Fairs and Markets

Although some restrictions are still in place for now, many fairs and markets organisers are gearing up for a busy summer to serve pent-up demand.

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This silver salmon corkscrew, hallmarked Chester 1914, can be found in LAPADA’s dedicated pavilion at The Game Fair.

Drawings fair will be staged in the usual venue but dealers can also take part online

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has announced the launch of an online series that explores the homes and private collections of high-profile figures in the art world.

All exhibitor slots are filled as the Adams fair keeps fingers crossed for July opening.

Karen and Paul Rennie of Rennies Seaside Modern in Folkestone are well-known collector/dealers in Modern British design.

The annual York River Art Market is running every Saturday from June 26 to the end of August with 30-plus artists and designers selling their work.

Dealers eager to attend Petworth event say online is fine but they miss contact with the public

Although long-standing Paris fair for works on paper the Salon du Dessin has moved its dates to July 1-4, the other Paris fair, Drawing Now, devoted to Contemporary works on paper, usually staged at the same time, is taking place this month from June 10-13.

The Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair made a welcome return to the annual fair calendar with a well-attended four-day event in the Peak District.

The organisers of artisan markets in seven North Yorkshire towns – including Wetherby – are about to take over the weekly antiques and fleamarket run by Wetherby Town Council for 40 years.

The bi-monthly 40-dealer Wednesday antiques and collectables market in Truro, Cornwall has reopened after a year-long absence with the upcoming dates of June 23 and July 14 plus Saturday, July 24, and ongoing to October.

A former Victorian picture house in the Kent town of Herne Bay which now serves as an antique furniture and collectables centre was pulled from auction last month.

North Yorkshire town’s racecourse event returns and weekly market has a new owner

Dealer Duncan Pembroke of Halycon Fairs is preparing for the first of his two-day 100-plus tables monthly antiques events for 16 months, taking place in the Derbyshire town of Buxton on Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20.

Measuring over 7ft long, this 18th century work, below, is believed to be one of the longest engravings produced in the past 300 years.

B2B Events is off to Kent again with the second antiques and vintage market this year running on Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20.

Digital event marks 30 years since the reclamation and salvage firm was launched