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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Obituary: decorative arts specialist Michael Whiteway (1948-2024)

16 December 2024

ATG remembers a man described as ‘the outstanding scholar/dealer in his field’

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Back on the Midlands map

16 December 2024

Latest version of the NEC art and antiques event has established firm roots and is winning warm praise

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Five questions with Nosheen Brohi of Fable & Windsor

16 December 2024

Nosheen Brohi runs jewellery dealership Fable & Windsor at Grays Antique Market in Davies Street, Mayfair

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Review of the year 2024: Tough at the top, brighter for the mid-tier

16 December 2024

While the big hitter auction houses found the environment challenging, the mid-tier salerooms, dealers and fairs enjoyed a generally more positive experience this year

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Glad tidings from 2024 – a look back at a busy year of fairs

16 December 2024

It has been a very encouraging year of new fairs and business launches

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Trumpet call for Christmas

12 December 2024

Modern British Art Gallery is hosting an online exhibition with a nod to the season, titled 'The Art of Christmas 2024 part II... with Trumpets and Angels'

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Asia Week New York shows shape of things to come

11 December 2024

Ahead of next year's event, galleries from Asia Week New York have seected some potential gift idea.

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News in brief including a Queen Anne dolls house surprise

09 December 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a Queen Anne dolls house surprise.

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FAB Paris brings in over 30,000 visitors in six days

09 December 2024

The third edition of FAB Paris concluded at the end of November with healthy sales and enthusiastic interest.

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Five questions with watch dealer Efe Gurger

09 December 2024

Turkish dealer Efe Gurger has a retail outlet at Grays Antique Market, Mayfair, which he has been managing since April. The 25-year old has become popular for his rare vintage watch timepieces and jewels.

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Grays Antique Market to open on Saturdays during December

06 December 2024

Perhaps you’ve been swishing through Mayfair at the weekend, laden with designer bags and planned to pop into Grays Antique Market.

Mr. Joy's Surprise

Queen Anne child’s wardrobe brings Joy at London Art Week

06 December 2024

The gravestone of Edmund Joy in Barton Turf church, Norfolk reveals that he died in 1744 and is the only clue to who may have made this unusual work

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West End gallery celebrates rediscovered artist Mary Headlam

06 December 2024

Mary Headlam was professionally successful but sold little of her work during her lifetime. Abbott and Holder are highlighting her unseen oeuvre

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West End gallery revives the spirit of the wunderkammer

03 December 2024

With a focus on the unusual, Rafael Valls is paying homage to a method of collecting that inspired some of the world's most respected museums.

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Rediscovered Fontana portraits to go on public display

02 December 2024

Two previously lost works by Italian painter Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) will go on display in the new year after recently appearing at auction. Fontana has been described as the first female career artist in western Europe as her family relied on her income.

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Blue and white bonanza: London firm offers three private collections in one exhibition

02 December 2024

Albert Amor is hosting an exhibition featuring 18th century English Blue and White Porcelain until December 6.

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Les Puces: the lowdown on a Parisian antiques supercentre

02 December 2024

With more than a thousand traders doing business, Les Puces de Saint-Ouen in Paris is effectively 12 markets in one

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Five questions with Elsa Wang of Bluerider ART

02 December 2024

Bluerider ART was established in 2013 by Taipei-based IT entrepreneur Elsa Wang.

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Obituary: salvage dealer Ronnie Wootton (1935-2024)

02 December 2024

Ronnie Wootton was a stalwart of the architectural salvage and reclaimed building material trade from the 1980s, prior to which he was a producer of period lanterns for lamposts and other hardware.

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Dealer marks 200th anniversary of infamous forger Henry Fauntleroy’s execution

30 November 2024

Today, November 30, 2024, marks the 200th anniversary of the hanging of the banker and forger, Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824).

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