Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Racecourse day off to good start
16 April 2018Organiser of new Surrey event pleased at positive reaction and trader response.
Haddon powers on in Essex
09 April 2018Steve Cooper of Haddon Events is such a keen supporter of the Museum of Power at Maldon in Essex that he holds a biannual antiques and collectors’ fair at the venue.
Spooky research centre puts the frighteners on antiques
09 April 2018Neil Packer’s day job as a warehouse manager may seem tame compared to his out-of-hours activities.
Llanelly soaks up the spongeware interest
09 April 2018The designer Emma Bridgewater began experimenting with what are now her signature sponge-painted ceramics in the bedroom of a former squat in Brixton.
Adams brings brocante back to Chelsea by popular demand
09 April 2018One of the best-known faces on the fairs circuit is Matthew Adams, who has organised for nearly 40 years a monthly antiques fair at the Royal Horticultural Fair in London.
Stake your reclaim at a new Cotswolds event
09 April 2018New on the block is the Reclaimed Home Fair, running on Saturday, April 14, at the town hall in Chipping Norton.
Firm foundations: IACF’s operations director describes the value of experience in the organising world
02 April 2018One of the aspects of the antiques fairs which are so much a part of the trade’s lifeblood is often their sheer longevity.
Mount your own Everest ascent
02 April 2018In answer to the question “why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” mountaineer George Mallory, who died on it in 1924, famously replied “because it’s there”.
Bengal and Bauer both on sale at the textiles fair
02 April 2018The panel of kantha stitching from West Bengal shown below will be for sale with dealer Jennifer Evans, aka Jenpatola, for £79 at The Textile Society’s antique and vintage textile fair at the Armitage Centre in Manchester on Sunday April 15.
Antiques fair and fleamarket are part of a 500-year-old tradition at Norwich's St Andrews Hall
02 April 2018The first civic event in the St Andrews Hall in Norwich took place in 1544. Five centuries later, the City Antiques Fair and Fleamarket runs monthly in the medieval surroundings of the Grade I-listed hall.
Grandma’s Attic has plenty in store
02 April 2018Dealer Chris Brown is a busy man. A specialist in Poole pottery, for a start he organises the twice-yearly dedicated sale at Cottees Auctions in Poole, Dorset.
Forget the Beast from the East: it’s our Best from the Easter
26 March 2018The Easter holiday weekend is one of the busiest in the fairs and markets calendar and organisers will be offering up a prayer to the gods for good weather, particularly those who run showground events.
More Easter fair dates to look forward to
26 March 2018Easter fairs and markets around the UK over the Easter weekend.
Go underground in vintage style
19 March 2018Former railway tunnel and air raid shelter in Ramsgate provides novel venue for Sunday fair...
Mix business and pleasure at Snape
19 March 2018About 500,000 people a year visit Snape Maltings, on the banks of the River Alde, to take in the exhibitions, galleries, independent shops and riverside walks as well as the Aldeburgh Festival and the Snape Proms.
Turning from collector to dealer at Bowman
19 March 2018Graham Beech will be one of the new standholders among the 220 exhibitors at the three-day Bowman Antiques Fairs event at the Stafford County Showground from March 23-25.
Pen a positive response to the Yorkshire Fleamarket
19 March 2018Helen Bowman and Ben Wray of Bowman Antiques Fairs say they are delighted that their sister event, the Yorkshire Flea run at Skipton Auction Mart, is growing in popularity.
First marks made at Charing Cross
19 March 2018Meet David, a young collector pictured below with his mother Inna at a recent Charing Cross Collectors Market. David, who is nine, is shown holding his purchase, a George II silver shilling which he will be adding to his budding numismatics collection.
Peterborough Festival remains a success for Bob Evans Fairs
12 March 2018It all started in 1972 when Bob Evans Fairs launched a small and pioneering antiques fair in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, followed by 70 more up and down the country.
Stampex award goes to Ephemera Society member
12 March 2018Ephemera Society member Robertino Poposki has been awarded the silver prize in the ephemera class at the Spring Stampex 2018, organised by the Association of British Philatelic Societies.