Margaret Barrett, a California native who graduated from UCLA with a B.A. degree in Art History, joined Heritage Auctions in 2011 after working as an Entertainment Memorabilia Specialist at various auction houses for a number of years.  She served as a Specialist at Butterfield & Butterfield in Los Angeles, as an Assistant Vice President & Head of the Popular Arts Department at Christie’s in New York, as a consultant to Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, and as the Director of Entertainment Memorabilia at Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles. Notable collections that she has worked on include The Estate of John Wayne, The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, The Estate of Bette Davis, The Estate of Jimmy Stewart, The Estate of Jennifer Jones, The Estate of Raymond Burr, The Ramrod Shurtliff Collection of Grateful Dead Memorabilia, The Private World of Truman Capote, The Estate of Steve McQueen, and The Herb  Bridges “Gone with the Wind” Auction  for which she was awarded a key to the city by the mayor of Jonesboro, Georgia --  hometown of “Gone with the Wind” author, Margaret Mitchell.