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.

Henry Moore Reclining Figure print

British Art Fair posts record numbers of visitors

04 October 2024

Presenting British art since 1988, British Art Fair takes place once a year to showcase some of the finest Modern British and Contemporary art available

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Contents of Kensington Church Street gallery offered at Dreweatts auction

02 October 2024

In 2000, Raymond Horneman chose Kensington Church Street as the location for an antiques and interior decorating business. Times have changed and the business is moving on.

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Dealer Dickinson offers ‘early Michelangelo’

30 September 2024

London dealer Dickinson is offering what it says is ‘the one of the most exciting old master discoveries to have been made in recent decades, and is an important addition to the small group of extant drawings by Michelangelo’.

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Obituary: antiques dealer Robert Jackson Whitfield (1941-2024)

30 September 2024

Family and friends regretfully announce the death of Robert Jackson Whitfield aged 82 (born 10 October 1941, died 2 September 2024)

Lowe headlines Frome Bazaar

30 September 2024

Fashion and textiles designer and former singer songwriter Pearl Lowe will stall out with some of her antique finds at The Vintage Bazaar in Frome on Saturday October 19.

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Obituary: Furniture dealer David Pettifer (1930-2024)

30 September 2024

The antique furniture world has lost one of its great characters and senior statesmen in David Pettifer who died on 30th August aged 94.

Scents and cents at perfume sale

30 September 2024

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

Dolphin Arcade deserves protection

30 September 2024

Dear Sir, The news that the dealers of the Dolphin Arcade in Portobello Road have been served with an eviction notice (ATG no 2661) is shocking and regrettable.

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Plans to open new Northern Irish antiques centre in 2025

30 September 2024

Owner of Belfast On the Square Emporium invests in project to bring antiques centre to nearby town of Bangor

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Battersea Decorative fair’s intriguing line-up

30 September 2024

New names exhibit alongside established regulars at autumn edition of The Decorative Fair in south London

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Horse exhibition is the mane attraction in Wiltshire

30 September 2024

The Long Gallery at Messums West – established as Messums Wiltshire in 2016 by Johnny Messum – originally functioned as an equine stable.

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Five questions with rug dealer Joshua Lumley

30 September 2024

Joshua Lumley is a rug dealer based in Kent selling textiles from Ushak carpets to 16th century Flemish tapestries. He will be at the Battersea Decorative Fair from October 1-6.

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Time and money well spent at 50th York Book Fair

30 September 2024

The PBFA event marked its half century with a busy and successful edition

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SJ Phillips to stage ring collection exhibition

30 September 2024

SJ Phillips will shortly unveil one of the best antique ring collections to appear on the market in years.

Growing in the garden glasshouse

30 September 2024

A popular two-day biannual antiques and vintage fair run since 2017 in a large glasshouse at Coolings Garden Centre at Knockholt in Kent is growing in exhibitor numbers.

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Dealers reform their classic duo

27 September 2024

It's not just stars of Britpop who are reuniting. Two former business partners are making a one-off comeback for an appearance at a London fair.

London Underground Railways Underground, Electric Railways Company Of London (UERL), 1909. Courtesy Of The Map House

History of London Underground mapped out in exhibition

26 September 2024

Despite the success of London Underground's map, Harry Beck’s contribution was largely forgotten for decades. A new exhibition celebrates his place in design history

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Five works to see at the British Art Fair

25 September 2024

Enjoyed by over 12,000 visitors a year, the British Art Fair hosts over 80 of the UK’s leading dealers. Here are some highlights to look out for.

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Retiring dealer puts career collection up for auction

24 September 2024

Newcastle-based saleroom Anderson & Garland is holding an auction of the Graham Smith Antiques collection following his decision to retire from the industry.

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Classic Kemp-Welch artwork reunited with its preliminary sketches after museum’s purchase

23 September 2024

A landmark painting by renowned equine artist Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) has been reunited with the sketches she made to create the work thanks to a museum purchase from a dealer.

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