Having run his own auction house in Woburn, England for 25 years Charlie Ross has spent the last 12 years travelling the world conducting many high profile and high-value auctions. He is the resident auctioneer for Gooding and Company, the leading American vintage automobile auctioneers, who now hold annual sales in Pebble Beach (California), Scottsdale (Arizona) and Amelia Island (Florida).The 2021 Pebble Beach auction totalled in excess of $109 million with a 1935 Duesenberg selling for $22 million - a world record for a US car sold at auction. He is also a resident auctioneer for MacDougall's, the Russian Fine Art Auction House which holds two multi-million pound auctions every year in central London.
The last three years have also seen him conduct auctions in South Africa, Australia, India, France and Belgium, as well as his numerous auctions in the UK. His well-known charity auctions have raised many millions of pounds for a large number of charities. Charlie continues to conduct many charity auctions both in the UK and abroad, of which there have been many highlights. This includes getting in the ring with two-time world heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, and 'knocking out' the robe he wore at his last professional fight against Anthony Joshua for £150,000.
His charity actions have supported causes including the Great Ormond Street Hospital, Caudwell Children, The Elton John Aids Foundation, The Rainbow Trust, NSPCC, the Ubuntu Foundation, The Shooting Star Hospice for Children and The Tim Henman Foundation.
In 2018 his auctioning skills raised in excess of £1,000,000 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. He also regularly conducts a charity auction in Monaco for Princess Charlene in the presence of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II. Charlie is regularly seen on a number of BBC television programmes including the Antiques Road Trip, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Flog It and Bargain Hunt, for which he is one of the four presenters.
How to hire Charlie Ross
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Charlie Ross for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Charlie was, yet again, fantastic and it was such a pleasure to have his support again – I don’t know quite how he gets so much money out of people and leave them smiling! Please could you extend our personal thanks to Charlie? He really is such a lovely person and really added massively to the evening, playing a huge role in our beating our record fundraising this year." - Jonathan, CEO, CareTech Foundation
"Really positive, he was great, raised more than we hoped! Great to work with, very kind, understood the audience and got the best out of them" - CareTech Foundation
"Could you please let Charlie know we have had some lovely feedback from our visitors and vehicle exhibitors. He had a chat with one guy called Clarence, and I have had a couple of calls since from Clarence to say meeting and talking to Charlie really made his weekend. A few of our vehicle exhibitors went over to see Charlie’s talk and the feedback that I got back was that they had a great time with Charlie. We have had a few known people come and do talks with us, and with hand on heart, I have to say that Charlie has been my favourite, he was engaging and funny and I think if he did talk to people for 2 hours people would have been happy to sit and listen for 2 hours. What a lovely gentleman with genuine warmth about him that people can relate to" - Carrieann, Events Coordinator, RHS Garden Rosemoor
"Dear Charlie, thank you so much for your kind e-mail that 'beat me to it'. All those present obviously thoroughly enjoyed your speech. It was most entertaining. Some of the comments were: 'The best speaker yet', 'Brilliant!', 'What a lovely chap' and I could go on. From Jo and myself, it was a real pleasure to meet you. We thoroughly enjoyed your company at dinner and hope to see you again" - Steve, Hon Secretary, AVLP
“This is just a small note to say a huge thank you for Wednesday evening. We raised a large amount of money which is a huge help for the athletes going to PyeongChang and you played a huge part of that. Your enthusiasm and skill to working the room was incredible. It was a hard room, and I know you were poorly during the day but you would have never known. I have had so much positive feedback about the night and your engaging section of the evening, even to those who weren’t bidding. Charlie did a fabulous job on the evening and we have received many letters of thanks for the evening with Charlie mentioned on more than one occasion. Charlie was also a delight to work with and has a charm which many would die for." - Annie, LEX (on behalf of Team GB)
“As you can imagine Charlie was fabulous, a real character and added much to our Ball last week.” - Sylvia, Jersey Hospice Centre
- 2018 - Involved in a charity auction that raised over £1million for Great Ormond Street Hospital
- 2018 - Sold a 1935 Duesenberg for $22million, the most a car has ever sold for at auction in the US
- 2012 - Set the then-record for most profit achieved on Antiques Road Show
- Chief Auctioneer at Russian art auction house MacDougall's
- One of four hosts of BBC's Bargain Hunt
