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Mark Hill (born 1975) is a British antiques, collectables and 20th century design expert, author, publisher, blogger, and TV presenter.

Early Life and Education
Educated at Cranmore Preparatory School in West Horsley and the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, he studied History of Art & Architecture at the University of Reading.

Career
In 1996, he joined Bonhams as a porter, and then became a Junior Cataloguer in their Collectors Department. He moved on to join Sotheby's in London as a Specialist in their Collectors Department.

In 2001, he joined Internet company icollector.com, rising to become Director of Auction House Services, where he co-founded and oversaw the company's pioneering alliance with the Live Auctions division of eBay that allowed bidders from across the world to bid live in real time, direct into salerooms.

He co-authored the first internationally published DK Collectables Price Guide with Judith Miller in 2003 and compiled each edition of that book until 2011 when he moved with Miller to Miller's, a subdivision of Octopus Publishing Group, where he continues to co-author the international, bi-annual Miller's Collectables Price Guide. He has also contributed to a number of other titles in association with Miller including Buy, Keep or Sell? for the Reader's Digest, and Decorative Arts and DK Collectors' Guide: 20thC Glass published by Dorling Kindersley.

In 2006, he founded his own publishing company, Mark Hill Publishing Ltd, specialising in producing books on new and developing areas in 20th century design.

He is the antiques columnist for the Daily Mail, and has lectured widely. He is also a member of the vetting committees for a number of major international fairs including the Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair, and the British Antiques Dealers' Association's annual fair.

Television
He has been a specialist in the miscellaneous and collectables teams on the BBC Antiques Roadshow since 2007, and regularly appears on the show. He has also co-presented two primetime television series for BBC2; Cracking Antiques with Kathryn Rayward in 2010, and Antiques Uncovered with Lucy Worsley in 2012. In 2013, he will co-present Collectaholics, a new primetime BBC2 series, with Mel Giedroyc.

Other Information
Mark lives in London with his partner. He is a Patron of the King's Lynn Arts Centre, a Freeman of the City of London Company of Arts Scholars, Dealers & Collectors, and a Freeman of the City of London. His blog and website is at www.markhill.net

Publications
For Mark Hill Publishing Ltd: Fat Lava: West German Ceramics of the 1960s & 70s (2006, second edition 2010, third revised and enlarged edition 2012) Michael Harris: Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass (2006) Frank Thrower & Dartington Glass (2007) Hi Sklo Lo Sklo: Post War Czech Glass Design (2008) The Journal of the Glass Association (2008) Caithness Glass: Loch, Heather & Peat (2011) Alla Moda: Italian Ceramics of the 1950s-70s (2012)

As co-author or major contributor, in association with Judith Miller: DK Collectors Guide: 20th Century Glass, published by Dorling Kindersley (2004) Buy, Keep or Sell?, published by Dorling Kindersley for the Reader’s Digest (2004) Buy, Keep or Sell?, US edition, published by Dorling Kindersley for the Reader’s Digest(2006) Decorative Arts, published by Dorling Kindersley (2006) Miller’s 20th Century Design, published by Octopus Publishing Group (2009) Cracking Antiques, with Kathryn Rayward, published by Octopus Publishing Group (2010) DK Collectables Price Guide, published annually by Dorling Kindersley in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 DK Collectibles Price Guide, US editions, published annually by Dorling Kindersley in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Miller’s Collectables Price Guide & Handbook, published internationally by Octopus Publishing Group in 2009, 2010-2011 & 2012-13