Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Antiques and collectors’ fair Pools resources in Cornwall
30 September 2019The 19-acre former South Crofty tin and copper mine in the village of Pool, near Redruth in west Cornwall, closed as recently as 1996 and is now part of a local mining landscape World Heritage Site.
Monthly regularity for long-running fair in Liskeard
30 September 2019Antiques Fairs Cornwall, which runs a biannual two-day fair at the Royal Cornwall Showground, holds its regular monthly antiques and collectors’ fair at Pensilva near Liskeard. This is the largest one-day fair in Cornwall with up to 74 stands.
Cornish attractions: Ideal site found in Lostwithiel
30 September 2019Spotlight on the county’s many opportunities for antiques hunting.
A day on the tiles in Nottingham
23 September 2019The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society hosts its annual antique and collectable tile fair on Saturday October 5 at St Jude’s Hall, Mapperley, Nottingham.
A packed house for Peterborough Festival
23 September 2019Close to 2000 dealers are booked for the Peterborough Festival of Antiques on Friday and Saturday, September 27-28.
Trading from East Sussex and Hemswell
23 September 2019Dealers who give up trading up from shop premises in favour of a unit or units at an antiques centre have differing stories as to why they make that choice.
Second hand campaign may boost market for vintage clothes
16 September 2019The charity Oxfam estimates that it saves about 47 million items of clothing a year from landfill. Its new superstore in Oxford is promoting Oxfam’s 'Second Hand September' campaign with the aim of encouraging people to buy vintage instead of new clothes.
Peterborough Festival dates at the end of the month
16 September 2019As previously announced in ATG, IACF has added to its fairs’ portfolio the biannual and popular Peterborough Festival of Antiques.
Arty car boot pitches up again in Margate
16 September 2019Since opening its doors almost a decade ago, the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate has attracted 400,000 visitors a year.
Mid-century in the mainstream but dealer highlights the eco difference between period and ‘style’
16 September 2019Mid-century style is very much on the rise at the moment – as the organisers of the two Midcentury Shows in London know well.
Dovehouse plans return of Little Chelsea
16 September 2019Good news comes with the relaunch of a two-day fair in central London. Jane Alexander of Dovehouse Antiques Fairs, which runs monthly antiques fairs in Dorking, has announced that she is taking over the Little Chelsea Fair.
Antiques help modern skills
09 September 2019In September 2017 we featured Charlie King and Sam Sparrow, both then aged 13, who were offered places by Philip and Claire Crosthwaite at their monthly Hingham Antiques Fairs in Norfolk.
Braderie big in Deal
09 September 2019Every year the town council in the Kent coastal town of Deal, a place described last year as “racy, posh and cultured”, hosts a lively braderie along the High Street and adjoining streets selling antiques and vintage pieces.
Textile Society supports talented student
09 September 2019The Textile Society has run antique and vintage textiles fairs in Manchester for the past 20 years with its annual London event launching in 2009. Proceeds from these 40-plus standholder events help to fund the society’s awards and bursaries.
Lomax in history groove
09 September 2019Organiser holds events in notable properties with fine heritage
Upcoming fairs to visit in early September 2019
02 September 2019A selection of events in Cheshire, Kent, Bedfordshire and Wales.
Sessions on sense of style
02 September 2019Pictured is award-winning photographer and interiors stylist Tamsyn Morgans who runs one of the workshops at Arthur Swallow Fairs’ Decorative Home & Salvage Shows.
Father and daughter trade duo now concentrate on events and busy online business
02 September 2019Gary Munday has been a specialist dealer in antique boxes for the past 35 years, giving up his shop Mostly Boxes Antiques in Eton in April this year.
New face at Clerkenwell fair
26 August 2019London-based vintage costume jewellery dealer Amanda Bhatia, aka Dottie Annie’s Vintage, is a new exhibitor at the Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair.
Two events in Suffolk in classy venues
26 August 2019Spotlight on two upcoming fairs in East Anglia.