Natasha Raskin Sharp (born 15 June 1986) is a

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television presenter, and antiques and art expert, especially in Scottish contemporary art, best known for her appearances on television. The daughter of contemporary Scottish artist Philip Raskin, she has appeared in programmes in the UK and the US including ''

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'' and '' Baggage Battles''.

Family and education

She was born in 1986 in

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, the middle of three children in a family of art lovers and collectors. Her father is the artist Philip Raskin, and her grandfather was former TV magician Max Raskin. Initially she studied law at the University of Leeds, but left her degree course after a month, taking the rest of the academic year off before going to the University of Glasgow to study a degree in History of Art. In 2016, she married Joe Sharp, a producer of ''Celebrity Antiques Road Trip'' whom she met in 2013. They reside in Glasgow. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter Jean in January 2024.

Career

After deciding that law was not for her, she had a placement with the

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fashion house, and worked in the primary elections of 2008 for

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, during which he referred to her as part of "the Scottish contingent" of his team, and provided her with a signed reference for her work. After returning to Scotland, she joined Glasgow auction house McTear's, as an auctioneer and latterly as Head of Pictures, dealing mainly with Scottish contemporary art. After her marriage, she now shares her auctioneering and valuation event duties at McTear's with her TV career. In 2021 she launched a new business auctioning artworks from the studios where they were made.

Television

Raskin is a regular expert contributor on the BBC's ''

'', ''

'' and has acted as both expert and lead presenter on BBC's ''

''. She appeared in the US show '' Baggage Battles''. In 2016 she appeared as a guest expert in episodes of ''

'' with

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. She has also appeared on the Janice Forsyth Show on

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, reviewing an exhibition at the

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. She has been a guest presenter on

's ''The Music Match'', and since 2017, has presented a weekly programme, playing an eclectic mix of music. She has presented story segments for ''

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'' on BBC 1. In October 2021 it was announced that she would be seen in ''

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’s Antiques Adventure'' on Channel 5.

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''Natasha Raskin Sharp''
(BBC Radio Scotland) {{DEFAULTSORT:Raskin Sharp, Natasha Living people Scottish television presenters Alumni of the University of Glasgow BBC Radio Scotland presenters Mass media people from Glasgow 1986 births Scottish art historians BBC people Scottish auctioneers Scottish antiquarians Scottish television personalities Female auctioneers Scottish antiques experts