Dealers' Diary

Traders give positive feedback for an event that consistently gets the summer season off to a good start

Based between London and Oxfordshire, Haveron Fine Art operates as an online-only gallery with in-person viewings available upon request. Xander Haveron-Jones is the proprietor.

Cooper Events is about to oversee its second visit to Harrogate in 2025: The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair from June 13-15.

Event generates decent sales and a lively atmosphere during a busy weekend overall for collectors and dealers

There’s no denying that we live in uncertain times. The impact of recent financial turmoil has hit dealers and collectors alike.

A very early enamel map of the London Underground will be unveiled at a specialist fair next month.

Guy De Rougemont’s 'Nuage' (Cloud) coffee table was among the striking examples of modern design sold at the latest 'TEFAF New York' held from May 9-13 (with an invitation-only preview on May 8).

Archives Fine Books was established in 1985, but since 2008 has been the baby of owners Hamish Alcorn and Dawn Albinger (Dawn is interviewed here).

Can you make a living from selling ephemera and low-value works on paper?

The Ephemera Society Fair is still going strong for its 50th anniversary despite having to make a move this year.

A miniature map of the Turkish Ottoman Empire is among the items being offered by Sanders of Oxford at London Map Fair on June 7-8.

It’s not just the Firsts book fair this year that has a focus on a plants theme

Julian Wilson has set up his own independent antiquarian book-selling business in south London.

A recent survey reveals a drop in dealers’ sales combined with a sharp rise in costs

Tom W Ayling is an antiquarian bookseller dealing in rare books and manuscripts.

Piece of furniture mentioned in reference books is just of the potential purchases at Dec Fair

From elegant furniture by Scandinavian designers to stand-out lamps and decorative pieces… the lines, materials and simplicity that characterise interiors items from the mid-century modern period appeal to a wide range of buyers.

Chairs were in particular demand at the Dulwich biannual Mid-century event

Abbott and Holder is hosting an exhibition from April 24-May 10 celebrating the work of John Sutcliffe, one of the great decorative painters and colour experts of his generation.

Guy Peppiatt has produced a new catalogue which is a combined effort with Emma Rutherford: the first time the two dealers have collaborated in this way, though they have worked together in the past.