Christie’s gavel master Hugh Edmeades to become independent freelance auctioneer
For gavel master Hugh Edmeades, remembering all the lots sold across a thirty-eight year career at Christie's could have been an impossible task if it were not for the fact he had kept a diary and written down everything he has ever sold.
Edmeades, 60, took his first auction in 1984 and has presided over esteemed sales including HRH the …