IACF

An art and antiques fair proposed to launch at NEAC Stoneleigh this December has changed its dates and venue and will now take place at Birmingham’s NEC.

Two days of brisk trading mark a fond farewell to Peterborough’s Festival of Antiques.

Dealers look back at the huge Peterborough event now holding its last showground venue staging

The annual antiques and collectors’ fair at Alexandra Palace is no more.

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

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

The three-day fair welcomed renowned photojournalist for a swish magazine showcase.

Serendipitous finds – and planned purchases – abound as antiques return to Ally Pally

A pleasure to see the IACF Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair back in action on September 4. A fair well above standard – not quite at the Olympia or Battersea level – and geared for people in the mid-price range.

Traders welcome the return of the organiser’s only London event which was last held in 2020

Rundown on some of the events taking place countrywide in July and August.

Claire Hunt is celebrating 25 years working for the fair organiser IACF.

The largest showground fairs are so extensive that it would be impossible to browse items on all the stands in one day. IACF’s Newark Antiques Fair, for example, is held on an 84-acre site with up to 2500 stands.

Managing director of IACF William Thomas is building up the momentum to the bumper crowds which are expected this Easter at the two-day 'Peterborough Festival of Antiques'.

Stall-holders report brisk trade during the latest staging of the huge West Sussex event

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Dealers will be heading to Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire this month with three days of buying beckoning from the two ‘biggies’.