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.

An item of garden statuary

French brocante in an Essex house

10 April 2026

Every spring and autumn for the past 10 years Francophile dealer Sharon Dallas turns her home into an antiques shop .

A dealer in their antiques shop

Antiques shops: from The Gold Mine to Vintage Vaults

10 April 2026

Second Llandudno business gets off the ground

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Corkscrews and much more in a town surrounded by vineyards

10 April 2026

An interview with antiques dealer Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew, Franschhoek

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CADA London report: ‘A great fair – where else would you rather be?’

10 April 2026

Sales abound as annual event run by Cotswold dealers association returns to Chelsea

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LAPADA fair bookings on the rise

10 April 2026

LAPADA has confirmed details and early exhibitor names for its autumn fair.

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The Bodleian Libraries buys unseen works by photographic greats Lee Miller and Sir Cecil Beaton

09 April 2026

A ‘scrapbook’ of photographs put together by Roland Haupt, a darkroom assistant in the London office of Vogue magazine, has been sold to The Bodleian Libraries by dealer Michael Hoppen Gallery.

C.I.V by Erskine Childers

Rare book fair returns to Dublin after three years

08 April 2026

A new book fair is being planned for the summer in Ireland.

Kentwell Antiques, a shop in Holywell

Dealer opens shop in Wales after decade away

02 April 2026

A young antiques dealer who specialises in vintage watches has opened a shop in the north Wales town of Holywell, in Flintshire.

Antiques dealer Natalia Rawley

‘Do I need 30 patchwork quilts?’

02 April 2026

Natalia Rawley is a passionate antiques-hunter-gatherer and shares her loved possessions at home in Wiltshire with her four sons.

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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