Dealers

Leeds-born, and now Cambridge-based, WeBuyVintage holds roadshow events to value vintage and collectable items for the general public and buys items to sell on.

Dealer duo bring ‘interesting pieces at affordable prices’ to discover in botanic garden surroundings

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‘I try to buy something with a little magic’ says Dutchman who deals in fine English period furniture

Hansord Antiques was founded in 1972 by David Hansord, joined later by his son John. Over the years it has traded from a number of premises including originally in the centre of Lincoln on Castle Hill.

A raft of new and returning dealers have signed up for this autumn’s LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square from October 27 to November 1.

Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events has added even more of the street antiques and vintage markets held at a dizzying number of locations across southern England, most on Sundays.

Asian Art in London annually celebrates outstanding examples of art and antiques offered by auction houses and dealers through a series of awards. Here are the items shortlisted this year in the three award categories.

The dealer in art and vintage photography Pierre Spake has died at the age of 72. For the past year he had been undergoing treatment for cancer.

Sending stuff... it affects everyone in the trade, from dealers to auction houses, and of course vendors and buyers. But it’s an ecosystem where changes in rules across the world can often make life very difficult. How does it all work and what are the challenges?

In describing the work of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art (Letters, ATG No 2763) Martyn Downer says that the ‘often baffling temporary export bar process needs to be reviewed itself’: why?

Famously, the academic ‘Hierarchy of Genres’ set out a pecking order for different types of painting.

Online purchases during the pandemic started an unplanned career in the trade and now a first exhibition.

Keeping it in the family are Cecilia Maclaren and her mother-in-law Victoria Glaysher, who are regular traders at the monthly Chiswick Antique and Vintage Market.

The Wednesday Truro Antiques and Collectables Market has moved to a city centre location outside Truro Cathedral, with the first held earlier this month and additional dates to be announced.

Mark Prentice of Newgate Art Gallery in Beccles, Suffolk, has teamed up with Anna Bartlett of Albi Art and Interiors in Battersea, London, to host the three-day decorative art event at Anna’s home in Wandsworth.

Alongside its participation in Frieze Masters, The Gallery of Everything has dedicated its Marylebone space to the work of American artist Sam Doyle (1906-85).

Firm local to The Traitors’ castle HQ says extra tourists help drive sales