West Midlands


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Visitor and exhibitor numbers both on the rise, says B2B

27 August 2024

Debra Scadding and her partner Sue McIntosh took over the running of B2B Events’ two very popular events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire in January, renaming the operation B2B Fairs.

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Winterton 160th anniversary celebration also acted as surprise to mark 50 years’ service

05 August 2024

Richard Winterton Auctioneers celebrated not one but two milestones, as head of accounts Sue French clocked up 50 years of service and the firm reached 160 years in the trade.

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Twelve hours selling a single owner collection… a day on the tiles

05 August 2024

Huge Roger Hensman collection sale in Stourbridge featured up to 10,000 examples sold in 859 lots

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Space memorabilia reflecting a lifelong fascination comes to auction in Staffordshire

31 July 2024

Phill Parker enjoyed a ringside seat for the golden years of space exploration.

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Second staging of Classic Antique Fair impresses

22 July 2024

Among the attractions of the Classic Antique Fairs in Birmingham staged from July 12-14 was the eye-catching display of dealership M&D Moir featuring a pair of powder pink vases by Franz Pallme König (c.1890).

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Classic Antique Fairs brings cheer and tea to NEC

22 July 2024

Summer fair in Birmingham receives warm welcome after its successful winter debut

Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian galleon tile

‘A lifelong labour of love’: Hensman tile collection sells at marathon sale in Stourbridge

17 July 2024

Most tile collectors tend to specialise in a particular area – a favourite factory, a period, a designer or a chosen subject matter. Roger Hensman was passionate about the subject in all its forms.

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Horologist's clock collection set to chime with bidders

16 July 2024

A single-owner collection of clocks, timepieces and scientific instruments formed over 60 years will go under the hammer at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham on September 4.

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Herefordshire country house hosts charity event

15 July 2024

A private estate in south Herefordshire is holding its first country house charity car boot sale on Sunday, August 4.

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Second staging of a new classic

24 June 2024

Event that filled the void left by Art & Antiques for Everyone is back at Birmingham NEC after its debut last year

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Classic Antique Fairs makes welcome return

20 June 2024

Classic Antique Fairs is gearing up for its first event of the year, running from July 12-14 at the NEC Birmingham.

‘Clarissa’ the record breaking carp

Famous 44lb carp dubbed ‘Clarissa’ emerges for sale

13 June 2024

For collectors of cased fish, it doesn’t come much better than this.

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Striking Victorian seascape fetches over 20 times estimate

31 May 2024

When the industrialist Fred Cooper and his family moved into The Grange in Perton in 1969, the South Staffordshire country house came already furnished with a notable collection.

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Shortened run leads to more visitors at Shrewsbury fleamarket

27 May 2024

Shouting out an important message is this figure pictured with a hanging sign at one of JOS Events’ fleamarkets at the West Mid Showground at Shrewsbury where the next is on Saturday, June 22.

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Prices high for Man Utd programme rarities

20 May 2024

A football programme for for the Estudiantes de la Plata v Manchester United Intercontinental Cup final on September 25, 1968, hammered down at a top-estimate £10,000 in Shropshire.

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Hall in a day’s work for the 23-year-old who has been running an auction house since the age of 19

29 April 2024

Antiques Trade Gazette loves to hear about younger people coming into the world of art and antiques.

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Beautiful binding boosts Nisbet's Holy Land book

29 April 2024

First published by James Nisbet in 1858, 'Lays of the Holy Land from ancient and modern Poets' comprises verse from a range of authors together with black and white Illustrations from Victorian artists including Myles Birket Foster, John Everett Millais and Thomas Seddon.

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Glass and ceramics combo makes a second appearance in West Midlands

29 April 2024

Richard Burtonshaw launched his sold-out Premier Glass Fairs event last year at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge and now he’s back in the Midlands on Sunday, May 12.

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Kidder the cookery school pioneer comes up at auction

22 April 2024

Sought-after book of recipes including a puff-pastry print first was intended for the use of his pupils

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Stoneleigh gets off to a fine start

22 April 2024

Successor event to the Peterborough Celebration of Antiques has plenty of room for expansion

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