Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Two specialist vintage fair events in the Midlands on the same day in May
06 May 2019Two upcoming annual specialist fairs both running on Sunday, May 12.
Vintage fair makes it a 10-year fashion statement
06 May 2019The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 12, at the 50-trader summer fair in the sumptuous Art Deco interior of the Freemasons’ Hall in London.
Business brews for antiques dealers at Victorian malthouse in Stroud
06 May 2019A listed Victorian malthouse in Stroud formerly owned by the Whitbread Brewery is home to the Malthouse Collective which also runs fairs.
Decorative Living Fair set for 14th edition
29 April 2019The annual 'Decorative Living Fair' will stage its 14th outing on Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, at the beautiful location of the park near Tunbridge Wells.
Queen's Brian May turns up the stereos
29 April 2019Queen star Brian May is also a huge Victorian photo fan.
Go upmarket at Norwich fleamarket
29 April 2019Holly Graham holds her monthly Upmarket Fleamarket in Norwich on Saturday, May 4.
Extra visitors expected at boat jumble
29 April 2019One of the largest boat jumbles in the UK is likely to attract increased numbers of boat owners, boat lovers and collectors of nauticalia on Sunday, May 12.
Creating a splash as lido becomes popular fair venue
19 April 2019Organisers looking for an unusual spot at which to hold a fair might consider the setting alongside an outdoor swimming pool.
Under starter’s orders: Sunday event launch at Sandown Park Racecourse
19 April 2019Edward Cruttenden of Sunbury Antiques is launching a biannual Sunday antiques market at Sandown Park Racecourse to run alongside the bi-monthly Tuesday market he has held there since a year ago.
Two art and antiques events held for good causes
19 April 2019A country house car boot to raise funds for a newly opened specialist equestrian centre in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, will run at the 800-acre Isle Estate at Bicton near Shrewsbury on Sunday May 12.
Around 70 tables take root at Tree of Ages Antiques Fair in Surrey
19 April 2019Launched two years ago at a Victorian mansion in Surrey by local online antiques dealer David Steel, the Tree of Ages Antiques Fair will be held on Sunday, May 12, at Robert Denholm House in Nutfield.
Former dealer makes trunk call at Oxford centre
15 April 2019Throughout May, Antiques On High in Oxford will have a window display to support a new book by local author and ex-dealer Sylvia Vetta.
Duo take care of a Clare fair
15 April 2019With his father-in-law David Benden, Andrew Bott runs five annual busy antiques and vintage fairs at the town hall in Clare, Suffolk, which also has a number of antiques shops and galleries.
Penshurst vintage and antiques fair is the place to be
15 April 2019Decoratives dealer Tara Franklin has run the small and well-regarded three-day vintage and antiques fair in the village of Penshurst in Kent since 2015.
Ardingly memories abound 50 years on
15 April 2019First organiser looks back at event’s origins as IACF celebrates event's 50th anniversary.
Victorian Noah’s Ark toy that comes in two by two
08 April 2019At the second outing of the Norfolk and Suffolk Antique Dealers Association (NASADA) antiques fair, local dealer Philip Crosthwaite, who launched the group last year, will be bringing this Victorian Noah’s Ark toy, below. With 90 original carved wooden animals, it is priced at £895.
Queen Anne ale jug could be a favourite buy at BBR fair
08 April 2019The story of Queen Anne, who ruled from 1702 to her death in 1714, is now much more widely known after the Oscar-winning portrayal by Olivia Colman in 'The Favourite'.
Firms display their family values
08 April 2019A focus on two family businesses which source some of their stock from antiques and vintage fairs and markets in the UK.
French fair buying connections
01 April 2019In ATG No 2385 we ran a story on Rebecca Lloyd Marlow’s 12,000-strong collection of 18th to 20th century buttons which she had sourced over the past 20 years at fairs and brocantes across France. Here is a focus on two such events, one in the north and one in the south of the country where not only buttons but plenty of textiles, French furniture, ceramics and all sorts of desirables in between tempt hundreds of buyers.
Fair held in aid of hospice is ‘tribute to my grandad’
01 April 2019A charity antiques fair in aid of a Kent hospice will run at the Skinners School in Tunbridge Wells on Sunday, April 28.