Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Jaguar ready for Derby days
25 March 2019Jaguar Fairs is launching a new biannual two-day antiques, collectors’ and vintage fair in Derby with the first to be held on Saturday and Sunday June 8-9 at the Derby Conference Centre.
Dealer looks back at decades trading in York's Bishy Road
18 March 2019Antiques dealer Robin Wetherill has been the longest-serving trader in York’s well-known Bishopthorpe Road area.
London fleamarket leaps to new site
18 March 2019A fleamarket which launched three years ago under the railway arches of London Bridge SE1 at Flat Iron Square in London’s Bankside has moved to Vinegar Yard on St Thomas’ Street, 15 minutes away near Guy’s Hospital.
Brocante at a coaching inn near Chartwell
18 March 2019A monthly brocante has launched in the pretty Kent town of Westerham, famed for nearby Chartwell, the former home of Winston Churchill.
Discover Vintage: Spotlight on dealers at Keeley Harris’ eight annual events held in three different cities
11 March 2019“Our visitor profile is generally interior style enthusiasts with an age range of 30-60 and it tends to be couples, families with small children and also ‘empty nesters’ who want to revamp their houses now they have it back to themselves.”
Medal fair includes rare 1920s Iraq honours
11 March 2019Specialist auction house Dix Noonan Webb bought the dedicated Britannia Medal Fair in 2018 from the event’s previous owner, Mark Carter.
All tables booked at Kempton specialist arms fair
11 March 2019'The Vintage and Classic Arms Fair' will run at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury, Middlesex, on Sunday, March 24.
Specialist fan dealer is among exhibitors at Antique and Vintage Textiles Fair
04 March 2019Among the 70-plus exhibitors attending the Textile Society’s annual Antique and Vintage Textiles Fair at the Armitage Centre in Manchester on Sunday, April 14, is fan specialist Mary Cooper.
Dishy looker to turn heads at Welsh fair
04 March 2019Towy Antiques Fairs kick off on Sunday, March 10, with the first of their eight antiques and fleamarkets in 2019 held at the Carmarthen Showground in south Wales.
Rodney Weeks back to good times as he launches another antiques fair
04 March 2019Rodney Weeks of Gemsco Promotions so missed running his antiques fairs after a three-year absence that he launched another last year at the Rufus Centre in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
Let there be lights at Dulwich College fair
25 February 2019Lamps in south London form a stylish and popular part of the mid-century collecting field.
Bazaars coming up in Wiltshire and Somerset
25 February 2019Vintage millinery dealer Claire Powell and textiles dealer Liz van Hasselt are business partners in the long-running Vintage Bazaars in Wiltshire and Somerset.
Take your Wilton pick at PBFA fair
25 February 2019In ATG No 2380 February 23 I wrote a piece on the annual antiques fair held at Wilton House in Wiltshire from Friday to Saturday, March 8-10. It is worth noting that the Provincial Booksellers’ Association (PBFA) is running an antiquarian and out-of-print book fair at the Michael Herbert Hall in the village of Wilton on Sunday, March 10.
Joneses to run Amulet events
25 February 2019Emma and Oli Jones of JOS Events are taking over Amulet Fairs’ antiques and collectors’ fairs run at the Oswestry Showground by Sheila Jackson for 30 years.
Fairs form a natural approach to source stock
18 February 2019Two owners of antiques and vintage businesses who buy extensively from fairs and markets in the UK are showcased here.
Southport furniture dealer whose business is lifted by Runway Monday fair
18 February 2019A former cake factory site near Southport is the base for dealer Brett Griffiths, who is also one of the big fans of IACF’s fairs.
East Anglian dealer to run local fair
18 February 2019Kate Lee started the popular biannual antiques street market in the Suffolk town of Beccles 10 years ago and has now taken over a local monthly antiques and collectors’ fair.
Top choices at Wilton House fair
18 February 2019More than 40 top dealers will set out their vetted stands at the annual long-running Wilton House Art and Antiques Fair.
Knebworth fair offers wide range to suit glass collectors
11 February 2019This one-off retirement day piece (below) is by glass-maker Richard Golding, founder of Okra Glass, who has been involved with the art for more than 30 years.
Organiser who goes to town for street events
11 February 2019As ACVR Events, Jackie Edwards launched her first antiques and decorative arts street fairs in the Hampshire town of Romsey four years ago.