Dealers' Diary

Working in Japanese urushi lacquer requires patience. Harvested from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua tree, it is built up slowly, layer by layer, each stage requiring careful drying and polishing under controlled conditions.

Storms and the threat of snow could not dampen the spirits of rare booksellers and buyers in York for the first PBFA fair of the 2026 book calendar.

London Art Fair stands out as a key early opportunity to showcase works to a domestic audience

It is rare to find a well-preserved example of a 19th century 'palepai'.

The long-running BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels is traditionally one of the earliest events in the international art fair calendar.

Several exhibitors at this month’s edition of The Winter Show in New York have more than 40 years’ experience exhibiting at the fair.

One standout offering at The Decorative Fair this month unites two pieces of early 20th century technology: the dreadnought battleship and the mass production of the crisp.

James Boswell (1740-95), later renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, arrived in London in 1762 at the age of 22.

Print specialist who relocated to Chichester now opens a gallery in the ‘growing creative community’

A round up of news from three London dealers

Illustrator famous for helping to bring alive the beloved bear preferred his other commissions

Roy Raftery is a gaming cards dealer with Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s

Prints offer an ideal entry point for collectors as top-quality works are attainable at modest prices.

Despite some “spirited resistance,” antiquities dealer Rupert Wace has been coaxed into releasing a selection of ancient treasures and curios this festive season.

To mark the completion of its newly expanded space in the West End’s Cecil Court, Darnley Fine Art is presenting an exhibition on the so-called ‘lost’ Post-Impressionists Robert Deborne (1870-1944) and Henri Ottmann (1877-1927).

This horn casket was presented to King Edward VII on March 28, 1901 by the Worshipful Company of Horners.

November edition of the Classic event produces encouraging results after the summer date was cancelled

An oil of a scarlet ibis by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) is among the works starring at Rafael Valls this month.

London art gallery Shapero Modern rounds off its year with a trio of events.