Biography:Alastair Dickenson
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Alastair Dickenson is a silver expert. He has made regular appearances on the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow since 1992.[1] Educated at Epsom College, he began his career in the silver trade by joining one of London's major auction houses, Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, in 1971.[2][3] By 1983 he had been appointed Head of Antique Silver at Asprey, moving up to becoming a Director of the Antiques Department in 1994. In 1996 he started up his own business in Jermyn Street.[4]
He has lectured all over the world on 16th- to 19th-century silver and silver fakes.[5]
References
- ↑ Milward, Charlie (9 November 2020). "Antiques Roadshow expert's warning against 'criminal offence' as item 'illegally altered'". Daily Express. https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1357736/Antiques-Roadshow-Alastair-Dickenson-warning-silver-dish-illegally-altered-BBC-video.
- ↑ "Alastair Dickenson". BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/8hJSd5YHz1fhq2TkmNGlHj/alastair-dickenson.
- ↑ "Retired Site | PBS". https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesuk/aboutseries/appraisers/dickenson.html.
- ↑ "Alastair Dickenson". Antiques Trade Gazette. https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/dealers/alastair-dickenson/.
- ↑ "VMFA: What's New: Bbc's ALASTAIR DICKENSON TO SPEAK OCT. 24 ON HISTORY OF SILVER FAKES AND FORGERIES". http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/silver_fakes.html.
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