Dealers' Diary

In some cases, having a business passed on is a dream come true. Deep stock and a respected name can make the prospect of carrying a firm forward into the next generation a tempting proposition. But it can also feel like golden handcuffs.

Last month, Dianne Brick of Amherst Antiques announced she was winding up her business specialising in Tunbridge Ware after 39 years.

Many dealers who put a succession plan in place choose family. In the best cases, it brings in a highly trusted member of the next generation who has long been familiar with the business and is personally invested in its success and longevity.

In 2018, British watercolours and drawings specialist Lowell Libson made the unusual move of adding a name, that of Jonny Yarker, to that of his self-titled business.

The age-old saying has it that dealers never really retire, but life does not always run according to adages.

William and Ben have to step aside as gallery exhibition recognises a long-running artistic dynasty

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

An Oscar de la Renta orange flower vintage necklace offered for £385 is one of the highlights of an exhibition celebrating five decades of costume jewellery held at The Design Gallery.

Ian Shaw is a specialist in tribal art and his recent projects include enhancing the gallery room of his Glasgow premises.

Among the clutch of new exhibitors at the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea is Mary Cooke Antiques, specialist in silver, whose key items include a George IV silver gilt table bowl.

Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a self-taught black US artist known for images of the First World War, biblical scenes and images of racial segregation, features at 'The Philadelphia Show' this year where his 1944 still-life 'The Love Note' is offered by M Hanks Gallery for $250,000.

The jury is still out on the Welsh artist, the main subject of a new London exhibition

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

'Okashi', the Japanese term for anything strange, unusual or deliberately humorous, defines the array of pieces on display at Michael Hoppen’s first exhibition held in its new premises in Holland Park, west London.

Bob Aibel is founder of Moderne, one of the exhibitors at the Philadelphia Show

An early 20th century carving by Lagos pastor and artist Thomas Ona of a district commissioner is among the works available at this month’s Tribal Art Fair online.

TEFAF Maastricht achieves many stand-out results but the reduced run time receives a mixed response

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

Mike Sparks of The Light House sells and restores period and antique lighting

An untitled ink on rice paper work by Brazilian artist Mira Schendel (1919-88) is among the works starring at the exhibition 'Live With It', staged at Battersea Power Station, where it is offered for $18,000.