Dealers' Diary


5 Questions: Crispian Riley-Smith

21 October 2019

Crispian Riley-Smith recently started Art Valuations and Consultancy after years in various roles in the art world.

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TEFAF New York Fall widens timeline for fourth edition

14 October 2019

Booth collaborations at TEFAF New York Fall encourage cross-collecting by visitors

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5 Questions with Jayne Brady

14 October 2019

Jayne Brady runs vintage antiques shop Piglets Vintage in Bedminster, Bristol.

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The web shop window: Spanish copper lustre bowl

14 October 2019

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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On the scent of silver at Marlborough College Fair

14 October 2019

A hardstone inlaid scent bottle, c.1905, by Joseph Cook & Son of Birmingham, is among the wide selection of silver available at the next Marlborough College Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

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Slice of life from rustic to refined at the Bruton Decorative Antiques Fair

07 October 2019

Somerset fair features more than 50 dealers with theme of ‘antiques in a contemporary home’.

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Strong art sales at LAPADA Fair

07 October 2019

Among a series of strong art sales reported from the recent LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair was an 18th century portrait of a lady offered by Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew.

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The web shop window: Ming dynasty ceramic storage cupboard

07 October 2019

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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5 Questions with Meg Andrews

07 October 2019

Meg Andrews deals in antique dress and textiles and is a consultant to the Heritage Lottery and museums. She promotes textiles as hangings for interiors.

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Take Pryde: Daniel Katz Gallery hails Mod Brit artist

30 September 2019

Mayfair show features 12 ‘seminal masterpieces’ first collected by Scottish baroness

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Trio of dealers team up for London's Islamic Week

30 September 2019

Three Islamic and Indian art dealers have teamed up to launch an exhibition coinciding with the London auction event Islamic Week.

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5 Questions: Simon Wingett of Burton Antiques

30 September 2019

Simon Wingett of Burton Antiques is among the exhibitors at Harrogate’s Northern Antiques Fair (October 3-6) and describes his stock as “an eclectic country house mix”.

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The web shop window: Alabaster bust of Napoleon

30 September 2019

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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Chester fair will offer wider range of objects

30 September 2019

A 120 million-year-old fossilised ammonite is among the selection of decorative items on offer at the Chester fair following a change in ownership and focus.

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Dürer’s art lessons for Frieze Masters fair

23 September 2019

Rare book dealer brings early 16th century Sammelband to eighth edition of Frieze Masters.

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The web shop window: c.1930 Chadburns weather station

23 September 2019

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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Harrogate’s Northern Antiques Fair tradition for quality

23 September 2019

The Northern Antiques Fair, run in association with the British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA), takes place during Frieze Week, meaning buyers can snap up top objects in North Yorkshire as well as London in early autumn.

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Quartet of pastels depicting forgotten moment of war effort offered at British Art Fair

23 September 2019

A group of First World War pastels depicting members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps harvesting peat moss for use in field dressings are typical of the variety collectors will find at the 'British Art Fair' (BAF).

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5 Questions: Christopher Jones

23 September 2019

Christopher Jones specialises in 18th, 19th and 20th century decorative antiques, furniture, lighting and porcelain. He next stands at the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea from October 1-6.

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Antiques Anonymous festival returns to Marylebone

16 September 2019

A one-day antiques festival returns to London’s Church Street for its third year.

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