Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Father and son duo launch event in Rotherham
13 January 2025Dualco Promotions is launching an antiques and collectors’ fair in Yorkshire to complement the other three events the organisers run in the county.
Crosthwaite encourages DIY approach to selling at a fair
13 January 2025Philip Crosthwaite is no slouch when it comes to marketing initiatives for his monthly Easton Antiques Fairs now held at Easton College, in Norwich which is fully booked each month with 140 dealers.
Improved web offerings and marketing in China show how firms can boost business
06 January 2025Following on from last week’s comments from three fairs and markets organisers on how 2024 has been for their businesses, here is the take from Europe’s largest antiques centre, a fair organiser who is packing them in and a booksellers fairs’ association with a £1m sales figure from just one event.
Year of opportunity coming up at fairs
30 December 2024With new visitors, international buyers returning and a fresh look at events, the mood is upbeat
Glad tidings from 2024 – a look back at a busy year of fairs
16 December 2024It has been a very encouraging year of new fairs and business launches
Shed your inhibitions and shop antiques and vintage
09 December 2024Farm buildings and more humble structures can provide ideal showcases for antiques businesses
Les Puces: the lowdown on a Parisian antiques supercentre
02 December 2024With more than a thousand traders doing business, Les Puces de Saint-Ouen in Paris is effectively 12 markets in one
TV presenter’s latest appearance is at Dorset market
25 November 2024Braxton joins newcomers at a market with 32 dealers and a waiting list
Ilkley fair on the way
25 November 2024Lesley Ayres organises the monthly 20-year-old 'Ilkley Antiques Fair' which she has run since 2019. The next is on Sunday, December 1, at the Clarke Foley Community Hub in the North Yorkshire town.
Have you herd? Farming family cultivates curiosities
25 November 2024Four generations of the Bartlett family have farmed Hinton Farm near Yeovil in Somerset.
Huge Flea choice in Somerset
18 November 2024The hubbub that is the Giant Shepton Flea has been run by veteran fair organiser Sue Ede and her family for nearly 25 years.
Seasonal display with a difference at picture gallery
18 November 2024Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.
Cheltenham Racecourse event success leads to second staging
18 November 2024An antiques fair which launched in May at Cheltenham Racecourse got off to such a good start that it is being repeated on Sunday, November 24.
Five attractions in one
18 November 2024The antiques, collectables and decorative arts fairs run by Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events in the centre of the Hampshire town of Romsey involve just one location but five, inside and outside.
Aztec Events hands over reins of Norfolk fair to IACF after 25 years
11 November 2024Organiser IACF is taking over the antiques and collectors’ fairs held for 25 years by the family owned Aztec Events at the Norfolk Showground, a rural location 10 miles west of Norwich.
Kensington Vintage Fair becomes biannual event – and could expand further
11 November 2024Launched in November last year in the spectacular surroundings of the Grade II-Listed St Cuthbert’s Church in London’s Earl’s Court, the first 'Kensington Vintage Fair' chimed so well with buyers that it has gone biannual.
It’s looking good for new shop in bustling Old Town
11 November 2024A shop in the characterful area of the East Sussex town of Hastings known as the Old Town, with deeds that date to 1511, has opened as a small antiques centre.
Christmas PBFA event aims to emulate last year's success
11 November 2024Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.
Catch this fair and be hooked
04 November 2024Plenty of collectors and dealers of vintage angling kit will be on “the riverbanks” as it were as 36 of them stall out with their rods, reels, cased fish, books, art and catalogues at the National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair on Sunday, November 17.
Midcentury Modern organiser notes cultural fusion trend
04 November 2024Lucy Ryder Richardson is a fan of the Japandi style, a mix of Japanese and Scandinavian pieces in a wabi-sabi meets hygge harmony.