NOONANS APPOINT BARNABY FAULL AS SENIOR SPECIALIST

Noonans are delighted to welcome one of the most influential figures in the sphere of collectable banknotes for the past 30 years. Barnaby Faull joined the team as Senior Specialist on April 1.

 

Barnaby, dubbed a National Treasure by Country Gentlemen’s Association Magazine, started his long career at Spink in the early 1970s and only retired in early 2022, having spent nearly half a century there.

It was in the early 1990s that he was appointed to the fledgling banknote department when the discipline was still a niche market. Over the next 30 years Barnaby oversaw a sea-change, introducing some of the first dedicated banknote auctions in the world and soon becoming the leading player in this fast growing market.
During his time working with banknotes, Barnaby has handled the sale of many of the world’s most important private collections, in addition to those of many major bank and institutional holdings.

At Noonans, Barnaby teams up once more with one-time colleagues who have shared his previous successes.

Pierce Noonan, Chairman and CEO of Noonans, said: “Barnaby has been at the forefront of the commercial sale of banknotes for decades and brings with him an unparalleled wealth of experience in this increasingly popular field. The arrival of Barnaby creates for us a dream team of banknote experts, where he joins Thomasina Smith, Andrew Pattison and Michael O’Grady, all of whom he has worked with previously.”

Barnaby said: “I am delighted to be able to come out of what has proved to be a very short retirement to join the Banknote Department at Noonans, where I will be working alongside an already established team of experts, all of whom I have known for many years. I am very much looking forward to doing all that I can to accelerate the momentum that they have achieved and to reconnect with the many friends that I have made over the years in the banknote world.”