Obituaries (print edition)

Nicholas Bowlby was a dealer of the old school, a character of great warmth and wit, naturally inquisitive with an eclectic taste that ran from early watercolours to contemporary abstracts.

I was hugely saddened to read of Jane Turner’s recent death in Charles Miller’s thoughtfully crafted obit (ATG No 2694).

A legend in the world of antiques left this mortal coil on the May 10. George Stacpoole was one of the founders in 1964 and long-term president of the Irish Antiques Dealers Association (IADA).

Christened Amanda but always known by her middle name, Jane was an unlikely but highly successful picture specialist at Christie’s South Kensington.

Ian McKay (November 22, 1945-February 19, 2025) was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, to Scottish father David McKay and English mother Alice Harland, who met while serving in the RAF during the Second World War. He went to school in Kent.

Ian McKay's colleagues Mark Bridge, Ivan Macquisten and Anne Crane remember the late columnist

Michael Cooke, known to many as ‘Mapman Michael’, passed away on March 14 aged 79.

Derek was born on October 14, 1942, to Gladys and Harold.

ATG remembers a man described as ‘the outstanding scholar/dealer in his field’

The late Nicholas Somers was a man of many parts who enjoyed art and antiques and life in general

Diana Hollis, known to many in the silver and jewellery trade, has died at the age of 81.

Ronnie Wootton was a stalwart of the architectural salvage and reclaimed building material trade from the 1980s, prior to which he was a producer of period lanterns for lamposts and other hardware.

It is with great sadness that we report the sudden death of Robin Kern at the age of 86.

Keys Auctioneers and Valuers [of Aylsham, Norfolk] is sad to announce the death of Andrew Lindsay-Bullock, who was head of books at the firm until he stepped down due to ill health in 2023.

It is with great sadness that I must report the recent death of my good friend Leon Jones who traded as Mitre House Antiques.

We are sad to announce the death of the well-known flamboyant antiques dealer and artist Léonard Lassalle, member of the BADA.

It is with great sadness we inform you that Mary Yapp, former owner of The Albany Gallery, died peacefully on September 10 aged 96.

Family and friends regretfully announce the death of Robert Jackson Whitfield aged 82 (born 10 October 1941, died 2 September 2024)

The antique furniture world has lost one of its great characters and senior statesmen in David Pettifer who died on 30th August aged 94.

We regret to announce the death of Paul Lorimer Gifford Nash (July 27, 1941-June 28, 2024).