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Latest news about key people in the art and antiques market including top names who work at major auction houses; organisers of significant art and antiques fairs; antiques dealers; collectors; museum curators; heads of trade organisations; market and regulatory experts.

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Three days on the rostrum? I would happily do five

04 September 2026

Auctioneer and valuer Colin Young is celebrating a 40-year career in auctioneering in Lincolnshire this month.

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Porter moves on after 50 years

04 September 2026

Anderson & Garland is marking the retirement of its much-loved porter Tony Gilroy after 50 years with the firm.

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Our lightbulb moment came when pondering how to best display tulips

14 August 2026

Journalist Lucinda Bredin and her husband, author James Runcie, have developed tulip-mania. The couple, who married last year, have begun growing tulips and collecting tulipieres and vases.

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Antiques fairs organiser Sue Ede: 'Make sure you treat the trade well'

07 August 2026

Looking after trade buyers can be key to the success of a fair.

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Wedding day not sale day: a Winterton family celebration

07 August 2026

A double celebration took place at Richard Winterton Auctioneers when two members of staff wed.

Anthony Browne

British Art Market Federation president Anthony Browne receives OBE

16 June 2026

The latest Movers & Shakers update includes news of Anthony Browne, president of the British Art Market Federation, awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list

Giles Hume of Old Painted Furniture (shown right with father Frank)

Five questions with Giles Hume

15 May 2026

Giles Hume is a dealer who runs Old Painted Furniture and Earsham Hall Antiques in Bungay

Auctioneer Richard Madley on the rostrum

Madley back at the crease (or rostrum in this case)

27 March 2026

Auctioneer Richard Madley has returned to the cricketing rostrum.

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Cotswolds showcase comes to London for the second time

13 March 2026

Second CADA Fair held in the capital also acts as a advert for the region

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Medal man Mark Smith interview: how keeping it real is key to understanding this market

13 March 2026

Medals expert familiar to millions through the Antiques Roadshow chats about his latest book telling a very personal story.

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Winter in Chester fuels warm feeling

13 February 2026

The February Cheshire Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair marks the event’s first winter outing at Chester Racecourse since 2023.

Matthew Upham

Tributes for antiques dealer lost in Christmas Day swim

06 January 2026

Antiques dealers and singer Kate Bush were among those paying tribute to Matthew Upham, 64, following his tragic disappearance at sea.

Elwin de Wolf

Collector interview: Silver boxes tell surprising stories on topics such as female artists

08 December 2025

Elwin de Wolf, based in the Netherlands, has been collecting silver enamel boxes for around 20 years.

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‘There was no warning, my boss just told me to take over the rostrum’

03 November 2025

Last month Stuart Triggol celebrated a notable landmark: 50 years working for auction house Greenslade Taylor Hunt.

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Staffordshire figures collector Kirkland Tellwright: ‘I buy what I like and that’s enough focus for me’

03 November 2025

Kirkland Tellwright was Clerk of Course at Haydock Park Racecourse in Lancashire for 24 years, until retiring in March 2024.

Charles Hanson

Hanson recruits whole Norfolk auction team

27 October 2025

Charles Hanson has made a bold move to strengthen his presence in north Norfolk by taking on the whole team previously working for Bishop & Miller in Glandford.

Brenda Nassarian working on decoupage

I never imagined where decoupage would take us

27 October 2025

Brenda Nassarian recounts her career in the antiques trade.

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Racecourse event ready to increase size indoor and out

11 August 2025

As Field Dog Fairs, antiques dealer Charlotte Williams launched an antiques weekend 13 years ago at Southwell Racecourse in Nottnghamshire.

Neil Lanham

New book goes behind the scenes in the auction world over the past 70 years

09 July 2025

Auctioneer Neil Lanham publishes a “chronicle of country life, auctioneering and world record prices spanning more than 70 years”

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Talking about our generation: the new numismatists and philatelists

23 June 2025

Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation

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