Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Queen Anne ale jug could be a favourite buy at BBR fair
08 April 2019The story of Queen Anne, who ruled from 1702 to her death in 1714, is now much more widely known after the Oscar-winning portrayal by Olivia Colman in 'The Favourite'.
Firms display their family values
08 April 2019A focus on two family businesses which source some of their stock from antiques and vintage fairs and markets in the UK.
French fair buying connections
01 April 2019In ATG No 2385 we ran a story on Rebecca Lloyd Marlow’s 12,000-strong collection of 18th to 20th century buttons which she had sourced over the past 20 years at fairs and brocantes across France. Here is a focus on two such events, one in the north and one in the south of the country where not only buttons but plenty of textiles, French furniture, ceramics and all sorts of desirables in between tempt hundreds of buyers.
Fair held in aid of hospice is ‘tribute to my grandad’
01 April 2019A charity antiques fair in aid of a Kent hospice will run at the Skinners School in Tunbridge Wells on Sunday, April 28.
Racecourse events saddle up
01 April 2019Organised by Donny Mann, Love Fairs runs two well-regarded antiques, collectables and vintage fairs at racecourses in the south of England.
Buzzing with 2000 stallholders
25 March 2019Biannual event in Peterborough is set for a busy Easter as dealers rush to sign up.
Jaguar ready for Derby days
25 March 2019Jaguar Fairs is launching a new biannual two-day antiques, collectors’ and vintage fair in Derby with the first to be held on Saturday and Sunday June 8-9 at the Derby Conference Centre.
Buttons from French fairs head to auction
25 March 2019Since she moved to France two decades ago Rebecca Lloyd Marlow has visited the country’s countless markets looking for antique buttons.
Brocante at a coaching inn near Chartwell
18 March 2019A monthly brocante has launched in the pretty Kent town of Westerham, famed for nearby Chartwell, the former home of Winston Churchill.
London fleamarket leaps to new site
18 March 2019A fleamarket which launched three years ago under the railway arches of London Bridge SE1 at Flat Iron Square in London’s Bankside has moved to Vinegar Yard on St Thomas’ Street, 15 minutes away near Guy’s Hospital.
Dealer looks back at decades trading in York's Bishy Road
18 March 2019Antiques dealer Robin Wetherill has been the longest-serving trader in York’s well-known Bishopthorpe Road area.
Discover Vintage: Spotlight on dealers at Keeley Harris’ eight annual events held in three different cities
11 March 2019“Our visitor profile is generally interior style enthusiasts with an age range of 30-60 and it tends to be couples, families with small children and also ‘empty nesters’ who want to revamp their houses now they have it back to themselves.”
All tables booked at Kempton specialist arms fair
11 March 2019'The Vintage and Classic Arms Fair' will run at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury, Middlesex, on Sunday, March 24.
Medal fair includes rare 1920s Iraq honours
11 March 2019Specialist auction house Dix Noonan Webb bought the dedicated Britannia Medal Fair in 2018 from the event’s previous owner, Mark Carter.
Specialist fan dealer is among exhibitors at Antique and Vintage Textiles Fair
04 March 2019Among the 70-plus exhibitors attending the Textile Society’s annual Antique and Vintage Textiles Fair at the Armitage Centre in Manchester on Sunday, April 14, is fan specialist Mary Cooper.
Rodney Weeks back to good times as he launches another antiques fair
04 March 2019Rodney Weeks of Gemsco Promotions so missed running his antiques fairs after a three-year absence that he launched another last year at the Rufus Centre in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
Dishy looker to turn heads at Welsh fair
04 March 2019Towy Antiques Fairs kick off on Sunday, March 10, with the first of their eight antiques and fleamarkets in 2019 held at the Carmarthen Showground in south Wales.
Let there be lights at Dulwich College fair
25 February 2019Lamps in south London form a stylish and popular part of the mid-century collecting field.
Joneses to run Amulet events
25 February 2019Emma and Oli Jones of JOS Events are taking over Amulet Fairs’ antiques and collectors’ fairs run at the Oswestry Showground by Sheila Jackson for 30 years.
Take your Wilton pick at PBFA fair
25 February 2019In ATG No 2380 February 23 I wrote a piece on the annual antiques fair held at Wilton House in Wiltshire from Friday to Saturday, March 8-10. It is worth noting that the Provincial Booksellers’ Association (PBFA) is running an antiquarian and out-of-print book fair at the Michael Herbert Hall in the village of Wilton on Sunday, March 10.