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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Lockdown event still going strong

24 March 2025

Dealer duo started online showcase during the pandemic but around 20 traders continue to feature

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Derbyshire centre set to close with costs blamed

24 March 2025

An antiques centre in north Derbyshire is set to close on March 31 after 15 years in business.

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Confidence high at TEFAF 2025

24 March 2025

Collectors and institutions flooded into the huge art fair for an ‘exceptional calibre’ of works on display

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Traders toast fresh Denbies set-up in Surrey

24 March 2025

Sunbury Antiques Fairs has successfully taken over the running of the event staged in the Surrey hills

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Exhibition celebrates women during wartime

19 March 2025

From woodcuts to a design for Wedgwood plates, Women at War offers perspectives of war that are slightly less familiar

LAPADA fair will team up with luxury jewellery ‘collective’

17 March 2025

The next LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair will partner with luxury jewellery ‘collective’ Haute Jewels.

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Classic Art Week organisers confident about demand

17 March 2025

The organisers of Classic Art London, the new marketing initiative designed to replace London Art Week (LAW), say they are confident of passing the target of 20 dealers for its inaugural event.

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TEFAF ‘back to its best’, say dealers

17 March 2025

Exhibitors at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht made a string of early sales at the prestigious event which opened on Thursday, March 13.

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Stage is set for former actress to run Bedford event with her father

17 March 2025

Organiser says bookings are healthy ahead of debut and feels there is room for more quality fairs in the area

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‘It’s a perfect time to collect postcards’

17 March 2025

It’s time for the annual Festival of Cards when 60-plus dealers will head to Junction 24, an events centre in North Petherton, near Bridgwater, Somerset, on Thursday and Friday, March 28-29.

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Fashionable faces on display

17 March 2025

Online exhibition focuses on style and dress depicted in 20th century art often by lesser-known creators

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List for life: London gallery’s highlights since 1942

17 March 2025

Established in 1936, London gallery Abbott and Holder first published one of its now established ‘Lists’ in 1942. The firm now publishes these monthly, online, providing a way to introduce 100 new works of art to its existing stock.

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Travel the globe with rare book dealer's latest catalogue

12 March 2025

Shapero Rare Books deals in antiquarian and rare books and works on paper. Its Travel Catalogue 2025 is an adventure around the world

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More from Maastricht: latest previews from bumper TEFAF fair

10 March 2025

British exhibitors are among the 273 dealers and galleries showing from 21 countries in total

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Celebrated illustrator's work comes to market at London gallery

10 March 2025

The legacy of Steven Spurrier is being revived by Panter & Hall in its current exhibition

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Agatha Christie first edition on offer at Harrogate Book Fair

10 March 2025

To mark the new-look Harrogate Book Fair dealer Anthony Smithson of The Keel Row Bookshop in Whitley Bay will be offering for sale a 1948 first edition of the Hercule Poirot novel 'Taken At the Flood' signed by Agatha Christie.

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‘Bringing the Cotswolds to London’

10 March 2025

Cotswold Art Antiques Chelsea runs from March 20-23 at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.

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In focus: Antiques shops in the historic city of Carlisle

10 March 2025

The Cumbrian city of Carlisle has much going for it including a medieval cathedral and proximity to Hadrian’s Wall. The city also offers a few antiques and vintage businesses, so here are three to start you off.

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Five questions with jewellery specialist Charlotte Morris Roper

10 March 2025

Charlotte Morris Roper is at the helm of Plaza 20th Century Jewellery, a vintage jewellery business specialising in French and European items with a particular focus on the 1940s-60s.

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Ben Cooper promises to keep up high standards of Petersfield fair

10 March 2025

Dealer and organiser will take over the reins of the biannual event but still under the Penman banner

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