Premises and Property

Tourists returning to London gave Portobello Road traders a significant boost over the Easter period.

Contemporary African art was a topic of discussion at last month’s The Art Business Conference in London.

Visitors to the Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks sale at Woolley & Wallis on March 31 were the first in the auction house’s new viewing gallery at the Castle Gate premises.

Bricks and mortar premises are making a comeback as visitors return to town centres

Auction house Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) will be shortening its name to Noonans from the end of April.

Dealer and BBC Antiques Roadshow veteran Ian Harris is auctioning the majority of his stock as the company N Bloom & Son closes after more than a century.

Forum Auctions has moved across the road from its existing premises to a dedicated saleroom while Chilcotts in Devon has also been on the move.

Laidlaw Auctioneers and Valuers has invested in a new premises in Carlisle with a café and a museum on site and the auction house is confident that room bidding is not a thing of the past.

Adrian Gilmour, owner of the Hungerford Antiques Arcade, has acquired the Lamb Arcade in Wallingford.

After 48 years dealing from a shop on New Kings Road in Fulham, dealer John Clay is closing his doors.

Dawsons Auctioneers is relocating to a larger new premises and plans to hold all its sales as live online-only without room bidding.