Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Take note of what drives demand
11 August 2025Paper money fair organiser and dealer describes the ‘highly collectable’ market she is fascinated by
Racecourse event ready to increase size indoor and out
11 August 2025As Field Dog Fairs, antiques dealer Charlotte Williams launched an antiques weekend 13 years ago at Southwell Racecourse in Nottnghamshire.
The Antiques Tourist: the trail becomes ever longer
04 August 2025Booklet covering art and antiques attractions in four counties is now double its orginal size
Record-breaking Birkin points to bags of potential in vintage accessories market
21 July 2025Sotheby’s €7m sale of the original Hermès Birkin handbag, custom made for late actress and singer Jane Birkin in 1985, has given some welcome exposure to the market for preloved luxury accessories. And for many of today’s collectors, vintage is best.
Button up for Blackdog’s roster of East Anglian brocante fairs
21 July 2025Kate Button of Blackdog Events tells us that the first summer brocante held in June in the atmospheric surroundings of the ruins of Creake Abbey in Norfolk was a success.
Arranging a vintage fair in a brewery
14 July 2025The Docker Brewery and Tap Room on the Five Acre Estate in Folkestone is the chosen easy-going venue for vintage clothing dealer Claire Burns’ new venture.
Remembering Gene Hoyle as Lytham firm holds closing sale
14 July 2025The death of Gene Hoyle, dealer and well-known fair organiser in northwest England has led to the closure of the business he and his wife Zara managed and ran.
Heydon village ‘can’t wait’ for August fair
14 July 2025Zoe Durrant-Keegan is the face behind Little Vintage Lover Fair which launched in 2008 and now runs two or three vintage fairs a year in north Norfolk.
Duo bring French flavour to Shropshire
07 July 2025A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.
Hundreds of dealers at Kent event
07 July 2025Showground extravaganza run until recently by B2B continues to be a success under the new organiser
Playing a long game in Suffolk
07 July 2025Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.
Grandma’s Attic organises antiques marquee at county show for the first time
30 June 2025The average total footfall for the annual three-day 'New Forest & Hampshire County Show' held at The Showground in Brockenhurst comes in at a gigantic 85,000 to 90,000.
Cobwebs cleared after 50 years
30 June 2025A specialist antiques shop in Southampton, a city rich in maritime heritage, is set to close at the end of August after 50 years of trading.
Stately homes host car boots
30 June 2025Two stately home car boots held for charity take place this month and next including the ‘biggie’ at Wilton House, near Salisbury.
Arthur Swallow Fairs celebrates 30 years in the antiques trade
23 June 2025Fairs organiser run by the Burgoin family started with a single event but now operates at several venues
In with the Old as vintage booms
23 June 2025Alan Old of So Last Century fairs launched his first vintage and retro fair at Beckenham Place Mansion in south London 10 years ago.
Book fairs: New event fills a north-west hole
16 June 2025Kirkby Lonsdale is the first of three fresh PBFA fairs this year with Frome and Dorchester to follow
Good news for fleamarket visitors devoted to finding bargains
16 June 2025Fleamarkets offer an endless variety of stock to draw in buyers and two ‘giants’ are coming up soon, one in Somerset, the other in London.
Dealer seeking a mooring in Cornwall
09 June 2025Seafaring man-turned dealer in nauticalia, Robin Langford is searching for reasonably priced shop premises near St Ives where he deals online as Clipper Maritime.
Premier Fairs launches Penshurst event
09 June 2025Midlands-based Richard Burtonshaw, organiser of glass and ceramic fairs under the banner Premier Fairs, is moving south for the second of his three events this year.