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.

Murals

Piper and Bawden murals to the manor borne: Rothschild Foundation buys artworks for National Trust's Waddesdon

19 December 2022

Two large-scale murals by leading Modern British artists have been purchased by The Rothschild Foundation from dealer Liss Llewellyn.

Nativity scene

An artist’s Christmas card and an advent calendar by Andy Warhol are among five Christmassy items this season

19 December 2022

Christmas is coming and here are some art, antiques and collectables to bring on that festive feeling.

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Zinkeisen packs a punch

19 December 2022

Anna Zinkeisen (1901-76), who painted 'The Boxing Match' depicting a bout from 1928, enjoyed publicity from the painting at the time.

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Works by leading linocut artist Sybil Andrews offered at Osborne Samuel

19 December 2022

In its stable of women artists Modern British art specialist Osborne Samuel features Sybil Andrews (1898-1992).

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Laura Knight: her ‘time has come’

19 December 2022

Dealer Karen Taylor is among those noting that “collectors seem to be following the trend set by museums and buying more work by women”.

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Appreciation that’s long overdue

19 December 2022

Collectors are responding positively as dealers put overlooked female artists in the spotlight

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Writer on air raid warden duty

19 December 2022

This wartime portrait of the writer Amelia Defries shows her in the role of an ARP warden in Kensington.

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Gallery puts Lartigue in limelight

19 December 2022

Compact Paris exhibition includes 19 works with a ‘super provenance’ to the artist’s wife

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Mars collection lands in Manhattan

19 December 2022

Anyone familiar with HG Wells’ 'War of the Worlds' knows that the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one – but the things that do make it come with some serious firepower.

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Surrealist in the spotlight

19 December 2022

Works by Surrealist artist Ithell Colquhoun (1906-88) have been rising in popularity.

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Welsh antiques wonderland

19 December 2022

Suggestions on centres to visit, from Cardiff and Pembrokeshire up to Denbighshire

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Ephemera Fair discovers the joy of six

19 December 2022

Event will change next year to be held less frequently but with greater impact

Obituary: Frank Dux (1932-2022)

19 December 2022

Sadly, but not unexpectedly at the age of 90, Frank Dux passed away on November 18, 2022.

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The web shop window: late 19th century Welsh quilt

19 December 2022

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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Party time for booksellers

19 December 2022

The rare book trade was kept busy on the evening of December 9 with two parties taking place.

Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAfE) fair

Art & Antiques for Everyone fair cancelled for 2023

14 December 2022

The much-loved event at the NEC Birmingham, that had run three times a year pre-Covid, has cancelled plans for next year.

Pantiles Arcade

Mark Hill launches at Pantiles Arcade in Tunbridge Wells

13 December 2022

Television antiques expert Mark Hill unveils his new premises in Tunbridge Wells this week.

Royal Courts of Justice

Judgments made on London dealers in two separate court cases

12 December 2022

Two separate legal cases involving leading London art dealers have concluded in the High Court.

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The web shop window: early 20th century rocking horses

12 December 2022

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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Merged Paris fair brings back the crowds

12 December 2022

Over 17,000 visitors including representatives from French and foreign museums, major collectors and decorators attended the first staging of the newly merged fair Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale.

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