Fairs and Markets

Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.

With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.

Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.

Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.

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Early Klimt African prince portrait stars in Maastricht

24 March 2025

A hit at TEFAF was a rediscovered portrait that Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) painted in 1897 of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, from the Ga people of west Africa.

Eric Ravilious print

London gallery publishes print fair special

24 March 2025

Abbott & Holder have just published their second list of available works for March

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Lockdown event still going strong

24 March 2025

Dealer duo started online showcase during the pandemic but around 20 traders continue to feature

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Derbyshire centre set to close with costs blamed

24 March 2025

An antiques centre in north Derbyshire is set to close on March 31 after 15 years in business.

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Confidence high at TEFAF 2025

24 March 2025

Collectors and institutions flooded into the huge art fair for an ‘exceptional calibre’ of works on display

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Classic car boot roaring ahead at regular venue

24 March 2025

An event where vintage fashion-spotting and classic car-ogling is part of the weekend is the Classic Car Boot Sale, organised by Hemingway Design.

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Traders toast fresh Denbies set-up in Surrey

24 March 2025

Sunbury Antiques Fairs has successfully taken over the running of the event staged in the Surrey hills

LAPADA fair will team up with luxury jewellery ‘collective’

17 March 2025

The next LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair will partner with luxury jewellery ‘collective’ Haute Jewels.

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TEFAF ‘back to its best’, say dealers

17 March 2025

Exhibitors at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht made a string of early sales at the prestigious event which opened on Thursday, March 13.

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Stage is set for former actress to run Bedford event with her father

17 March 2025

Organiser says bookings are healthy ahead of debut and feels there is room for more quality fairs in the area

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‘It’s a perfect time to collect postcards’

17 March 2025

It’s time for the annual Festival of Cards when 60-plus dealers will head to Junction 24, an events centre in North Petherton, near Bridgwater, Somerset, on Thursday and Friday, March 28-29.

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More from Maastricht: latest previews from bumper TEFAF fair

10 March 2025

British exhibitors are among the 273 dealers and galleries showing from 21 countries in total

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Agatha Christie first edition on offer at Harrogate Book Fair

10 March 2025

To mark the new-look Harrogate Book Fair dealer Anthony Smithson of The Keel Row Bookshop in Whitley Bay will be offering for sale a 1948 first edition of the Hercule Poirot novel 'Taken At the Flood' signed by Agatha Christie.

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New London dealers join Salon du Dessin line-up

10 March 2025

March is traditionally the month for drawings and works on paper in Paris, a magnet that attracts enthusiasts from around the world to the French capital.

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‘Bringing the Cotswolds to London’

10 March 2025

Cotswold Art Antiques Chelsea runs from March 20-23 at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.

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Ben Cooper promises to keep up high standards of Petersfield fair

10 March 2025

Dealer and organiser will take over the reins of the biannual event but still under the Penman banner

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Bath Decorative ‘brings new business to the trade’

03 March 2025

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

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Trade takes advantage of Malvern opportunities

03 March 2025

Dealers were out in force to buy from other traders at an annual showground event praised as busy but friendly

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Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration

03 March 2025

The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.

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Martin makes an appearance at Torquay monthly event

03 March 2025

The star attaction at Stephen Large’s third monthly antiques fair at the Livermead House Hotel in Torquay on Sunday, March 23, is TV personality Paul Martin.

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