Dealers

The BADA Friends has appointed Nicholas Merchant as new northern regional ambassador.

To quote toys specialist supremo Daniel Agnew, ex-Christie’s teddy bear auctions, co-organiser of the annual 'London International Antique Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy Fair: 200 Years of Childhood': “It’s like being in a museum where everything is for sale.”

A silver sauceboat made in London, 1731, a scarce remaining work by Huguenot female maker Elizabeth Buteux, was one of the highlight sales at the recent Winter Art & Antiques Olympia Fair.

‘Zero profit’ but event got through Covid and has 220 stands at the next event

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

The high-spending end of the year is a particularly busy time for art and antiques dealers

Small is indeed beautiful for traders at two redundant churches given a new life as antique centres in the heart of Norwich some years ago.

Andy Shield is co-founder of Brave Fine Art which focuses on European artworks, researching the stories behind their creation.

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, London, will return next year.

A 1608 portrait by Robert Peake (c.1551-1619) long believed to depict William Shakespeare (1564-1616) has gone on the market for £10m.

An elaborate 17th century burr walnut coffre-fort (or strongbox) has been sold by Alexander George Antiques.

TEFAF Maastricht is expanding its Showcase section to include 10 galleries next year.

Under the banner of Phoenix VAM Fairs, Sara Hughes’ vintage, antique and militaria fairs in Petersfield, Hampshire, are going from strength to strength, she says.

A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

A dealer who launched an antiques centre in 2007 in a Suffolk town has made some alterations including changing it to a shop.

Ahead of home front exhibition dealer says the war transformed often mundane art styles

It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Martin Mortimer on October 1 following a challenging short illness. He passed away peacefully at home aged 94.

Expecting to collect a bureau advertised on marketplace Gumtree, a dealer spotted two 18th century Venetian scenes leaning against a wall in the home he visited.