Dealers

Rare book specialist Hamish Riley-Smith, who died on August 10, did not originally intend to become a dealer.

'Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair' has announced a second digital staging to take place this month.

Following the cancellation of the popular vintage bazaars at the Cheese and Grain arts centre in Frome, Somerset, textiles dealers Liz van Hasselt and Clare Powell have been doing the next best thing: organising the events online via Instagram.

Nearly six months after doors closed on the last major British antiques fair, another is ready to open.

According to his family, this French imperial naval eagle was purchased by the dealer Jack Webb (1923-2019) from a ‘totter’ in the early 1970s over the counter at his shop in Camden Passage.

A vast collection of Victorian kitchen antiques formed by a dealer from Kent has found a new home in North Yorkshire.

The lithographs of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and Joan Miró (1893-1983) feature at Eames Fine Art’s exhibition Miró and Calder: Simpatico, which runs until August 30.

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

Artist who kept highland cattle at Midlands home to pose for romanticised Scottish scenes.

An ancient Egyptian granite statue has been sold to the City of Leicester from the collection of travel business Thomas Cook in a deal negotiated by London dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch.

Asian Art in London (AAL) is returning this year with a new format that splits the long-running event between Indian and Islamic art and east Asian art.

Gary Wallis, organiser of the 'Henley Decor Fair', is delighted that all the exhibitors who booked for the original May/June event at Greenlands Park beside the Thames are on board for the reorganised dates following its cancellation due to the pandemic.

Most antique shops, centres and galleries, closed between March and June, are now open once more and are eager to make up for lost business. Pictured here is a selection of fine pieces of period jewellery for sale today.

A format increasingly popular with dealers can help ‘enhance the understanding of objects’

“We opened at the earliest opportunity two months ago and were immediately ridiculously busy,” said David Skeet, general manager of the Brighton and Lewes fleamarkets.

Phil Taylor Cool Stuff has taken up residence in one of the shops at east London’s Spitalfields Market.

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