Natasha Raskin Sharp

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Natasha Raskin Sharp
Born (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 37)
Glasgow, Scotland
Citizenship United Kingdom
Education University of Glasgow
Occupation Television presenter
Spouse
Joe Sharp
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(m. 2016)​
Children1
Relatives Philip Raskin (father)
Max Raskin (grandfather)

Natasha Raskin Sharp (born 15 June 1986) is a Scottish television presenter, and antiques and art expert, especially in Scottish contemporary art, best known for her appearances on television. The daughter of contemporary Scottish artist Philip Raskin, [1] she has appeared in programmes in the UK and the US including Antiques Road Trip , Celebrity Antiques Road Trip , Flog It! , Bargain Hunt , For What It's Worth and Baggage Battles . [2]

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Family and education

She was born in 1986 in Glasgow, the middle of three children in a family of art lovers and collectors. [3] Her father is the artist Philip Raskin, and her grandfather was former TV magician Max Raskin. [4] Initially she studied law at the University of Leeds, but left her degree course after a month, taking the rest of the academic year off before going to the University of Glasgow to study a degree in History of Art. [5]

In 2016, she married Joe Sharp, a producer of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip whom she met in 2013. They reside in Glasgow. [6] She gave birth to her first child, a daughter Jean in January 2024.

Career

After deciding that law was not for her, she had a placement with the Alice Temperley fashion house, [7] and worked in the primary elections of 2008 for Barack Obama in New Hampshire, during which he referred to her as part of "the Scottish contingent" of his team, and provided her with a signed reference for her work. [7]

After returning to Scotland, she joined Glasgow auction house McTear's, as an auctioneer and latterly as Head of Pictures, dealing mainly with Scottish contemporary art. [3] After her marriage, she now shares her auctioneering and valuation event duties at McTear's with her TV career. [8] In 2021 she launched a new business auctioning artworks from the studios where they were made. [9]

Television

Raskin is a regular expert contributor on the BBC's Antiques Road Trip , Celebrity Antiques Road Trip , Flog It! and has acted as both expert and lead presenter on BBC's Bargain Hunt . [10] She appeared in the US show Baggage Battles . In 2016 she appeared as a guest expert in episodes of For What It's Worth with Fern Britton. [2] She has also appeared on the Janice Forsyth Show on BBC Radio Scotland, reviewing an exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland. [11] She has been a guest presenter on BBC Radio Scotland's The Music Match, [12] and since 2017, has presented a weekly programme, playing an eclectic mix of music. [13] She has presented story segments for The One Show on BBC 1. In October 2021 it was announced that she would be seen in Susan Calman’s Antiques Adventure on Channel 5. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Holroyd Gallery and Picture Framer, Scotland". Holroydgallery.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Meet McTear's: Natasha Raskin | McTear's Auctioneers, Glasgow". Mctears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "BBC One - Bargain Hunt - Natasha Raskin". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-newcastle/20150111/282312498449151 [ bare URL ]
  5. ↑ "When TV came calling, Natasha Raskin had a secret to confess". Sunday Post. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Emmy Griffiths: "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Natasha Raskin Sharp’s wedding - get the details", Hello!, 23 August 2022
  7. 1 2 Bill Gibb (27 January 2016). "Natasha Raskin loved her time working with Barack Obama". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Natasha Raskin has never been so busy with FIVE TV shows to juggle". Sunday Post. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Thomson, Ellen (28 February 2021). "TV presenter sets out to change way art is bought and sold". Glasgow West End (Today News). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Griffiths, Emmy (1 June 2021). "Meet Antiques Road Trip presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp". Hello! . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Nieves in session, plus the Tuesday Review". Bbc.co.uk. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "BBC Radio Scotland - The Music Match, Natasha Raskin". BBC Radio Scotland . 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "BBC Radio Scotland - Natasha Raskin Sharp - Episode guide". BBC Radio Scotland . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Channel 5 send Susan Calman on an antiques adventure". TVZone. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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