collectors Universe Inc. Joe's first book The Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby was released in the summer of 2002. Joe has appeared on several radio and television programs as a hobby expert including ESPN's award-winning program Outside the Lines and HBO's Real Sports as the featured guest. Currently Joe is President of PSA and PSA/DNA. He is also Editor of the company's nationally distributed Sports Market Report which under Joe's leadership has developed into the leading price guide in the market |