Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Clerkenwell vintage fair is latest to keep virtual events going once live ones return
15 March 2021Spring is here (ignore the weather) and fairs and markets are suitably blooming again with the prospect of getting back to business.
Sunday means salvage at Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual events
15 March 2021Angela Whittle is one of the 30-plus group who take part in salvage supremo Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual Salvage Sundays.
Bermondsey: a look on the bright side of life
15 March 2021Silver dealer David Addlestone is a longstanding trader at the Bermondsey Antique Market in south London which is reopening on Friday, April 16.
On your marks, get set to go for fairs reopening
08 March 2021Roadmap means reopening time is getting closer at last but some hurdles remain.
Antiques centres look ahead to reopening
08 March 2021Adrian Gilmour, co-owner of the Hungerford Arcade, is thrilled at news that non-essential retail can reopen in April.
Fair organisers and dealers wait for green light
22 February 2021It’s fingers crossed again as new provisional fair and market dates are chalked in
Pocket watches demand rockets
08 February 2021Dealers’ online retail site reveals the pocket watches collecting market has become one of the biggest growers.
Malthouse Collective in Stroud brewing up ideas to keep busy
08 February 2021Lindsey Butcher is the owner of the 80-strong Malthouse Collective in Stroud and during lockdown is throwing a lot into the pot for her dealers.
'I know customers will be back' says antiques centre owner
08 February 2021A jewellery dealer for 28 years, Jane Finnegan owns Durham House Antiques in Stow-on-the Wold, an antiques centre which she bought two years ago.
Holt has high hopes for May or June
08 February 2021Deco dealer Marcus Potts usually runs his Antiques @The Holt antiques fairs at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire on a biannual spring/autumn basis.
New management for Bermondsey market
25 January 2021Bermondsey Antiques Market is under new management and will return to trading once lockdown restrictions ease.
Bermondsey market reborn for 2021
25 January 2021Famed south London market will open again under new management when conditions allow
Relocation, relocation, relocation: movers boost Norfolk trade
25 January 2021A summer boom sent property prices soaring by up to 20% in some rural areas of Norfolk as buyers moved out of commuter-land to what is described in estate agent-speak as ‘lifestyle-sustainable’. We talk to four antiques business in the county.
'Remain busy, stay positive' in order to cope with new lockdown say dealers
11 January 2021Firms in tier 1 enjoyed good trading in December but are now back in lockdown.
Cornwall lands at ground level
04 January 2021Two businesses from the West Country tell us how trade was going before the latest coronavirus restrictions
Yes, it was a bit challenging…
21 December 2020A bonkers year like no other did nevertheless have its highlights as the trade battled back
Online: PBFA monthly virtual showcase set to be a permanent booking
14 December 2020So well has the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association’s (PBFA) monthly online book fair been received that it is being continued as a permanent fixture.
The tale of a 26-mile walk to buy a bible
14 December 2020Destined for the now cancelled Towy Events Christmas antiques and fleamarket at the Carmarthen Showground were two rare Welsh plates from the Llanelly Pottery, which Towy Events organiser and dealer Robert Pugh had planned to take.
Plans remain in flux for indoor art and antiques event organisers
07 December 2020Organisers of indoor art and antiques fairs continue to make alternative plans for the first half of next year.
Tin man Dan ready for B2B Malvern date
07 December 2020B2B Three Counties Showground in Malvern event now confirmed to run this month.