Slow but sure, Chelsea runs true to form

ONE never associates the Chelsea Antiques Fair with thronged aisles and a rush of business, but after more than half a century it must be doing a lot right and the 97th staging from September 17 to 22 at the Old Town Hall in the King’s Road, SW3, did not disappoint most of the 35 exhibitors.

When I visited on the second day many standholders said it was quiet, but as usual they thought by t…

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