From 1977 to 1999, he was owner and operator of Frame-Up, Inc., a retail art gallery and picture framing establishment. During those years he worked with many local and regional artists, published their works in print and book form and handled thousands of original works. In 1995, he became consultant to Pacific Book Auction Galleries of San Francisco, California, assisting them in the establishment of their Autograph and Manuscript Department and was named director in 1997. Jack has been a member of the Manuscript Society since 1974 and the International Autograph Dealers Alliance, and is an accredited autograph appraiser with the Universal Autograph Collector’s Club, a member of the Book Club of California and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Currently an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers having successfully completed the ISA Core Course in June, 2011 and USPAP Course (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) in January 2012. He is also a member of the Ephemera Society of America and the Ephemera Society of the UK, member and past president of the Executives’ Association of Reno, Nevada. And currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Historic Reno Preservation Society, 2012-2013.