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Henry George Sandon MBE (10 August 1928 – 25 December 2023) was an English antiques expert, television personality, author and lecturer who specialised in ceramics and was a notable authority on Royal Worcester porcelain.
Negus was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1982 "for services to the appreciation of antiques". [2] He died in 1985 at his home in Cheltenham, one week after having turned 82. In April 2013 Negus's daughter Anne appeared on the Antiques Roadshow with the Negus family Bible. The Negus family had traced its ...
Sandon is a regular expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. [3] When his father Henry died, on 25 December 2023, at the age of 95, Sandon said, "To the millions who tuned in every Sunday evening to watch the Antiques Roadshow, Henry was like a favourite uncle, whose enthusiasm for even the humblest piece of chipped china was infectious." [4]
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Leigh, who was an appraiser at Christie's, started his own business as a dealer and advisor in fine art and antiques in New York in 1986. [ 6 ] Leigh and Leslie own a 1938 SS 100 Jaguar 3.5-liter, purchased from their father, [ 11 ] which they raced on the track at Lime Rock Park and which they drove on Louis Vuitton Classic China Run, a 1000 ...
Graham Charles Lay (Willesden, Greater London, UK, 19 January 1960 [1] – 27 November 2016 [2]) 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 [3] television programme, where he had been one of the team of experts since 1988.
Barby was an expert on "everything from Victorian porcelain to antique oak pedestal desks". [5] Barby started his own independent valuation business, Hillmorton-based David J. Barby and Associates, in the 1990s, [6] where he still worked at the time of his death. As an auctioneer, his affable manner made him popular, particularly with those ...
David Battie married Sarah Francis, a glass expert from Sotheby's, in 1972.The couple have two daughters. [4]In 2012 Battie broke his leg in a fall. While in hospital he contracted an antibiotic-resistant infection and ultimately remained in hospital for six months, undergoing eight operations, including four skin grafts.