Fairs and Markets

Fairs held at conference and events venues that involve more than 30 people at any one time will not be possible under government legislation until October 1.

Six months after the last Shepton Fleamarket was held at the Bath & West Showground in Somerset, the event returns on Sunday, August 16, with more than 250 stalls.

Towy Events organiser and dealer Robert Pugh has cancelled his August antiques and fleamarkets monthly event at the Carmarthen Showground and will await government guidance about when he can restart.

The planned reopening at Easter of the former antiques warehouse in the Suffolk village of Long Melford was one of the last features to appear in this column prior to lockdown.

It’s not often that an antiques fair is likened to a Led Zep reunion, but bear with us…

Stephanie Castell, owner of The Secondhand Warehouse in the Herefordshire town of Leominster, resorted to an extreme measure to make social distancing easier when the centre reopened: she took a wall out.

'Frieze' and 'Frieze Masters' have joined the steadily lengthening list of fairs to be cancelled or rescheduled as a result of coronavirus.

Trader reopens shop and stresses the need not to bombard customers with the safety message

Helen Yourston, director of B2B Events, has been in touch with a reminder of the organiser’s first event post-lockdown.

A George IV rosewood table with an Italian specimen marble top, c.1820, was among the highlight sales at Masterpiece’s recent virtual edition, selling with an asking price of £75,000 to a private collector.

International Antiques and Collectors Fairs (IACF) kicked off its return to business with its first event after lockdown.