Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Haddon starts new fair in Hatfield
22 July 2024Steve Cooper of Haddon Events is launching another antiques/vintage fair in the south of England which will run on Sunday, September 29, at the Hertfordshire Sports Village in Hatfield.
Voters drank a toast to Lord Anson (with him paying)
22 July 2024Election fever in the UK is behind us but collectors of political memorabilia might vote for a 19th century Spode electioneering jug for sale at the Long Melford Antiques Fair in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, August 7.
Packing them in at Paxton House
22 July 2024Debut staging of event established in the Scottish Borders encourages more dealers to sign up for next one
Car boot spins off to Salford
15 July 2024For the first time, the London-based Classic Car Boot Sale is taking itself up to Media City in Salford, Greater Manchester on Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21.
Herefordshire country house hosts charity event
15 July 2024A private estate in south Herefordshire is holding its first country house charity car boot sale on Sunday, August 4.
GNB Fairs fuels demand with series of event launches
15 July 2024Fresh locations in use this year include venue based at former Kent colliery
Organiser goes back to school
08 July 2024Norfolk event will make a return to a venue last used about nine years ago as part of a busy line-up
Grantham artisans go fourth
08 July 2024'The Artisan Brocante' was launched last year in the gardens of Grantham House a 17th-18th century National Trust property in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham.
Racecourses: why thinking on the hoof works for organisers
01 July 2024We examine why such venues can provide considerable advantages for art and antiques events
Vintage markets expand
24 June 2024Go East Vintage was launched in 2021 by Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere, with markets in Stratford and Leyton, east London. The regular flea market venue is the Hackney Brewery (High Hill Tap).
Huntingdon fair ready for lift-off
24 June 2024Dealer who started in business aged just 17 looks forward to his second edition of racecourse event
Dedicated fairs attract rising numbers of dealers
24 June 2024You can find stalls selling postcards at many fairs and markets, as well as a range of dedicated fairs.
There’s no place like Dandelion Stone
24 June 2024High up in the Pennines, above the village of Cowling, near Skipton in North Yorkshire, lies World Rough Stones House.
New chapter for Bath book event
17 June 2024Annual fair held at the city’s Assembly Rooms since 1986 starts afresh in Pavilion venue this July
Ephemera event ready to go
10 June 2024John Robertson, the new fairs secretary of the Ephemera Society, got into the world of collecting ephemera and antique photographs back in the 1980s “due to my interest in local Sussex postcards and topographical views showing social history subjects”.
Cirencester Park event returns with 90 dealers standing
10 June 2024Show held for the first time last year returns at same location and is fully booked
Plenty to see at the Old Forge
03 June 2024In use at Ford as a blacksmith’s forge until the 1970s, these days it is known as Old Forge Antiques where you can find gents’ vintage clothes, antiquarian books and much more.
Time to beehive yourself
03 June 2024The Beehive in Alnwick, which offers the “largest second-hand vinyl collection in the North” has been owned by Mark and Sam Hobrough for seven years.
Tiffany rings up the sales at Emporium
03 June 2024When antiques-hunting in Northumberland, the fine market town of Morpeth is well worth a visit.
The varied delights when antiques-hunting in Northumberland
03 June 2024The privately owned Ford & Etal Estates is described in tourism-speak as “one of Northumberland’s best kept secrets”.