TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Hickmet Fine Arts are active members of the following Trade Associations so clients know they can buy with the confidence and reassurance that every piece will be fully guaranteed:
LAPADA (London and Provincial Antiques Dealers Association) is the UK’s largest trade association for professional dealers. Customers can buy with confidence from its members, who adhere to a strict Code of Practice. David Hickmet has also produced the LAPADA Guide to Caring for Bronzes with useful information for caring for and collecting bronze sculpture. Full details may be found at www.lapada.org
CINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art, or International Confederation of Traders in Works of Art) is a Brussels-based International Federation, founded in 1935, of antique and fine art dealers, representing 28 art and antique associations from 19 countries incorporating some five thousand affiliate dealers located worldwide. Membership is limited to associations which require their members to adhere to extremely strict quality and expertise standards. Further details may be found at www.cinoa.org