|
David John Barby FRICS (23 April 1943 – 25 July 2012) was an English antiques expert, known for his appearances on ''Bargain Hunt, Flog It!'' and similar BBC antiques television programmes. ==Career== Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, he was interested in antiques from age 12,〔 which led to his joining the profession on leaving school. He qualified aged 21 as a member of the Incorporated Society Of Valuers And Auctioneers, which merged with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2000. 〔https://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/technicalmanual/Ch25-36/Chapter32/part3/part1/part1.htm〕 Barby started working for a local firm in Rugby, before leaving to work in London in 1974.〔 he was head hunted by Royal Leamington Spa-based auction house Locke and England,〔 and he joined them in 1978 as a manager and valuer. He later became a partner, retiring from the business in 2002. Barby started his own independent valuation business, Hillmorton-based David J Barby and Associates, in the 1990s,〔 where he still worked at the time of his death. Barby was well known for the charity work that he carried out, as a fund raiser for the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital and Leamington Art Gallery. He was also president of the Friends of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Barby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|