Fieldings, with Will Farmer as their representative, and Piano Auctions with Sean McIlroy as theirs, were both elected Members at the June Committee Meeting.

Additionally, Will Richards of Dreweatts was elected an Associate Member.

Ewbank Clarke Gammon Wellers continues to expand, and Riddetts are now 'in association' with them. They retain an office at Bournemouth, but goods will be sold at Chris Ewbank's Send saleroom. Rodney Adams therefore becomes an Associate Member of Ewbanks Clarke Gammon Wellers and new Associate Members Stephen Ozier at Bournemouth and Timothy Duggan at Send were elected.

At the June Committee Meeting Graham Paddison was elected a Valuer Member of the Society. Now running his own Fine Art Valuation Consultancy from Hessle in East Yorkshire, this is the second time around for Graham who was previously a member as the representative of Brown and Co. at Brigg.

The 2010 AGM will be held on Thursday October 21st. at Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury.

The Meeting will be followed by a private view of the forthcoming Clocks and Silver Sale, with a short talk by relevant specialists.

After lunch there will be a guided tour of Mompesson House in the Close, followed by afternoon tea.

Invitations will be sent out shortly.

With Clive Stewart-Lockhart's term of office coming to an end, Paul Viney, Chairman of Woolley and Wallis, the Salisbury-based Fine Art Auctioneers, has been elected to succeed him as the new Chairman of SOFAA. He began his career at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, then worked for the National Trust at Waddesdon Manor, the former Rothschild house near Aylesbury, before joining Phillips Auctioneers, where he was Vice President in New York for three years and European Director from 1986 until 1992. He is well known to Radio 2 listeners for his annual Children in Need auctions with Terry Wogan, Jimmy Young, Ken Bruce and others. He has lectured extensively.