Matilda Burn graduated from the University of Warwick (First Class) with a BA in Art History, and she then gained an MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute, London. Between 2010 and 2011 Matilda worked as a cataloguer in the Sir John Soane Museum, principally cataloguing drawings, before joining Christie’s in 2011. Matilda began her career at Christie’s in the House Sales department, and joined the London Ceramics and Glass department in 2012 as a specialist, covering British and European ceramics and glass dating from the medieval period through to circa 1900.
Carleigh Queenth began at Christie’s in 2004 and is Vice President, Head of the European Ceramics and Glass and Chinese Export Art in New York, and co-head of the Exceptional auction. During her tenure she has worked closely on the collection sales of Leo Hodroff, Maria Felix, Benjamin F. Edwards, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Syd Levethan, Richard Melon Scaife, President Ronald Reagan, David and Peggy Rockefeller, and Ann and Gordon Getty among others. She is a board member of the American Ceramic Circle, member of the French Porcelain Society and an Attingham Summer School and Royal Collection Studies alumna.