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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Pulp fiction comes to life at ephemera fair

04 November 2024

Etc Fairs’ ephemera fairs run four times annually at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London WC1, with the next on Sunday November 24 selling all manner of postcards, manuscripts, maps, prints and plenty of quirky paper items.

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Midcentury Modern organiser notes cultural fusion trend

04 November 2024

Lucy Ryder Richardson is a fan of the Japandi style, a mix of Japanese and Scandinavian pieces in a wabi-sabi meets hygge harmony.

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Visitor numbers up for preview opening of LAPADA fair

29 October 2024

For the preview of the LAPADA fair, visitor numbers hit 2,500, a 30% increase on last year’s attendance.

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‘Horti’ Frock Me! is fully booked

28 October 2024

Inaugural vintage fashion event at fresh Westminster venue offers extra space and will boast 80 dealers

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Newman holds autumn showcase at Cotswolds fair

28 October 2024

The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair is arriving at Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire, on November 1-3 for the third time this year.

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Take a Butcher’s at Tavistock event

28 October 2024

The Tavistock Vintage and Salvage Fair takes place in the Devon town’s Butcher’s Hall, next to the Pannier Market, with the next on Saturday, November 23.

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Gloucestershire town shop shuts but Fifi’s carries on

28 October 2024

The sole antiques and vintage shop which has traded in the Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-Edge since 2015 is closing its doors after Christmas.

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'Something for seasoned collectors and first-time buyers alike' at Winter Olympia

28 October 2024

Annual fair now in 33rd staging offers range suitable for first-time buyers and seasoned collectors alike

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Buy books in Old England and New England

28 October 2024

The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will take place in its charming and traditional location: Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road.

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Frieze Masters takes the lead

21 October 2024

More traditional side of the five-day extravaganza starts to overshadow the contemporary offering

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Final Wanstead vintage event of 2024 is coming up

21 October 2024

An east London event which the organiser describes as “a vintage fair that’s worth waiting for” is having its fourth outing this year in two halls at its regular spot, the Grade II-listed Wanstead United Reformed Church.

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Decorators descend on the Decorative Fair

21 October 2024

The autumn edition of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair at Evolution London (The Marquee) in Battersea Park from October 1-6 was one its most successful to date.

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Run the rule over Britannia medal fair

21 October 2024

Biannual medals event organised by Mayfair auction house allows standholders to exhibit free of charge

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Hours of fun and buying opportunity

14 October 2024

The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Frieze frenzy begins with a Gorky success

14 October 2024

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

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Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’

14 October 2024

Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair

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Raise a cup to LAPADA’s 50th

14 October 2024

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

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It’s good to get plenty of stick

14 October 2024

Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.

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Chester marks seven in a row for Cooper

14 October 2024

The latest Chester Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair will be the seventh for Cooper Fairs since the event was taken over from Penman Fairs in 2019.

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Broad church of tribal artefacts on show at specialist fair

11 October 2024

The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24 to 27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the fair.

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