Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Costs bite for fair organisers but there is a bright side
30 January 2023Two organisers whose London events are on hold also run fairs outside the capital that are booming
Alfies welcomes four dealers from closed Hampstead centre
30 January 2023Four dealers received a warm welcome as they joined Alfies Antique Market from the now closed Hampstead Antique Emporium.
Fresh faces of the antiques fairs world
23 January 2023Younger dealers are making names for themselves at fairs – here we chat to a couple of them about their work
Windmill whirls into a shop
23 January 2023A dealer in 18th to 20th century decorative pieces who launched a shop in the Worcestershire town of Alcester, near Stratford-upon-Avon, in October to complement his online business says business is brisk.
Hampstead Antique Emporium given stay of execution
16 January 2023Asset of Community Value status breathes life into campaign to save Hampstead antiques centre
Derwen event re-establishes roots at Welsh glasshouse venue
16 January 2023Back among the ferns in the Norman Foster glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29, will be 40 dealers including Richard Bebb who specialises in Welsh art.
Hampstead Antique & Craft Emporium granted 'Asset of Community Value' status
12 January 2023An antiques centre in Hampstead forced to close by its landlord has been recognised by Camden Council as an 'Asset of Community Value', delaying any potential sale to give community groups a chance to raise funds to buy it.
Grandma’s Attic Fairs makes move to new Hampshire site
09 January 2023An antiques fair which was traditionally held on New Year’s Day in Winchester since 1985 has moved to a new venue.
Arthur Swallow Fairs has 'high hopes' for 2023
09 January 2023“All things considered, it’s been a pretty good year and we have high hopes of 2023 being a cracker”, enthused Richard Burgoin, director of Arthur Swallow Fairs as he looked back at its fairs and markets in 2022.
York vintage fair future uncertain
09 January 2023The triannual Antique Home & Vintage Fair organised by Richard Cawood of Antique Fair York was cancelled on January 1 due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
Organiser Keeley Rosendale hands over the reins of her vintage home shows
09 January 2023Keeley Rosendale is giving up the vintage home fairs she has run as Discover Vintage since 2012 in Leeds, London and Manchester to spend more time with her family and concentrate on other projects.
Bermondsey builds on firm market foundations
02 January 2023As fresh construction work finishes hopes are high in 75th anniversary year
Youngsters in business at Malvern Flea
02 January 2023Helen Yourston of B2B Events is gearing up for the first Malvern Flea of the year on Sunday, January 15, at the Three Counties Showground where bookings are healthy at 250 traders.
St Albans event still going strong after five years
02 January 2023Antiques street markets have a vibe all their own. Jennifer Titmuss of Corky Events runs her monthly antiques and vintage markets in St Albans and Chiswick and both are doing well, with the St Albans event now in its fifth year and going strong.
Fresh events for ACVR
02 January 2023Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events has added yet more brocantes and vintage street markets to the nine she already runs across southern England which start up again in March.
Feast from the east of London
02 January 2023Go East Vintage Markets is co-organised by Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere, who run regular markets in east London at Patchworks in Leyton, a part furniture factory and part creatives business.
Lincoln jeweller retires after 63 years
02 January 2023A jeweller’s shop in Lincoln which first opened in 1959 has closed its doors after 63 years in business.
Welsh antiques wonderland
19 December 2022Suggestions on centres to visit, from Cardiff and Pembrokeshire up to Denbighshire
Despite news of Ally Pally’s demise, 2022 has largely been a refreshingly positive experience
12 December 2022The 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 says September Ally Pally fair was last
05 December 2022The annual antiques and collectors’ fair at Alexandra Palace is no more.