The awards, which are judged on quality of service to the customer, range and consistency of stock, and depth and breadth of knowledge, are run by antiques guides publisher Miller’s and are chaired by Eric Knowles.
The Winners, BACA 2004, are as follows:
GENERAL ANTIQUES DEALER
UK: North of M62
Heathcote Antiques, Cross Hills,
Nr Keighley, West Yorkshire
M62 south to M4/M25
Christopher Clarke Antiques,
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
Inside M25 Sponsored by Christie’s
David Brower, 113 Kensington Church Street, London W8
South and South West England
Spencer Swaffer, 30 High Street, Arundel, West Sussex
SPECIALIST ANTIQUES DEALERS
Furniture
Butchoff Interiors, 154 Kensington High Street, London W8
Collectables
H Blairman & Sons Ltd, 119 Mount Street, London W1
Silver & Plate
Koopman Rare Art Ltd, London Silver Vaults, Chancery House, Chancery Lane, London WC2
Art Nouveau & Art Deco
Editions Graphiques, 3 Clifford Street, London W1
Oil Paintings
Messum’s Fine Art, 8 Cork Street, London W1
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd, 75a Jermyn Street, London SW1
Jewellery
Tadema Gallery, 10 Charlton Place, Camden Passage, London N1
Ceramics
Brian Haughton Antiques, 3b Burlington Gardens, London W1
AUCTION HOUSES
UK: North of M62
Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh
M62 south to M4/M25
Bosley’s Military Auctioneers, Marlow, Bucks
Inside M25
Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London W1
South and South West England
Dreweatt Neate, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire
ASSOCIATED AWARDS
Auctioneer of the Year
Richard Allen, Halls Fine Art Auctions, Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury
Miller’s Club Best Town/Village
Petworth, West Sussex
BBC Homes & Antiques
Best Antiques Centre
The Swan Antiques Centre, Tetsworth
In-house exhibition
Art Deco Postmodernism
A Legacy of British Art Deco Glass,
September 10-20, 2003, Richard Dennis Gallery, London W8.
Catalogue by Jeanette Hayhurst & Nigel Benson.
Miller’s Lifetime Achievement
Roger Warner, Burford, Oxfordshire
BACA hand out the laurels for 2004 awards
THE British Antiques and Collectables Award winners have been announced for 2004, making Dreweatt Neate the first firm to win an auction house award twice.
