[1] He attended the University of Pennsylvania but had to leave school when the Great Depression damaged his father’s business, so he was needed to help.

Entitled The New Fine Points of Furniture, it was updated and revised to include the categories of “superior” and “masterpiece",[8] and became an "essential text" in the business.

This goal was further fostered by a rich schedule of appearances and lectures, accompanied by "glamorous, gallery-style installations.

One can never look at a hotel room reproduction without feeling offended, on a deep level, by its ugly, shiny newness.

"[12]He was a furniture advisor to the White House during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and he donated a sofa to the Diplomatic Reception Room.

[2] According to The Washington Post, Sack's firm was "reputed to have invented the American antique market.

Further, Albert donated a vast collection of photographs and related ephemera of antique furniture to the Yale University Art Gallery.

[C] He, his older brother, and the firm created the "Israel Sack Galleries" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[10] In 1996, the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library awarded the Henry Francis du Pont Award posthumously to Sack and his three sons for having “dedicated themselves to the connoisseurship, preservation, and collecting of American furniture.”[17] In his memory, the Antiques Dealers' Association of America hosted a tribute and memorial in January 2012 in the Tiffany Room at the Park Avenue Armory.