About Us

Curriculum Vitae

JEFFREY ANDREW SCHRAMEK

Personal
Born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the family lived until 1961, when they moved to Morton Grove, Illinois, where he passed through primary and secondary school.

Higher Education
College: undergraduate
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, USA; completed a B.A degree in History

Graduate studies
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois; completed an M.A degree in History

Professional studies
Chicago Police Department, Metropolitan Training Program; graduated/certified as an Illinois Local Law Enforcement Officer.

Professional Associations
Orders and Medals Society of America (O.M.S.A.), Member since 1983:
Presented a scholarly seminar at OMSA's 1994 national convention, concerning "Styles of Collecting" of historical award insignia; collaborated with Joseph Berton for an exhibit on the awards of Lord Winterton, and published booklet With Lawrence in Arabia, 1989 OMSA convention.

Orders and Medals Research Society (of U.K.); State Microscopical Society of Illinois.

Military Service
U.S. Army, USAR Control Group (ROTC), Honorable Discharge, 1974.

Work Experience
City of Chicago Department of Aviation, Security Guard and Special Police Officer for over 26 years; retired on pension.

Editing of books by Joseph L. Daleiden: The Science of Morality: The Individual, Community, and Future Generations, (1998) and The American Dream: Can It Survive the 21st Century? (1999)

Entrepreneurial activity concerning collecting, dealing, brokering and consulting in regards to historical award objects, from c. 1987 to present.

Travel
Visits to London, England; and Stockholm, Sweden, consulting with personnel at the Swedish Royal Coin Cabinet Museum, the Nobel Foundation, and the Nobel Prize diploma-binding firm Falth & Hassler AB.

Media
Interviews about award-objects, on local television in Chicago, Illinois, late 1990's, e.g. on WGN-TV Morning News, and the popular program Wild Chicago;

Subject of articles/segments (concentrating on Sir J. Chadwick's Nobel Prize set) in the national and international press, e.g.: "Nobel for Sale" Fermi News, February 5, 1999; "Neutrons for all", in Frank Munger's column, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 5, 2003; and "Nobel Price: way over Rs 10 lakh" in the Economic Times of India, 7 April 2004 (regarding the stolen R. Tagore Nobel Prize medal caper).

Interview on SVT1/ SVT2 (Swedish national television), broadcast during intermission of Nobel Prize ceremonies, 10 December 2006.

Major Exhibits
Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Philanthropic Honors
Royal Association of Knights Bachelor , (founded by King Peter II of Yugoslavia, a hero for the Allied cause in WWII, in 1970) Associate Member , certificate number 46, 1992.

Community activities
Presentations about collecting of award-objects, in Chicago metropolitan area, e.g. at Northbrook Rotary Club.

Recognized contributions (in person or via email) to debates about the economy/financial markets, with Jean-Claude Trichet (President of the European Central Bank), Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Simon Johnson ( former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund), Joseph Bast (President of the Heartland Institute), Dean Baker (co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research), and widely-respected web-based experts Clive Maund, FOFOA, Michael "Mish" Shedlock, and Ken Rutherford (of the Fisch fake gold etc. coin detector ); such contributions have been particularly frequent as an active, regular participant at the semi-annual Chicago Resource Expo.

Occasional panel member, Association for the Development of Philosophy Teaching, semi-annual conferences, at Roosevelt University (Chicago, Illinois) and Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois), 1990's.

Awards of Outstanding International Importance to Statesmen and Heroines

Telephone 773-539-5751
FAX 773-304-0131
Postal address
P.O. Box 300791, Chicago, IL 60630, USA
Electronic mail buynobel@sbcglobal.net
Prices available upon request.

More details available upon (justified) request.

Jeffrey Schramek, M.A., research and historical context
Kathy Foulke, Kenneth Goldberg, Donald Richie, and Judy Kratochvil, international social liaison.
Donald Richie and Joseph Berg, photography
Judy Kratochvil, technology consultancy.
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We have had some of our Awards of Outstanding International Importance on display, at every convention of the Orders and Medals Society of America , since 1991.
Our expertise has been consulted by responsible persons in this Society in the most significant circumstances (e.g. from the standpoint of protecting the integrity of the Society's reputation for displaying only authentic specimens). These conventions are attended by major collectors and dealers from around the world. The public is permitted into these conventions on a Saturday; in 2012, the convention will be held in Dallas, Texas, on 18 August. We cordially invite interested parties to meet with us to discuss any aspects of the collecting of awards. From 2008 on, when we sell at this Convention, our prices are more flexible for those who pay with bank cheques, or currency of any major economy (e.g. euros, yen, Candos) .
We have also been consulted by scholars and others, (e.g. insurance firms) about such issues as (market) evaluations of award objects, esp. Nobel Prizes.

J.A. Schramek
& Associates

We are a MAX Show Certified Dealer, see
http://www.germandaggers.com/maxcertified.htm , and http://www.germandaggers.com/maxcertifieddealers.htm
(scroll down to the letter "S" group to find "Schramek").

From http://www.themaxshow.com/dealers.htm :
"We established a "MAX CERTIFIED DEALER" program. The program follows simple guidelines, similar to the thousands of neighborhood Better Business Bureaus designed to promote consumer confidence throughout the United States."

Orders and Medals Society
of America, member since 1983

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40 page booklet,
published 1942

J. Schramek and K. Foulke with Anders Bárány, Senior Curator at the Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2000.

Indian national hero R. Tagore, and his Nobel Prize for Literature medal, which was stolen in 2004, this act prompting the Indian press to query J. Schramek about the value of Nobel Prize medals.
J. Schramek & Associates was able to contribute to the resolution of an impasse between the Nobel Foundation and authorities in India, regarding the Indian request that the Foundation send a gold replacement for the stolen medal. (See "Nobel Foundation to replace Tagore's stolen medal with replica" (OutlookIndia.com, 1 Oct. 2004), and "Chennai-based firm to replace stolen Tagore Nobel medallion" (The Hindu, 28 Aug. 2004 ).

Among other significant persons with whom Schramek has built very friendly relations are
musician George Flynn (ret., De Paul U. chairman of Musicianship and Composition )

Prof. Marty Harrow (was director of the Psychology Dept. at U. Of Illinois at Chicago, before his recent semi-retirement; a Chess Master known in chess circles for having given Bobby Fisher fits in tournament play)

Maurice "Skip" Guerin , (OHare) Aviation Police Watch commander, and

investment Compinance Officer Pete Contos , North Star Investment Management Corporation and North Star Investment Services

We have excellent relations with the following major dealers/ auctioners, having sold or bought significant pieces or groups to/from or through them over the decades:

David Erskine-Hill, Chris Hill, Nimrod Dix, and Pierce Noonan of Dix Noonan & Webb
Richard Black of the London Medal Company (previously Chelsea Military Antiques)
Dmitry Markov of The New York Sale (w/ Baldwin’s etc.)
Igor Moyseev of Atlantic Crossroads
Gregory Klimovich of the Medal House
Andrew Litherland (formerly w/ Glendinings and Spink & Son)
James Morton & Paul Wood of Morton & Eden (they took over for Sotheby's medals dept.)
Jeff Floyd of FJP Auctions (specialist in US awards)

We have superbly friendly relations with the following dealers in fields not directly related to ours:

John & Karl Subak of Subak, Inc. (coins, in the Chicago Loop)
Tim DeWine of Expression Galleries (fine art, near Chicago Loop)