Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Be my vintage Valentine
30 January 2026According to the Greeting Card Association, the UK spend on Valentine’s Day in 2024 was more than £51m with around 25 million cards sent.
Stereoscopes: my view on a specialist field
30 January 2026A recent item on BBC Antiques Roadshow focused on a collection of stereoscopes, some dating to the 1850s.
Judy feeds the soul with her ‘delightful’ vintage fairs
23 January 2026Judy Berger founded Judy’s Vintage Fairs in Leeds in 2005, after she described a vintage event back then as “less Velvet Underground, more Vera Lynn”.
Monthly vintage market boosts antiques offering in Knutsford
23 January 2026Indoor event at hall in Cheshire town could expand to outdoors as well as the weather improves
Taste of ginger at Leeds hall
23 January 2026Pudsey Civic Hall in Leeds is the venue on Sunday, February 8, for another of the vintage home fairs run by dealer Lisa Doel of Ginger Biscuit Events,
‘Most desirable’ places to be for antiques lovers
16 January 2026Focus on businesses based in two towns rated among ‘most desirable’ in the UK by newspaper
No need to invade, just make a purchase
16 January 2026In the light of world focus on Greenland, would-be collectors of polar ephemera might head to PBFA member Stuart Leggatt and his website Meridian Rare Books that has masses of it.
Make it a Burns night to savour
09 January 2026His image appears in seemingly every possible format, from postage stamps to chocolates and biscuit tins.
Dealer’s labours of love work out
09 January 2026Exhibitor at Welsh fair turned her passion for tokens into a sales success as part of her antiques business
Low three-figure sum will secure a taste of the Versailles of the Atlantic
09 January 2026As covered in ATG No 2723, memorabilia associated with the golden age of luxury ocean liners is sought after by collectors.
Business owner with wind in his sails
05 January 2026Norfolk antiques and vintage shop now a year old is based within a working water-powered flour mill
Go beyond the park in Battersea
05 January 2026If you are visiting the Decorative Fair in Battersea, which runs from January 20-25, check out the many antiques shops in the area and a visit to the Northcote Road Antiques Market in Battersea might also be a good suggestion (nearest rail station: Clapham Junction).
A year full of positive emotions for fairs and markets
19 December 2025Despite the economic headwinds, many businesses have been moving forward with fresh ventures
Take a butcher’s at this new business
15 December 2025Fair co-organiser takes over former shop to launch his latest antiques venture
Indulge in a bit of window shopping when visiting Sherborne
15 December 2025Window displays are a big thing at the Sherborne Antiques Market.
Vintage dealer makes room to run a fair four times a year
08 December 2025As well as a busy life as a dealer, Karen Stuckey also finds time to organise the Wanstead Vintage Fair which runs four times a year.
King Charles visit and 50th anniversary delight for Sherman & Waterman
08 December 2025The ever-ebullient Michael Collins, managing director of market operator Sherman & Waterman, is even fizzier than usual, saying that 2025 was a “landmark year for us with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Jubilee Antiques Market in Covent Garden, formally opened by the late Queen in 1987”.
Hoping for a year without upheaval at Etc Fairs
08 December 2025Venue refurbishment made 2025 a tricky period but the book events are steaming ahead
December weekend antiques fairs offer plenty of gift buying opportunities
01 December 2025First up is the AS Fairs one-day event at Lincolnshire Showground – then the nearby IACF two-dayer kicks in
Antiques shops and centres: four reasons to be cheerful
24 November 2025Centre and shop openings across England give grounds for optimism in often challenging times