Jewellery

Welcoming Sarah Duncan, Head of Jewellery, London

4 June 2024

Lyon & Turnbull

We are delighted to welcome Jewellery specialist Sarah Duncan GG as our Head of Jewellery in London. Sarah brings with her well over a decade of experience as a Fine Jewellery Specialist based in the London auction world.

After finishing her postgrad from St Andrews University she joined Bonhams Auctioneers and began a career specializing in antique and contemporary fine jewellery and gemstones. There she personally consigned the top lot of jewellery sold worldwide in 2015 and worked on several impressive private collections garnering international media attention.

She trained on the job with industry experts as well as doing her Graduate Gemmologist diploma with the Gemmological Institute of America.

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Sarah Duncan Head of Jewellery, London

“I’m delighted to be joining the team at Lyon & Turnbull to head up their Fine Jewellery department in London. I’m looking forward to bringing my network of international buyers and vendors through the doors and achieving some wonderful successes. The fine jewellery market is going from strength to strength with particular buoyancy for rare signed goods and notable gemstones. I love nothing more than getting stuck in to find that “lost treasure” and helping my clients achieve outstanding results.”

After six years, Sarah decided to join West London based auctioneers Chiswick Auctions and founded their Jewellery department from scratch. She took a non-existent department into a robust market position where it was regularly achieving international attention for record breaking results; including for large unheated Burmese rubies, Art Deco Cartier pieces and “lost” works from historical designers.

Sarah has spent the last year developing her private client base in the luxury sector. She is widely regarding as a top industry expert in pre-loved luxury fine jewellery as well as having a personal passion of antique and vintage jewels.

Sarah has contributed to publications on the subject of fine jewellery including in The Times, The FT, the Express, Gems & Jewellery, Jewellery History Today, Rapaport Magazine, etc. as well as educating clients through various podcasts and lectures including with foundations such as the National Association of Jewellers and De Beers Institute of Diamonds.

Gavin Strang, Managing Director, commented, "We are delighted that Sarah has chosen to join our dynamic and growing London team. With her undoubted talent and expertise, our London Jewellery and other Luxury sales will continue to grow through 2024 and beyond."

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Our UK-based and online jewellery auctions are renowned for their wide reach. With over six dedicated luxury jewellery auctions a year, including two showcase events in central London, our expert team will be able to give you the specialist service required to achieve outstanding results.