Stuart Lutz, the owner of Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. of Short Hills, New Jersey, has a quarter-century of experience buying, selling, authenticating and appraising historic documents, manuscripts, letters, autographs and signed books. He is a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America in the field of Books and Manuscript: Historical Documents. He belongs to the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Manuscript Society and the Professional Autograph Dealers Association.

Mr. Lutz has written widely on the field, including The William Jefferson Clinton Concise Handwriting Study and the chapter “Historical Documents, Letters and Manuscripts” in Appraising Art: The Definitive Guide to Appraising the Fine and Decorative Arts, published by the Appraisers Association of America. He is the document authenticator for the Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia and he can frequently be seen appraising on Pawn Stars. He is building the largest archive of Vietnam War materials in private hands and is the author of the oral history book The Last Leaf: Voices of History’s Last-Known Survivors.