Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres


Giles Hume of Old Painted Furniture (shown right with father Frank)

Five questions with Giles Hume

15 May 2026

Giles Hume is a dealer who runs Old Painted Furniture and Earsham Hall Antiques in Bungay

Two antiques dealers standing outside their warehouse

Dealer duo decide: ‘We need a bigger warehouse’

15 May 2026

Two antiques dealers who have owned businesses in Henley-on-Thames for many years have launched a bigger version of their joint venture, Warehouse 26.

Buyers at a car boot sale

A capital idea from car boot organisers

15 May 2026

The organisers of the popular weekly Capital Car Boot Sale at the Pimlico Academy in London are launching a twice-monthly antiques market.

Matthew Cook of The Shop in Bungay

What's in store at The Old Store

15 May 2026

Among other recent openings in the centre of Bungay is The Old Store which opened in June 2024.

Angela Whittle of Sunshine Antiques

Bring me sunshine at Ribble Valley Fairs

15 May 2026

Dealer hopes garden, home and salvage show will run twice a year in Preston to fill a gap in the area

The Hadlow Emporium

‘Rummage paradise’ ready to go

08 May 2026

In ATG No 2738 we featured Wiltshire-based Natalia Rawley who sells online antique and vintage items she finds in her house clearance business.

Thames Traditional Boat Festival

Push the boat out in Henley

08 May 2026

Judy, Lady McAlpine is looking for more vintage traders for the antiques street market she organises at the annual Thames Traditional Boat Festival.

Antiques dealer Julia Morrison

Antiques shops: 8 + 61 = a successful business launch

08 May 2026

Two new antiques shops which opened in 2025 within 60 miles of each other are celebrating a successful first year’s collaboration.

The Ephemerist

Joining offer from the Ephemera Society packed with promise

08 May 2026

How about this for a special deal?

Decorative Pieces Cirencester Fair 2742FM01A

Bank on a couple of winners

01 May 2026

Make the best of the Whitsun weekend with two fairs being staged in scenic venues close to each other

The bog standard is high

01 May 2026

You could say that Emma and David Mann are flushed with the success of their small antiques business, a former public toilet, in Hastings Old Town in East Sussex which celebrates its 11th year in business.

Donna Williams and Ryan Parfitt

‘It’s like Liberty’s in Norfolk’

24 April 2026

Dealer duo win praise for new shop hosting 25 traders across two floors in a former furniture store

A photo of Horace Brown fishing

Get hooked in by Horace at the National Vintage Tackle Fair

24 April 2026

This splendid image depicts Horace Brown, a former president of the Piscatorial Society.

Antique items at a forthcoming fair

Builth Wells fair built on a good base

24 April 2026

IACF’s first outpost in Wales was established last year when the organisers took over Continuity Fairs’ biannual antiques fair in Builth Wells.

Dealers at Old Spitalfields Market

Splendid Easter holiday weekend in Spitalfields

24 April 2026

Old Spitalfields Market had one of its best days ahead of the Easter holiday weekend.

Sarah Baldwin, owner of the Ledbury Collective

New antiques market adds to the buzz in Ledbury

17 April 2026

The Ledbury Collective in the so-named design quarter in the attractive Herefordshire town was opened last year by Sarah Baldwin.

Paxton House Antiques and Decorative Fair

An event that borders on the inspirational

17 April 2026

“Unfortunately, Paxton House won’t allow us to chop down any historic trees to add more marquees,” joked Seppe Anthony, co-organiser at Glam Racket Events.

An old ship's bell

Antiques fair is a surprise success in Orkney

17 April 2026

Colin Richards is professor of prehistoric archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands on the Orkney Islands.

Dealer Jenni Meldrum in her antiques shop

Sea Kist sails into the sunset

10 April 2026

South Queensferry, west of Edinburgh, was named last year by The Telegraph as the most beautiful town in Scotland.

 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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