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Vetting

What is Vetting?

Vetting is the process undertaken prior to the opening of the Fair when a team of approximately 200 experts from the UK, Europe and the USA checks the items being offered for sale. Once the Fair has started, sold stock is replaced daily and the fresh items are vetted before each morning’s 11 am opening.

What are the Vetters looking for?

The vetting Committees check each item for authenticity, date and condition, the details given on each item’s label are also checked . As the London International Art & Antique Fair is a dateline fair (each item for sale has to have been, made prior to the date specified for its discipline) when checking the date of each item, the Vetting Committee ensures that the exhibits comply with the datelines as detailed below. A limited number of stands will however be made available to dealers specifically invited to exhibit items outside the datelines. All items will be original works of art designed in the period of their manufacturer and of the highest quality – the same quality standards will apply equally to the contemporary and the antique.

Who are the Vetters?

The team of approximately 200 experts comprises of dealers (some exhibiting and some not), museum curators and auction house specialists split into thirty two committees.

Why is this important?

The strict Vetting Regulations and the vetters’ expertise enable the visitor to buy with confidence. The vetting process ensures that the high quality of the Fair is uniformly maintained across all disciplines of art and antiques sold at the Fair.

Vetting Datelines

London International Art & Antique Fair is a dateline fair. A specific guide to what the vetting Committee will find acceptable is detailed in the full version of the Vetting Regulations. (click here to download)

When checking the date of each item, the Vetting Committee ensures that the exhibits are within the datelines for the Fair, which are as listed below. It may be possible for an item which is outside the dateline to be exhibited at the Fair if, in the opinion of the Vetting Committee, it is of exceptional quality and merit. However, no post 1914 derivative style furniture will be permitted in the Fair.

It may be possible for an item which is outside the dateline to be exhibited at the Fair if it satisfies the criteria detailed below. However, no post-1914 derivative style furniture will be permitted in the Fair.

Contemporary work will only be allowed to be exhibited if the artist and his/her work satisfy all the following criteria:

• They are internationally recognised and established;
• They are represented in internationally renowned museums and collections;
• They belong to an established school or art movement, and the work of art has been created in the period in which it would appear tohave been created;
• They have a proven market value;
• They are represented in the relevant literature.
  

The intention is to be open to high quality contemporary art, the relevance of which has already been proven via other platforms.