Dealers

Marchant Asian Art is under way with its move to its new home in Brook Street, Mayfair (to open in January 2026), and has unveiled details of some of its centenary celebrations.

Reading your article on Lanto Synge (‘Needlework collection of former Mallett head goes to museum in £363,000 deal’, News, ATG No 2702), it reminded me of the time I first met him.

Sotheby’s €7m sale of the original Hermès Birkin handbag, custom made for late actress and singer Jane Birkin in 1985, has given some welcome exposure to the market for preloved luxury accessories. And for many of today’s collectors, vintage is best.

Kate Button of Blackdog Events tells us that the first summer brocante held in June in the atmospheric surroundings of the ruins of Creake Abbey in Norfolk was a success.

With a trio of leading dealers bringing the best of British horology, the Treasure House Fair has become a focus for the clock trade, just as Grosvenor House and Masterpiece were before it.

I acquired Sotheran's, the rare book dealership, last year and it has been a bit of an odyssey moving to new premises in Charing Cross Road and revitalising a business that has survived in various forms for over 250 years.

The family of Allan George Hare are sad to report that Allan passed away on the evening of June 7, 2025 at the age of 74.

Winsor Birch set out in the spring to put together a collection of exceptional works from three centuries of British art. It appears it succeeded.

A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).

The Docker Brewery and Tap Room on the Five Acre Estate in Folkestone is the chosen easy-going venue for vintage clothing dealer Claire Burns’ new venture.

The death of Gene Hoyle, dealer and well-known fair organiser in northwest England has led to the closure of the business he and his wife Zara managed and ran.

Zoe Durrant-Keegan is the face behind Little Vintage Lover Fair which launched in 2008 and now runs two or three vintage fairs a year in north Norfolk.