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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The web shop window: naïve 19th century zodiac paintings

04 September 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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Inside on a day out: three ideas for antiques market visits

04 September 2023

Here we take a look at markets in south London, Brighton and Cardiff

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Larger and longer: the new Winter Olympia look

28 August 2023

The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia has a larger and longer staging planned for this year.

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Literary agent Pollinger's collection sheds light on Alcock pottery

28 August 2023

A large collection of porcelain from the factory of Samuel Alcock (1799-1848) amassed by a well-known literary agent is coming up for sale.

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Horti fair back after the holiday

28 August 2023

Long-running monthly event misses out August but the gap can encourage both buying and selling

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Young dealers given chance to shine at the Parcours des Mondes

28 August 2023

Latest edition of the tribal art event in Paris now includes a special showcase for six new faces

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The web shop window: pair of Blue John lanterns

28 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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Pangolin London: ‘5000 works handled in 15 years’

28 August 2023

Pangolin anniversary exhibition is one of several highlighting British art this autumn in London

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Parcours prepares for action once again

28 August 2023

The Parcours de la Céramique et des Arts du Feu is an annual gallery-based event in Paris focusing on a broad range of ceramics and glass, both antique and modern, from Europe and Asia

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Epsom fair takes root under Tree of Ages control

28 August 2023

Exhibitors and visitors alike were enthusiastic about the first Epsom Antiques Fair run under organiser David Steel of Tree of Ages.

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5 Questions with Japanese arts specialist Malcolm Fairley

28 August 2023

Malcolm Fairley of St James’s deals in Japanese applied arts of the 19th and early 20th centuries with a focus on cloisonné enamels and metalwork.

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Dealer news in brief including Abbott and Holder's 'affordable art' web page

28 August 2023

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

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Impact of art dealer's collapse revealed by administrators

21 August 2023

Nearly 50 people are hoping to reclaim pictures they had consigned to failed art gallery Trinity House Paintings.

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Chelsea ‘Gold Anchor’ vase joins portrait bought by V&A

21 August 2023

The Victoria and Albert Museum has bought the only known version of a vase produced by the Chelsea porcelain factory during its ‘Gold Anchor’ period.

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Natural history collecting? It rocks

21 August 2023

Over the past decade the buyer profile has widened as fossils and minerals become decorative objects

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Pals prepare for a new brocante in Lincolnshire

21 August 2023

Two dealer friends from Rutland who met at a vintage fair where they were both exhibiting are now launching their first event in Lincolnshire.

Three Counties rolls into Bedfordshire

21 August 2023

Antiques dealers Marylyn and Ray Wood took over the 30-year-old biannual Three Counties Antiques and Fine Art Fair in 2020 and held their first staging as Castlewood Antique Fairs in September 2021.

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Tastes turned towards the elaborate French style

21 August 2023

Two examples of 17th century English furniture, reflecting the era’s vogue for French forms and top-quality marquetry and parquetry, stand out among dealers’ offerings this month.

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Cost of living crisis hits PM Rishi Sunak's local antiques shop

21 August 2023

An antiques and vintage shop in the prime minister’s constituency of Richmond in North Yorkshire is set to shut its doors at Christmas.

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Six pieces of furniture offered by dealers including a George II partners’ desk

21 August 2023

Dealers across the country offer an array of British antique furniture. From vernacular to formal pieces, here is a selection of what can be found.

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