Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Firsts book fair racks up many extra dealers
15 August 2022Firsts: London’s Rare Books Fair has added an impressive 49 dealers to the roster for its 65th edition thanks to an influx of international traders.
Clock pictured on ATG front page catches a buyer’s eye
15 August 2022Clock dealer Ben Wright has sold an important English golden age clock following its appearance in the pages and front cover of the Antiques Trade Gazette.
5 Questions: book dealer James Eaton
15 August 2022James Eaton runs Alastor Rare Books specialising in British and continental antiquarian books, manuscripts, archives, and ephemera, with an emphasis on Italian and French imprints.
The web shop window: Black Forest postage stamp box
15 August 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
De Wint Whitby went to private collector at London Art Week
15 August 2022Between reserving various pieces to museums, Guy Peppiatt was pleased to sell a large watercolour of Yorkshire by Peter de Wint (1748- 1849) during the latest London Art Week (LAW).
Gallery launches exhibition with young visitors in mind
15 August 2022James Brett of The Gallery of Everything cultivates an attitude that selling for its own sake is less important than putting on a rattling good show.
National Trust snaps up Castlereagh’s silver inkstand ahead of exhibition
11 August 2022The National Trust has acquired a silver inkstand used by Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822), the Anglo-Irish politician and statesman.
Two extra fairs lined up for London 2023
08 August 2022Two more London fairs are on the cards for next year.
Petworth event sold to 2Covet
08 August 2022The team behind dealer marketplace 2Covet has bought The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
Dealers' news in brief including a London gallery offering an important Flemish cabinet
08 August 2022A quick look at some recent events and objects on offer around the trade.
Next step for dealers who opened during lockdown
08 August 2022Two different dealers that started their businesses during lockdown are embarking on the next part of their careers.
5 Questions: Paul Foster of Paul Foster Books
08 August 2022Paul Foster set up Paul Foster Books in 1990 and trades online, at fairs and by appointment in London.
Cooper Events returns to the Cotswolds and Chester
08 August 2022Cotswolds fair provides a summer treat while Chester makes an autumn comeback
The web shop window: Italian polychrome table
08 August 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Cooper Events’ Chester Fair returns this autumn
02 August 2022The Chester Decorative Antiques & Art Fair returns this autumn a year and a month after its last staging.
Year of the Dealer organiser Mark Westgarth joins BADA Prize judges
28 July 2022More big names from the art and antiques world have joined the judging panel for the BADA Prize.
Strong sales at TEFAF and Masterpiece despite a dates clash
25 July 2022Sales abounded at TEFAF Maastricht and Masterpiece London this summer.
Fair reports: Two good or was it too much?
25 July 2022Special report on Masterpiece and TEFAF Maastricht – both held in summer this year
To be or not to be at both fairs, that was the question
25 July 2022When a new client with an interest in Roman marbles visited Charles Ede at TEFAF, they liked what they saw but thought they would come back.
TEFAF Maastricht returns – but not in March
25 July 2022A portrait of a boy with a white cravat by Michaelina Wautier (1604- 89) was among the highlight sales at TEFAF Maastricht.