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It was the latter that led to his discovery of EBTH where, as a bidder, he pored over pages with an auctioneer’s eye.

“What I love about EBTH is that it’s a level playing field because everything starts at a dollar,” he says. “So it was fun for me to look at lots of objects and then work out what’s worth chasing.” McVinish spent several decades at Christie’s, working in the Australia, London and New York offices, and specializing in decorative arts, furniture and Private Collection sales. He acted as an auctioneer in a number of high profile auctions, including the Collection HRH, The Princess Margaret and The Collection of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. In New York, he established the Private and Iconic Collections department where he conducted sales including Steve Jobs’ Ricketts Apple-1 Personal Computer, the Private Collection of Joan Rivers, and The Private Collection of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.