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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Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years

14 July 2025

Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare

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‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event

14 July 2025

Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.

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Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia

10 July 2025

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'Photo London' in May 2026.

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Treasure House concludes with run of sales

07 July 2025

London’s Treasure House Fair concluded last week after a seven-day run and many sales.

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ATG stars in second Braxton blockbuster

07 July 2025

James Braxton is celebrating the launch of his second book. The antiques specialist published his first book last year.

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Eclectic collection of Looe antiques dealer goes under the hammer

07 July 2025

Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff

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Duo bring French flavour to Shropshire

07 July 2025

A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.

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Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition

07 July 2025

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

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Debut summer exhibition so warmly received it could be a regular fixture

07 July 2025

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

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Bookseller reveals purchase of Sendak’s Blake first editions

07 July 2025

London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.

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Hundreds of dealers at Kent event

07 July 2025

Showground extravaganza run until recently by B2B continues to be a success under the new organiser

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Time for an open weekend at clock dealer's

07 July 2025

A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.

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Playing a long game in Suffolk

07 July 2025

Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.

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Natural History Museum’s new dinosaur specimen acquired from London dealer David Aaron

04 July 2025

London’s Natural History Museum has acquired a newly identified dinosaur specimen from Mayfair dealership David Aaron.

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Cork Street galleries team up with group exhibition to celebrate 100 years

04 July 2025

The galleries on Cork Street in Mayfair, London, have joined forces on a multi-part exhibition running all year.

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PAD London announces early details of next edition

03 July 2025

Participants have been announced for this year’s PAD London.

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‘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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