Fairs and Markets

Post-lockdown fairs in New York, London and Hong Kong show increase in sales

With the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) on the horizon, rare books specialist Peter Harrington is using Frieze Masters to launch an ambitious new collection of books and original manuscripts charting the history of climate change and environmentalism.

Dealers will be heading to Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire this month with three days of buying beckoning from the two ‘biggies’.

Taken at the last Reclaimed Home Fair in Chipping Norton’s town hall in October 2019, this image below shows some of the delights that are likely to await buyers to this Cotswolds fair, co-organised by dealers Dorothy Stiven and Heather Lawson.

‘Polite’ and ‘charming’ are the top characteristics for a successful vetter, according to veteran committee member Richard Falkiner.

The stage was set for the 12th edition of Highlights in Munich at the beginning of July, but at short notice the local authorities prevented the event from going ahead, due to concerns about Covid.

The London Antique Arms Fair, founded in 1967, will be running its 103rd fair at a new venue, the RAF Museum in Hendon on Sunday, October 3.

Next month’s dates for the antiques, home and vintage shows run by Continuity Fairs have been confirmed.

Dealers, collectors, and textile enthusiasts including students looking for design inspiration will be gathering at Chelsea Town Hall on Sunday October 10.

Jennifer Titmuss, organiser of the St Albans Antiques and Vintage Market and the Chiswick High Road Antiques and Vintage Market has an upbeat update.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Winter Arts & Antiques Fair at Olympia in west London is returning.

After enforced absence Northern Antiques Fair returns to the calendar at new venue

Decorative Fair returns to Battersea after long absence as demand soars for home furnishings

Galerie Vauclair, situated on the rue de Beaune, will be showcasing its current exhibition, 'Majolica Mania', during the Parcours de la Céramique.

The success of the 18-year old monthly Hingham Antiques Fair in Norfolk has meant a move for the fair to a larger venue.

Ticket requests are up as the East of England Showground prepares for the biannual antiques festival.

Covid halts foreign exhibitors but 14th edition of Paris Parcours will run with resident dealers

Always a bonus for buyers is two fairs in the same venue on the same day.

Auction house Tennants has stepped in to host The Northern Antiques Fair later this month after its usual Harrogate venue was not available.