President's Message

Welcome to the Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association website, your gateway to more than 130 individual businesses at one click.

Our site is a great place to look for whatever interests you in the antiques, collectables, fine and decorative arts fields.

The Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association consists of over 130 independent businesses from the most prestigious to quite modest concerns. One of the important things they have in common as members is adherence to a code of practice that ensures you get what you pay for. Your sales invoice contains a detailed description of your purchase including the age (circa), the materials used, country or area made and where known the makers name or artist together with appropriate history called provenance.

Antiques and art, both fine and decorative in all their diverse forms, enriches our lives in many ways. Daily living with the items around us such as our paintings, porcelain, silver, glassware and furniture to enhance our homes; perhaps a great table that will become the heart of your home to laugh, debate and celebrate around, a special chair to read and relax in, a wonderful piece of jewellery to celebrate a special occasion, perhaps a work of art that reminds us of a special time and place.

This site introduces you to our approved service providers, the people used by our own members to conserve and present their stock at its best. You too can access these specialist conservation and restoration experts to maintain and repair your treasures. Your valuables need to be assessed periodically by appropriately qualified people. By perusing our listings appropriate valuers may be found in your area.

Let me end by saying the possibilities of enriching your life is limited only by your imagination. The next time you want to shop for something for yourself, your loved ones, the home or a gift start with a member of the Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association to find that special piece embracing quality and good design that has withstood the test of time.

 

Lyn Begg
President.