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.

Joan Eardley's Summer Fields

Rediscovered Joan Eardley picture found in a charity shop sells for a five-figure sum at an Edinburgh gallery

16 April 2026

A ‘long lost’ painting by Modern British artist Joan Eardley (1921-63) has been sold for £29,500 by The Scottish Gallery after it was rediscovered in an East Midlands charity shop.

Michael Goedhuis

Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis

14 April 2026

Condolences and memories of the well-respected Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis were shared by the trade this week following his death aged 84.

‘Broadhembury’ ring

Tudor metal-detecting discovery to head to Devon museum with help of London dealer

14 April 2026

A Devon museum is in discussion with a jewellery dealer for the loan of a Tudor ring discovered by a metal-detectorist.

James and John Bly.

Exhibition celebrating John Bly at 135 years old and 300 years since Benjamin Franklin first appeared in London

10 April 2026

Antiques dealership John Bly is celebrating its 135th year in business with an exhibition.

Robilant+Voena

Mayfair art gallery splits in two and other expansion and hires news across the art and antiques market

10 April 2026

The latest Movers & Shakers update includes news that art dealers Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena have launched two separate independent dealerships.

Dealer Jenni Meldrum in her antiques shop

Sea Kist sails into the sunset

10 April 2026

South Queensferry, west of Edinburgh, was named last year by The Telegraph as the most beautiful town in Scotland.

 A vintage duck model

Next Beccles Antiques Market is in May

10 April 2026

This vintage duck model is on advertising duties for the annual Beccles Antiques Market run since 2009 by dealer Kate Lee.

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Bumper selection of jewellery on offer at Birmingham event

10 April 2026

A remarkable assortment of jewellery is on offer at this spring’s Classic Antique Fairs.

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.

Photography album

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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