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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Be an antiques tourist in the north thanks to new guide

14 May 2018

Dealer Anthony Bucke has been in the trade for 35 years and opened an antiques centre in the Somerset town of Crewkerne in 2012.

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Fair offers work which was key to French prose

14 May 2018

Likely to be the rarest and most expensive book available at the PBFA’s 'London Antiquarian Book Fair' is a copy of 'Caractères' by the French philosopher and satirist Jean de La Bruyère.

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Piper and his pleasing decay

14 May 2018

A 1940 painting of Valle Crucis Abbey is one of the key pictures in Bohun Gallery’s exhibition 'John Piper: A Very English Artist'.

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Whitford creates a Caziel rhythm

14 May 2018

Previously unseen paintings by Caziel (1906-88) go on show at Whitford Fine Art this week.

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5 Questions: Pierre-Yves Guillemet

14 May 2018

Pierre-Yves Guillemet recently opened PY Rare Books.

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Party at the palace

14 May 2018

The Cotswolds Art and Antiques’ Dealers Association celebrated its 40th anniversary at its annual Blenheim Palace fair last month.

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‘End of an era’ as Iconastas sells up

14 May 2018

Dealer Chris Martin-Zakheim is selling his stock after closing Iconastas of Piccadilly due to ill health.

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Table is very pretty in pink

14 May 2018

This c.1680 pink painted century Swedish table was among the sales at the recent Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.

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Antiques Roadshow regular David Battie to hold exhibition at Cotswold auction house Tayler & Fletcher

12 May 2018

BBC Antiques Roadshow regular and Asian art expert David Battie is to host an exhibition and lecture at Cotswold auction house Tayler & Fletcher.

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Criminals who targeted antique dealers finally jailed after 16 year crime spree

11 May 2018

Two criminals who stole more than £300,000 of jewellery and antiques by targeting antiques dealers at their homes have been sentenced to six years and two months’ imprisonment each.

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5 Questions: Marc Murray of Sylvia Powell Decorative Arts

07 May 2018

Marc Murray of Sylvia Powell Decorative Arts is standing at The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair from May 11-13. The dealership was established in the 1980s and specialises in art pottery by artists such as Jean Cocteau, Picasso and William De Morgan.

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Cheshire clock at Arley Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair

07 May 2018

An eight-day longcase clock is a stand-out item of local interest at the upcoming Arley Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair.

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Church Street raises market profile as Alfies turns east

07 May 2018

North-west London’s Church Street is strengthening its events calendar and increasing the variety of dealers with a series of initiatives to attract customers.

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Railroad views steaming into London Photograph Fair Special Edition

07 May 2018

An unusual collection of more than 300 blue-toned cyanotypes showing American railroads in the early 1900s is on offer at the third annual London Photograph Fair Special Edition (May 19-20).

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Photo London involves 108 exhibitors offering images from very early days to contemporary works

07 May 2018

Four years in, Photo London is growing and has many of the marks of remaining a popular and respected fair for dealers in both historic and contemporary photography.

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Art world’s female movers and shakers in the picture

07 May 2018

Fashion, photography and the art world’s most powerful women...

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Richard Green double for Seago and west Cornwall

07 May 2018

Richard Green takes full advantage of its two New Bond Street galleries this month with a pair of exhibitions, both focusing on 20th century painting.

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Skilling up the book trade

03 May 2018

How do aspiring dealers acquire the skills and expertise needed to enter the rare books or works on paper trade?

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Gothic genre captures the popular imagination

03 May 2018

In the bicentenery year of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Gothic genre continues to capture the popular imagination, writes Kate Quill.

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Marina Abramović comes to Masterpiece London in alabaster portraits

01 May 2018

Serbian artist Marina Abramović (b.1946) is famed for her unpredictable, avant-garde performance art but this summer she comes to Masterpiece London set in stone.

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