Wootton also insists, against the grain of contemporary academia, that single observed facts, what he calls "killer facts," really did polish off antique authorities.
Now based in Hawaii, Ms. Salmon is the author of a popular book about Japanese antiques and an authority on Taisho artworks, a sizable and valuable collection of which she developed over 25 years with the assistance of Julia Meech, a well-known scholar and independent curator in the Japanese-art field.
He later worked in a public relations role for a wiring manufacturer, owned a pub in Guildford, Surrey, and devoted his free time to his love of antiques, becoming an authority on porcelain.
Mr. Conger, a courtly Virginian who grew up around fine English antiques, was a self-taught authority on American antiques and interiors.
He was a talented craftsman, jeweler and highly regarded authority of antique jewelry.
Charles Truman, an ex-director of Christies and an authority on antique gold objects and jewels, was Sotheby's expert witness.
Noted authority on American Antiques.
Mr. Henry was himself a collector of colonial artifacts and considered quite an authority on American antiques and colonial life, according to the exhibition catalog.
But the first lady cast the work as a "restoration" and put Henry Francis du Pont, an authority on American antiques, at the helm of the committee in order to place all her design decisions beyond reproach.
Marie met with dealer Khalil Rizk of the Chinese Porcelain Co. in Manhattan; Rizk is a well-known world authority on Asian antiques.
