Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Local antique dealers organise Christmas brocante in Suffolk
25 November 2019The regular Halesworth Brocante runs in the Old Print Works on Saturday, December 7, the same day as the Christmas market in the small market town in north Suffolk, 10 miles from the coast.
Little Vintage Lover Fairs heads back to the Norfolk coast
25 November 2019Launched in Norfolk 10 years ago by local Zoe Keegan, the Little Vintage Lover Fairs team will be back at the same venue where it all started in the pretty coastal village of Blakeney for the winter Christmas fair on Sunday, December 1, at the village hall.
Three upcoming fairs in Yorkshire including Jaguar's two-day event at Wetherby Racecourse
18 November 2019Focus on a trio of events in Yorkshire
Bumper December at Ally Pally
18 November 2019Organiser IACF and large array of dealers looking forward to ‘lucrative’ time of year
Create a scandalous collection
18 November 2019The intriguing name for Benjamin Smith’s Norfolk business came from an ink sgraffito painting he bought at Spitalfields antiques market.
Plenty to do around Birmingham
11 November 2019Visitors to Art and Antiques for Everyone at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from November 28-December 1 have the extra benefits of browsing the many antique centres in the vicinity.
Based on a Belfast boom time
11 November 2019As Belfast capitalises on its Titanic history and the TV series Game of Thrones attracting visitors, two enterprising local antiques dealers are seizing the moment to start a new fair in the city.
Ardizzone goes back to basics
11 November 2019Dealer David Miles will be standing at the Ephemera Society’s winter fair in London on December 1 and his stock of children’s books, games and unusual ephemera includes some original material from the artist, illustrator and author Edward Ardizzone (1900-79).
Polish poster for 'The Untouchables' at Midcentury Modern’s Dulwich fair
04 November 2019This distinctive poster with its saw-edged image was created by the Polish designer Mieczyslaw Wasilewski for Brian De Palma’s classic 1987 crime thriller 'The Untouchables'.
Markets are top for the props
04 November 2019Special loading area created to cope with increased buying from film and TV companies
York hosts ceramics fair for second year
04 November 2019Forty selected ceramicists will be selling their work at the York Ceramics Fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 23-24, at The Hospitium in the city’s Museum Gardens.
Thirty dealers in attendance at London's specialist textiles and tribal art event
04 November 2019Thirty of the top textiles and tribal art dealers will be exhibiting at the 'London Antique Textiles & Tribal Art Fair' at the Hilton Olympia in Kensington High Street on Sunday, November 10.
Tribute to a local hero
28 October 2019It’s a simple message but a powerful one. The words Welcome Home are stamped on the front of a rare first World War tribute medal to J Day (believed to be John Day) issued by the Working Men’s Club for the Yorkshire village of Heckmondwike.
Organisers plan Himley Hall fair expansion
28 October 2019Stately homes make for enticing backdrops to antiques fairs and the Grade II-Listed Himley Hall, near Dudley in Staffordshire, is no exception.
Antiques centre earns high praise
28 October 2019Oxford on High has been presented with the antiques retailer of the year award for Oxfordshire by Corporate LiveWire, a quarterly magazine for business professionals and the corporate finance sector.
Bristol photo fair begins life
28 October 2019New event unveiled which could become biannual if the launch is a success
Lots to buy in Ludlow and Leominster
21 October 2019Stephanie Castell and Ben Cooper of Two Cs Antiques Fairs organise events in Oxfordshire and Worcestershire as well as their long-running event at Ludlow Racecourse.
A serious business
21 October 2019“From our dealers’ viewpoint the important factor is that the kind of people now attracted to our antiques fair are serious collectors and it’s rare that anyone leaves without making some significant purchases.”
Tight fit for a time in London
21 October 2019Renovations at hotel venue mean Etc Fairs will have a smaller space but only for a short while.
Northern exposure
21 October 2019Organiser Colin Caygill’s antiques and vintage fairs portfolio, established in 1981, now covers an impressive list running regularly at 12 long-standing venues across Northumberland, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire and Cumbria.