Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Make a date for Midhurst's Phoenix fair
14 March 2022Launching on Sunday, April 3, in the West Sussex town of Midhurst is Phoenix Fairs’ vintage, antique and militaria fair.
Edna the hen flies high resurrected in falcon form
07 March 2022Some people like to call their antiques businesses by names that are personal to them and which have a strong family connection, such as Noble Salvages in Swadlincote and Peggy McCools in Warrington.
Welsh fleamarket reborn under new owner
07 March 2022Society announces Carmarthen event dates and stall and entry prices to be held at 2019 level.
Benson back as hall reopens
07 March 2022“It is with sincere uplifted spirits that I can confirm without any doubt that the Benson Antiques Fair will take place on Sunday, March 20.”
Photo fair back by popular demand
28 February 2022At last October’s Bloomsbury Book Fair organiser Etc Fairs ran a concurrent photography event. It was such a success that it is being repeated as part of the 40-dealer book fair on Sunday, March 13, at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury.
It’s been Brill, but time to move on
28 February 2022Five years ago Lewis Walduck was a 13-year-old horology-mad schoolboy when he took over the small monthly antiques fair held in the village of Brill in Buckinghamshire.
Relink the French connection
28 February 2022The latest Covid restrictions to be eased make a buying trip across the Channel more realistic
Allen holds third event in Norfolk
21 February 2022Mandy Allen, owner of the Shirehall Plain Antiques Centre in the Norfolk town of Holt, is launching a third antiques and collectors’ fair in the county.
Praise be for centres and fairs that revive old churches
21 February 2022Where once churches were dismantled following dwindling congregations and the prohibitive cost of their upkeep, many redundant premises, often fine examples of Victorian Gothic architecture, have been transformed as community hubs.
That’s your queue for action: Woking fair proves popular
21 February 2022Organisers’ first Woking Leisure Centre event attracts trade buyers well before opening
Dealers continue appliance of science despite fair demise
14 February 2022The Antique Scientific Instruments Fair ran for 30-plus years but sadly is no more, with its last outing taking place under the banner of the Scientific Instrument Society held as part of the Antique Arms Fair in London in September 2019.
Pughs step down from Carmarthen but the popular event will continue
14 February 2022Organisers put control into fresh hands after nearly 30 years of organising the fleamarket
No money – will a heartfelt song do?
07 February 2022Although the Victorians rather liked what they called comic Valentines, which were purportedly just a bit of fun and mischief but were often grotesque and cruel, predominantly their Valentine’s cards depicted cupids and poetical posies.
Hungerford centre owner takes over Oxfordshire's Lamb Arcade with pledge to upgrade premises
07 February 2022Adrian Gilmour, owner of the Hungerford Antiques Arcade, has acquired the Lamb Arcade in Wallingford.
Antiques on High influence set to grow as firm expands
07 February 2022Vincent Page, the owner of three antiques centres under the brand name of Antiques on High, is considering looking for a social media influencer to grow the business.
Pay on the day chance at Malvern Flea
07 February 2022Helen Yourston of B2B Events said it has sold out of pre-booked outside pitches at their Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair on Sunday, February 13, but plenty of cash pay-on-the-day slots are available.
Midcentury Modern fair is back at Dulwich College in March
31 January 2022Sixty-plus years after it arrived, the modernity of Mid-century design and the volume of it on the market continues to appeal to both dealers and buyers.
So Last Century starts new event
31 January 2022Alan Old’s So Last Century Fairs in south London have a strong following where Mid-century furniture, homewares, posters, prints, charts and particularly lighting find a steady stream of buyers.
Steel and Jones take the reins with new fair at Ascot Racecourse
31 January 2022Optimism among fair organisers remains high. David Steel who, as Tree of Ages Antiques runs an antiques fair in Charlwood, Surrey, is launching a new event.
Dealer Nicholls rates Ardingly as a smash hit
31 January 2022IACF Ardingly in January had a very enthusiastic thumbsup Tweet from Worthing dealer Henry Nicholls.