Dianne Batista Joins Freeman’s | Hindman  

Auction house Freeman’s | Hindman has appointed Dianne Batista as senior vice president for jewelry and watches. 

Based in the firm’s New York office, Batista will lead the development of Freeman’s | Hindman’s jewelry and watch presence in New York and the wider northeast region. She will work with senior vice president and head of jewelry department April Matteini, as well as regional teams across the US, to expand the company’s Important Jewelry auctions, the business said Friday. 

Batista brings 30 years of experience in the jewelry sector to her new role. Before joining Freeman’s | Hindman, she was director of jewelry and watches and senior specialist at Rago/Wright auction house. She has also consulted independently for fine jeweler David Webb among others, and was both a senior jewelry specialist and consultant at Christie’s. In the retail jewelry sector, she was the US head of Dior Fine Jewelry and Cinta jewelry director at John Hardy. 

Auction house Freeman’s | Hindman was formed in 2023 in a merger between Chicago, Illinois-based auction house Hindman and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Freeman’s Auctioneers & Appraisers. 

Image: Dianne Batista. (Freeman’s| Hindman)