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.

A Queen Elizabeth II portrait brooch

Queen's centenary turns focus to royal items

02 April 2026

The centenary of the late queen’s birth on April 21, 1926, will be marked by the opening of an exhibition in the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace.

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TEFAF Maastricht fair review: not the best timing but robust results nevertheless

02 April 2026

Despite events that seemed to be conspiring to make life difficult, TEFAF Maastricht remains a must-visit

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Up at 4.45am, home by 10.30pm: TEFAF Maastricht in a day

02 April 2026

For some who are thinking of a visit to TEFAF Maastricht, the cost of staying over and paying for a hotel can be offputting and Maastricht appears too far away.

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National Army Museum acquires Victorian study from Cecil Court dealer

31 March 2026

London dealer Darnley Fine Art of Cecil Court has sold a study of Henry Nelson O’Neil’s picture Eastward Ho! to The National Army Museum.

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Somerset antiques dealer launches curated collection in London interiors shop

31 March 2026

Rebecca Christie-Miller Antiques has extended links with interiors shop Pentreath & Hall and will promote a curated collection of antiques in its Rugby Street showroom in Bloomsbury.

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Dealers in St James’s warn that rent rises could lead to firms closing

27 March 2026

The threat of significant rent rises in the heart of the historic art and antiques district of St James’s, London, have forced at least two galleries to contemplate leaving the area.

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Tudor portraits provide timeless qualities of style and substance

27 March 2026

Specialist Philip Mould describes the appeal of art from the era ahead of his Elizabethan showcase

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Be a BAFTA winner without even having to put in a performance

27 March 2026

Would you rather a blue or a bronze BAFTA? Even if you haven’t made a stand-out screen performance this year – and even if you didn’t know a blue BAFTA was an option – they could still be yours.

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Chinese art firm shuts its London gallery but duo will carry on operating in the trade

27 March 2026

Priestley & Ferraro closed the doors to its London gallery permanently on March 23 and ceased trading on March 31.

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Portobello Road dealers set for further disruption in arcade refurb

20 March 2026

Further disruption will hit dealers on Portobello Road with plans for a “comprehensive refurbishment” of one of the street’s antiques arcades.

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Descheemaeker the dealmaker

20 March 2026

Whether it’s at a hotel, a restaurant or even in a car, he secures sales without an actual fair presence

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We are taking a break from TEFAF Maastricht for a year but will be back

20 March 2026

Galerie Bel Etage of Vienna took a year off exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht, opting to put out a catalogue, Masterpieces 2026.

A decorative creature made from scrap metal

Airliner scrap parts taken to another level

20 March 2026

Commercial airliner parts once destined for the scrapyard are now being upcycled by a Suffolk firm.

Organiser launches event in west London focusing on antiques with a botanical theme

20 March 2026

Judy Berger of Judy’s Vintage Fair, which runs vintage furniture and fashion fairs and fleamarkets across the UK, with a focus on London, is launching something unusual: The Kensington Botanical Market.

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Studiolo announces second staging

19 March 2026

The second edition of the London fair Studiolo has been announced.

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Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski closes with on-the-premises insolvency auction

18 March 2026

Longstanding Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski is thought to have closed with a liquidation auction held on the premises.

TEFAF 2026

Museums and collectors help boost first day sales at TEFAF Maastricht

13 March 2026

A bustling and busy first preview day at TEFAF Maastricht heralded the start of significant sales at the annual fair.

A vintage postcard

‘Social history’ always sells well says postcards specialist

13 March 2026

Ahead of a major two-day postcard collector festival, a dealer explains the draw of the most popular types

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Come rain or shine, city or country, peepshow gives glimpse of the UK

13 March 2026

This seven-panel peepshow, an elaborate advertising campaign for Shell Oil, is offered for $2850 by Philip Salmon & Company at the Ephemera Society of America’s annual fair.

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Cotswolds showcase comes to London for the second time

13 March 2026

Second CADA Fair held in the capital also acts as a advert for the region

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