Dealers

The list of dealers exhibiting at Masterpiece London this year shows a comparatively high turnover with 28 dealers who exhibited last year not appearing in this week’s announcement.

A maquette of the Bomber Command Memorial in London will be on sale as part of an exhibition of works by sculptor Philip Jackson.

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) has launched a mentoring programme to help encourage the next generation of book dealers.

Dealers braved the elements in New York this week as the city’s ‘Asia Week’ events kicked off in spite of 7in of snow falling.

Sim Fine Art has made its second sale to a major London institution in two years with the sale of a painting the Geffrye Museum.

The official opening day of TEFAF Maastricht continued to glean sales for dealers with a number of strong six-figure sales adding to the handful of seven-figure sales reported at yesterday’s preview event.

Yesterday at his stand Geoffrey Munn, managing director at jeweller dealer Wartski, described the Maastricht TEFAF fair as "a fascinating mix of art and mammon".

TEFAF Maastricht's preview opened today at the MECC. The fair opens to the public tomorrow and runs from March 10-19. Here ATG takes a sneak peek at the fair, its exhibitors and its visitors.

Some small businesses have been given a reprieve in the Budget today from the planned hike in business rates.