Fairs and Markets

Following the cancellation of its July staging, Classic Antique Fairs returns to the NEC Birmingham from November 28-30 for its third year at the venue

A ‘Black Forest’ liqueur set in the form of a bear carrying a flask and glasses will be among the collectable pieces going on sale at The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair at the Great Yorkshire Showground from November 14-16.

Above the heads of The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park were 16 dealers specialising in a range of ethnographic, Oceanic, African, Asian, indigenous and folk art.

A dealer who specialises in vintage coffee pots will be among newcomers at the upcoming biannual event at Dulwich College in south London.

How better to start a review of sales at the dog-friendly Decorative Fair than a quick canine picture selection?

Pictured here is the autographed sketch and signature, of Alfred Maltby (1842-1901), an English actor and costume designer, which features in a 19th century album containing signatures of the acting, literary and musical greats of the day.

Couple start new venture just a month after previous business shuts down

Concerns of not enough fresh faces coming into the trade seem misplaced

How do you end up selling antique weapons and can you do it full-time to make a living? From swords and sabres to pistols and machine guns, we spoke to six arms dealers who attended the International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair in September to find out how they got into the trade and how their business is faring

Images by American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who worked with Vogue for more than six decades and is credited with turning fashion photography into an art form, are among the highlights at the latest Paris Photo.

A new shop, a recently-opened antiques centre and long-established fair turn the spotlight to the Northeast

Visitors turned out in droves for the most recent edition of the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.

A roster of around 115 dealers and long waiting list demonstrates the importance of the Birmingham fair

Spaces at the recent Tuesday antiques market at the Kempton Park Racecourse were in high demand

Any association fair has the unenviable task of attempting to be all things to all members, of attracting bigger name galleries while remaining accessible to sole operators, of maintaining the quality aesthetic that visitors expect while keeping stand costs affordable.

How sad that the Olympia winter fair has been scrapped not only because of nearly clashing with the Berkeley Square fair but also costs and the ridiculous idea of the dealers of fabulous antiques having to mix their stands with all that Christmas stuff.

This particularly rare American issue of the 1939 Michelin Guide was specially commissioned by the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in Washington D.C. during the Second World War.

Good sales and happy exhibitors as France’s showpiece fair moves from November to mid-September