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List Of Antiques Experts
This is a list of notable antiques experts. Antiques experts * Paul Atterbury * Jon Baddeley * David Barby * David Battie * Kate Bliss * John Bly * Eileen Rose Busby * Bunny Campione * Wes Cowan * Norman Crider * Ephraim Deinard * Alastair Dickenson * David Dickinson * Dendy Easton * Clive Farahar * Helaine Fendelman * Yosef Goldman * Paul Hayes * Jonty Hearnden * Esta Henry * Mark Hill * Michael Hogben * Lenon Hoyte * Soame Jenyns * Margaret Jourdain * Hilary Kay * Leigh and Leslie Keno * Eric Knowles * Ralph and Terry Kovel * Graham Lay * Wehhui Tom Liu * Rupert Maas * Cordelia Mendoza * Judith Miller * Geoffrey Munn * Peter Nahum * Andrew Nebbett * Arthur Negus * Natasha Raskin Sharp * Artur Jarayan * Israel Sack * Henry Sandon * John Sandon * Philip Serrell * Lars Tharp {{DEFAULTSORT:Antiques experts, list of antiques An antique ( la, antiquus; 'old', 'ancient') is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosef Goldman
Yosef Goldman (1942 – August 4, 2015) was a scholar of American Jewish history and the co-author of the two-volume reference work, '' Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography'' (2006). This work is usually cited by auctioneers and rare-book dealers. His collection of early American Judaica and Hebraica is said to be one of the most comprehensive in the world. Biography Goldman was born in 1942 in Újpest (also known as Newpest), a District of Budapest, Hungary, into a Hasidic family. His father, Rabbi Lipa Goldman, was a Chief Rabbi and ''Av Beis Din'' of an Orthodox Jewish community in Újpest. In 1950, his family emigrated to the United States and lived in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. Goldman studied at Beth Medrash Elyon of Monsey, New York, at the time an elite Rabbinical seminary. By profession, Goldman was a dealer of rare Jewish/Hebrew books and manuscripts and was known as a leading figure in this field. On August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Lay
Graham Charles Lay (Willesden, Greater London, UK, 19 January 1960 – 27 November 2016) was a British antiques expert specialising in arms, armour and militaria, and military history, probably best known for his many appearances on BBC TVs ''Antiques Roadshow'' television programme, where he had been one of the team of experts since 1988. He was regularly seen wearing a 'Blue Peter' badge. He appeared as an expert on other BBC TV antiques programmes such as ''20th Century Roadshow'', '' Priceless Antiques Roadshow'' and ''Bargain Hunt''. In Series 1, episode 6 of ''20th Century Roadshow'', recorded at Imperial War Museum Duxford, he valued a World War II Spitfire MkIX aircraft at between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000: the highest price for anything ever valued on the show. Books He contributed to several books such as ''Antiques Roadshow Collectables'', and wrote auction reviews and articles for newspapers and periodicals, including writing for ''Black Powder'', the magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph And Terry Kovel
Ralph Mallory Kovel (20 August 1920 – 28 August 2008) was an American author of 97 books and guides to antiques, co-authored with his wife, Terry Kovel (b. 1928). They wrote a nationally syndicated collectibles column that began in 1955, which is still in production as of 2022. Ralph Kovel Ralph Kovel () was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1920. His family moved to Paducah, Kentucky, then Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s. He graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, then attended Ohio State University. He joined the United States Coast Guard during World War II. In 1950 he married Terry Horvitz. Their children are Lee Kovel and Kim Kovel. He started his writing career with Terry in 1953 (see section Ralph and Terry Kovel). In the 1950s, he was in the export-import business and imported a variety of things, including the Lambretta motor scooter, the new bikini bathing suits European women were wearing, and specialty food products. He didn't like the constant travel, so he start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Knowles
Eric Knowles FRSA (born 19 February 1953 in Nelson, Lancashire, England) is a British antiquarian and television personality, whose main interests are in ceramics and glass. Early life Knowles joined the London auction house Bonhams as a porter in the ceramics department in 1976 and became head of the department in 1981. By 1992 he had set up Bonham's offices in Bristol. He returned to London to continue with directing the Decorative Arts Department, leaving in 2013 to join Dreweatts and Bloomsbury. In 2019 he joined The Hoard as executive chairman and has now opened a gallery, The Pantiles Arcade, in Corn Exchange on The Pantiles in Royal Tunbridge Wells, although this was postponed until Spring 2021. Television career He first earned fame as a ceramics expert on the BBC's ''Antiques Roadshow''. He has also appeared in such programmes as, ''Going for a Song'', '' Going, Going, Gone'', ''Noel's House Party'', ''Call My Bluff'' and '' 20th Century Roadshow''. He has presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh And Leslie Keno
Leigh Ronald Keno and Leslie Bernard Keno (twins born March 14, 1957) are American antiquarians, authors, historic car judges, preservationists and television hosts. They specialize in stoneware, early American furniture and vintage automobiles. They are widely known as appraisers on the PBS series ''Antiques Roadshow'', for favoring preservation of antiques over restoration and for their high-energy personalities. Background The Kenos were born to Norma and Ronald Keno, who were both antiques dealers, in Herkimer County, New York and grew up in Mohawk, New York. Leigh was born 13 minutes before his brother. Their father collected and restored vintage sports cars and both parents specialized in folk art and country furniture. Their mother would take them out of school on Fridays to regional flea markets and antiques shows. The brothers took interest, were earning $200 or $300 a weekend by the time they were in the fourth grade and by age twelve had entered in their joint diary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Kay
Hilary Marion Kay (born 16 December 1956) is a British antiques expert, author and lecturer, probably best known for her many appearances on BBC TVs ''Antiques Roadshow'' programme on which she is a member of the team of experts. Kay's first job was working for fine art and antique dealers Spink & Son in St. James's. In 1977, Kay accepted an offer to join Sotheby's Collectors’ Department. Later that year Kay became head of that department and, aged 21, became the company's youngest ever auctioneer. A rock and roll fan, in 1981 Kay held the world's first rock and roll memorabilia auction, handled the sale of Elton John's collection in 1988 and in 1992 wrote ''Rock ’n’ Roll Collectables: An Illustrated History of Rock Memorabilia,'' the first textbook on the subject. As well as working on television as an expert on ''Antiques Roadshow'' from 1979 onwards, Kay presented a landmark series for BBC One, ''Brilliantly British,'' which explored the lives of Thomas Chippendale, Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Jourdain
Margaret Jourdain (15 August 1876 – 6 April 1951) was a prominent writer on English furniture and decoration. She began her career ghost-writing as Francis Lenygon for the firm of Lenygon & Morant, dealers in furnishings with a royal appointment, who were also the fabricators of carefully crafted reproductions, especially of Kentian furnishings, some of which have been displayed in public collections for decades. Early life Born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, on 15 August 1876, Jourdain's father was Francis Jourdain (1834–1898), a vicar and her mother, Emily, was the daughter of the surgeon and pioneer of ovariotomy, Charles Clay. One of ten children, her siblings included the writer and academic Eleanor Jourdain, the ornithologist Francis Charles Robert Jourdain and the mathematician Philip Jourdain. Jourdain attended the University of Oxford where she studied classics obtaining a third-class degree. While there she met actress Janette Ranken and the pair moved to London, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soame Jenyns (art Historian)
Roger Soame Jenyns (24 April 1904 – 14 October 1976), who usually wrote his name simply as Soame Jenyns was a British art historian, known as an expert on East Asian ceramics.Qing Ceramics British Museum The eldest son of Roger William Bulwer Jenyns (1858 – 1936), J.P., of , , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenon Hoyte
Lenon Hoyte (4 July 1905 – 1 August 1999) was an American collector of antique dolls and toys. She was best known for founding Aunt Len's Doll and Toy Museum in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L .... References 1905 births 1999 deaths Antiques experts American company founders {{US-business-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hogben
Michael "Hoggy" Hogben (born 6 November 1952) is an English auctioneer, antiques dealer, Author and TV personality who has appeared in the BBC series ''Bargain Hunt'', ITV's ''Dickinson's Real Deal'', and his own series ''Auction Man.'' Early life Born in Foord Road in Folkestone, Kent, Hogben's mother died when he was five leaving him and his brother with their father. Hogben purposefully failed his Eleven-plus examination to attend the same school as his brother. After both brothers graduated from school, Hogben's father emigrated to Australia leaving the two boys to fend for themselves. Hogben left school at 15 and two years later came into a small inheritance, which he invested in opening a fashion boutique called "Mickey Finn". Over the next ten years he expanded with outlets throughout Kent. Hogben then sold the fashion chain, and invested in Kent's first wine bar – McCartney's – in Dover. Having studied art, in 1988 he opened his own auction house in Folkestone, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hill (antiques Expert)
Mark Hill (born 1975) is a British antiques expert, TV presenter, author and publisher. Early life and education Educated at Cranmore Preparatory School in West Horsley and the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, he studied History of Art & Architecture at the University of Reading. Career In 1996, he joined Bonhams as a porter, and then became a Junior Cataloguer in their Collectors Department. He moved on to join Sotheby's in London as a Specialist in their Collectors Department. In 2001, he joined Internet company icollector.com, rising to become Director of Auction House Services. He has contributed to ''DK Collectables Price Guide'' (by Judith Miller) and was the co-author of the annual ''Miller's Collectables Price Guide'' from 2009 to 2017. He has also contributed to a number of other titles in association with Miller including ''Buy, Keep or Sell?'' for the Reader's Digest, ''Decorative Arts'' and ''DK Collectors' Guide: 20thC Glass''. In 2006, he founded his own pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
