Gary R. Sullivan,
Has passionately pursued the world of antiques, since the age of 10 and now is a nationally recognized authority on early American clocks with over 30 years experience in the antiques business. Gary has been involved in the antiques business on a full time basis since age 18.

As president of his Sharon, Massachusetts based business, Gary R. Sullivan Antiques Inc., he specializes in American antique furniture from the Queen Anne through Classical periods, with particular emphasis on important American Clocks.

Beginning as a self-taught antique furniture restorer, his early career was principally devoted to the restoration of furniture and clocks, which quickly transitioned into buying and selling antiques. This experience with furniture restoration, provided him with an excellent working knowledge of early furniture making methods and construction techniques, which has proven invaluable for authenticating antique furniture.

He maintained a small shop in Newton, Massachusetts for 12 years, followed by a retail antiques store in West Townsend, Massachusetts for almost 10 years. Today, Mr. Sullivan works with private individuals to assemble collections of fine authenticated American Antique furniture and clocks. He is frequently called upon by institutions, auction houses, antiques dealers and collectors to appraise, authenticate and catalogue early American clocks.

Mr. Sullivan has shared his expertise in ongoing guest television appearances on PBS shows The Antiques Roadshow, Find! and most recently The New Yankee Workshop. He has also lectured on early American clocks and has contributed to books and scholarly research on that subject. He is currently co-authoring a Winterthur sponsored book entitled Harbor and Home; the Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850.

Working as an independent scholar, Mr. Sullivan has been gathering information on New England clockmakers, particularly those working in Southeastern Massachusetts, for over twenty years. He maintains and continues to compile a comprehensive computerized database of all known illustrations of early American clocks from every available print source, some over 100 years old. Those sources include books, magazines, trade publications, auction catalogues and photographs. This database currently includes over 10,000 entries.

Born in Newton, Massachusetts Gary attended 12 years of parochial school, where he developed a passion for basketball, playing on the varsity squad, a devotion that he competitively maintains today. In 1975-76, he attended Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He was admitted to the society of American MENSA in 2001 and maintains a current membership.

His professional affiliations include membership in the Society of American MENSA, the New England Appraisers Association, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association, Suburban Antique Dealers Association (past board member) and Massachusetts Better Business Bureau. He lives in Sharon, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children.