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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Top stories this week including Wartski selling a major highlight from its stand at Treasure House Fair

12 July 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of dealer Wartski selling a Nicholas Hilliard cabinet miniature at the Treasure House Fair

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Photo special: Alfies Antique Market 50th birthday party

10 July 2026

Marylebone antiques centre celebrates 50 years in business

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Parliamentary proceedings as dealer snaps up 'seminal document' at auction

10 July 2026

A “seminal document of Parliamentary history” has been purchased at auction by dealership Philip Mould & Company for a hammer price of £62,000.

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Event that challenges the traditional fairs model travels to Texas for first US edition

10 July 2026

Event organiser Mariette & Co is launching the first international iteration of its Trois Crayons Drawings Hub in the United States this autumn.

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Third time at Frieze Masters

10 July 2026

As early details about this year’s Frieze Masters have been released, dealers have also started sharing some key pieces of stock they will have on show.

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Cricketer, architect then an artist is the focus of Chris Beetles' latest show

10 July 2026

This watercolour by Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913) showing Ludgate Hill, London, is among the items on sale at Chris Beetles Gallery’s Summer Exhibition.

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How 100 objects tell the story of the suffrage movement

10 July 2026

One of the most poignant images in suffrage historian and dealer Elizabeth Crawford’s latest book, 'The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects', is a lily carried by Agnes Kelly at the funeral in 1913 of Emily Wilding Davison – who famously was killed as she stepped in front of the king’s horse on Derby Day that year.

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Premises with an antiques past

10 July 2026

Southwold shop moves to Suffolk site nearby where another dealer had traded for 35 years

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Classic now heads to north-west

10 July 2026

Two fairs in Birmingham are joined by new Greater Manchester event before another in Scotland

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Miniature work but a massive result at Treasure House Fair

03 July 2026

Just a few hours after the Treasure House Fair opened to the public, London jeweller Wartski announced the sale of a major highlight from its stand.

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Southerners illuminated by the northern highlights

03 July 2026

The prime minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, is planning to move parts of Downing Street’s operation to Manchester in a move to devolve power out of London, and a push to the city where he was formerly mayor (of Greater Manchester). One of the UK’s most visited shopping destinations for its many vintage shops, here are a few possible temptations in and around Manchester for Downing Street’s finest.

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Traders and buyers praise the atmosphere at Newmarket’s popular antiques fair

03 July 2026

More than 200 traders descended on the local racecourse for the Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair, which has been running for over 20 years.

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Not tiresome at all for a book fest

03 July 2026

While Jane Austen thought Bath to be wearying after six weeks, a two-day fair will keep visitors enthralled

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Hill House comes home to Kensington

03 July 2026

Hill House Antiques & Decorative Arts is returning to Kensington after two years away.

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The American dream, furnished in Europe

03 July 2026

What does it take to run a vintage or antiques business in the US selling European interiors items to American buyers?

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Antique clocks dealership to exhibit over 500 pieces in Norfolk

30 June 2026

Olde Time’s open weekend returns this summer.

Set of six Queen Anne salvers by David Willaume sold by Mary Cooke Antiques.

Heraldic supporters and salvers shine as Treasure House Fair starts

26 June 2026

The Treasure House Fair returned for its fourth edition at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

News in brief including a coin dealership winning a High Court case against former staff members

26 June 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a judge's ruling in a case over staff accessing customer data and contact details ahead of joining a rival firm

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Event moves from church to church

26 June 2026

A TV casting director who launched a vintage and mid-century fair in March at the Grade I-listed St Stephen’s Church in Hampstead (with another in June) is moving to another ecclesiastical setting on Saturday, July 11, for the third event, also in north London.

Dolls’ houses pictured at the specialist fair run in Cobham which is about to expand to the west of England.

Second home for dolls’ houses

26 June 2026

Dolls’ houses, these tiny homes and their teensy furniture, create passionate collectors.

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