Simon Cottle is a leading international specialist, author, auctioneer and lecturer in British and European glass. Now retired, he was Managing Director of Bonhams Europe, Auctioneer and Director of European Ceramics and Glass at Bonhams, London, from 2007 to 2023. Previously, he was Head of European Ceramics and Glass at Sotheby’s, where he was also a Director and auctioneer from 1990 to 2007. During his career, Simon was responsible for numerous auctions of European glass at both Sotheby’s and Bonhams. He began his career as a senior curator of ceramics, glass and silver at museums in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Glasgow, where he worked from 1979 to 1990. Simon is Honorary President and Chairman of The Glass Society, a Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers and a Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass, New York