He succeeds Miranda Leslie who is leaving the company after ten years in the role. Bonhams said she was departing “to pursue other projects”.
Graham-Campbell has been head of Bonhams’ valuations team north of the border for the past 13 years and is a member of the company’s UK Board. He joined the firm in 2004 after previously running the valuations department at Christie’s Scotland.
A native of the Highlands, he studied fine arts auctioneering and valuing at Southampton Solent university and is a qualified chartered surveyor.
Among the major items he has sourced at Bonhams is a Qianlong yellow jade carving of a tapir which sold in Hong Kong in 2016 for HK$2.7m; a pale green jade figure of Buddha which made £482,500 in London in 2014; and a painting by William Scott which sold for £197,000 in London in 2016 (all prices include premium).
Graham-Campbell said: “Miranda Leslie has created such strong foundations for the house and I am confident that, with our excellent team of specialists, we can build on our current success. We have some great sales coming up before Christmas, and I am looking forward to welcoming clients, old and new, to our Edinburgh salerooms in Queen Street soon.”
Bonhams’ global CEO Matthew Girling said: “I would also like to thank Miranda Leslie for the way in which she has given such a firm foothold to Bonhams in Scotland. She leaves behind a wonderful legacy.”
