Simon Chorley

1961-1971  Educated Kings School, Gloucester. Chorister Gloucester Cathedral
1971-2006  Bruton Knowles

• 1971   Agricultural and General Surveying Assistant 
• 1972   Saleroom Porter
• 1974   Cataloguing and Valuation Assistant
• 1976   Junior cataloguing assistant to Arthur Negus
• 1979   Assistant Auctioneer within practice
• 1980   Saleroom Manager and Auctioneer
• 1989   Managed and promoted The Summerfield Sale (at that time, the largest ever auction )  
• 1990 (to Present) Lecturer to Professional bodies on Art & Antiques, regular broadcasts on BBC Radio Gloucestershire
• 1991   Negotiated the largest porcelain sale ever recorded, through Christies  
• 1994   Appointed Head of Art and Antiques 
• 1999   Appointed Bruton Knowles Partner and Associate of the Society of Fine Art  Auctioneers and Valuers  
• 2000   Achieved World Record for Satinwood Furniture at provincial sale  
• 2001   Achieved World Record for a Lowry painting at provincial sale  
• 2003   5-day sale of the Property of the late John Parry

2006  Founded Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd with new co-directors and original team from Bruton Knowles Art & Antiques division. Relocated office and saleroom to Prinknash Abbey

2007 January Inaugural auction in new Prinknash Abbey saleroom

2007 to Present Regular fine art and antiques auctions, including the four-day auction of the Shambles Museum contents in 2009, the residual contents of Bourton House, Bourton-on-the-Hill and Pigeon House, Southam and The Orpheus Pavement in 2010.

2010 April Opening of a second saleroom at Prinknash