Jon Baddeley

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Who is Jon Baddeley?

Jon Baddeley is a fine art auctioneer, an authority on scientific instruments and collectables, a broadcaster and an author.

As Managing Director of Bonhams, Knightsbridge – the busiest of the international auction house’s portfolio of salerooms – Jon is responsible for auctions of jewellery, silver, paintings, furniture & works of art, specialist sales of portrait miniatures, arms & armour, sporting guns, coins & medals, science & technology, toys & dolls, and entertainment memorabilia.

Jon began his career at Sotheby's, Belgravia in the early 1970s. He joined as a porter, but quickly rose through the ranks to become Head of the Collectors' department and auctioneer by the age of 25. Subsequently, he left the company to become an independent dealer in decorative arts for the next five years. However, missing the thrill of the auction world, he rejoined Sotheby's in the early 1980s and remained there for the following 20 years, finally becoming Group Head and Board Director of Sotheby's, London.

In 2003, Jon joined Bonhams as Global Director of Collectors' sales and over the following seven years has been responsible for many landmark auctions and world record prices.

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on July 23, 2013

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