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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BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team discover lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts

04 September 2017

An early painting by UK-born Australian artist Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931), was authenticated on the BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ after being lost for more than 130 years.

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'Parcours de la Céramique': 20th ceramics staging celebrates Saumur

04 September 2017

The Parcours de la Céramique has become a well-established feature of the Paris rentrée.

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Expansion kicks in at Paris dealership Galerie Kugel

04 September 2017

One highlight of the rentrée is the scholarly exhibitions put on at the same time as the 'Biennale' by the Paris dealership Galerie Kugel.

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Postcards reveal everyday life on London streets

04 September 2017

This Edwardian postcard, showing a hot-chestnut seller in the City of London, was issued by the Rotary Photographic Company in its London Life series.

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Prices point to popularity at LAPADA fair

04 September 2017

Range of items from ‘more affordable’ upwards features at this year's LAPADA fair...

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5 Questions: Louis Nierijnck

04 September 2017

Louis Nierijnck is one of the exhibitors standing at the Tribal Art London fair from September 6-9. He specialises in tribal and ethnographic art, particularly art from Nepal and south-east Asia.

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Obituary: Russell Timms

04 September 2017

We regret to announce the passing of Russell Timms, who has died peacefully aged 69.

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Profile: Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer Christina Ortega

04 September 2017

Cristina Ortega is a specialist in Chinese and Japanese ceramics with a gallery in the rue de Beaune. Now taking part in her eighth Parcours de la Céramique, she remains very enthusiastic about the possibilities…

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Events bring Norfolk broad smiles

04 September 2017

Organiser delighted by the response to her antiques and militaria fairs held in East Anglia...

Castle Cary put on hold

04 September 2017

The launch on September 10 of a vintage market outside the 19th century Market House in the picturesque town of Castle Cary in Somerset has been postponed until next spring.

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Vessels hold plenty of interest

04 September 2017

An upcoming show staged by art advisers J&J Rawlin mixes two and three-dimensional works in a space both public and private.

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Shop talk: Halstead Antiques Centre

04 September 2017

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to James Killbery who owns Halstead Antiques Centre on the Essex/Suffolk border.

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Book fairs are buzzing, says dealer

04 September 2017

An early 19th century card game in its original wooden box but lacking some of the mostly bright cards – there are 24 top, 24 middle and 28 bottom sections in the box – is for sale from Michael Moon’s Bookshop in Whitehaven in Cumbria for £595 at the York book fair.

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Unseen paintings by ‘the Lowry of the Potteries’ revealed at Cheshire exhibition

02 September 2017

A group of previously unseen paintings by ‘the Lowry of the Potteries’ are on show in Cheshire.

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Shine on: Five pieces of jewellery at the LAPADA Fair

01 September 2017

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair (September 15-20) features 110 dealers exhibiting a wide range of objects in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square. Here, ATG takes a look at five pieces of jewellery available at the fair.

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Hemswell Antique Centres launches updated website

30 August 2017

An updated website for Hemswell Antique Centres has been launched as part of a larger programme of redevelopment marking its 30th year.

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Modern British art fair returns at new venue after two-year break

28 August 2017

Two years after its last edition, the '20/21 British Art Fair' is back for its 28th staging.

Obituary: David Wheatley

28 August 2017

David Wheatley of Wheatley Antiques, who specialised in Chinese and Japanese porcelain and works of art, has passed away, aged 69, after a short battle with cancer.

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5 Questions: Joss Graham

28 August 2017

Joss Graham specialises in ethnographic textiles and works of art and is taking part in 'Tribal Art London' in September.

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Obituary: Leonard Sutton (1946-2017)

28 August 2017

Leonard started his antiques career in 1968, working in a small shop in Westbourne Grove, London, for Patricia Harvey.

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