Jeff Savage, ISA, is a veteran antiques appraiser who has evaluated more than $500 million in property in the last quarter century. His own website, SavagesGuide.com Antiques & Collectibles Online Research Library, organizes Internet resources useful to appraisers, dealers and the general public. Jeff is an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers, the nation's largest association of personal property appraisers. After recently serving a three-year term on the ISA Board of Directors, he received the ISA's Outstanding Member of the Year award in 1999.

Jeff is also a long standing member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP), an international association whose members provide such information services as online database searching, specialized research in specific subject areas, and related services.

Ryan Polite is an innovative Web professional whose specialty is designing dynamic, database-driven websites. In 1999 he sold his partnership in Rhythm Net Design Group, a Los Angeles multimedia design firm, and relocated to northern California to join Jeff in the development of SavagesGuide.com and the founding of eCollectica Publishing. Educated at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, he combines more than 20 years of computer knowledge with a passion for the field of interactive electronic entertainment.