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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Samuel Alcock & Co reassessed

18 September 2023

Huge collection shines light on the once common Staffs porcelain that nonetheless is often misidentified

Lynch appointed chairman of Asia Week New York

18 September 2023

London dealer Brendan Lynch has been named the new chairman of Asia Week New York.

Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce

Fake or Fortune? returns with Elisabeth Frink mystery

12 September 2023

The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show returns this month for its 11th series.

Brockholes Nature Reserve

PBFA marks 50th with launch of Bath showpiece

11 September 2023

The PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in style next year with two new fairs: in Bath and Tunbridge Wells.

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5 Questions with dealer Jane Burgett of Dansk Silver

11 September 2023

Jane Burgett of Dansk Silver is an exhibitor at The Northern Antiques Fair.

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Feathers, flowers, fruit at an art fair... from the comfort of home

11 September 2023

As the in-person fairs calendar starts off this autumn, the fifth annual Armchair Art Fair catalogue hits doorsteps.

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Books begin new chapter with a binder

11 September 2023

An ex-fashion buyer book lover turned bookbinder is one of the stallholders at Home and Vintage Living, organised by Jules Langley.

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Obituary: third generation dealer Miles Ferneyhough

11 September 2023

Miles Ferneyhough, who lost his courageous battle against cancer on August 21, was a third generation dealer, known and widely respected throughout the antiques community.

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LAPADA Fair has landed

11 September 2023

Popular art and antiques fair returns with new partners after several years break.

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Forty flock to sell at The Northern Antiques Fair

11 September 2023

As the LAPADA Fair relaunches in the south, The Northern Antiques Fair returns for its third outing at Tennants of Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

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Organiser adds two Oxfordshire flagship events to busy schedule

11 September 2023

Neil Payne, founder of Hidden Treasures, has added two new antiques and vintage fairs to his packed calendar of events. Some of his fairs have been running since the 1970s at locations in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

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Henley ticket sales look healthy

11 September 2023

Ticket sales are way ahead of the normal level at this stage, says Gary Wallis, organiser of the three-day spring/autumn Henley Décor Fair.

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New PBFA fairs launched and rise in membership create positive vibes in books sector

09 September 2023

The membership figures for the PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) are looking robust with 25 new members in the past 12 months, bringing the total to around 400.

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Police appeal after antiques stolen from retired Merseyside dealer

06 September 2023

Valuable antiques and jewellery were stolen from a former dealer’s home in Rainford, St Helens and the police are appealing for help.

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Regency Coade stone torchère lights up Fitzwilliam Museum collection

04 September 2023

A Regency Coade stone torchère has been acquired by The Fitzwilliam Museum from West Midlands dealership Thomas Coulborn & Sons.

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Obituary: Irish dealer Gerald Kenyon (1927-2023)

04 September 2023

Gerald Kenyon died on August 20. He was born in Chester where his ancestors had been dealers for many generations: he was an eighth-generation dealer.

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5 Questions with Beth Swaab of Bink Fine Art

04 September 2023

Beth Swaab of Bink Fine Art specialises in Modern British, Impressionist and 19th century pictures.

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Picture a new way of exhibiting: Michael Hoppen moves to Holland Park

04 September 2023

Specialist who left Chelsea for a move across west London feels the existing gallery model is ‘tired’

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Seoul mates: British dealers stand at second Frieze in Korean capital

04 September 2023

Les Enluminures offers a European emerald and enamel solitaire ring, c.1680-1720, at the second edition of Frieze Seoul.

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Studio pottery in focus at North Yorkshire’s Thirsk Hall

04 September 2023

This stoneware cream glaze vase, c.1960, by Bernard Leach (1887- 1979) is included in the programme of exhibitions at Willoughby Gerrish this autumn.

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