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.

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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Angolan chair provides new angle on Regency

06 October 2025

At the 23rd edition of the Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam (TAF), one highlight is this Angolan take on a Regency sabre-leg chair, carved c.1850 and priced at £2200 with Adam Prout.

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Tempest blows in to Kensington's Reindeer Antiques

06 October 2025

Kensington Church Street dealership Reindeer Antiques is hosting an exhibition and book launch for cartoonist Annie Tempest (b.1959).

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Everybody needs good neighbours, including sculpture specialists

06 October 2025

Meeting as neighbours at TEFAF Maastricht, two sculpture dealers have come together to hold an exhibition in London.

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Cheshire fair still going strong as others disappear

06 October 2025

The long-running Chester Fair is now the Cheshire Decorative Antiques & Art Fair, a name chosen to underline its position as the only major antiques fair in the county.

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Dealer Nimbus Antiques to stage retirement sale at Bamfords

06 October 2025

Former LAPADA member, furniture dealer Nimbus Antiques in north Derbyshire, is closing and plans a retirement auction at local saleroom Bamfords.

A customer at a recent Yorkshire Flea market

Flea markets double up in two towns

06 October 2025

Run since 2017, The Yorkshire Flea, run by Helen Bowman and Ben Wray, comprises popular Sunday events in two auction marts three times a year in North Yorkshire.

Olympia

Olympia art and antiques fair cancelled after more than 50 years

30 September 2025

The once much-loved antiques fair at Olympia, west London has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from dealers.

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Armour shows its mettle as Paris fair takes September slot

29 September 2025

An Asian armour dealer sold nearly all of his stand’s stock in the first few days of FAB Paris last week.

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Five questions with British Arts & Crafts dealer Sarah Harris

29 September 2025

Sarah Harris, proprieter of Breckland Antiques, is a specialist in all aspects of the British Arts & Crafts movement. She will be standing at the Northern Antiques Fair in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, held from October 9-12 (previewed last week in ATG No 2711).

A Song from Afar by John Bulloch Souter

Antiques dealer who became an art dealer

29 September 2025

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello initially followed in his father’s footsteps to become an antiques dealer in Plymouth.

Vintage blue and white china

Corn Hall weekly call for antiques and collectables market

29 September 2025

A lively antiques and collectables market has run weekly for the past 40 years in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in the centre of the town.

Fair rows off to new venue

29 September 2025

Established last year, a vintage and antiques fair which ran at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley is relocating to Lillibrooke Manor in Cox Green, Maidenhead, due to the museum’s permanent closure last month.

An Artist at His Easel by Evelyn Dunbar

Artists portrayed by artists at new exhibition

29 September 2025

West End art dealer Liss Llewellyn has teamed up with Modern British art museum Pallant House Gallery for a show of paintings of artists.

Visitors at the York National Book Fair.

‘The best book event in the whole of the UK’

29 September 2025

Dealers full of praise for annual York fair as international and trade buyers snap up their wares

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