In 2025, leading Mayfair gallery David Aaron Ltd is proudly celebrating 115 years since its founding in 1910.
The business rose to prominence in the 1920s under the leadership of the late Solieman Haroon (1890–1976), who significantly expanded its activities and international reach. In 1980, the gallery relocated to London, and in 1998, Solieman’s youngest son, David Aaron, established his own gallery on Berkeley Square, where the business continues to thrive today.
The gallery specialises in Classical Greek and Roman, Egyptian, Near Eastern and early Islamic antiquities, as well as important natural history specimens, including rare dinosaur fossils.
Based in Berkeley Square, the art gallery in Mayfair is now helmed by the fourth generation of the Aaron family – Directors Salomon, Jonathan and Benjamin – who have continued to evolve the business through the presentation of the highest quality antiquities and the introduction over the past decade of highly sought after museum-grade dinosaur fossils.
Over the past century David Aaron has established a reputation as one of the world’s most respected antiquities dealers known for sourcing museum-quality artefacts that span continents and millennia. The gallery has developed best practice processes for examining and representing the provenance and condition of the pieces they exhibit.
Working closely with major international institutions, David Aaron Ltd has placed significant pieces in museum collections including the Natural History Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Aga Khan Museum, and many more.
The gallery regularly exhibits at highly vetted international art fairs such as TEFAF Maastricht and TEFAF New York and Frieze Masters and is a member of IADAA (International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art) and ADA (Antiquities Dealers’ Association).
“This anniversary is more than a milestone,” says Salomon Aaron, Director. “It is a moment to reflect on our heritage, our responsibilities, and our continued mission to re-discover and share extraordinary works of history.”
In its 115th year the gallery continues to present antiquities objects of the utmost provenance and condition including the recent landmark sale of a complete dinosaur fossil to the Natural History Museum which led to the historic discovery of a new dinosaur species, the Enigmacursor.