Dealers' Diary


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Edinburgh auction pays homage to influential dealer Gillian Raffles

18 August 2025

Gillian Raffles (1930-2021) was one of a very small number of pioneering female gallerists in Britain’s post-war art scene.

Frieze London

A fair price or not: the pros and cons of admission costs discussed

11 August 2025

How do art and antiques events set their entry charges and why? ATG asks the experts

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Hancocks works with Sarah Harris in special focus on engagement rings

04 August 2025

Jeweller Hancocks London has teamed up with style expert Sarah Harris for a digital series focusing on engagement rings.

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Datelines and name changes: 40 years of The Decorative Fair

04 August 2025

The Decorative Fair marks its 40th anniversary this autumn.

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Immerse yourself in John Miller’s art

04 August 2025

Image of room with indoor swimming pool is set to star in second auction staged by Messum’s

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Book covers the Marchant story

04 August 2025

Marchant Asian Art is under way with its move to its new home in Brook Street, Mayfair (to open in January 2026), and has unveiled details of some of its centenary celebrations.

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Timely sales as Treasure House looks to put down roots

21 July 2025

With a trio of leading dealers bringing the best of British horology, the Treasure House Fair has become a focus for the clock trade, just as Grosvenor House and Masterpiece were before it.

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Ex-auction specialists champion traditional art in august St James’s

21 July 2025

Winsor Birch set out in the spring to put together a collection of exceptional works from three centuries of British art. It appears it succeeded.

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Promising sales for Classic Art London debut

14 July 2025

A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).

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Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years

14 July 2025

Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare

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‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event

14 July 2025

Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.

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Eclectic collection of Looe antiques dealer goes under the hammer

07 July 2025

Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff

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Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition

07 July 2025

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

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Debut summer exhibition so warmly received it could be a regular fixture

07 July 2025

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

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Bookseller reveals purchase of Sendak’s Blake first editions

07 July 2025

London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.

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Time for an open weekend at clock dealer's

07 July 2025

A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.

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Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences

30 June 2025

This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.

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Several firms placed in the frame

30 June 2025

Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items

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Albert Amor doubles up for summer shows

30 June 2025

Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.

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Plenty of comings and goings at the Cecil Court art and books hub

23 June 2025

Changes are afoot in the art and book dealing hub Cecil Court this summer.

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