Dealers

The antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggest-ever thefts after an audacious robbery in west London.

Antique rug dealer Joshua Lumley has designed a range of star-patterned rugs based on Persian zilu flatweaves.

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A have got the approval from Kensington and Chelsea Council.

Followers of Paul Nash (1889-1946) are getting another opportunity to view his works in London this month.

The government remains open-minded on proposals to extend its planned ban on trade in post-1947 ivory to antiques with ivory dating before this time, despite pressure from some MPs to do so.

Sotheby’s has begun legal action against dealer Mark Weiss over the sale of a Frans Hals painting that it now believes to be “undoubtedly a forgery”. However Weiss said he will "contest the claim vigorously".

TEFAF has released the exhibitor list for its second fair in New York which runs at the Park Avenue Armory next May. Among the new galleries signing up is Contemporary art powerhouse White Cube.

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A will go before Kensington and Chelsea Council next week.

A judge has ruled that the New York art dealer involved in the $80m forgery scandal that brought down the Knoedler gallery will not serve further prison time.

Windsor House Antiques yesterday launched a three-month sale to celebrate its 60th year of trading and encourage first-time collectors.

Plans for the closure of galleries and the redevelopment of a Victorian timber yard in Pimlico Road is facing a fresh legal challenge.

Petworth dealer Tony Wilkinson is calling on the trade to help him track down a pair of stolen Regency lustres.

Antiquities specialist Charles Ede has revealed its role in helping National Museums Scotland complete one of the Egyptian treasures in its collection.

Panter and Hall’s annual show of Scottish art opens the day after Burns Night this week in London.

Tenants of Mayfair’s Burlington Arcade are bracing themselves for change as Britain’s oldest shopping arcade is put up for sale.

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a painting by Welsh modern artist Ceri Richards from Belsize Park gallery Sylvester Fine Art and will be tried later this month.

A private treaty sale of a Benin bronze head helped Woolley & Wallis retain its status as the UK’s leading regional saleroom in 2016.

St James’s textile specialist S Franses is this week in court fighting for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.