Kevin Gilbert - Director, Clive Emson Auctioneers

Kevin has been involved with auctions from an early age, attending auctions as a child with his antique dealer father, leaving school in 1981 and joining a firm of general Auctioneers in his home town. His first rostrum experience in 1983 left him in no doubt that he wanted to be an auctioneer, so he embarked on a postal course studying at the college of Estate Management at Reading, where he found he had a passion for all things bricks & mortar, design and architecture.

Even though thoroughly enjoying taking the rostrum offering a wide range of lots, including livestock, machinery, contractors plant, cars, commercials, antiques etc and gaining extensive auctioneering experience (often selling multiple times each week), he simply couldn’t ignore the passion he had for land and property.

In 1994 he joined the Auction Division of an independent firm of estate agents, until 2003 when he was invited to join the Clive Emson team as Director & Auctioneer.

Kevin is a past Vice-Chairman of the Kent branch of the ISVA (the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers) and is regularly seen on the BBC’s ‘Homes under the Hammer’

Away from the office, Kevin has a wide variety of interests including spending time with family and friends, travelling, wildlife, walking, cooking, theatre & live shows and gardening. He is a life member of The National Trust & English Heritage continuing to enjoy buildings, architecture and history.