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Katherine Higgins Antiques Roadshow :: Wikipedia, Illness, Cancer, Age

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Personal Details Summary
Name Katherine Higgins
Birthday / How old / Age / Date of Birth / DOB As of 2024, she is around 57 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids 4
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race White
Nationality English
How did Katherine Higgins dogs die? In 2017, her two dogs died from overheating during a spell of hot weather.
Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

  • Katherine Higgins is an English TV presenter, author and writer, mostly known for her work on TV shows such as Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is & T
    How did Katherine Higgins dog die? In 2017, her two dogs died from overheating during a spell of hot weather. Antiques Roadshow
    where she specialised in valuing vintage fashion and modern collectables.
  • Other than her work on The Antiques Roadshow, Katherine writes for the magazine Homes and Antiques as well as features for papers such as Woman and Home, The Times and The Express. She has also published several books.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

  • Katherine was born in Guildford, Surrey, around 1967-68. She is an only child.
  • Graduating from high school in 1985, Katherine then went on to attend the University of East Anglia and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Art and Architectural History in 1989. She specialised in the 1700s and 1900s eras.
  • Katherine was a “Girl Guide” as a girl, and accomplished some of her badges by working at the Guildford Museum.
  • She is married and lives with her husband, Thomas, in a house in Surrey, England. She is not reported to have four children & is also known for owning several pets.

TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

  • After working as Press Officer for the British auction house Christie’s, from 1990-1996, Katherine then began working for “Express” Newspapers as their Antiques Correspondent until 2000. While holding this position, she also worked as the presenter for TV show Collectimania in 1996 and 1997.
  • Higgins has also been a specialist presenter for the BBC since 1998.
  • She began working on the show Antiques Roadshow in 2001 and finished in 2013.
  • Besides her appearances on the popular Antiques Roadshow, Katherine has appeared on TV shows like Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, The Wright Stuff, 20th Century Roadshow, etc.
  • As of 2019, she is working as the Exhibition Curator for The Lightbox, a gallery and musuem, a position she started in the end of 2011, and as a presenter for show Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
  • Higgins has written two books Collecting the 1970s (published in 2001) and Are You Rich? (published in 2009).

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • Katherine has a public Facebook profile, but only has a small following of around 200 people.
  • She came under some media spotlight in 2017 after reporting her two Labrador pet dogs Monty and Daisy died. It was speculated that they died from the heatwave happening at the time.
  • Katherine, though a collector of period dress and antiques, believes that people should use them in daily life. She will often cook with vintage tools, wear vintage clothing and will also use Pre-War recipes.
  • On the Antiques Roadshow, Katherine stated that a small medal was her most memorable item. The medal was brought in by the great-niece of a Suffragette, and the medal was to show having undertaken a hunger strike and was valued at at least £15,000.

Health Update :

  • Katherine Higgins Illness / Sick : She has no major illness or sickness to date and seems to be in good health.

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