Mark Law

Mark Law is a ceramics specialist and former auctioneer who started in the antiques business as a porter at Dreweatts in 1984, becoming a partner at the age of 30. Under his direction Dreweatts acquired the venerable Bruton Street ceramics dealership Albert Amor which he took with him in when he left Dreweatts and formed Law Fine Art in 2000.

In 2005, he took over another longstanding dealership, Partridge Fine Art with fellow board members Christopher Jemmett and David Mellor. The business later went into administration in 2009.

Mark Law’s agreed a deal to buy auction firm Dreweatts and the Mallett brand from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons in 2017. The deal later collapsed and Dreweatts was later sold to new owners.

Mark Law’s Dreweatts deal folds

07 August 2017

Mark Law’s deal to buy auction firm Dreweatts and the Mallett brand from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has collapsed.

Extension given to Mark Law to complete purchase of auction house Dreweatts

01 August 2017

The completion of Mark Law’s deal to buy Dreweatts from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has been delayed for a second time due to a change in financial backing for the £2.4m purchase.

Mark Law Dreweatts deal ‘delayed over funding’

17 July 2017

The completion of Mark Law’s deal to buy auction house Dreweatts from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has been delayed due to a change in financial backing for the £2.4m purchase.

Delay in Stanley Gibbons' sale of auction house Dreweatts to Mark Law

14 July 2017

The completion of Mark Law's deal to buy auction house Dreweatts from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has been delayed due to a change in financial backing for the £2.4m deal.

Mark Law to revive general sales at Dreweatts

26 June 2017

The new owner of Dreweatts in Newbury is to bring back a monthly general sale.