Dealers' Diary

Coinciding with the new (and long-awaited) release of James Bond film 'No Time To Die', Bloomsbury gallery Abbott and Holder is holding an exhibition of original drawings made for the serialisation of Ian Fleming’s novels in the 'Daily Express'.

Available to buy for £2800, this 12 x 18in (30 x 45cm) oil of a grey Andalusian horse in a landscape by Marcus Hodge (b.1966) forms part of a new show dedicated to the equine artist’s latest works.

With the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) on the horizon, rare books specialist Peter Harrington is using Frieze Masters to launch an ambitious new collection of books and original manuscripts charting the history of climate change and environmentalism.

Waddington Custot is one of the latest galleries to celebrate the work of pioneering 20th century women.

‘Polite’ and ‘charming’ are the top characteristics for a successful vetter, according to veteran committee member Richard Falkiner.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

This recently discovered 18th century portrait was painted by John Vanderbank (1694-1739) and depicts Holles St John of Lydiard Park.

Nearly 80 years after Walter Sickert’s (1860-1942) death and ahead of a major retrospective planned at Tate Britain in 2022, London gallery Piano Nobile is bringing together over 40 of the artist’s figure paintings for an autumn show.

After enforced absence Northern Antiques Fair returns to the calendar at new venue

This dramatic scene depicts the burning of a warehouse in Wapping Wharf during the Bristol Riots of 1831.

The first dedicated published study on the harvest jug tradition of North Devon and the West Country goes on sale this September.

Jane Sanderson of The Antiques Bazaar is a new exhibitor at The Northern Antiques Fair, which runs from September 30-October 3.

Decorative Fair returns to Battersea after long absence as demand soars for home furnishings

Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), who painted this portrait titled 'The Yellow Parasol' visited Japan in the 1880s and 1890s.

Mass-produced in America for several decades from the 1930s onwards, so-called ‘matchbooks’ were used to advertise alcohol in the post-prohibition era.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Dealer and collector Kenn Mackay developed an interest in ethnographic art during his travels in the early 1980s.

In addition to its uniqueness and connection to the past, a big attraction to owning a piece of ancient jewellery is that it can still be worn.

David Brooker of David Brooker Fine Art has been specialising in English and European paintings from the 17th to 21st centuries for over 20 years.

This poster was used in the promotion of the first-ever stage production of Peter Pan.