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.

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Final Wanstead vintage event of 2024 is coming up

21 October 2024

An east London event which the organiser describes as “a vintage fair that’s worth waiting for” is having its fourth outing this year in two halls at its regular spot, the Grade II-listed Wanstead United Reformed Church.

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Decorators descend on the Decorative Fair

21 October 2024

The autumn edition of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair at Evolution London (The Marquee) in Battersea Park from October 1-6 was one its most successful to date.

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Run the rule over Britannia medal fair

21 October 2024

Biannual medals event organised by Mayfair auction house allows standholders to exhibit free of charge

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Bowl in to Boule-In for present buying

21 October 2024

Buyers planning a Christmas shopping spree might include a trip to Suffolk’s many antiques centres and shops including something unusual: Boule-In’s annual festive decorative event.

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Albert Amor offers Italian maiolica from major continental collector

18 October 2024

Count Manfredi della Gherardesca was known as one of the most colourful and culturally erudite figures in the global art scene. Ceramics were just one of his passions.

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Christie’s to offer collection of well known dealers Alan and Mary Hobart

17 October 2024

The collection of London dealers Alan and Mary Hobart, who founded the Pyms Gallery in the 1970s, has been consigned to Christie’s.

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Art advisor Gurr Johns brings ‘Anglo-Saxon model’ to Paris market

17 October 2024

Gurr Johns, the art advisor that owns UK auction house Dreweatts, has opened an office in Paris.

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Dealer reflects on 50 years of rugs and carpets

15 October 2024

Oxford’s Legge Carpets & Textiles is hosting a retrospective exhibition, which is celebration of Christopher Legge’s five decades in the business.

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Besotted prince’s gift to mistress Lillie Langtry returns home to maker Hancocks

14 October 2024

A unique piece of jewellery created by Hancocks and dated to the c.1870s has returned to the UK after a glittering journey around the world, worn by the elite in entertainment and, consequently, seen by millions.

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Obituary: Mary Yapp of The Albany Gallery

14 October 2024

It is with great sadness we inform you that Mary Yapp, former owner of The Albany Gallery, died peacefully on September 10 aged 96.

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Hours of fun and buying opportunity

14 October 2024

The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Frieze frenzy begins with a Gorky success

14 October 2024

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

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Five questions with Karl Kemp gallery manager Crawford Bray

14 October 2024

Crawford Bray is gallery manager for Karl Kemp which is exhibiting at the 13th Salon Art + Design in New York from November 7-11

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Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’

14 October 2024

Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair

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Raise a cup to LAPADA’s 50th

14 October 2024

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

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It’s good to get plenty of stick

14 October 2024

Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.

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Chester marks seven in a row for Cooper

14 October 2024

The latest Chester Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair will be the seventh for Cooper Fairs since the event was taken over from Penman Fairs in 2019.

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Broad church of tribal artefacts

14 October 2024

The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24-27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the event. It offers a unique opportunity for collectors and enthusiasts to experience the rich and varied range of objects from around the globe in a 19th century church.

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Broad church of tribal artefacts on show at specialist fair

11 October 2024

The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24 to 27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the fair.

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Auction house Fellows to sell entire collection of renowned Edinburgh jewellers

10 October 2024

Auction house Fellows will offer the collection from Joseph Bonnar Jewellers, following the retirement of its proprietor.

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