Elaine was brought up in Oxfordshire and joined Dreweatts in 1992.
Keen to be part of the auctioneering world Elaine worked in various departments at Sotheby’s from 1988 and studied Valuation and Auctioneering of Fine Art at the Southampton Institute, winning her first auctioneers hammer at the ISVA national auction competition in 1991.
After a four-year break from Dreweatts as a furniture consultant working in the UK and Georgia, Elaine now continues in the furniture department team. Elaine is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and has been a specialist on the BBC Antiques Roadshow since 1999.
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