International Auction House In Australia Makes Top-Line Hire

Tom Burroughes

14 February 2013

Bonhams, the international auctioneer house, has appointed senior industry figure Jennifer Gibson as head of fine furniture, decorative arts and Asian Art for its Australian business. Gibson will be based in the new Melbourne office at Ormond Hall.

Gibson has held the role as head of decorative arts and senior auctioneer at both an international and Australian auction house for the past 14 years. Her expertise includes English, Australian and Continental furniture, ceramics, glass, sculpture and silver coupled with an interest in Asian works of art including Japanese ceramics and textiles, Bonhams said.

Her appointment comes at a time when sales of fine arts in the Asian region, and involving Asian buyers, have been boosted by the affluence of this region. In late November, for example, this publication reported that auction records were broken by Asian and international big spenders at the world’s biggest auction houses in Hong Kong. For example, Christie’s saw two world records established at its autumn season, Asian 20th century and contemporary art sale, held at the Hong Kong Convention Centre.