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.

John Dixon with sofa

‘When dealers co-operate, great things can happen’

30 June 2025

Paxton House in Berwick-upon-Tweed has been reunited with an important Regency sofa it had lost for a century.

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Silver that tells many stories: the Peter Cameron collection comes to the saleroom

30 June 2025

Stock of retiring dealer offered at auction includes items with fascinating backgrounds

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Grandma’s Attic organises antiques marquee at county show for the first time

30 June 2025

The average total footfall for the annual three-day 'New Forest & Hampshire County Show' held at The Showground in Brockenhurst comes in at a gigantic 85,000 to 90,000.

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Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences

30 June 2025

This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.

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Christopher Gibbs: His World – First book on a legendary dealer

30 June 2025

Christopher Gibbs (1938-2018) was an antiques dealer, collector, tastemaker and socialite, credited with shaping the aesthetic of ‘haute bohemian’ style and whose many friends included Mick Jagger, John Paul Getty, Bruce Chatwin, William Burroughs and Cecil Beaton.

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Cobwebs cleared after 50 years

30 June 2025

A specialist antiques shop in Southampton, a city rich in maritime heritage, is set to close at the end of August after 50 years of trading.

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Several firms placed in the frame

30 June 2025

Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items

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Albert Amor doubles up for summer shows

30 June 2025

Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.

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Stately homes host car boots

30 June 2025

Two stately home car boots held for charity take place this month and next including the ‘biggie’ at Wilton House, near Salisbury.

London's Treasure House Fair

Opening night sales heat up Chelsea's Treasure House Fair

27 June 2025

Early sales in the first hours of Treasure House Fair heated up the third edition of the Chelsea fair.

Stags at Bradgate Park

National Trust buys 'lost' Victorian silver centrepiece discovered by London dealer

26 June 2025

A Victorian silver centrepiece sculpted by Alfred Brown for Hunt & Roskell has returned to its ancestral home after more than 120 years.

White marble sculpture

Newcomers sign up for latest LAPADA art and antiques fair

26 June 2025

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is returning on October 28-November 2.

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Spotlight: 250 years of JMW Turner

23 June 2025

Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms

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Arthur Swallow Fairs celebrates 30 years in the antiques trade

23 June 2025

Fairs organiser run by the Burgoin family started with a single event but now operates at several venues

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In with the Old as vintage booms

23 June 2025

Alan Old of So Last Century fairs launched his first vintage and retro fair at Beckenham Place Mansion in south London 10 years ago.

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Ten works to see at Classic Art London

23 June 2025

It may be a new name in the summer calendar, but this inaugural initiative is building on a firm foundation of previous ‘collegial’ events encompassing an array of selling exhibitions

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Plenty of comings and goings at the Cecil Court art and books hub

23 June 2025

Changes are afoot in the art and book dealing hub Cecil Court this summer.

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Dealer delights this summer

23 June 2025

A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection

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Dealers hold antiquities showcases this summer

23 June 2025

London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.

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Preview: Treasure House Fair 2025

23 June 2025

The third edition of Treasure House Fair carries on the long tradition of summer events in London, with a selection of highlights to savour

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