“We plan to return the business to an owner-run operation, as it was when I left.”
Dreweatts' new owner Mark Law who left the firm in 2000.
“We have opened it up a bit. We are getting new collectors coming in now, not just the standard Caughley Society members. A lot of people are coming out of the woodwork whom we have not seen before and saying that they collect Caughley.”
Caroline Dennard of Halls on the auctioneers recent single-owner, single-factory ceramics sale.
“Bruton Street has increasingly become a high-profile destination for fashion brands, making it less suitable and less affordable for galleries. Although we have traded very successfully on Bruton Street for many years it made sense for us to relocate within Mayfair to a street already well known for its galleries."
Peter Osborne of Osborne Samuel on the gallery's move to Dering Street.
“In the last six months we’ve noticed a big turnaround.”
Early photograph dealer Paula Hershkowitz on an apparently improving market.
“A whole new generation of photographers is buying this type of camera for use with the collecting market, comprising people who buy for historic interest rather than shooting pictures.”
Writer and collector John Wade on the market for vintage cameras.
