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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Quarterly event is central to the arms and militaria calendar

13 October 2025

A roster of around 115 dealers and long waiting list demonstrates the importance of the Birmingham fair

Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park Racecourse

Kempton: So many dealers that ‘we even had to turn some away’

13 October 2025

Spaces at the recent Tuesday antiques market at the Kempton Park Racecourse were in high demand

Tea Production Paintings

Museum purchases exceptional record of tea production from Asian art dealer

13 October 2025

Asian works of art specialist Alastair Gibson has recently completed the sale by private treaty of a set of Qianlong gouache scenes depicting tea cultivation and production.

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A trio of autumnal London art and antiques exhibitions

13 October 2025

To coincide with the V&A’s 'Marie Antoinette: Style' exhibition, portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford’s Limner Company is holding a ‘pop-up’ selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Bury Street, Mayfair.

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‘The crucial thing is for exhibitors to do well. They have to make sales’

13 October 2025

Any association fair has the unenviable task of attempting to be all things to all members, of attracting bigger name galleries while remaining accessible to sole operators, of maintaining the quality aesthetic that visitors expect while keeping stand costs affordable.

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ATG letters: Why the winter Olympia fair will be sorely missed

13 October 2025

How sad that the Olympia winter fair has been scrapped not only because of nearly clashing with the Berkeley Square fair but also costs and the ridiculous idea of the dealers of fabulous antiques having to mix their stands with all that Christmas stuff.

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Photographer Tif Hunter at Robert Young Antiques

13 October 2025

When the Folk Art dealer Robert Young first met Tif Hunter over 30 years ago, he was instantly drawn to the photographer’s work.

Eleanor Wolfenden-Orr

Antiques shop owner in Portrush to retire after half century in the trade

13 October 2025

The owner of an antiques shop in a seaside town on Northern Ireland’s north coast is retiring next year and closing her business in May after nearly 50 years in the trade.

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Chelsea Rare Book Fair ready for autumn edition

13 October 2025

This particularly rare American issue of the 1939 Michelin Guide was specially commissioned by the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in Washington D.C. during the Second World War.

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FAB enjoys its new date in Paris

13 October 2025

Good sales and happy exhibitors as France’s showpiece fair moves from November to mid-September

Antiques brightening the high street

13 October 2025

Antiques and vintage street markets now proliferate in towns across the UK brightening up the high streets and offering extra selling options for dealers.

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A full house for the return of Westonbirt fair

13 October 2025

Having missed its usual August event while the venue was refurbished, The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair returns for the second time this year to Westonbirt School.

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Antiquarian jewels at Wartski fit for Halloween night

13 October 2025

London jeweller Wartski has the perfect gift for Halloween: a late 17th century pendant fashioned from a lizard’s leg.

Alvar Aalto plywood dining suite

Design fans head to Berkeley Square for latest PAD London event

10 October 2025

Design fair PAD London runs from October 14-19 in Berkeley Square this autumn.

Molenaer self-portrait

Details of sales to museums from across the globe revealed by TEFAF Maastricht

07 October 2025

A round up of recently announced sales from the TEFAF Maastricht fair earlier this year

William Reese Company New York

Three rare booksellers create New York ‘hub’

06 October 2025

A New York City antiquarian books hub involving three well-known big names has been established, creating something of a Manhattan powerhouse of the trade.

Art Deco sculpture

Back-stories boost early successes at the Battersea fair

06 October 2025

Stand-out decorative items by named artists with interesting back-stories were in demand at the latest The Decorative Fair in Battersea.

Bournemouth Pavilion

Parking price hike puts a stop to long-standing Bournemouth fair

06 October 2025

Organisers call it a day in the south coast town but other events they hold have experienced a rise in footfall

A view inside the new vintage shop Redshed25 on opening day

Former pub and post office in Shropshire becomes vintage and retro shop

06 October 2025

It’s always heartening to hear about the repurposing of old buildings, particularly when they become antiques businesses.

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Frieze Masters preview: Focus on first of famous six wives

06 October 2025

Wedding gift for Catherine of Aragon stands out as one of the highlights at the latest Frieze Masters

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