LAPADA
The trade association LAPADA represents art and antiques dealers in the UK. It was formed in 1974 and is based in London.
It has more than 500 members and, although the majority are based in the UK, it also has around 50 members in 16 other countries.
The association was previously called the London and Provincial Antique Dealers Association but, while it retains the LAPADA acronym in its title, it is now known as ‘The Association of Art and Antique Dealers’.
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ATG letter: Brexit makes single trade body a vital step
15 February 2021MADAM – It will come as no surprise that I, for one, wholeheartedly support the proposal from Kaye Michie (see Letters & Opinion, ATG No 2479) that the two antiques dealer associations, BADA and LAPADA, should be merged.
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‘Time has come to act’ on merger of two antiques trade associations
08 February 2021A merger of the two major antiques trade associations, The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) and LAPADA, is again up for discussion.
ATG letter: Trade associations must be inclusive and streamlined
08 February 2021MADAM – I would like to open up the discussion on merging the two major antique trade associations BADA and LAPADA.
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Antiques trade chiefs: Resourcefulness and ingenuity will be crucial in 2021
25 January 2021The heads of three associations say dealers need to rise to the challenges during the toughest trading period for decades
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LAPADA website moves into e-commerce
05 October 2020The LAPADA website, which acts as a dealer portal for its members, has added an e-commerce option for objects under £5000.
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LAPADA Fair postponed over continuing coronavirus concerns
29 May 2020LAPADA has postponed its annual September fair in the wake of continued uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic.
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Future of the cultural sector discussed in LAPADA webinars as UK emerges from lockdown
19 May 2020LAPADA launches a webinar series this week with a conversation between the association’s CEO Freya Simms and Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Trade moves online as Covid-19 bites
23 March 2020Fair organisers were forced into making dramatic changes to their schedule as almost every event in the UK and Ireland was either cancelled or postponed last week, while many dealers were left facing the most challenging conditions for trading in living memory.
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Growth in second-hand will ‘skyrocket’, conference hears
09 March 2020The art and antiques trade should be able to tap into the desire by younger people to buy second-hand, delegates of the latest LAPADA Conference were told.
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How to promote the art and antiques trade and win new customers – LAPADA conference 2020
03 March 2020How to best promote the art and antiques trade, take advantage of the worldwide focus on sustainability and win new customers were the themes for this year’s LAPADA conference.
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Antiques trade 'lagging behind on promoting its green credentials', celebrity interior designer says
05 February 2020A leading interior designer will tell a gathering of antiques dealers next month that the trade has been slow to promote antiques as reused items – at a time when sustainability and climate change dominate political and commercial agendas.
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Anti-money laundering regulation - the art market must begin compliance
10 January 2020The art market must now comply with the latest anti-money laundering law – despite a lack of clarity around some elements of the regulation.
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BADA chief Marco Forgione leaving after four years to head export trade body
23 October 2019As the new head of the Institute of Export and International Trade, Marco Forgione vows to “advocate, in the strongest terms, for the vital role of antiques and art in global trade”.
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Strong art sales at LAPADA Fair
07 October 2019Among a series of strong art sales reported from the recent LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair was an 18th century portrait of a lady offered by Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew.
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Antiques firms urged to register for EU trade permit as potential no-deal Brexit looms
03 September 2019Trade associations are urging their members to apply for the required permit to continue importing and exporting with EU countries following Brexit on October 31.
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LAPADA fair marks 10 years in Berkeley Square with craftsmanship theme
02 September 2019An intricate rolled paper work from the end of the 17th century comes to this year’s 'LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair' – which takes ‘legendary’ craftsmanship for its theme.
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Antiques-driven rise in retail hailed by trade association chiefs
25 July 2019Leaders of trade associations BADA and LAPADA have welcomed an announcement that antiques contributed to a recent rise in UK retail.
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LAPADA launches apprentice scheme for “a new generation of dealers”
22 July 2019LAPADA, The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, has launched a new ‘Apprentice’ membership category for dealers in early years of independent trading.
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Industry bodies urge collectors and trade to take part in survey on economic impact of Ivory Act
29 January 2019Industry trade bodies are today launching a survey that will attempt to measure the financial impact of the Ivory Act (2018) which comes into force later this year. Collectors, dealers and auctioneers of antique ivory are being encouraged to take part.
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Social media, succession planning and Brexit top agenda at latest LAPADA conference
28 January 2019Around 100 dealers will gather at the House of Lords next month for the latest annual LAPADA conference.
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