Leslie Gillham

Leslie Gillham is a highly experienced fine art auctioneer and the owner of Gorringes Tunbridge Wells LLP. His distinguished career, which began in the 1960s, includes roles as a director at Bonhams in London and vice-president of Phillips in New York before he established himself as a valuations consultant and author.

His professional life and personal passions are deeply intertwined, centering on a lifelong dedication to the world of fine art and antiques. He is also a published author of several books on the auction world, writing under the nom de plume Richard Harton, and has contributed to numerous magazines and guides.

He once identified a rare 1703 Queen Anne Vigo 5-guinea coin, brought to him in a bag of old silver, which later sold for £296, 160.