Anne Schofield first became interested in antique jewellery and costume at Sydney university in the late '50s when she was involved in the Sydney University Dramatic Society, making costumes for plays set in different historical periods. This interest was further developed in London where she lived in the early '60s in Notting Hill Gate, close to the famous antique market Portobello Road. Many long hours were spent studying over antique jewellery in The British Museum , The Victoria and Albert Museum and in the Bond St and Burlington Arcade antique shops. Returning to Australia in 1965, she started to deal in vintage costume and jewellery in an exciting new antique shop called 'Kaleidoscope' in Woollahra, which attracted clients like Robert Hughes, Germaine Greer and Liza Minelli. In 1969 Anne opened her own shop just around the corner in Queen Street, the first shop in Australia to specialise in Antique Jewellery. Thirty five years later, Anne Schofield Antiques is still located in Queen Street Woollahra, an elegant tree-lined boulevard which has become the heart of Sydney's flourishing antique trade - largely due to her early involvement in the '70s in the Queen Street & West Woollahra Association, a civic action group interested in preserving the architectural heritage of the area. Anne Schofield Antiques is now a mecca for the discriminating collector, providing the best examples and finest quality of every period from the 18th century to the 1950s -- for example, Georgian neo-classical hardstone cameos & intaglios, Victorian parures in coral & micro-mosaic, signed 'designer pieces by Carlo Giuliano and George Fouquet, French art deco and art nouveau jewels -- Indian gold & enamel dowry jewellery -- gathered through her global network of contacts who supply her constantly with fine quality wearable jewels. The ASA client base includes distinguished private individuals and major Australian art institutions including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. During the '80s, Anne was a regular guest on the A.B.C. T.V. programme, 'For Love or Money', she co-authored (with historian Kevin Fahy) a book, Australian Jewellery 19th and Early 20th Century, published in 1990 by David Ell Press, the first definitive authority on the subject Anne lectures on antique jewellery and costume for special interest groups -- the Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society, (ADFAS), the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA), and the Australian Academy of Decorative arts. She is a member of the International Society of Jewellery Historians, British Museum, London, an Honorary Associate and Life Member of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, a member of the Australian and the New South Wales Antique Dealers Associations and an Approved Valuer for the Australian Government Cultural Gifts for the Arts Scheme. In 2003 Anne was appointed as a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (A.M.) for her services to the performing arts and to the applied & decorative arts, particularly antiques, as an author and consultant.