Dealers

Dealers come in all shapes and forms, from small sole-traders to powerhouse galleries. Both play an integral role in the art and antiques market.

They often specialise in a given fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but there are also plenty of general dealers operating across different categories.

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Feast of room sets at French pop-up show

11 September 2017

If you want to see some impressive room sets, then the biannual Foire de Chatou, 15km from Paris and held on the banks of the River Seine, is the place.

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Numismatists descend on London for the annual Coinex fair

11 September 2017

Coin enthusiasts have plenty to think about as they arrive in London for the annual Coinex fair.

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Dealers gather in Italy for 30th staging of the Florence Biennale art and antiques fair

11 September 2017

While Paris has changed its 'Biennale' to run every year, the equally venerable Florence 'Biennale', (the 'Biennale Internationale dell Antiquariato di Firenze – BIAF') retains a traditional format running in alternate years.

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Young blood in demand at BADA networking event

08 September 2017

The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) hopes to attract new members and young people to the world of art and antiques with a series of events.

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40 young dealers offer works at Paris auction’s selling show

07 September 2017

Paris auction house Tajan is throwing open its doors to the public for the first edition of ‘Les Jeunes Marchands chez Tajan’, a selling show of works from young dealers aged between 20-40 .

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Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home

05 September 2017

Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.

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Dealer-founded Folio Society celebrates 70 at Victoria and Albert Museum

04 September 2017

An exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum celebrates the history of the Folio Society, which was founded by dealer Charles Ede 70 years ago.

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BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team discover lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts

04 September 2017

An early painting by UK-born Australian artist Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931), was authenticated on the BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ after being lost for more than 130 years.

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Prices point to popularity at LAPADA fair

04 September 2017

Range of items from ‘more affordable’ upwards features at this year's LAPADA fair...

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Vessels hold plenty of interest

04 September 2017

An upcoming show staged by art advisers J&J Rawlin mixes two and three-dimensional works in a space both public and private.

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Events bring Norfolk broad smiles

04 September 2017

Organiser delighted by the response to her antiques and militaria fairs held in East Anglia...

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Book fairs are buzzing, says dealer

04 September 2017

An early 19th century card game in its original wooden box but lacking some of the mostly bright cards – there are 24 top, 24 middle and 28 bottom sections in the box – is for sale from Michael Moon’s Bookshop in Whitehaven in Cumbria for £595 at the York book fair.

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Shop talk: Halstead Antiques Centre

04 September 2017

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to James Killbery who owns Halstead Antiques Centre on the Essex/Suffolk border.

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'Parcours de la Céramique': 20th ceramics staging celebrates Saumur

04 September 2017

The Parcours de la Céramique has become a well-established feature of the Paris rentrée.

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Postcards reveal everyday life on London streets

04 September 2017

This Edwardian postcard, showing a hot-chestnut seller in the City of London, was issued by the Rotary Photographic Company in its London Life series.

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5 Questions: Louis Nierijnck

04 September 2017

Louis Nierijnck is one of the exhibitors standing at the Tribal Art London fair from September 6-9. He specialises in tribal and ethnographic art, particularly art from Nepal and south-east Asia.

Castle Cary put on hold

04 September 2017

The launch on September 10 of a vintage market outside the 19th century Market House in the picturesque town of Castle Cary in Somerset has been postponed until next spring.

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Expansion kicks in at Paris dealership Galerie Kugel

04 September 2017

One highlight of the rentrée is the scholarly exhibitions put on at the same time as the 'Biennale' by the Paris dealership Galerie Kugel.

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Profile: Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer Christina Ortega

04 September 2017

Cristina Ortega is a specialist in Chinese and Japanese ceramics with a gallery in the rue de Beaune. Now taking part in her eighth Parcours de la Céramique, she remains very enthusiastic about the possibilities…

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Obituary: Russell Timms

04 September 2017

We regret to announce the passing of Russell Timms, who has died peacefully aged 69.

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