Latest News Articles by Stewart Cumiskey
'Something for everyone': Buxton fair celebrates 59 years
07 May 2025Derbyshire event attracts visitors not just from the Peak District but Cheshire, the Midlands, Nottinghamshire and south Yorkshire
Young collector finds silver lining at Petersfield Fair
06 May 2025The Petersfield Antiques Fair can lay claim to attracting the hard-to-target youth demographic.
Five questions with book dealer Tom W Ayling
05 May 2025Tom W Ayling is an antiquarian bookseller dealing in rare books and manuscripts.
Array of newcomers make it to the Petworth marquee
05 May 2025Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair stages its 11th edition from May 16-18 in the grounds of the National Trust’s Petworth House and Park.
Take a couch journey to Battersea
05 May 2025Piece of furniture mentioned in reference books is just of the potential purchases at Dec Fair
Classic Antique Fairs takes a break in July but pledges to go ahead in November
02 May 2025After a successful event at the NEC in March, Classic Antique Fairs has put a paused on its summer schedule
Sixty dealers standing at Petworth fair
25 April 2025Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair opens for its 11th edition on May 16 in the grounds of the National Trust’s Petworth House & Park.
Dealer offers fresh works from estate of married artists Bliss and Dodd
25 April 2025London dealer Liss Llewellyn is currently offering an online sale of works from the estate of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd, many of which have never been seen in public.
London dealer David Aaron makes debut at TEFAF New York
24 April 2025The 10th edition of TEFAF New York returns between May 9-13. One London dealer is hoping to make a splash with its first showing
Auctions top half a million dollars during Asia Week New York
22 April 2025With oversea buyers disadvantaged by international regulations, American bidders led the way during Asia Week New York
Colourful designer and artist John Sutcliffe celebrated at dealer's show
21 April 2025Abbott and Holder is hosting an exhibition from April 24-May 10 celebrating the work of John Sutcliffe, one of the great decorative painters and colour experts of his generation.
Dealers Peppiatt and Rutherford team up for the first time
21 April 2025Guy Peppiatt has produced a new catalogue which is a combined effort with Emma Rutherford: the first time the two dealers have collaborated in this way, though they have worked together in the past.
Latest selection from London bookseller focuses on the digital and social landscape
21 April 2025Books dealership Peter Harrington’s latest catalogue explores how technology has shaped, controlled, and empowered the voiceless, while fuelling the flow of information and culture.
East Anglian gallery celebrates the artists of Suffolk
17 April 2025The East Anglian Traditional Art Centre highlights the talents of its local creatives in a show which opens this weekend.
Stow-on-the-Wold stalwart dealers the Baggotts pass their business on to new generation
14 April 2025After nearly 50 years of dealing in antiques from their shop in Church Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Jack and Chrissie Baggott, who trade as Baggott Church Street Limited, are moving premises.
Spring in the step of exhibitors at the latest Classic Antique Fairs edition
14 April 2025First event at this time of year generates encouraging feedback and a healthy string of sale successes
Later spot for Petersfield this month as first fair under Ben Cooper control comes up
14 April 2025The Petersfield Antiques Fair is now in its 52nd year since the event’s dawn in the early 1970s.
Keith Vaughan flies out the door in online sale
11 April 2025Keith Vaughan, Claughton Pellew, Etienne Krier and Gerald Leslie Brockhurst prove popular in Abbott & Holder's latest edition of The List.
Gallery celebrates iconic decorative painter
09 April 2025John Sutcliffe championed the art of restoration using paint, based on his understanding of architectural history and his skill in wielding a brush.
London gallery offers Swedish gems in timed auction
08 April 2025With many paintings offered for under £500, this sale of mid-century Swedish art is a decorative gift for those with a limited budget.