| Paul Viney | |
| Honorific Suffix: | ASFAV |
| Birth Name: | Paul Spencer Laurence Viney |
| Birth Date: | 1949 9, df=y |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Rugby School |
| Years Active: | 1971–2021 |
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Paul Spencer Laurence Viney (born 4 September 1949) is a British auctioneer and valuer of fine art and antiques.
Viney attended Rugby School from 1963 to 1968.[1] [2]
Viney began his career at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum,[3] before working for the National Trust at Waddesdon Manor,[4] the former Rothschild home near Aylesbury.
He moved to Phillips, a British auction house, in 1971. He began as a porter, then became a general valuer, then vice-president in New York,[5] then director in Oxford,[6] main board director in London from 1978 to 1990,[7] and European director from 1986 to 1992.[8] [9]
From 1984 to 2010, Viney conducted the Children in Need auctions with Sir Terry Wogan live on BBC Radio 2,[10] every November, raising over £8 million for the charity.[11] [12]
He appeared as a specialist on Antiques Roadshow from 1993 to 2013.[13] [4]
For 20 years, Viney was chairman of Woolley & Wallis, a British auction house founded in 1884. While there, he oversaw the company's expansion,[14] as well as auctioning ten lots of Asian art for more than £1 million,[15] and a pair of diamond and pearl earrings for £1.4 million.
Viney retired in 2021.
From 2009 to 2013, Viney was Chairman of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers.
He is a member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars and thus a Freeman of the City of London.[4] From 2018 to 2019, he was Master of the company.[16]
In 1977, the engagement was announced of Viney to Sarah Tyrrell, daughter of Mr C. W. Tyrrell of Briars Cross, Limpsfield Chart. They were married later that year.[17] They have two children. Oscar (b.1982) and Sarah (b.1985).