Dealers

The return of Ally Pally and glass fairs helped to spread good cheer along with centres expanding

A dealer at Old Spitalfields Antiques Market was surprised by an early morning chance discovery.

Louis de Bayser of the Paris drawings dealership Galerie de Bayser is the president of FAB Paris, the fair organised by Agence d’Événements Culturels (AEC), which also runs the Salon du Dessin.

Second edition of the event involving two combined fairs benefits from extra space at new venue

Tobias Jellinek – part of the generation of British vernacular furniture scholars that sought to unpick the work of fakers, fantasists and embellishers in the less scrupulous days of antiques dealing – has died.

Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques specialises in jewellery, silver and decorative items with a particular bent for Georgian glass, art glass and mourning jewellery. She appears on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt.

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

It is the final months of the major exhibition of Marc Chagall (1887- 1985) works at Alon Zakaim, where visitors can expect to see lovers floating through the sky with the occasional goat in the tradition of many of the artist’s most recognisable works.

Simon Edsor, a much-loved and respected director of The Fine Art Society, died on October 19 after a long illness. He was a familiar figure in Bond Street for close on 40 years, as well as at New York’s Winter Antiques Fair and later at Maastricht.

A design for a swan-shaped pendant suspended by a gracefully curved neck and bearing a scene of two more swans is among the highlights at an exhibition on the drawings and sketches of René Lalique (1860-1945).

Huge Lincolnshire business is among the firms that are confident for the future after a buzzing year

Astronomical manuscript for sale includes illustrations by scientist who was in fact an insurance broker

The fair held at a folk art musuem proved useful for dealers to encounter regular clients as well as new faces

Dealer Peter Harrison has sold a recently reidentified portrait by 17th century painter Mary Beale (1633-99) to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

The repurposing of buildings for use as antiques centres and sometimes fairs has seen a revitalisation of historic buidings.

Christina Jansen is managing director of The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, which was established in 1842. She started in the applied arts department before working her way up to run the gallery in 2016. On show at the gallery now are several Contemporary exhibitions running until December 23 including The Miniaturist Gallery (more below) and a selection of pictures by Victoria Crowe.

Prices frozen for pre-booked pitches at Kempton Park Racecourse for fourth year running

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