Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Feast from the east of London
02 January 2023Go East Vintage Markets is co-organised by Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere, who run regular markets in east London at Patchworks in Leyton, a part furniture factory and part creatives business.
Lincoln jeweller retires after 63 years
02 January 2023A jeweller’s shop in Lincoln which first opened in 1959 has closed its doors after 63 years in business.
Welsh antiques wonderland
19 December 2022Suggestions on centres to visit, from Cardiff and Pembrokeshire up to Denbighshire
Despite news of Ally Pally’s demise, 2022 has largely been a refreshingly positive experience
12 December 2022The year ended on a sombre note: after a near unbroken 40-year run of antiques fairs at Alexandra Palace in north London, the much-loved fair will no longer be held at this most special of venues.
IACF says September Ally Pally fair was last
05 December 2022The annual antiques and collectors’ fair at Alexandra Palace is no more.
Wanstead Vintage Fair runs the week before Christmas
05 December 2022The popular Wanstead Vintage Fair is organised by Karen Stuckey four times annually, with the last of the year running the week before Christmas, on Saturday, December 17.
It’s farewell Ally Pally, but a heartfelt welcome to Redbourn
05 December 2022IACF calls time at north London venue and launches an event just to the north
Outside move kept classic arms fair on the map
28 November 2022‘Zero profit’ but event got through Covid and has 220 stands at the next event
Toys, teddy bears and dolls fest is back – three years on
28 November 2022To quote toys specialist supremo Daniel Agnew, ex-Christie’s teddy bear auctions, co-organiser of the annual 'London International Antique Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy Fair: 200 Years of Childhood': “It’s like being in a museum where everything is for sale.”
Holy acceptable price tag
28 November 2022Small is indeed beautiful for traders at two redundant churches given a new life as antique centres in the heart of Norwich some years ago.
Youth of today love a good fair
21 November 2022London event organiser says many visitors post-pandemic restrictions are new to antiques
Going shopping in Suffolk
21 November 2022A dealer who launched an antiques centre in 2007 in a Suffolk town has made some alterations including changing it to a shop.
Fairs news in brief including Pop Up Vintage Fairs next event
21 November 2022A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world
Swallow swoops on Cotswolds
14 November 2022Organiser announces 2023 launch of another decorative home and salvage event
Grandma’s going to Eastleigh
14 November 2022Chris Brown, co-organiser of the ever-expanding Grandma’s Attic Fairs, is on a roll.
Ephemera Society fair to include postcards
14 November 2022Postcards are going to be on sale for the first time at the Ephemera Society’s fair on Sunday, December 4, at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London.
Kent bookings bring festive cheer
07 November 2022Venue clash means Malvern Flea is off but Detling is a definite B2B destination
Sunday proves a busy day for Sandown
07 November 2022Edward Cruttenden of Sunbury Antiques is looking forward to November 20 and the last monthly antiques and interiors fair of the year he runs at Sandown Park Racecourse, near Esher.
The Swede sell of success at fishing tackle fair
07 November 2022A dealer who acquired a long-closed angling shop is bringing a Swedish touch via Suffolk to the annual National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair.
“Some truly original ideas": why dealer chooses to focus on Mid-century furniture
31 October 2022Specialist event focuses on a popular period when ‘some truly original ideas’ developed