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 operate across different categories.
ATG letter: Not really ‘sharing the pain’
22 March 2021MADAM – Re: ‘Fair loses appeal over early closure’, front page, ATG No 2484.

The web shop window: Ada Lovelace's first-edition copy of key mathematical text
22 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

5 Questions: textiles dealer Esther Fitzgerald
22 March 2021Esther Fitzgerald handles textiles from across the globe covering a time span of 2000 years. She has been trading for three decades and is based in Hampstead, London.

Northern exposure: Antiques centre branches out from the south to the Lake District
22 March 2021Vincent Page, owner of Antiques on High in Oxford and Sidmouth, has turned his sights northwards.

Hemswell Antique Centres boss shares “crazy" experience of lockdown
22 March 2021“Due to our digital presence with our website, social media and the live virtual shopping tours I have been conducting all over the world my skeleton team of 10 staff have been kept extremely busy.”

Covid-hit art market shrinks by 22% according to Art Basel report
16 March 2021Global trade widely affected by pandemic but online sales double in value

5 Questions: vintage wristwatches specialist Alex Stevens
15 March 2021Alex Stevens began selling collectables aged 14, going on to specialise in vintage wristwatches. He launched Alex Stevens Vintage in late 2020.

William Hazlitt portrayed at his ‘great hope’ stage
15 March 2021This rediscovered portrait depicts a youthful-looking William Hazlitt (1778-1830).

The web shop window: Pablo Picasso doodle
15 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

The 1970s new wave of ceramics flows to Wiltshire
15 March 2021British Studio Ceramic is Messums Wiltshire’s third annual show.

ATG letters: This ‘world-beating’ Brexit deal is making a mess of business
15 March 2021MADAM – I run an online antiques business. I have now found that since January 1, 2021, when I export to the EU, my customers are having to pay additional import duties of between 18-25% on each order.

Obituary: art dealer Ian Godfrey Appleby (1928-2021)
15 March 2021Former London fine art dealer Ian Godfrey Appleby sadly died on January 24, in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands at the age of 92, after complications following breaking his hip.

Clerkenwell vintage fair is latest to keep virtual events going once live ones return
15 March 2021Spring is here (ignore the weather) and fairs and markets are suitably blooming again with the prospect of getting back to business.

Sunday means salvage at Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual events
15 March 2021Angela Whittle is one of the 30-plus group who take part in salvage supremo Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual Salvage Sundays.

Pandemic? A perfect opportunity
15 March 2021Spotlight on two London art businesses launched despite the challenges of lockdown

Promotions and appointments across the art and antiques sector
11 March 2021The latest hires and moves including at Christie’s, London Art Week and Gem-A.

Police probe provenance of Meiji ivories
08 March 2021Police are investigating the provenance of a collection of Japanese ivories in connection with a high-value burglary in Surrey.

Fairs make welcome return to calendar
08 March 2021Fair organisers are now planning for the spring and summer as the roadmap to ease coronavirus restrictions in England allows outdoor events to be held from April.

Dealer hails artist Hennell as a genius
08 March 2021Dealer Sim rates this little-known painter so highly he calls him ‘the English Van Gogh’

Antiques centres look ahead to reopening
08 March 2021Adrian Gilmour, co-owner of the Hungerford Arcade, is thrilled at news that non-essential retail can reopen in April.

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