With a family antiques business background, David Wade was introduced at an early age into the art world. After a short spell at Sandhurst, from where he was medically discharged, David began working for Rafael Valls Ltd, the leading St. James’s Old Master Paintings dealer.

He worked there for over 5 years, during which time the gallery exhibited at many of the worlds major shows including yearly attendance at The Fine Art Fair Maastricht, The New York Armoury Show and The Grosvenor House Fair. The expertise gained allowed David to negotiate deals within the firm across most fields and at the highest levels. These included, most notably, the Gulston Twins portrait by Francis Cotes to the John Paul Getty Museum, a superb Vanitas still life by Franciscus Gysbrechts to the Stanford University Collection and, to the Harris Museum in his native Lancashire County, a unique and highly important triple portrait of the Ducane family by Arthur Devis considered to be the artist's masterpiece.

The company is now in its seventh year of trading and during this period, a great deal has been accomplished. This includes reuniting important ancestral paintings back to their original owners and building and continually developing major private collections mostly based in the North of England.

The company has sold important works to some of the worlds greatest institutions.