Above, front row: Chiswick Auctions’ Rachel Haffenden (digital marketing), owner and managing director Leigh Osborne, Tasha Ma (Asian Art, formerly of Sotheby’s Hong Kong) and Sam Howard (Asian art, formerly at Roseberys).
Middle row: Lewis Browning (interiors, ex- Reeman Dansie), Tiago Cordeiro-Soares (head of Asian art, previously at Sotheby’s), Marina Rovelli (19th century art and Old Masters) and Hayley Giles (photographs, previously at Phillips).
Back row: Elizabeth Wormald (head of prints and multiples, previously at Roseberys), James Flower (head of Modern British art, ex-Bonhams) and Emily Smaje (prints and Modern British art).
Some of the 10 new staff members at the west London firm, such as those in the Modern British pictures and Asian art departments, are replacing outgoing staff but others represent a significant expansion for the company.
Leigh Osborne, owner and managing director of Chiswick Auctions, attributes his success in attracting new specialist staff to “the amazingness of Barley Mow”.
A former Sanderson wallpaper factory, it is now a modern warehouse-style gallery space with room for 100 staff and a 3000 sq ft viewing area.
