Obituaries

I am very sorry to report the death of Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer and expert Richard Barker at the age of 72.

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Phillip John Gale (FBHI) who died peacefully, after a short illness, on February 21, 2023. His death represents a great loss to horology.

Mark Marchant was born in 1935 and grew up in Sevenoaks, Kent.

I read with sadness Hugo Morley-Fletcher’s obituary in the ATG No 2583 by Roger McIlroy, who accurately summed up his personality.

Hugo Morley-Fletcher has died aged 82. The former director of Christie’s, appointed aged 29 as head of the ceramics department, he was also an early and long-running member of television’s Antiques Roadshow, an author, father, gardener and horseman.

What makes a good antiques dealer?

Maura Lyons, formerly Maura Henry, died peacefully at home after a short illness and stay in hospital on December 23, 2022.

Without my dearest mum taking a table top in a grotty shop opposite Alfies in Church Street NW8 in April 1969, I would not be writing this article because that move triggered my interest and led me on a path of which I am still on today!

It’s with regret that I report that Michael Graham, the well-known partner in the long-established firm, Graham & Oxley, died on November 25.

Sadly, but not unexpectedly at the age of 90, Frank Dux passed away on November 18, 2022.

From Ben Rogers Jones of Welsh auction house Rogers Jones & Co

It is with the greatest sadness, that his family has announced that their brother Peter Delehar died after a short illness on October 7 at the age of 78.

It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Martin Mortimer on October 1 following a challenging short illness. He passed away peacefully at home aged 94.

It is with great sadness that we announce Danny Robinson has passed away peacefully after a short stay in hospital at the age of 84.

We are sad to announce the sudden death of Shane Theophilus (August 23, 1954-October 22, 2022).

Well-known Hungerford antiques dealer and co-owner of Hungerford Arcade, Hazel Browne, has died at the age of 91.

Diana Steel, founder of The Antique Collectors Club, has died. She was 82.

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden but peaceful passing of John Lines.