Mark Stacey (born 23 September 1964) is a Welsh
valuer
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and
auctioneer
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. He is also a TV personality and has made regular appearances on
BBC
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programmes as an
antique
An antique () is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that i ...
expert.
Biography and professional career
Stacey was born in
Neath
Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,2 ...
,
Glamorgan
Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the South Wales, south of Wales. Originally an ea ...
, South Wales.
He moved to London and worked for the
Bonhams
Bonhams is a privately owned international auction house and one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. It was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought t ...
and
Sotheby's
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
auction houses. He then became head of Decorative Arts and later Director of Hamptons/Dreweatt Neate Fine Art.
Stacey has made regular appearances as an antiques expert on the BBC programmes ''
Bargain Hunt
''Bargain Hunt'' is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytime ...
'', ''
Flog It!'', ''
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is'' and ''
Antiques Road Trip
''Antiques Road Trip'' (also known as ''Celebrity Antiques Road Trip'') is a BBC television series produced by STV Studios. It was first shown on BBC Two
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''. In June 2009 Stacey took part in a light-hearted interview on the BBC lunchtime programme ''
The Daily Politics'' where he was asked advice about the value of items owned by famous people, in the wake of the
UK Parliament's expenses scandal.
In 2011 Stacey opened an antiques shop in
Kemptown, Brighton, East Sussex.
In 2014 Stacey became an auctioneer and valuer with Reeman Dansie auctioneers in
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. The demonym is ''Colcestrian''.
Colchester occupies the ...
, Essex. While there, he found an
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian
sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek language, Greek wikt:σάρξ, σάρξ ...
, propped up in an Essex house, which sold for £13,500.
Personal life
Stacey has one brother and two sisters.
[ He worked as a residential social worker before entering the antiques trade, initially as a dealer before working with several auction houses.]
References
External links
Mark D. Stacey, Auctioners & Valuers
BBC ''Bargain Hunt'' webpage
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1964 births
Living people
People from Neath
British auctioneers
BBC television presenters
Sotheby's people
Welsh television personalities
Welsh antiques experts