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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5 Questions: Jane Houldsworth of Flying Colours

18 September 2017

Jane Houldsworth is director of Flying Colours Gallery and is exhibiting at this week’s LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair (ends September 20).

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New Glasgow Boy Steven Campbell features in three Scottish art shows

18 September 2017

Three gallery shows will focus on Scottish art of the later 20th century.

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Stalwart dealer at Peterborough Festival of Antiques describes its many attractions

18 September 2017

Along with around 10 other stallholders, Mason’s Ironstone dealer Susan Skelton has been standing at the biannual two-day Peterborough Festival of Antiques since it launched in 1999.

BADA eyeballs new technology

18 September 2017

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is developing new technology to enable remote interaction between dealers and clients.

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Galloway Antiques Fairs comes to Duncombe Park

18 September 2017

This c.1780 portrait of a young girl with a pet dog is among the pieces offered at the upcoming Galloway Antiques Fair at Duncombe Park.

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Native painter of Montmartre: Utrillo stars in 'Urban Solitude' exhibition

18 September 2017

White-walled shop fronts, spindly trees and anonymous figures populate city scenes that Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) painted in the early 20th century.

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Stanley Gibbons gives up on Pall Mall space

18 September 2017

Less than six months after holding its first auction in its Pall Mall home, Stanley Gibbons’ The Fine Art Auction Group (TEFAAG) has left the central London premises and is in the process of selling the lease.

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A look ahead to the PAD, BADA and Battersea decorative fairs

18 September 2017

At the start of October, London is in for a feeding frenzy as art collectors, curators and member of the trade descend on the city. This year, four major fairs open in the capital in the first week of October offering a huge selection of antiques, fine art, decorative and vintage.

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Flea market planned for Marylebone to coincide with ‘London Design Festival’

15 September 2017

More than 80 art and antique dealers are preparing for a new market event later this month in Marylebone.

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‘Parcours des Mondes’ – eight shots of objects and displays from Paris’ tribal art trail

14 September 2017

The Paris Parcours des Mondes tribal art trail started its six-day run on September 12 with visitors filling the streets in the art and antiques district of Saint Germain des Près to tour around the participating galleries.

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Boyfriend of murdered dealer Robyn Mercer admits forging her will

12 September 2017

The boyfriend of the late silver dealer Robyn Mercer who was murdered in March last year has appeared in court charged with forging her will.

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Gauguin sketch dismissed as a fake is valued at £200,000 after 'Fake or Fortune?' investigation

11 September 2017

The BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?' team uncovered the story behind two pictures possibly by Paul Gauguin during last night’s programme.

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Q&A with Florence 'Biennale' exhibitor Jorge Coll, CEO of Colnaghi

11 September 2017

Among the London art dealers who are off to Florence for the 30th edition of the city’s Biennale this month is Colnaghi. ATG canvassed the opinion of the firm’s CEO, Jorge Coll.

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Mayfair set for Modern British sculpture display and French painter’s first solo UK show

11 September 2017

Two Mayfair exhibitions starting this month feature modern art, one focusing on British sculpture, the other on French painting.

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Molly and Maud and our friends in the north

11 September 2017

A group of dealers and artists will gather in a village just outside York for a temporary collective this month, displaying a sample of their offerings to a local audience.

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Orange glass adds colour to Wiltshire show

11 September 2017

Dealers Delomosne & Son are opening an exhibition of English baluster glasses this month.

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Saddle up in Suffolk

11 September 2017

A c.1860 century bronze horse group by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-71) is among the pieces on offer at English and Continental Antique’s selling exhibition.

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Jewellery highlights of upcoming fairs

11 September 2017

The first major fairs of the new season are only just around the corner. The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair at Berkeley Square is always strong on antique jewellery, this year (September 15-20) attracting more than a dozen specialist dealers from both London and overseas.

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5 Questions: Stephen Camburn

11 September 2017

Stephen Camburn’s gallery is set in France’s Loire Valley. Camburn Fine Art France specialises in contemporary art and the paintings of Alan Halliday.

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Lamps made from 1920s shotguns among upcycled creations of an Essex dealer

11 September 2017

Five years ago I wrote a piece about Essex dealer Guy Chevenix-Trench of Antiques by Design who was standing at the 'Salvo' fair.

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