Importance of being eclectic at Masterpiece

Masterpiece fair, according to its chairman Philip Hewat-Jaboor, is discovery. In the past, he explains, a collector could stroll up Madison Avenue or Bond Street and happen upon an objetbe it a 19th-century painting or a bronze Roman helmet, saythat tickled his fancy. You cant do that today, he says. Theres no serendipity. For the fairs eighth edition, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea (29 June-5 July), certain dealers are taking responsibility for creating those opportunities themselves. Galerie