Dealers

Dealers come in all shapes and forms, from small sole-traders to powerhouse galleries. Both play an integral role in the art and antiques market.

They often specialise in a given fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but there are also plenty of general dealers operating across different categories.

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Five places to see and buy art in London this month

06 May 2019

From Old Masters to contemporary portraits there is plenty of art to find at various commercial institutions around the capital this month.

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Rare book dealer Bernard Quaritch heads north to Holborn

06 May 2019

Book dealership Bernard Quaritch is relocating to the Holborn area of London, from Mayfair.

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5 Questions: Christina Jansen

06 May 2019

Christina Jansen is managing director at The Scottish Gallery, established in Edinburgh in 1842. It now specialises in emerging and established as well as historical artists.

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The web shop window: 'Roses in an Omega Pot' by Duncan Grant

06 May 2019

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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Vast Vaughan work for sale at gallery Osborne Samuel

06 May 2019

Theseus and the Minotaure (1950), the largest oil on canvas ever produced by artist Keith Vaughan (1912-77) outside of publicly commissioned works, is on offer at Osborne Samuel this month.

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Table topper at Battersea decorative fair

06 May 2019

A c.1946 Italian wrought-iron dressing table was among the stand-out sales during the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.

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Fresh shoots for antiques dealers’ collective Blanchard in Wiltshire

06 May 2019

Dealers’ collective now to be run by nearby garden antiques firm after owners retire.

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Book dealer Bryars starts new chapter as a model

06 May 2019

A portrait of rare books dealer Tim Bryars of Bryars & Bryars features in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition.

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Vintage fair makes it a 10-year fashion statement

06 May 2019

The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 12, at the 50-trader summer fair in the sumptuous Art Deco interior of the Freemasons’ Hall in London.

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Business brews for antiques dealers at Victorian malthouse in Stroud

06 May 2019

A listed Victorian malthouse in Stroud formerly owned by the Whitbread Brewery is home to the Malthouse Collective which also runs fairs.

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Two specialist vintage fair events in the Midlands on the same day in May

06 May 2019

Two upcoming annual specialist fairs both running on Sunday, May 12.

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Obituary: Memories of art dealer Patrick Payne

06 May 2019

Retired art dealer Patrick Payne, formerly of Arden Gallery, Henley-in-Arden, and later of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, has died at his daughter’s home in London aged 86.

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Painting of a cow at Robert Young's annual exhibition shows rare example of restoration

06 May 2019

In his annual exhibition, Battersea folk art dealer Robert Young offers a primitive livestock painting of a brown and white cow which was once as obscure in appearance as in its history.

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Buxton fair back ‘where it belongs’

06 May 2019

Roger de Ville brings a rare Liverpool delftware puzzle jug, c.1750, to The Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair priced at £2200. He is among the regular exhibitors at the event, where he has stood for around 20 years.

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Birmingham gallery acquires marble sculpture with support from Tomasso Brothers

02 May 2019

UK dealership Tomasso Brothers Fine Art has helped a Birmingham gallery to acquire a 19th century sculpture by the ‘Landseer of marble’.

Online Galleries

Online art and antiques marketplace 1stdibs to close sister company Online Galleries

01 May 2019

Dealer portal Online Galleries is to close on July 1 with its US owner choosing to focus instead on growing the art, antiques and vintage online marketplace 1stdibs.

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Clarion Events sells Art & Antiques for Everyone following two-year drive to secure fair’s future

30 April 2019

Clarion Events has sold Birmingham’s Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAFE) fair after more than a decade of ownership.

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Phillips bolsters US business with former Sotheby's hires and Christie’s focuses on private sales - the latest Movers and Shakers

30 April 2019

A selection of appointments across the art and antiques market including Phillips hiring former Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern art David Norman.

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Portraits of antiques trade members featured at Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ exhibition

30 April 2019

A portrait of rare books dealer Tim Bryars of Bryars & Bryars is included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition.

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Summer Olympia takes to the floor

29 April 2019

The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will take place on only one floor of the West London exhibition centre for its summer edition, a change from the event’s previous staging across two levels.

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