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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Gauguin sketch dismissed as a fake is valued at £200,000 after 'Fake or Fortune?' investigation
11 September 2017The 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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Molly and Maud and our friends in the north
11 September 2017A 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 2017Dealers Delomosne & Son are opening an exhibition of English baluster glasses this month.
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5 Questions: Stephen Camburn
11 September 2017Stephen 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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Saddle up in Suffolk
11 September 2017A 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 2017The 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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Dealers gather in Italy for 30th staging of the Florence Biennale art and antiques fair
11 September 2017While Paris has changed its 'Biennale' to run every year, the equally venerable Florence 'Biennale', (the 'Biennale Internationale dell Antiquariato di Firenze – BIAF') retains a traditional format running in alternate years.
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Mayfair set for Modern British sculpture display and French painter’s first solo UK show
11 September 2017Two Mayfair exhibitions starting this month feature modern art, one focusing on British sculpture, the other on French painting.
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Feast of room sets at French pop-up show
11 September 2017If you want to see some impressive room sets, then the biannual Foire de Chatou, 15km from Paris and held on the banks of the River Seine, is the place.
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Numismatists descend on London for the annual Coinex fair
11 September 2017Coin enthusiasts have plenty to think about as they arrive in London for the annual Coinex fair.
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Lamps made from 1920s shotguns among upcycled creations of an Essex dealer
11 September 2017Five 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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Q&A with Florence 'Biennale' exhibitor Jorge Coll, CEO of Colnaghi
11 September 2017Among 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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Young blood in demand at BADA networking event
08 September 2017The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) hopes to attract new members and young people to the world of art and antiques with a series of events.
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40 young dealers offer works at Paris auction’s selling show
07 September 2017Paris auction house Tajan is throwing open its doors to the public for the first edition of ‘Les Jeunes Marchands chez Tajan’, a selling show of works from young dealers aged between 20-40 .
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Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home
05 September 2017Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.
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Dealer-founded Folio Society celebrates 70 at Victoria and Albert Museum
04 September 2017An exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum celebrates the history of the Folio Society, which was founded by dealer Charles Ede 70 years ago.
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BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team discover lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts
04 September 2017An 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 2017The 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 2017One 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 2017This 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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