It was her dad who inspired her to move into antiques as he would take her along to auctions. She said: "It hadn't occurred to me to work in the auction world. "Had it not

been for my dad, I wouldn't have known that you could do such exciting things or sell contemporary art at auction which I continue to do to this day, and indeed, not just catalogue

them, but sell them from The Rostrum. "So I have a lot to thank him for and remember very, very clearly a genuine milestone moment."