Dealers' Diary

A ‘Black Forest’ liqueur set in the form of a bear carrying a flask and glasses will be among the collectable pieces going on sale at The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair at the Great Yorkshire Showground from November 14-16.

Focused on early 20th century, Art Deco and mid-century furniture and sculpture, Jacob Markies began working with his father Jeroen in 2018 and recently has taken over much of the day-to-day running of Markies Antiques to free Jeroen to focus on buying. The dealer will be exhibiting at the Classic Antique Fairs’ autumn event at the NEC later this month.

Above the heads of The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park were 16 dealers specialising in a range of ethnographic, Oceanic, African, Asian, indigenous and folk art.

How better to start a review of sales at the dog-friendly Decorative Fair than a quick canine picture selection?

Concerns of not enough fresh faces coming into the trade seem misplaced

How do you end up selling antique weapons and can you do it full-time to make a living? From swords and sabres to pistols and machine guns, we spoke to six arms dealers who attended the International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair in September to find out how they got into the trade and how their business is faring

Images by American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who worked with Vogue for more than six decades and is credited with turning fashion photography into an art form, are among the highlights at the latest Paris Photo.

Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.

It’s a busy time for Peter Harrington. Hot on the heels of opening its Upper East Side gallery in New York, the rare book dealership is launching a loan exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein's monster and a new catalogue.

“Whoever made this thought of everything.”

Modern British art dealer Jenna Burlingham Gallery is hosting a selling exhibition from the estate of artist William Scott (1913-89).

Visitors turned out in droves for the most recent edition of the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.

Mayfair gallery Ordovas is hosting 'Dialogues', an exhibition exploring the influence of non-Western art on 20th and 21st century movements.

A roster of around 115 dealers and long waiting list demonstrates the importance of the Birmingham fair

To coincide with the V&A’s 'Marie Antoinette: Style' exhibition, portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford’s Limner Company is holding a ‘pop-up’ selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Bury Street, Mayfair.

Any association fair has the unenviable task of attempting to be all things to all members, of attracting bigger name galleries while remaining accessible to sole operators, of maintaining the quality aesthetic that visitors expect while keeping stand costs affordable.

When the Folk Art dealer Robert Young first met Tif Hunter over 30 years ago, he was instantly drawn to the photographer’s work.

This particularly rare American issue of the 1939 Michelin Guide was specially commissioned by the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in Washington D.C. during the Second World War.

Good sales and happy exhibitors as France’s showpiece fair moves from November to mid-September

Having missed its usual August event while the venue was refurbished, The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair returns for the second time this year to Westonbirt School.