Alexander Carsley founded Carsley in 1928, and was an early pioneer in the Montreal numismatic community. He built a family business, with a storefront to serve collectors. This business grew over the years and was relocated to St-Catherine Street.

In August 1999, Carsley was purchased by Thompson & Whetstone, a Montreal company that since 1989, has been engaged in buying and valuating estates and private collections. The two companies were merged, and operations were amalgamated at our current address.

Michael Joffre our President is a lifelong collector and dealer. His areas of expertise include all aspects of coins and paper money, as well as many "pop-culture" collectables such as comic books and trading cards. He is a former Investment Advisor with Merrill Lynch, and National Bank of Canada, and as a result has a unique view on the collectables industry from a collector, dealer, and investor perspective.

Coins are not just a profession for our president. He is also an active collector and researcher of the medieval coins of Europe, and has a strong interest in coins from ancient Greek times to present.

He is a lifetime member of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Society, a lifetime member of the American Numismatic Society, and President of both the Lakeshore Coin Club and of the Montreal Numismatic Society (the only two major coin clubs in Montreal). He is also a member of the Association des Numismates et des Philatelistes de Bourcherville, and of La Societe Numismatique de Quebec.

Mr. Joffre has been featured on TV as well as many articles in local and national media, and continues to actively promote coin collecting.

Bill Whetstone, our Consulting Director, is a former President of the International Society of Appraisers and has a solid background in antiques, silver, estate jewelry, rare coins, fine art, and European art glass. He has over 40 years of numismatic expertise, and an educational background as an honors graduate in History at McGill university. He has just completed a landmark book on world silver hallmarks, and is frequently featured as a guest lecturer at professional conferences.

Lucy Raposo is our office manager, and comes with a long wealth of experience acquired while working for the last several decades at Carlseys. Besides general administrative tasks, she is extensively involved with all aspects of customer service.

Paul Beck is the manager of our Comic Book department, being in charge of both our store, and our online shop. Paul joined our firm in 2005 when we were expanding our comic department, and was instrumental in helping set up our retail operations. He has been a comic collector for over 30 years, and is extremely knowledgeable in all things related to vintage and current comics. Being totally customer focused he is ready to help you with all of your collecting needs.

We also work with several other associates, with expertise in different fields, to ensure that our clients get the best professional advice and service.