Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres

Suggestions on centres to visit, from Cardiff and Pembrokeshire up to Denbighshire

Event will change next year to be held less frequently but with greater impact

The year ended on a sombre note: after a near unbroken 40-year run of antiques fairs at Alexandra Palace in north London, the much-loved fair will no longer be held at this most special of venues.

IACF calls time at north London venue and launches an event just to the north

The popular Wanstead Vintage Fair is organised by Karen Stuckey four times annually, with the last of the year running the week before Christmas, on Saturday, December 17.

Silver specialist delighted to count a Welsh Bible box among his sales at the Jaguar Fairs event

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

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

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.”

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

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

A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world

Organiser announces 2023 launch of another decorative home and salvage event

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

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.

Venue clash means Malvern Flea is off but Detling is a definite B2B destination

Edward Cruttenden of Sunbury Antiques is looking forward to November 20 and the last monthly antiques and interiors fair of the year he runs at Sandown Park Racecourse, near Esher.

A dealer who acquired a long-closed angling shop is bringing a Swedish touch via Suffolk to the annual National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair.

Specialist event focuses on a popular period when ‘some truly original ideas’ developed