Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Pocket watches demand rockets
08 February 2021Dealers’ online retail site reveals the pocket watches collecting market has become one of the biggest growers.
Malthouse Collective in Stroud brewing up ideas to keep busy
08 February 2021Lindsey Butcher is the owner of the 80-strong Malthouse Collective in Stroud and during lockdown is throwing a lot into the pot for her dealers.
'I know customers will be back' says antiques centre owner
08 February 2021A jewellery dealer for 28 years, Jane Finnegan owns Durham House Antiques in Stow-on-the Wold, an antiques centre which she bought two years ago.
Holt has high hopes for May or June
08 February 2021Deco dealer Marcus Potts usually runs his Antiques @The Holt antiques fairs at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire on a biannual spring/autumn basis.
New management for Bermondsey market
25 January 2021Bermondsey Antiques Market is under new management and will return to trading once lockdown restrictions ease.
Bermondsey market reborn for 2021
25 January 2021Famed south London market will open again under new management when conditions allow
Relocation, relocation, relocation: movers boost Norfolk trade
25 January 2021A summer boom sent property prices soaring by up to 20% in some rural areas of Norfolk as buyers moved out of commuter-land to what is described in estate agent-speak as ‘lifestyle-sustainable’. We talk to four antiques business in the county.
'Remain busy, stay positive' in order to cope with new lockdown say dealers
11 January 2021Firms in tier 1 enjoyed good trading in December but are now back in lockdown.
Cornwall lands at ground level
04 January 2021Two businesses from the West Country tell us how trade was going before the latest coronavirus restrictions
Yes, it was a bit challenging…
21 December 2020A bonkers year like no other did nevertheless have its highlights as the trade battled back
Online: PBFA monthly virtual showcase set to be a permanent booking
14 December 2020So well has the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association’s (PBFA) monthly online book fair been received that it is being continued as a permanent fixture.
The tale of a 26-mile walk to buy a bible
14 December 2020Destined for the now cancelled Towy Events Christmas antiques and fleamarket at the Carmarthen Showground were two rare Welsh plates from the Llanelly Pottery, which Towy Events organiser and dealer Robert Pugh had planned to take.
Plans remain in flux for indoor art and antiques event organisers
07 December 2020Organisers of indoor art and antiques fairs continue to make alternative plans for the first half of next year.
Tin man Dan ready for B2B Malvern date
07 December 2020B2B Three Counties Showground in Malvern event now confirmed to run this month.
Beckenham gets go-ahead
07 December 2020Alison Davis and Alan Old will be running their So Last Century Christmas vintage market as planned at Beckenham Mansion on Sunday, December 13.
It’s open season in the square
07 December 2020Lucy Haywood runs her Country Brocantes in West Sussex, including the grounds of Parham House and at the Daylesford Organic Farm in Gloucestershire.
Dealers discover new platform
07 December 2020As Discover Vintage, Keeley Rosendale has run her well-supported vintage fairs in the north of England since 2009.
Vintage fashion fair is among events creating a shop window online
30 November 2020Matthew Adams is holding his first virtual vintage fashion fair, 'Lockdown Frockdown', this Sunday (December 6).
Banana website proves fruitful
30 November 2020Julian Tatham-Losh, who owns Top Banana Antiques in Tetbury, reports that business is booming.
More than a nod to online
30 November 2020James Waggott of The Antiques Centre York is a happy chap.