Fairs and Markets
Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.
With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.
Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.
Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.
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The grand reopening pushed back to June 15 for auction houses and antiques shops in England
01 June 2020Date for English trade premises to accept visitors again is now set and Covid-19 safety measures planned
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Runway Monday could restart IACF’s fair schedule
29 May 2020IACF, organiser of the UK’s largest outdoor antiques fairs and markets, is making tentative steps back into the live events arena.
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LAPADA Fair postponed over continuing coronavirus concerns
29 May 2020LAPADA has postponed its annual September fair in the wake of continued uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic.
PBFA online fair to go monthly
25 May 2020The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) is planning an unlimited succession of virtual fairs starting on the 29th of each month as it adapts to a world without traditional fairs.
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Portobello Road to become traffic-free to enable social distancing for shoppers
20 May 2020Portobello Road will close to traffic during weekday trading hours to allow more room for shoppers and visitors.
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Coronavirus: La Biennale Paris called off until 2021 but dealers face “no financial risks”
12 May 2020Organisers of La Biennale Paris have postponed the 32nd edition of the event until next year.
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Petworth fair unveils first virtual event but plans for physical staging later on
11 May 2020Blackbrook Gallery, a specialist in 19th century naïve animal painting, offers Cheviot Ram at the first Virtual Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair opening this week.
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Dealers report sales at PBFA's inaugural online fair
11 May 2020A 1902 calendar from Hasegawa, Tokyo, filled with colourful illustrations and verse was among the sales at the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association’s (PBFA) first virtual fair.
Art and antiques businesses may be able to reopen premises later this month under guidance to be issued by government on Sunday
07 May 2020A number of businesses should be able to reopen this month when relaxations to the current UK lockdown are announced by prime minister Boris Johnson on Sunday, May 10.
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London rare book fair 'Firsts' cancelled and digital event to be launched
05 May 2020'Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair 2020', has been cancelled for the summer and will instead be replaced with a digital version.
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Print fair joins the online revolution to display works during lockdown
04 May 2020The 'London Original Print Fair' (LOPF) is one of the many dealer events moving online as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
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Rare book fair in Paris postponed until September
27 April 2020The ‘Salon International du Livre Rare’ (International Rare Book Fair) which was due to be held this month at the Grand Palais in Paris, has been postponed until September 4-6.
Coronavirus: PBFA launches inaugural virtual book fair
23 April 2020Browsing at a fair can mean the serendipitous discovery of a treasure for the collection. To help recapture a bit of this magic online, The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PFBA) launches its first virtual book fair next week.
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Coronavirus: latest changes to auctions and fairs dates
23 April 2020With the coronavirus outbreak impacting the art and antiques trade, many fairs and auctions have been cancelled or postponed in both the UK and overseas. Here is a list of events that ATG is aware have been affected so far and this story will be updated as we receive further information.
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Open Art Fair: BADA to refund 20% stand cost
13 April 2020The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) Council is giving members who exhibited at the curtailed The Open Art Fair (TOAF) sums equivalent to 20% of their stand rental charges.
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Paris' Biennale fair proposes giving exhibitors longer to pay
13 April 2020La Biennale Paris has proposed that potential exhibitors may spread payment of their participation fees out over four months after the event.
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Coronavirus: Trade tested by lockdown
30 March 2020The UK art and antiques trade is hastening its efforts to provide a sense of business as usual during unusual times after the UK government requested all ‘non-essential’ firms to close their premises to the public.
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Coronavirus: Emergency measures for the self-employed announced by chancellor
26 March 2020Emergency help from the chancellor Rishi Sunak will be available for self-employed people it was announced today.
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Masterpiece London cancelled for summer 2020 due to coronavirus crisis
26 March 2020The summer 2020 edition of Masterpiece London planned for June 24-July 1 has been cancelled, organisers have announced.
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Coronavirus: Summer Olympia postponed with new dates pending
26 March 2020Clarion Events, organiser of the two annual Olympia Art & Antiques Fairs have postponed its summer event.
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