Obituaries (print edition)

Richard Gold, the well known and respected West Country auctioneer, has died at the age of 76.

Guy Robins was born in Devon in 1939 at the outbreak of the war. Moving to Sussex, he was educated at Shoreham College and Brighton College.

An adoring, devoted and brilliant father of two, John Maas passed away on his birthday (of skin cancer).

Renowned clock specialist David Gibson has died this May, aged 72.

It is with great sadness that we learn that Terrence Bailey has passed away.

Angus had a long and successful business career across many fields especially at Henri-Lloyd, the yachting outfitters, but in the arts world he was the owner and director of Burlington Paintings and Burlington Gallery for many years.

The family of Allan George Hare are sad to report that Allan passed away on the evening of June 7, 2025 at the age of 74.

Reg Cooper, the dealer and former fair organiser, has died aged 86.

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of a wonderful person who was also my client, Ray Haradin. He was only 60.

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.