Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Olympic Cascade Financial Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Mark Goldwasser, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

      (1)        The Report  fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section
                 13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
                 amended; and

      (2)        The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                 material respects, the financial condition and results of
                 operations of the Company.





August 14, 2002                 By: /s/ Mark Goldwasser
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Date                                    Mark Goldwasser
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer