Why bother having your own website these days when you can simply use Instagram? It’s a good question. After all, a website requires maintenance, updating, monitoring and filling with content in a more complex way than social media platforms. So is it worth it? The...
Opting for a website is the first step. The challenge is to set it up so that it works for your customers AND presents you in the best possible light. This isn’t as hard as it may sound, but it is still surprising how many people get it wrong. Too many businesses...
When Georgian Antiques launched in 1978 under the direction of Padraic Dixon, it started with around 600 square feet of premises. “The size of a good double bedroom these days,” says John Dixon, Padraic’s brother, who joined him in 1981 and now heads the business...
Art and Antiques for Everyone (A&AFE) is the UK’s largest vetted antiques and fine art fair, held three times a year at the NEC in Birmingham. Art and Antiques for Everyone features specialist dealers offering a wide variety of desirable, rare, and quirky...
After 18 months of pent-up energy, we couldn’t wait to attend High Point Market! We started our week-long visit congregating at the gorgeous Ronati Casa, the ideal place for our team of six to prepare for the long market days. While still glowing from the excitement...
Finally, the Olympia Winter Art and Antiques Fair is back! They are set to welcome eager dealers and thousands of enthusiastic buyers this November. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, this year’s fair is taking place at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in...
If you come across Cooper Events, you will see four unique events in equally unique locations. What you may not so easily find are the masterminds behind these fairs. With over eight 2 to 4 day fairs each year in the UK, it’s no wonder we don’t see much about the...
One crazy year cannot mar 30 years of The Bath Decorative Fair. The Fair is celebrating its 2021 return this Fall, from October 22-24. With a regional and international audience, this captivating countryside fair has a unique atmosphere and has a loyal following of...
Like the chiefs of so many great businesses, Rosemary Krieger started at the bottom and worked her way up. “I actually started as a ticket taker in my first job with the company that I now own,” she reveals. In 1981 Rosemary was between jobs when she met Bob Smith,...
As we listen to this playlist, our hearts dream of jet setting… This fall, we’re traveling to Milan, Paris, London, Brimfield (at least in our dreams). This is music to shop flea markets by, where the streets are overflowing with inspiration. French Cafes,...
We are awestruck by the accomplishments of Kevin Kleinbardt and Ahna Petersen of Yew Tree House Antiques in New York. The two partners first established their strikingly aesthetic shop in the mid-1980s. Since its opening, the shop has flourished, garnering a stellar...
Art and antiques dealers are bursting to get into action, online and in person. What better way to re-ignite your passion than by attending the LAPADA Conference in London on October 12? This Reset and Refresh event is for you if: You want a better understanding of...
Ronati supports dealers of antique, vintage, and one-of-a-kind pieces around the world with technology to help their businesses thrive, making their incredible stock of unique pieces more accessible than ever to today’s buyers.
