Natasha Raskin Sharp
{{Short description|Scottish television presenter and auctioneer}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
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| birth_name = Natasha Raskin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1986|06|15}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| citizenship = British
| education = University of Glasgow
| occupation = Television presenter
| relatives = Philip Raskin (father)
Max Raskin (grandfather)
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| spouse = {{marriage|Joe Sharp|2016}}
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Natasha Raskin Sharp (born 15 June 1986) is a Scottish television presenter, and antiques and art expert, especially in Scottish contemporary art, best known for her appearances on television. The daughter of contemporary Scottish artist Philip Raskin,{{cite web|url=http://www.holroydgallery.co.uk/raskin/philip.htm |title=Holroyd Gallery and Picture Framer, Scotland |website=Holroydgallery.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-09-25}} she has appeared in programmes in the UK and the US including Antiques Road Trip, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Flog It!, Bargain Hunt, For What It's Worth and Baggage Battles.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.mctears.co.uk/departments/contact.aspx?id=30e31f08-c03c-4c88-8820-909f998f4cfd |title=Meet McTear's: Natasha Raskin | McTear's Auctioneers, Glasgow |website=Mctears.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-09-25}}
Family and education
She was born in 1986 in Glasgow, the middle of three children in a family of art lovers and collectors.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5VTxQqNTjhNRqkkCP9cpMXW/natasha-raskin |title=BBC One - Bargain Hunt - Natasha Raskin |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |accessdate=2016-09-25}} Her father is the artist Philip Raskin, and her grandfather was former TV magician Max Raskin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-newcastle/20150111/282312498449151|title=Two generations of TV stars? That's magic|via=PressReader|accessdate=6 April 2024}} Initially she studied law at the University of Leeds, but left her degree course after a month, taking the rest of the academic year off before going to the University of Glasgow to study a degree in History of Art.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/when-tv-came-calling-natasha-raskin-had-a-dirty-secret-to-confess-2/ |title=When TV came calling, Natasha Raskin had a secret to confess |website=Sunday Post |date= 11 January 2015|accessdate=2016-09-25}}
In 2016, she married Joe Sharp, a producer of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip whom she met in 2013. They reside in Glasgow.Emmy Griffiths: "[https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220823148966/celebrity-antiques-road-trip-natasha-rasking-sharp-wedding/ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Natasha Raskin Sharp’s wedding - get the details]", Hello!, 23 August 2022 She gave birth to her first child, a daughter Jean in January 2024.
Career
After deciding that law was not for her, she had a placement with the Alice Temperley fashion house,{{cite news|author=Bill Gibb |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/entertainment/my-favourite-holiday-natasha-raskin-loved-her-time-in-america-working-on-the-obama-campaign-but-the-danube-is-her-ideal-destination/ |title=Natasha Raskin loved her time working with Barack Obama |newspaper=The Sunday Post |date= 27 January 2016|accessdate=2016-09-25}} and worked in the primary elections of 2008 for Barack Obama in New Hampshire, during which he referred to her as part of "the Scottish contingent" of his team, and provided her with a signed reference for her work.
After returning to Scotland, she joined Glasgow auction house McTear's, as an auctioneer and latterly as Head of Pictures, dealing mainly with Scottish contemporary art. After her marriage, she now shares her auctioneering and valuation event duties at McTear's with her TV career.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/entertainment/natasha-raskin-never-busy-five-tv-shows-juggle/ |title=Natasha Raskin has never been so busy with FIVE TV shows to juggle |website=Sunday Post |date= 22 May 2016|accessdate=2016-09-25}} In 2021 she launched a new business auctioning artworks from the studios where they were made.{{cite news|newspaper=Glasgow West End (Today News)|first=Ellen|last=Thomson|date=2021-02-28|title=TV presenter sets out to change way art is bought and sold|url=https://glasgowwestend.todaynews.co.uk/2021/02/28/arts-culture/presenter/|accessdate=2021-09-19}}
=Television=
Raskin is a regular expert contributor on the BBC's Antiques Road Trip, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Flog It! and has acted as both expert and lead presenter on BBC's Bargain Hunt.{{cite news|newspaper=Hello!|date=2021-06-01|first=Emmy|last=Griffiths|title=Meet Antiques Road Trip presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210601114387/antiques-road-trip-meet-natasha-raskin-sharp/|accessdate=2021-09-19}} She appeared in the US show Baggage Battles. In 2016 she appeared as a guest expert in episodes of For What It's Worth with Fern Britton. She has also appeared on the Janice Forsyth Show on BBC Radio Scotland, reviewing an exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0760hvk |title=BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Nieves in session, plus the Tuesday Review |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2016-04-19 |accessdate=2016-09-25}} She has been a guest presenter on BBC Radio Scotland's The Music Match,{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074zymc |title=BBC Radio Scotland - The Music Match, Natasha Raskin |website=BBC Radio Scotland |date=2016-04-01 |accessdate=2016-09-25}} and since 2017, has presented a weekly programme, playing an eclectic mix of music.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lh88b/episodes/guide|title=BBC Radio Scotland - Natasha Raskin Sharp - Episode guide|website=BBC Radio Scotland|accessdate=2021-09-19}} She has presented story segments for The One Show on BBC 1. In October 2021 it was announced that she would be seen in Susan Calman’s Antiques Adventure on Channel 5.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/susancalman-antiquesadventure|title=Channel 5 send Susan Calman on an antiques adventure|accessdate=29 October 2021|website=TVZone|date=29 October 2021 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm6084710}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lh88b Natasha Raskin Sharp] (BBC Radio Scotland)
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Category:Scottish television presenters
Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Category:BBC Radio Scotland presenters
Category:Mass media people from Glasgow
Category:Scottish art historians
Category:Scottish antiquarians