Obituaries

East Bristol Auctions is sad to announce the passing of Michael Barnes – much-loved porter, colleague and friend.

It is with great sadness that we break the news of the passing of Moira Cohen on September 20.

Although he was 87, the death on August 31 of Thomas Fidelo (‘Tom’) came as a deep shock to his network of friends throughout the arts world in Edinburgh and beyond.

Graham Leishman Stewart, who died in Edinburgh on October 28, is widely regarded as one of the finest silversmiths of his generation.

It is with great sadness that I am writing this obituary of my father, Tony Foster, who passed away after a very short illness, aged 96.

Art dealer Martin Zimet died on September 25, aged 88.

Lizzie Farrow, trading as DODO, specialised in old advertising posters and ephemera.

It is with regret we announce the death of Jane Sumner of Turpin’s Antiques, who passed away peacefully on September 2, aged 82.

Rare book specialist Hamish Riley-Smith, who died on August 10, did not originally intend to become a dealer.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Kate Davson (Kate Foster), who died peacefully at home last month of cancer at the age of 82.

Gillian Jason, the pioneering art dealer of the Modern British art movement and founder of Gillian Jason Gallery, died peacefully at home in Norfolk on July 21, three weeks after her 79th birthday.

Tony Coakley was a fun, attractive character, a dealer noted for his tall, slender figure with trademark ponytail and beard.

The collector, author and businessman Malcolm Shields was born in Hull. It was in the Yorkshire city where his company flourished and he gained much of his knowledge of antiques, coins and paintings – interests he pursued most enthusiastically.

Well known for an encyclopaedic knowledge of British history, Robin Simpson (who died in February) was the leading collector of commemorative ceramics.

Born in the Netherlands in 1951, ‘Gerard’ arrived in New York in 1973 and began his long and illustrious career as one of the great ‘antiquaries’ of Art Deco soon after in 1974.

Laurence (Laurie) Langford died on June 7, aged 93.

It is with great sadness we announce the death of our father David Terrence Johnson.

Jocelyn Feilding, who died aged 80 on May 9, was a distinguished art dealer and bon viveur. He had an authoritative eye and a passion for Italian painting.

Michael Fenn was born on November 5, 1941, in Petts Wood, Kent, and died on Sunday, April 19, this year.

It is with great sadness that I announce the sudden death of my father and mentor, John Gewirtz, aged 81.