Kent

B2B gives up the Detling Showground organisation after more than a decade but still runs Malvern

Merchandise relating to an early show from the Thunderbirds creator makes a surprise sum at Kent auction

This 1970 Heuer Autavia Chronograph was awarded to rally driver Doug Harris for finishing the 16,000-mile London to Mexico World Cup Rally in 1970.

So popular are Love Fairs’ events at both Brighton and Lingfield racecourses that organiser Donny Mann has added an extra annual fair to each event.

Annual Kent fair supplies local and European stock

For many British schoolchildren Roy of the Rovers was just as famous as any of the real-life footballers of the day.

Kent auction house C&T has set up a US operation for militaria consignments.

In its earliest days flying was frequently lethal, in and out of combat.

Society portraits from the early part of the 20th century retain a good following at auction

Lucy Peck ran The Dolls’ Home, a successful business that opened in Regent Street in London in 1893.

Militaria related to the SAS has never been short of eager collectors wanting to splash out for items connected with the British special forces unit.

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

A former theatre, corn market, auction rooms, exhibition space and council office has been “reanimated” as an “emporium” by a group of art and antiques dealers.

There are few antiques centres and even fewer fairs held in garden centres and nurseries but along has come news of The Potting Shed Brocante which ran at the King John’s Nursery in the Kent village of Etchingham earlier this month.

The first Pantiles Antiques Festival in the Kent town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in July was such a success for Love Fairs that the organiser is straight back with another.

B2B Events has a run of upcoming events this month including its two-day Detling antiques, vintage and collectors’ fair at the Kent County Showground on Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11.

Although the wearer of a First World War tunic sold by Kent auction house C&T (22% buyer’s premium) on July 26-28 was not listed, it gave plenty of clues to his service.