Sarah Kent, who runs regular antique, vintage and collectors’ markets outside her shop, pictured with auctioneer Charles Hanson.
Big and busy
Alex Robins of Antique Fairs Cornwall holds her big, busy antique, salvage and decorative fair at the Wadebridge Showground over Easter Friday and Saturday, April 15-16. Hundreds of stalls, both indoor and out, food stalls and a vintage car rally all feature.
Coates on
In Scotland, Joanne and Alistair Coates have taken over the two antiques and collectors’ fairs run for many years by the now retired Rob Torrens in Glasgow and Ayr.
The Coates’ next outing is in Glasgow at the Bellahouston Leisure Centre on Sunday, April 17. Joanne said: “We’ve still got the traditional antiques that people look for but we’re seeking a younger demographic.”
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Flea times three
Three of the most popular fleamarkets in the country should attract bumper crowds with strong standholder bookings reported across the board. Sandown Park Racecourse at Esher will open its gates on April 17 to Sunbury Antiques’ antique, home and interiors market, while the B2B Events flea fair at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern takes off on Monday April 18.
A limited edition print of Lyme Regis by Dorset artist Ernest Marriott, priced at £45 from local dealer James Collectibles.
Among the artwork offerings at Sue Ede’s Giant Shepton Flea at The Royal Bath & West Showground on April 17 is a c.1910 limited edition print of Lyme Regis by Dorset artist Ernest Marriott, who studied at the Manchester School of Art under Walter Crane, the renowned book illustrator. It is priced at £45 from local dealer James Collectibles.
Gnome sweet gnome
Lamport Hall, near Northampton, was the former home of Sir Charles Isham who brought back from Germany 21 terracotta garden gnomes to decorate his rockery – thus introducing them to the country in the 19th century, a collecting passion from which many have not recovered. Easter is one of organiser Antiques2Go’s busiest bank holiday fairs at the hall which runs on Sunday and Monday, April 17-18.
Kent in Suffolk
Sarah Kent, who runs regular antique, vintage and collectors’ markets outside her shop, pictured with auctioneer Charles Hanson.
Sarah Kent’s antiques and vintage shop Sarah’s Attic is at Bridge Farm Barns, Monks Eleigh in the heart of rural Suffolk, near Lavenham, a collective of local independent businesses and shops. Kent runs regular antique, vintage and collectors’ markets outside her shop, with the next on April 18.
