Pillsbury Assumes Expanded Role At Heritage!

Dallas, Texas: Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers (HG&A) is pleased to announce that Edmund P. Pillsbury, Ph,.D. , who joined the Heritage staff last July as Senior Expert-Fine Art, has agreed to assume increased responsibilities in the Fine and Decorative arts sector, effective immediately, serving as Managing Director of Fine and Decorative Arts as well as Senior Expert.

"This expansion of Dr. Pillsbury's responsibilities will help propel Heritage into the forefront of the Fine and Decorative Arts field," said Jim Halperin, Co-Chairman of HG&A. "His breadth of knowledge and his unsurpassed leadership skills have helped us to focus our efforts in these exciting areas, and we look forward to implementing his vision for Fine and Decorative Arts in the near term."

A member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a native of Minneapolis, Pillsbury is the great-grandson of the founder of the Pillsbury Milling Company, today known to consumers as the Pillsbury bakery division of General Mills, Inc. Known as one of America's foremost museum professionals who helped build the art collections of the renowned Kimbell (where he served as Director from 1980-1998) as well as the Paul Mellon Collection of British Art, he also served as the founding director of the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art housing the Steve Wynn collection.

Dr. Pillsbury is a graduate of Yale University, and holds a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art from the University of London's Courtauld Institute of Art. His acclaimed former management positions include Director of the Yale Center for British Art and Chief Executive Officer of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London. He served as Director of the Meadows Museum and Professor of Art History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and is currently a Research Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, a position he holds part-time.

For more information about Heritage's auctions, and a complete record of prices realized, along with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit HeritageGalleries.com.

Prospective consignors and sellers of quality fine and decorative art are invited to call Dr. Pillsbury at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 533 or Michael Wolf at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 541 to discuss their material. Or visit HeritageGalleries.com and click on the "Sell Now" tab. Or simply email Dr. Pillsbury at TedP@HeritageGalleries.com.

To reserve your copy of any Heritage auction catalog, please contact Nicole Jewell at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 272, or visit HeritageGalleries.com to order by email.