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Buying Glass from Dealers and Antique Fairs
The following is a list of dealers and retailers who buy and sell antique, second-hand and collectable glass. For the new collector, it is probably best to start buying glass from a dealer who is a member of LAPADA (the Association of Art and Antique Dealers) or BADA (the British Antique Dealers' Association). Please contact the dealers directly to check whether they are members.
Although bargains can still be found in markets and car boot sales, sufficient expertise is needed to spot a treasure in the mass. Bargains can also be made at auctions, both in the auction houses and on-line. There are many on-line auction sites but the most popular is probably eBay, which regularly has a large number of glass items on offer.
The following is a list of dealers and retailers who buy and sell antique, second-hand and collectable glass. For the new collector, it is probably best to start buying glass from a dealer who is a member of LAPADA (the Association of Art and Antique Dealers) or BADA (the British Antique Dealers' Association). Please contact the dealers directly to check whether they are members.
Although bargains can still be found in markets and car boot sales, sufficient expertise is needed to spot a treasure in the mass. Bargains can also be made at auctions, both in the auction houses and on-line. There are many on-line auction sites but the most popular is probably eBay, which regularly has a large number of glass items on offer.
You will find a list of local auction houses on the Valuing Your Glass page. Many auction houses' sales and antiques fairs are advertised in The Antiques Trade Gazette, a weekly newspaper, and The Collector, a specialist antiques magazine that also has a dealers directory with maps. Many of the larger fairs and antique events are also listed on the internet newspaper for the British antiques trade.
Dealers and fairs:
Dealers and fairs:
- Abfabglass - Specialist Okra Dealer
- Alfies Antique Market, 13 - 25 Church Street, London NW8 8DT, tel: 020 77236066, (Over 200 dealers of antiques and collectables.)
- Andrew Lineham Fine Glass, The Mall, Camden Passage, London N1 8ED, tel: (Wednesday & Saturday) 020 7704 0195 (other times) 01243 576 241, (British and Continental antique coloured glass, specialist in Bohemian, Stevens & Williams and cameo scent bottles.)
- Antiquarius, 131 - 141 King's Road, London SW3, tel: 020 73515353. (Antiques Centre with 120 dealers including glass.)
- Antiques For Everyone, NEC, Birmingham B40 1NT, tel: 0870 736 6060, (Antique fair held three times per year, next fairs 24 - 27 July and 30 October - 2 Nov 2008)
- Artemis Decorative Arts Ltd, 36 Kensington Church Street, London W8 6AB, tel: 020 73760377 or 020 79379900 (Dealers in decorative arts 1880 - 1950 including glass.)
- Artius Glass, 22 Glaston Road, Street, Somerset BA16 0AN
- A.S. Antique Galleries, 26 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BY, tel: 0161 7375938. (Art Nouveau & Art Deco) e-mail A.S. Antique Galleries
- Beverley, 30 Church Street, London NW8, tel: 020 72621576. (19th & 20th century glass.)
- Bond Street Antiques Centre, 124 New Bond Street, London W1S 1DX, tel: 020 73515353. (Antique dealers including glass)
- Cambridge Glass Fair, Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambridgeshire CB1 6LE; Organisers Paul Bishop, tel: 07887 762872. (two fairs per year, next fair 21 September 2008)
- The Country Seat, Huntercombe Manor Barn, Nr Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 5RY, tel: 01491 641349, and White Friars Glass (Dealers in architect designed furniture from the 19th and 20th centuries and related art pottery, metalwork and glass including Whitefriars)
- DMG Antiques Fairs, tel: 01636 702326,(Organisers of fairs in Malvern, Wembley, Shepton Mallet, Detling, Ardingly and Brunel, and the Newark International Antiques & Collectors' Fairs)
- Frank Dux Antiques, 33 Belvedere, Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 5HR, tel: 01225 312367, (Specialises in antique glassware from the 18th and early 19th centuries)
- Little Theatre Antiques Centre, Fern Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tel: 0191 209 4321, (Specialises in North-East and Pearline pressed glass)
- J. Parker-Welch, 10 Broadmeadow Ride, St Ippolytts, Hitchin, Herts SG4 7ST (Dealer in pressed glass)
- Just Glass, tel: 01247 6326505, (Dealers in paperweights and other collectable glass)
- M. Alford, 18 Strine Close, Wellington, Shropshire TF1 3LR (Dealer in pressed glass)
- Mark J. West, P.O. Box 595, Redhill, Surrey RH1 3XB, tel: 01737 643646 (Dealer in 18th, 19th and 20th century glass)
- M.E. Dickinson, Brockamin, Old Hills, Callow End, Worcestershire WR2 4TQ (Dealer in pressed flint glass)
- Mr & Mrs Whittingham, 26 Fairmount Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3JR (Dealers specialising in North East, Vaseline and Pearline pressed glass)
- National Glass Collectors Fair, The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire, M40 Junction 12 (B4100). (Includes many different styles and periods. Two fairs per year, next fair is 9 Nov 2008, open 10am - 4pm)
- Nigel Benson, (Dealer in British Glass 1870 to 1980 and post-war Scandinavian and Italian Art Glass)
- The Northern Glass Collectors' Fair, The Quality Hotel, Scotch Corner, Yorkshire; Organiser Jane Sinclair, tel: 01287 037115 (Once per year, in April)
- P. Herbert, 14 Fern Close, Ravenshead, Nottingham NG15 9DL (Dealer in pressed glass)
- R.A. Barnes, Stands D3, 5 & 6, Roger's Antiques Gallery, 65 Portobello Road, London W11, tel: 01844 237388 (Glass dealer, especially Art Nouveau and overlay)
- R. Crowshaw, 4 Bowshot Close, Castle Bromwich B36 9UH, tel: 0121 6814872 (Dealer in pressed glass)
- St Martins Antiques Centre, 23a High Street, St Martins, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2LF, tel: 01780 481158 (Over 60 antiques dealers including glass)
- The Stone Gallery, 93 High Street, Burford, Oxon OX18 4QA, tel: 01993 823302, (Dealers in paperweights)
- Sweetbriar Gallery (Paperweights) Ltd, 56 Watergate Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2LA tel: 01244 329 249, (Dealers in paperweights of all periods)
- Take Five Fairs, Grand Glass Fair, Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking, Surrey; Organiser tel: 02088940218
- Teresa Clayton (TRIO), Shop L24, Gray's in the Mews, 1-7 Davies Mews, London W1K 5AB, tel: 020 74932736 (Dealers in scent bottles and Bohemian glass)
- The Art Glass Fair, Dulwich College, London SE21 7LD, info@artglassfair.co.uk (Two fairs per year, next fair is 19 October 2008)
- Themes & Variations, 231 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2SE, tel: 020 77275531(Dealers in post-war glass)
- Victor Arwas Gallery, Editions Graphiques Ltd, 3 Clifford Street, London W1, tel: 020 77343944 (Dealers in Art Nouveau and Art Deco antiques including art glass)
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