Arts & Antiques

Antiques Roadshow expert joins Clevedon Salerooms

CHRIS Yeo, an expert in 20th century design and craft and a regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, has joined Clevedon Salerooms.

Chris first appeared on the Antiques Roadshow in 2015 and his appearances have included valuing a script for the first Dr Who.

He’s spent many years working as a freelance consultant and curator, most notably at the Ken Stradling Collection of modern design in Bristol.

Ken Stradling was for many years the managing director of the Bristol Guild of Applied Art. The jewel in the crown of his 2,000 piece collection, is a unique group of furniture designed in 1935 by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer for the Bristol home of furniture manufacturer Crofton Gane.

Chris worked previously for Lorfords and Dreweatts. He grew up in Cheddar, Shipham and Winscombe before moving to Bristol.

Chris said: “I’ve always been fascinated by the objects around me. Even before I could speak I remember being spellbound by furniture and household bits and pieces. My grandparents would take me to antiques fairs and, unlike most small children, I loved it.”

At the age of 14 he started buying and selling antiques from a weekend market stall in Cheddar village hall. He studied history at university and then in his 20s had a spell working outside the field, but the lure of antiques kept calling, so he went back to university and did a Master’s degree in Fine Art Valuation.

At Clevedon he will be playing an important part in cataloguing their Quarterly Specialist Sales and their regular Antique, Interiors, Collectables and Jewellery Auctions.

Chris will also be meeting the public to deal with a broad spectrum of valuation enquiries.