Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Chair obsessed dealer makes first appearance at Paxton House fair
27 May 2024Inaugural fair at Scottish borders venue also marks a debut appearance for a man obsessed by chairs
Glemham Hall brocante back but for how long?
27 May 2024Kate Button of Blackdog Events tells ATG that her annual brocante at the Grade I-listed Glemham Hall, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, is back again this year on Sunday, June 23, after a two-year absence.
Two brocantes to put in your diary this summer
20 May 2024Brocantes bring a taste of summer to the nation's country houses – here are two to attend this year
Variety of homewares prove popular at Vintage Home Show
20 May 2024Organiser of a series of shows says curation means traders are offering a wide range of items
Antiques dealers resurrect chapels to create shops
13 May 2024Former premises rescued as unholy messes are proving ideal for new use as atmospheric settings for antiques shops
Update on Welsh antiques fairs
13 May 2024An update on the latest antiques fairs in Carmarthenshire and Anglesey
Potting and pottering with an East Sussex brocante
06 May 2024The biannual Potting Shed Brocantes in East Sussex returns this spring.
Adams looks back on 35 years of Horti fairs
06 May 2024When Matthew Adams started out as a dealer in the early 1980s, the constant cry from fellow dealers was “there are too many fairs”, he says.
Reclamation and antiques dealer joins up with Norwich department store
06 May 2024An owner of reclamation centre has set up shop at the invitation of a renowned Norwich retailer.
Parking problems addressed at Giant Shepton Flea
29 April 2024The nursery rhyme 'Rain, rain go away' could be the response after the UK experienced in the past 18 months the fourth-wettest period since records began.
Photographica fair: market develops in different ways
29 April 2024One of the exhibitors at this month’s Photographica says ‘point and shoot’ cameras are in demand
Glass and ceramics combo makes a second appearance in West Midlands
29 April 2024Richard Burtonshaw launched his sold-out Premier Glass Fairs event last year at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge and now he’s back in the Midlands on Sunday, May 12.
Wirksworth beats the weather
22 April 2024“Despite the awful weather we still had over 50 stalls and our indoor venue, the Memorial Hall was packed,” said Sally-Anne Swindell, organiser of the Wirksworth Antiques in the Street’s early April event in the eponymous Peak District market town.
Fair ideal for new contacts
22 April 2024Aspal Antiques launched at the 140-acre Stonham Barns Park near Stowmarket in Suffolk in 2021.
I saw the potential for growth
22 April 2024Antiques business takes root in a former chicken house/mushroom farm
Word on the street market scene
15 April 2024With a West Sussex event about to start, we take a look at the appeal of these outdoor opportunities
Cheltenham Racecourse was natural choice say fair organisers
08 April 2024The antiques and collectors’ fair being launched at the famed Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday, May 19, features indoor room for 100-plus exhibitors.
Flea leaps in at Olympic site
08 April 2024Hackney Fleamarkets’ Giant London Flea Marketlaunched in February at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Car Park in east London was “our most successful event to date with more than 3000 visitors and many stallholders having their best trading day”, says organiser Mark Farhall.
Taunton centre ‘is becoming quite a hub’
08 April 2024Antiques on High on the hunt for more dealers
Textiles fair weaves an Indian pattern
01 April 2024Handmade quilts, jackets, shawls, cushions and bags from Rajasthan will be on offer at textiles fair