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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1926, Page 18

The daughter of a former Dean of Peterborough, for whom she acted as private secretary and whom she often accompanied on his travels in England and the Contintent, Miss Evelyn Barlow joined the famous auctioneering firm of Messrs. Sotheby during the war. Her brother, Sir Montague Barlow, was —as he is now—one of the partners, and as his co-partners and several members of the Btaff were on active service Miss Barlow went to help him. So fascinated was she with the business that after the Armistice she remained on and eventually became a full partner. She is notf at the’head of the department which deals; with the pictures, drawings, etchings and engravings entrusted to the firm for sale, although the technieai catalogues for these sales are made by the highly accomplished experts who are attached to each department. At one time Miss Barlow used to go into the rostrum and conduct sales, just like the male auctioneers, but of late, in consequence of her administrative work, she has not done so, though she still remains London’s only lady auctioneer.