{{Short description|American antiques dealer}}

'''Bruce Newman''' (January 27, 1930 – February 9, 2024) was an American antique dealer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/style/bruce-newman-dead.html|title=Bruce Newman, Leading Man of Antiques, Dies at 94|first=Penelope|last=Green|date=February 27, 2024|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pratt.edu/news/pratt-institute-mourns-trustee-emeritus-bruce-m-newman-53/|title=Pratt Institute Mourns Trustee Emeritus Bruce M. Newman '53|date=February 21, 2024|website=Pratt Institute}}</ref> In 1989, Newman and his wife Judith published the book ''Fantasy Furniture'', a history of fantasy furniture. In 1992, they donated 16 furniture pieces in the style to the Brooklyn Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/arts/arts-artifacts-chairs-that-aren-t-for-sitting-and-other-fantasy-furniture.html|title=ARTS/ARTIFACTS; Chairs That Aren't for Sitting, and Other Fantasy Furniture|first=Rita|last=Reif|date=November 1, 1992|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

In 2006, Newman published the memoir ''Don't Come Back Until You Find It: Tales from an Antiques Dealer''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/arts/design/a-familys-affair-with-the-renaissance.html|title=A Family's Affair With the Renaissance|first=Wendy|last=Moonan|date=January 27, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

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