Dealers

Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair review courtesy of ATG reader Cordelia Hudson.

Pictures by two women artists depicting the landscapes and flora of Scotland are the focus of a new exhibition at Thompson’s Gallery.

Second-generation dealer Meg Thompson joined Thompson’s Gallery in 2011.

Decorative arts specialist Eric Knowles has become a dealer and teamed up with others in the trade to launch a new emporium in Kent.

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

Portobello and Golborne Markets are now running on Sundays as well as the Saturdays throughout the summer until August 11.

Koopman Rare Art has moved to Mayfair after more than 50 years in the London Silver Vaults on Chancery Lane.

A third-generation dealer, Elizabeth Fitzsimmons specialises in Old Master portraiture and has recently launched her first website selling portraits from the 16th-20th centuries.

The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair returned last month with 60 exhibitors and plenty of sales.

There was strong footfall – despite the football – as dealers relished the return of Petworth fair

Despite a last minute move to a new site, the Henley Décor Fair at the end of May was a big success, said organiser Gary Wallis.

Lewes is well known to antiques and vintage-hunters.

The planned 30-stand Designer and Makers’ Fair on July 17-18 at Charleston Manor, near Lewes in East Sussex was cancelled at the beginning of July.

Nine works sold by dealers at The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair

“I’m expecting a 50-50 split from the exhibitors who follow my fairs and dealers local to the area”, said Nick Bayliss, talking about his new annual Festival of Antiques at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Believed to date from the mid-17th century, this double portrait is a fascinating painting on many accounts.