Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Beckenham gets go-ahead
07 December 2020Alison Davis and Alan Old will be running their So Last Century Christmas vintage market as planned at Beckenham Mansion on Sunday, December 13.
Dealers discover new platform
07 December 2020As Discover Vintage, Keeley Rosendale has run her well-supported vintage fairs in the north of England since 2009.
It’s open season in the square
07 December 2020Lucy Haywood runs her Country Brocantes in West Sussex, including the grounds of Parham House and at the Daylesford Organic Farm in Gloucestershire.
More than a nod to online
30 November 2020James Waggott of The Antiques Centre York is a happy chap.
Vintage fashion fair is among events creating a shop window online
30 November 2020Matthew Adams is holding his first virtual vintage fashion fair, 'Lockdown Frockdown', this Sunday (December 6).
Banana website proves fruitful
30 November 2020Julian Tatham-Losh, who owns Top Banana Antiques in Tetbury, reports that business is booming.
Midcentury Modern organisers host show on the web
30 November 2020The Midcentury Modern Shows team of Lucy Ryder Richardson and Petra Curtis are all grounded until next year.
Wiltshire ‘collective’ hails slow but steady transatlantic deliveries
23 November 2020Shipping in the older, literal sense of the word has played a vital role in coping with robust international demand during the current Covid-19 challenges, according to a Wiltshire business.
Back-to-front way of doing business
23 November 2020Quirky might be a way to describe Andrew Blackall’s antiques shop which is both Number 56 and 70 in the High Street, Corsham.
Video ‘shop tours’ prove popular selling method in Ashburton
23 November 2020In an enterprising move early last year dealer Lydia Wood launched an antiques trail in Ashburton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.
Online is gift-wrapped opportunity
23 November 2020Martin Webster is the e-commerce manager for the Scottish Antique and Arts Centre in Abernyte, Perthshire.
Lock and learn: business lessons
09 November 2020Three dealers who stand at fairs and in centres describe how they meet the Covid-19 challenges
Grandma’s Attic restarts with the popular Wimborne event
02 November 2020Grandma’s Attic Fairs is holding its first antiques and collectors’ event this weekend since lockdown in early March.
Streets open for business
02 November 2020Under the current restrictions Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events is still able to run a number of her antiques and brocante street markets held across Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey.
How to handle a crunch time
02 November 2020Dealer says the market for vintage items such as biscuit tins is holding up well
Devon on a particular high for antiques centre boss
26 October 2020Vincent Page, owner of Antiques on High centres in Oxford and Sidmouth, reports that trade in both shops has been good with “a significant increase in Sidmouth, on numerous days taking more than AOH in Oxford”.
Militaria fairs return to action
26 October 2020Focus on two events that have been staged successfully and boosted dealer confidence
De Morgan tile bought for £8 on a stall takes £3800 at auction
26 October 2020The Tavistock Pannier Market may well see an influx of sleeper-hunters following the canny purchase in June of a piece described as ‘a Cornish tile’.
Make Sunbury your next stop
26 October 2020Calling all the many fans of Sunbury Antiques’ markets at Kempton Park Racecourse.
Woodbridge Antiques Centre boosted online
19 October 2020Natalie Smith opened the 30-cabinet Woodbridge Antiques Centre in 2007 and 13 years later she has been enjoying further success at a challenging time through internet sales.