Jonathan Pratt Marriage, Wife, Family Auctioneer Bargain Hunt Age

Introduction :

• Quite an interesting description awaits the reader who visits the BBC website to read about auctioneer Jonathan Pratt. A smiling portrait size photograph greets you as his bio states his married status and says he has a love-hate relationship with his guitar.
• Pratt says he loves to run in the Hampshire countryside with his family’s odd crowd of dogs accompanying him.
• Well endorsed by colleagues for his knowledge of contemporary arts, museums and art exhibitions, Jonathan is considered as one of the best in business.Over the past 20 years, jewelry has dominated Pratt’s career.
• This Chairman and Managing Director of Bellmans Auctioneers has come a long way since beginning his career as a furniture porter.
• He loves to drive around the South of London and visit various homes; he calls it the “voyage of discovery.”
• Jonathan Pratt Qualifications : FGA FRICS, Managing Director, Jewellery Specialist & Auctioneer

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

• Jonathan is married with four children and three dogs as part of his family.
• He completed his B.A honors in Fine Art Valuation from Southampton Institute of Higher Education.
• He has been a Fellow of The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (1998-2000)
• He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS).

Business Career, Salary and Net Worth :

• Jonathan puts in a regular appearance on BBC’s numerous shows like Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Flog It.
• Other than his appearance on BBC shows, Jonathan is also credited with being part of one episode of the TV show “Adventures of Suzy Boon” (2014), where he played a role in the episode titled “Annoyed Tourist” and was a part of another short musical called “A Very Meta Musical” (2011).
• He is currently heading Bellmans Auctioneers and is the Managing Director (2005 to present).
• Prior to joining Bellmans he was the Regional Valuer for the South Division at Sotheby’s for a little more than three years (January 2002 to April 2005).
• He worked as a valuer for Dreweatt Neate from 1999 to 2001.
• He began his professional career as a furniture porter with Phillips Auctioneers from 1996 to 1998.

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Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

• Jonathan is a real-life superhero of a little boy who he saved by taking to the hospital in a blizzard in 2010. The boy, Callum’s mother, was shocked when she recognised the mystery Good Samaritan as the antiques expert from the BBC show Bargain Hunt. She was a regular viewer of the show. The boy later gave him a handmade thank you card.
• He also appeared naked for an awareness campaign for testicular cancer in 2010.
• According to his bio on BBC, one of his most memorable moments was when he stopped a client from throwing a carpet in a skip and later sold the same carpet for £8,500.
• He claims he loves the role of an auctioneer and enjoys the show-off and fun which is a part of the role.
• Even though he wanted to be a vet as a young boy he was swayed by Lovejoy which began in the year 1986 and he finds himself in the present career.
• He says he would probably be a ski instructor of a vet if not associated with the world of antiques.
• Jonathan’s most memorable find s- 1) An antique Chinese bronze bell he sold for £440k (this was something of a surprise for him!). 2) During his time at Sotheby’s, he found a 19th-century violin by Giuseppe Rocca that sold for £140k! 3) The best purchase he ever made personally was a ski poster – purchased for £180 at an Irish auction and later sold for £2100.

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