Fairs and Markets

Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.

With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.

Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.

Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.

 A vintage duck model

Next Beccles Antiques Market is in May

10 April 2026

This vintage duck model is on advertising duties for the annual Beccles Antiques Market run since 2009 by dealer Kate Lee.

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Bumper selection of jewellery on offer at Birmingham event

10 April 2026

A remarkable assortment of jewellery is on offer at this spring’s Classic Antique Fairs.

An item of garden statuary

French brocante in an Essex house

10 April 2026

Every spring and autumn for the past 10 years Francophile dealer Sharon Dallas turns her home into an antiques shop .

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CADA London report: ‘A great fair – where else would you rather be?’

10 April 2026

Sales abound as annual event run by Cotswold dealers association returns to Chelsea

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LAPADA fair bookings on the rise

10 April 2026

LAPADA has confirmed details and early exhibitor names for its autumn fair.

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Rare book fair returns to Dublin after three years

08 April 2026

A new book fair is being planned for the summer in Ireland.

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TEFAF Maastricht fair review: not the best timing but robust results nevertheless

02 April 2026

Despite events that seemed to be conspiring to make life difficult, TEFAF Maastricht remains a must-visit

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Up at 4.45am, home by 10.30pm: TEFAF Maastricht in a day

02 April 2026

For some who are thinking of a visit to TEFAF Maastricht, the cost of staying over and paying for a hotel can be offputting and Maastricht appears too far away.

Antiques fairs: be inspired by new Staffs event

27 March 2026

Dominating the skyline in the Staffordshire city of Lichfield is the only medieval cathedral in the UK with three spires.

An anatomical poster on a dealer's stand at the Wolsingham Antique & Salvage Fair.

Making deals and burning rubber

27 March 2026

Shift from racecourse to motor-racing venue also gives traders opportunity to drive a sports car

A market stall full of colourful poster art

London fleamarket: take it to the bridge

27 March 2026

Christian Scrimgeour of Flea London in Vinegar Yard and Flat Iron Square is returning to canalside Hackney Bridge for her permanent weekend fleamarket.

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Be a BAFTA winner without even having to put in a performance

27 March 2026

Would you rather a blue or a bronze BAFTA? Even if you haven’t made a stand-out screen performance this year – and even if you didn’t know a blue BAFTA was an option – they could still be yours.

Red teapot sign

Portobello Road dealers set for further disruption in arcade refurb

20 March 2026

Further disruption will hit dealers on Portobello Road with plans for a “comprehensive refurbishment” of one of the street’s antiques arcades.

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We are taking a break from TEFAF Maastricht for a year but will be back

20 March 2026

Galerie Bel Etage of Vienna took a year off exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht, opting to put out a catalogue, Masterpieces 2026.

Organiser launches event in west London focusing on antiques with a botanical theme

20 March 2026

Judy Berger of Judy’s Vintage Fair, which runs vintage furniture and fashion fairs and fleamarkets across the UK, with a focus on London, is launching something unusual: The Kensington Botanical Market.

Studiolo fair

Studiolo announces second staging

19 March 2026

The second edition of the London fair Studiolo has been announced.

TEFAF 2026

Museums and collectors help boost first day sales at TEFAF Maastricht

13 March 2026

A bustling and busy first preview day at TEFAF Maastricht heralded the start of significant sales at the annual fair.

A vintage postcard

‘Social history’ always sells well says postcards specialist

13 March 2026

Ahead of a major two-day postcard collector festival, a dealer explains the draw of the most popular types

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Come rain or shine, city or country, peepshow gives glimpse of the UK

13 March 2026

This seven-panel peepshow, an elaborate advertising campaign for Shell Oil, is offered for $2850 by Philip Salmon & Company at the Ephemera Society of America’s annual fair.

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Cotswolds showcase comes to London for the second time

13 March 2026

Second CADA Fair held in the capital also acts as a advert for the region

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