Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
World-famous bottle and advertising fair returns to Elsecar
19 June 2023International stallholders are among those all set for a renowned bottle and advertising fair and auction
Bayliss family bid fond farewell to Epsom fair after more than 30 years
12 June 2023Epsom Antique Fair has a new owner.
Emotional goodbye as organiser hands over the reins of Epsom event
12 June 2023Continuity takes ‘difficult decision’ to no longer run the Surrey event but new organiser has taken over
Brocante promises lots of space in a park venue
05 June 2023Dealers from a Norfolk centre will be reinforced by many others during the Bayfield Brocante.
Car boots coming up at stately home venues
05 June 2023Three stately home car boots are on the way in the next few months.
Dealer Henrywood takes Taunton antiques centre chance
05 June 2023Ceramics specialist offers a range of antiques
Picnic plans for dealers ahead of Arthur Swallow Fairs' new Cirencester Park event
29 May 2023Adam Hills of Retrouvius, the London shop and studio specialising in architectural salvage, has 35 ex-University of Nottingham large oak refectory tables and benches with hand-carved details to shift.
Sherborne Antiques Market full of success stories
29 May 2023A tribal art specialist, who started his career as a schoolboy, is one of 38 dealers at this thriving Dorset centre.
Career path leads to brocante buzz
22 May 2023Event held in Oxfordshire village includes a talk by dealer who also stars in a TV antiques show
Bath time in Manchester
22 May 2023The Vintage Home Show runs in three locations including the atmospheric and restored Victoria Baths in Manchester
Ideal for impressing cool customers
22 May 2023This classy teak wine cooler exudes Mid-century style, all clean lines and simplicity.
Coronation fever at Arthur Swallow Fairs
15 May 2023A coronation theme was taken up by some of the dealers at Arthur Swallow Fairs’ three-day decorative home and salvage show at Ripley Castle, near Harrogate.
Marylebone fest is back in antiques-rich area
15 May 2023After a four-year absence the Church Street Antiques Fair is returning to Marylebone in London on Sunday, June 11.
Suffolk event offers the pick of Provence
15 May 2023Lovers of the le style français can look forward to the week-long annual French summer market to be held at the home of dealers Cathy and Peter Bullen next month.
Love Fairs on track with two extra events
08 May 2023So popular are Love Fairs’ events at both Brighton and Lingfield racecourses that organiser Donny Mann has added an extra annual fair to each event.
Brocante bonanza in the east of England
08 May 2023Lawns of a Norfolk hall form the venue for another event staged by Blackdog in a beautiful setting
Son of prolific artist Robert Lenkiewicz opens gallery in south Devon town
01 May 2023An addition to the businesses on the Ashburton Antiques Trail is Reuben Lenkiewicz Fine Art & Antiques Gallery, which is run by the son of the charismatic, renowned and prolific artist Robert Lenkiewicz who died in 2002.
Make a date… but the right one
01 May 2023The biannual 'Antiques in Tents' held at Burton Court, near Leominster in Herefordshire, has its first outing of the year on Friday and Saturday, May 12-13, not Saturday and Sunday May 12-13 as we wrote in ATG No 2590.
New faces in tents
24 April 2023The biannual Antiques in Tents has its first outing of the year on Friday and Saturday May 12-13 with some new faces in the 60-dealer line-up.