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.
Florence attracts new faces from London for 31st staging
09 September 2019The Biennale Internationale dell’Antiquario di Firenze (Florence Biennale) opens this month for its 31st edition – celebrating 60 years of showcasing and selling art and antiques in the city.
5 Questions with Aeneas Bastian
09 September 2019Aeneas Bastian is director of Bastian gallery in Berlin and London. It was founded by his parents, Céline and Heiner, in 1989 and expanded to Mayfair earlier this year.
Galloway features punch bowl at Duncombe Park Fair
09 September 2019A large Georgian silver punch bowl made in 1824 (below) is available to buy from Highland Antiques of Aberdeen for £2450 at the next Galloway fair.
Obituary: Glass specialist John P Smith (1940-2019)
09 September 2019John Smith, who died on February 24, was a well-known figure in the world of glass, contributing much to knowledge in this field and selling unusual and interesting glasses to museums and collectors all over the world. A Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass from 2000, he had an international profile and vetted glass at the Maastricht fair in recent years.
The web shop window: Last Men of the Revolution
09 September 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
PAD London: The prime design destination
09 September 2019This Mayfair event provides an eclectic selection for professionals and public alike
Lomax in history groove
09 September 2019Organiser holds events in notable properties with fine heritage
Art comes out of the shadows with Waddington Custot Caulfield show
09 September 2019'Evening Paper' by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) is included at Waddington Custot’s exhibition on the Modern British artist starting this month.
Down Under: Special report from the AAADA Sydney fair
09 September 2019A pair of Wedgwood kangaroo figures brought to the recent AAADA Antiques & Art Fair Sydney by The Antique Guild proved appropriately attractive to buyers.
Church Street festival Antiques Anonymous returns to Marylebone for third time
04 September 2019A one-day antiques festival is to return to Church Street, Lisson Grove, for its third year.
Antiques firms urged to register for EU trade permit as potential no-deal Brexit looms
03 September 2019Trade associations are urging their members to apply for the required permit to continue importing and exporting with EU countries following Brexit on October 31.
Art week aims to promote Stow supercenter
02 September 2019An exhibition of 18th and 19th century Indian mica pictures is a stand-out offering at a new arts festival in the Cotswolds.
Turquoise tempter at Arley Hall
02 September 2019This 1940s Jaeger-LeCoutre Triple Calendar 273175 Mechanical watch is offered for £4200 at the next Arley Hall Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
On the trail of French ceramic treats
02 September 2019A traditional feature of the ‘rentrée’ for the Paris art market in September is the Left Bank, gallery-based Parcours de la Céramique et des Arts du Feu.
Fair sets sights on science
02 September 2019Dealer Peter Delehar brings an example of a pioneering protractor to the second edition of the Antique Scientific Instrument Fair.
Upcoming fairs to visit in early September 2019
02 September 2019A selection of events in Cheshire, Kent, Bedfordshire and Wales.
Major attractions in Left Bank gallery
02 September 2019The Left Bank Galerie Vauclair on the rue de Beaune is one of the participants in the Parcours de la Céramique but it is also is putting on an exhibition titled Majeur! This not only spans the Parcours’ dates but runs until October 31.
Jane Austen letter heads home to museum
02 September 2019Jane Austen’s House Museum in Hampshire has successfully raised the £35,000 required to buy a fragment of a letter written by the novelist in 1814. The rare manuscript was being sold on behalf of its private owner by London dealer Maggs.
Wings and wheels speed into Suffolk
02 September 2019A 1935 oil on canvas of a Bugatti and Alfa Romeo speeding along a track is offered for £1550 during English and Continental Antique’s next 'Wings and Wheels' exhibition.
5 Questions: Gavin Claxton of Academy Fine Paintings
02 September 2019Gavin Claxton of Academy Fine Paintings specialises in 19th century British and European oil paintings and is among the exhibitors at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair.
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