Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Fresh platform for antiques shoppers
10 January 2022An antiques shop is part of a now award-winning imaginative transformation of some of a North Yorkshire railway station’s disused buildings.
The year in review: How traders sprang into action
03 January 2022As pandemic restrictions eased, businesses and event organisers breathed sighs of relief in 2021.
Derbyshire: antiques centres in mills and so much more
20 December 2021Antiques lovers are spoilt for choice in Derbyshire.
Duo find antiques to be a very noble calling
20 December 2021New shop was inspired by lessons passed on from grandparents
French style in the Midlands
20 December 2021Frenchman Thibaut Bizeul, who sells online as Kingsbridge Antiques and Interiors near Matlock and with a predominantly trade warehouse in nearby Haddon Hall at Rowsley, is now back travelling to Europe for stock, despite the added paperwork and associated customs costs.
Church venue answers prayers of organiser
18 December 2021The Victorian Grade II-listed Wanstead United Reform Church in Redbridge, east London, with its fine windows, carved stone capitals and ironwork balustrades is the impressive setting for the Wanstead Vintage Christmas Fair on Saturday, December 18.
Kempton: all for one and all for one
13 December 2021The Sunbury Antiques event will be held just once in December but a big show is promised.
Make it a weekend visit to Lincoln
13 December 2021Dealer John Pullen organises antiques and collectors’ fairs in and around Lincolnshire.
Brocante going swimmingly in Norwich
13 December 2021Toy dealers Leon and Kevin McLoughlin-Smith took over the running of the popular monthly Norwich Brocante at the end of 2019.
Grandma goes Woking
06 December 2021Grandma’s Attic Fairs is at the Five Rivers Leisure Centre in Salisbury on Sunday December 12 with up to 100 stalls selling antiques and collectors’ items.
Collectors’ market still going strong in Cirencester
06 December 2021There has been a weekly Friday antiques and collectors’ market in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in Market Square for more than 40 years.
Dealers pre-booking stands at Sue Ede's fair in Shepton Mallet
06 December 2021“Our December event is always a busy one and we’ll be inside the Showering Pavilion and outside at the showground as usual”, said Sue Ede of SP Fairs.
Astra mural ready for take-off
06 December 2021Antiques centre tribute to its RAF base heritage is now ready after pandemic forced a delay
Fifty stalls along the high street in Guildford
06 December 2021Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events, which organises antiques and vintage markets at eight venues in southern England, is running her Christmas Antiques and Brocante Market with 50 stalls up and down the High Street in Guildford on Sunday, December 12.
Still nuts about antiques after 40 years in business
29 November 2021A Basingstoke firm which recently celebrated 40 years in the business is “one of the few single-owner antiques shops left in Hampshire”, says its owner.
Why this Italian majolica charger may represent a recurring dream
29 November 2021In Fairs, Markets & Centres in ATG No 2516 we featured a story about 'The Venus of Meudon', a 1.9m tall sculpture by the Dadaist sculptor Jean Arp. Owned by dealers Karin and John Haines, it stands in a commanding spot at the Melford Antiques, Interiors and Lifestyle Centre in Suffolk.
Bibliophiles spoilt for choice with one live and two online book fairs on the way
29 November 2021Buying online took off in the trade last year with one notable example being The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) which launched its monthly online back-to-back book fairs in April.
Lighting up the arches in south London
22 November 2021“I spotted this venue a while ago and recently decided I had to give it a go,” says Alan Old of So Last Century Fair talking about AMP Studios in south London where he is running a Christmas market on Sunday, December 5.
Dealer Nelson-Griffiths sets auction dates
22 November 2021In ATG No 2502 we mentioned silver dealer Mark Nelson-Griffiths, who stands at a number of fairs countrywide including the Peterborough Festival of Antiques, Lomax Fairs in Southwold, IACF Alexandra Palace and Aztec Events at the Norfolk Showground.
Ephemera Society’s fair includes unusual buys such as Christmas card embellishments
22 November 2021Buyers looking for something a bit different this Christmas could head to the Ephemera Society’s winter fair which is back at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London, on Sunday, December 5.