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.

ATG letter: Fraudsters carry on while we do all the paperwork

21 July 2025

I acquired Sotheran's, the rare book dealership, last year and it has been a bit of an odyssey moving to new premises in Charing Cross Road and revitalising a business that has survived in various forms for over 250 years.

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Obituary: Allan George Hare (1950-2025)

21 July 2025

The family of Allan George Hare are sad to report that Allan passed away on the evening of June 7, 2025 at the age of 74.

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Ex-auction specialists champion traditional art in august St James’s

21 July 2025

Winsor Birch set out in the spring to put together a collection of exceptional works from three centuries of British art. It appears it succeeded.

Websites

Cyber criminals make further attacks in art and antiques world

17 July 2025

Book dealership Sotheran’s is the latest victim of cyber criminals.

European Union

Art and antiques trade braced for new EU cultural goods laws

16 July 2025

Details of how to manage the new European Union regulations on importing cultural goods have emerged, sending shockwaves through the art and antiques trade.

The Game Fair

LAPADA Pavilion no longer part of The Game Fair

14 July 2025

LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'.

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Promising sales for Classic Art London debut

14 July 2025

A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).

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Arranging a vintage fair in a brewery

14 July 2025

The Docker Brewery and Tap Room on the Five Acre Estate in Folkestone is the chosen easy-going venue for vintage clothing dealer Claire Burns’ new venture.

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Remembering Gene Hoyle as Lytham firm holds closing sale

14 July 2025

The death of Gene Hoyle, dealer and well-known fair organiser in northwest England has led to the closure of the business he and his wife Zara managed and ran.

Heydon village ‘can’t wait’ for August fair

14 July 2025

Zoe Durrant-Keegan is the face behind Little Vintage Lover Fair which launched in 2008 and now runs two or three vintage fairs a year in north Norfolk.

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Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years

14 July 2025

Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare

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‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event

14 July 2025

Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.

Olympia

Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia

10 July 2025

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'Photo London' in May 2026.

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Treasure House concludes with run of sales

07 July 2025

London’s Treasure House Fair concluded last week after a seven-day run and many sales.

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ATG stars in second Braxton blockbuster

07 July 2025

James Braxton is celebrating the launch of his second book. The antiques specialist published his first book last year.

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Eclectic collection of Looe antiques dealer goes under the hammer

07 July 2025

Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff

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Duo bring French flavour to Shropshire

07 July 2025

A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.

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Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition

07 July 2025

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

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Debut summer exhibition so warmly received it could be a regular fixture

07 July 2025

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

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Bookseller reveals purchase of Sendak’s Blake first editions

07 July 2025

London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.

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