The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair (The British Antique Dealers Association)

The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair was founded in 1934 and became a highlight of the London art world until 2009.  The art fair ran every June on the site of the old London residence of the Earls of Grosvenor, who had one of the finest private collections of art in England.  Thomas Gainsboroughs famous Blue Boy was in the Earl of Grosvenors collection and hung in his residence.  Queen Mary accorded the Fair her patronage in 1937, making it the only fair with Royal patronage.  The entry fee to the fair when it first opened was two shillings.

The fair was renowned for the exceptional works of art and furniture offered by venerable London and international dealers.  The fair was home to one of Canalettos finest views of Venice offered by Moretti, a rare portrait of Elizabeth I as a teenager on the stand of Philip Mould, and an exceptional Thomas Tompion clock offered by Ronald Phillips.