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 Oliver Brooke-Walder

20 November 2023

Oliver Brooke-Walder deals in art from the 16th century to the present in London.

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Grandma’s Attic Fair in Chichester is full

20 November 2023

Running in Chichester on December 3 is Grandma’s Attic Fairs’ antiques and vintage fair at the Westgate Leisure Centre.

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Ephemera that’s here to stay

20 November 2023

Valerie Jackson-Harris is stepping down as chair of The Ephemera Society, a position she has held since 2008.

Paul Martin

New joiners and relocations – a round up of Movers and Shakers

14 November 2023

The latest jobs news and gallery and saleroom moves across the world of art and antiques

Mid-century upholstered chairs

Trade unaware as new furniture fire safety rules are mooted

13 November 2023

UK government proposals to alter regulations for post-1950 upholstered furniture have caught the art and antiques trade unaware.

View of the piazza del Quirinale in Rome

Packed schedule unveiled for winter London Art Week

13 November 2023

London Art Week (LAW) has revealed details of its winter events schedule including its 2023 symposium.

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Interiors: Put on a road show

13 November 2023

The dealer ‘hub’ of Lillie Road is renowned among interior designers but now is the time to spread the word

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High time for an auction house

13 November 2023

Owners of a rapidly expanding chain of shops turn their attention to opening a saleroom in Somerset town

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Price helped by ‘voice beyond the grave’

13 November 2023

A first edition, first impression presentation of WB Yeats’ first book, Mosada (1886), was among the standout sales at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair.

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5 Questions with dealer Paul Martin of Robin Martin Antiques

13 November 2023

Paul Martin runs Robin Martin Antiques of Notting Hill, London

Andrew Singleton

Suffolk House Antiques – going out with a bang

13 November 2023

Andrew Singleton of Suffolk House Antiques is having his final selling exhibition in his shop in Yoxford from November 18-December 23.

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Obituary: Dudley Thompson (1942-2023)

13 November 2023

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mr Dudley Peter Louis Thompson who passed away peacefully on October 18.

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Dealer news in brief including the BADA Friends Prize

13 November 2023

A round up of news across art and antiques dealers

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Art and antiques dealers gear up for a busy festive period

13 November 2023

ATG takes a look at some of the many dealer exhibitions being staged in the run-up to Christmas

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‘Three months’ became 32 years for Hexham antiques market

13 November 2023

When he launched his midweek antiques fair in the Northumberland market town of Hexham in 1991, Colin Caygill told the manager of the Wentworth Leisure Centre where it was held that “he would give it a go for three or four months”.

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First come, first served: Antiquities specialist Charles Ede's latest show

13 November 2023

Antiquities specialist Charles Ede releases its online Christmas catalogue at noon on November 15.

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Aldeburgh's Thompsons Gallery hosts latest Christmas exhibition

13 November 2023

Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh, opens its Christmas exhibition, one of the leading events of its yearly calendar, on December 2.

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Dealers full of praise for Frieze Masters after success of 2023 event

06 November 2023

Exhibitors have reported excellent results at Frieze Masters, confirming the event’s status as the UK’s top high-end art and antiques fair.

Roman 2nd century AD statue

Roman marble sold in 1961 auction resurfaces in Italy headless… but the head could be in UK

06 November 2023

In 1961 when Christie’s auctioned off items from the Wilton House Collection, the catalogue included a full-page image of a monumental Roman marble.

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Organiser aims to deliver for dealers at Harrogate fair

06 November 2023

Several personal items grace The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Cooper Events’ final outing of the year and its third to that venue.

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