Mark Hill: From Bonhams Porter to TV Antiques Expert

Antiques expert and TV favourite Mark Hill joins Harry and Simon on The Gavel & The Gabble. He traces his path from Bonhams porter to Sotheby's, the launch of eBay Live Auctions and his TV work on The BBC's Antiques Roadshow and Antiques Road Trip. They also cover the rise of studio ceramics, AI's limits with antiques, his "fifth D" for house clearances, his Substack, and his quirky buys, from Zulu earlobe stretchers to his dream Dunhill Namiki pen.

Find more from Mark:

markhillantiques.substack.com - Mark's new Substack

markhillvaluations.com - For valuations and appraisals.

markhill.net

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ABOUT THE PODCAST

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating.

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