Fairs and Markets

Some lucky youngsters were among the attendees at IACF’s Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair earlier this month.

To 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.”

A silver sauceboat made in London, 1731, a scarce remaining work by Huguenot female maker Elizabeth Buteux, was one of the highlight sales at the recent Winter Art & Antiques Olympia Fair.

‘Zero profit’ but event got through Covid and has 220 stands at the next event

Small is indeed beautiful for traders at two redundant churches given a new life as antique centres in the heart of Norwich some years ago.

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, London, will return next year.

TEFAF Maastricht is expanding its Showcase section to include 10 galleries next year.

Under the banner of Phoenix VAM Fairs, Sara Hughes’ vintage, antique and militaria fairs in Petersfield, Hampshire, are going from strength to strength, she says.

A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world

A dealer who launched an antiques centre in 2007 in a Suffolk town has made some alterations including changing it to a shop.

BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels has announced its dates for the 2023 edition.

London event organiser says many visitors post-pandemic restrictions are new to antiques

TEFAF Maastricht is returning to its spring slot next year.

Chris Brown, co-organiser of the ever-expanding Grandma’s Attic Fairs, is on a roll.

Organiser announces 2023 launch of another decorative home and salvage event

A new decorative and salvage fair will launch next summer in the Cotswolds.

Postcards 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.

Sales were hard won at times during the opening days of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia.