From left to right: Marie Ma, Ruixue Li, Bill Forrest and Rosa Assennato in Roseberys’ Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art department.
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From left to right: Marie Ma, Ruixue Li, Bill Forrest and Rosa Assennato in Roseberys’ Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art department.
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The south London auction house has made a series of appointments across the following departments: Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art, Modern British & 20th Century, and Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples.
In Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art, run by head of department Bill Forrest, Rosa Assennato joins as senior specialist.
Prior to maternity leave Assennato worked at Bonhams Knightsbridge. She joined the firm in 2010 and became its head of Asian Art in 2016. She has also appeared as an expert on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.
The department has also welcomed Ruixue Li who joined as associate specialist. Li previously worked at Chiswick Auctions specialising in Chinese art and prior to that worked as an artist assistant.
Marie Ma joins the team as a sale co-ordinator and junior cataloguer. She previously worked in museums in China and more recently with Alastair Gibson Auctions in the UK.
Amelia Higgins has launched Higgins Tomlinson Fine Art with Benedict Tomlinson.
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Benedict Tomlinson has launched Higgins Tomlinson Fine Art with Amelia Higgins.
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A new art dealership and consultancy has been launched by married couple Benedict Tomlinson and Amelia Higgins.
Higgins Tomlinson Fine Art will focus on the higher end of the Contemporary, Modern and Old Master art markets working with collectors and museums.
Tomlinson has worked in the art world for over 20 years working with a number of galleries including Robilant+Voena while Higgins began her career working for Old Master dealer Johnny van Haeften and then became a director at London Art Week.
Based in Wiltshire, the new firm also has access to London premises through its network of contacts to hold viewings on an ad hoc basis.
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