Golden Oak Online Auctions LLC

Our Team

Michael K. Johnson Director and Auctioneer
He has been a full-time professional in the auction business now for over 41 years. He began collecting postage stamps at the age of six, and began buying and selling stamps as a professional in college. Strong academic background in math and computer science, also history and languages. Learned the auction and catalog business by working for Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc. in San Francisco from 1978 to 1988, eventually ending up as general manager. In 1989 he worked for a year as a vice-president of Robert A. Siegel Auctions in New York (then the largest stamp auction firm in the world). He began MKJ Associates as a consulting and service group in 1990, after returning to California, and began developing the auction management software that eventually became Catalog Master. Began Golden Oak Philatelic Mail Sales (the predecessor of Golden Oak Online Auctions) in 1991. He is a recognized expert in many areas of rare stamps and rare books, and also has considerable experience in numismatics, autographs and other auction areas.

mkj@gooaucs.com

Sydney Shreve Director of Marketing
Sydney completed his B.F.A. in Industrial Design from Savannah College of Art and Design in late 2018. Following his graduation he has worked in various product and graphic designer roles, before joining GOOA in 2020. Having been raised in the stamp auction business, he is excited to have combined his design passions with his family's industry.

sydney.n.shreve@gmail.com

James Elmen Expert Consultant for World Coins
President of Worldwide Coins of California, with decades of experience in the auction business, James is widely recognized for his deep knowledge of European and Latin American coinage. He is a world authority on Russian coinage, and has handled some of the most important Russian coin collections ever formed. Member for many years of the prestigious International Association of Professional Numismatists. James has been associated with us in one way or another since June 2000.