Obituaries (print edition)

Frank Herrmann, writer, publisher and auctioneer, died at his home in Essex on April 30, a month short of his 90th birthday, following a long battle with illness.

The antiquarian book trade has lost two well-known faces with the deaths of Frank Herrmann and Roy Davids.

A notice to our friends in the trade: I am sorry to have to inform you that Steven Hyder recently passed away, Angela Hyder writes

Rudolf Neumeister, one of Germany’s longest serving auctioneers, passed away on February 23 at the age of 91.

We regret to announce the death on March 11 of Cotswolds dealer Stephen Jarrett of Witney Antiques.

Gabriel (Gay) Mary Naughton (1947-2017), who died on January 19 after a long battle with leukaemia, spent her entire career at Agnew’s.