Dealers

High footfall and strong sales make for another successful edition of the annual event The Northern Antiques Fair

‘Bring me sunshine at Ribble Valley Fairs’ ran our headline in ATG No 2744, announcing dealer Angela Whittle’s launch of a biannual garden, home and salvage show to run at Preston’s Longridge Showground in May and September this year.

Oxfordshire gallery turns spotlight not on objects as such for once but on where and how they were kept

Frances Allitt and Laura Chesters report on business developments in Paris, London and Dorset

An early wooden coffee grinder is among the items on offer at The Harrogate Decorative, Antiques and Fine Art Fair.

Having organised his antiques and vintage fashion fairs for nearly 40 years from his living room, Matthew Adams is opening what he describes as a “proper, grown-up physical office”.

Visitors from overseas filtered through to the mezzanine level of Evolution London, Battersea Park, above The Decorative Fair to see Tribal Art London.

Standholders at the latest Decorative Fair report strong demand for good-quality objects

Sim Fine Art’s annual catalogue Holding the Line devoted to British war art is now in its 16th year.

From the wilder shores of a Georgian adjustable joint roaster and a 19th century roasting spit bottle jack to weighing scales, copper pans and ladles, jelly moulds and storage jars, kitchen antiques have a rustic and decorative appeal.

Patricia Wengraf has been a London art dealer since 1979. Her specialisms are bronzes, sculptures and works of art. She is renowned for her knowledge of Renaissance and Baroque bronzes, having written books and articles on the topic, and regularly works with museums.

Among the hot topics of conversation between art and antiques dealers at Frieze Masters earlier this month (in between discussions on what museums were spending and which super-wealthy collectors were in town) was whether to red dot or not.

Highlights of what dealers taking part in Asian Art in London (October 29 to November 10) have to offer, from Company school sunbirds to a Sikh chakrum

Like father, like son. Antiques dealer Mark Goodger has welcomed his son Jake into the business and they exhibited at their first fair together as colleagues at Battersea’s The Decorative Fair.

The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair welcomes new and returning exhibitors this autumn.

As Gemcap Events, father and daughter Rodney and Nicola Weeks run popular two-day antiques, decorative and art fairs in Bedford.