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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5 Questions with Japanese prints specialist Jane Orde

19 August 2023

Jane Orde specialises in Japanese 19th and 20th century prints and most recently exhibited at Two C’s Burford Antiques Fair and is a regular at The International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair (September 17).

Classic cars and live music at new Port Eliot event

14 August 2023

Alexa Robins, organiser of AFC Fairs’ big antiques and vintage event at the Royal Cornwall Showground, is very excited by news of a new fair she’s been asked to put on.

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Farm tools help social enterprise to grow

14 August 2023

Antiques furniture dealer Philip Crosthwaite’s popular monthly antiques fair in Norwich will feature Richard Goddard, who sells antique vintage tools for a worthy social cause.

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The web shop window: 'mystery' centre table at Lorfords

14 August 2023

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

Obituary: dealer Keith Hockin

14 August 2023

With the recent passing of Keith Hockin, the antiques trade has lost one of that remaining generation who were at the vanguard of the early oak furniture revival from the 1960s onwards.

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Gallery run by ex-Christie’s expert holds show focusing on the ‘first US Modernist’

14 August 2023

The paintings of Arthur Dove, often considered the first US Modernist, kicks off the exhibition programme at Schoelkopf Gallery’s new space in Tribeca, New York.

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Obituary: John Myles (1942-2023)

14 August 2023

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of John Myles, who died peacefully on July 30, aged 81.

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First Suffolk, now on to Norfolk

14 August 2023

Inaugural Lomax-organised Southwold event could be joined by another high-end fair also in East Anglia

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End of an era for antiques dealers: Volvo Estate cars to no longer be sold in the UK

09 August 2023

After 70 years, the Volvo Estate - the workhorse of countless antiques dealers over the years - is being withdrawn from the UK market.

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Belgian dealership takes pride in sales to Dutch and American institutions

07 August 2023

Antwerp dealership Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge has made two sales to international institutions.

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Obituary: Drummond Shaw (1950-2023)

07 August 2023

Drummond Shaw, a former commodity broker in the City, became interested in salvage in the 1980s while restoring Flexford House, his 1840s family home on Surrey’s Hog’s Back, when he needed to buy the right type of kit.

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Sun comes out for expanded Cotswolds fair

07 August 2023

Pictures on sale at the burgeoning event depict warm and more usual seasonal days

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Curated in the Cotswolds again

07 August 2023

The Cotswolds Vintage Fairs has been run annually with various curators in August for 13 years at the village hall at Toddington, near Broadway.

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The web shop window: woodwork from the original Liberty shop

07 August 2023

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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Lily Antiques moves to new showroom in Cirencester

07 August 2023

Former kennels at the site of AS Fairs’ new three-day event in Gloucestershire now house a dealership

ATG letter: We are taking measures to keep our dealers safe from thieves say fair organisers

07 August 2023

Antiques Trade Gazette has recently reported on a spate of thefts at fairs and markets around the country, including at our own event.

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Books fair report: Take the natural approach in Preston

07 August 2023

A setting with lots of water next to valuable books may not seem an obvious fit but it was a successful match

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Over 60 stalls for market in Norfolk Broads town

07 August 2023

Antiques and vintage street markets proliferate across the UK, particularly in the summer.

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5 Questions with Andy Maule

07 August 2023

Andy Maule is among the exhibitors at The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair in Westonbirt School, Tetbury, (August 11-13).

Car park becomes temporary fair venue in Northampton

07 August 2023

Northampton’s Monday to Saturday market has had to resort to a temporary location in the Commercial Street car park during the £8.5m renovation of the town’s historic market square.

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