Fairs and Markets

For its 35th edition the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair can boast 11 new exhibitors.

Silver item with intriguing inscription linked to notorious lengthy legal battle will be offered at Hampshire fair

Themed fairs are an added reason to head for Etc Fairs’ events held in London at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury WC1.

The small town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is the perfect pitstop for antiques and vintage buyers, particularly the trade.

Charles Dickens spent a great many chapters of his life in Kent, and had much to say about the Medway towns including Faversham, where he described “the queer little market square... the lop-sided little town hall with its big-faced clock and supporting pillars forming a little arcade, in which probably the merchants of Faversham do congregate”.

Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events has added an 11th event to her portfolio of markets in Surrey, Hampshire and west Berkshire.

Focus on two events at the start of next month that offer an array of options for distinctive decorations

A successful run at NEC Birmingham last year for Classic Antique Fairs has encouraged it to expand this year.

Nestled above The Decorative Fair, the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) had a successful run with new and returning exhibitors reporting strong sales to trade and private buyers.

A fortuitously timed trip from a large group of top US interior decorators boosted sales at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.

Picture-postcard collecting became a craze in Edwardian times and in the 21st century many of us are delighted collectors of these ‘windows on the world’.

The organiser of The London Antique Arms Fair had been searching for a new venue in which to hold the event throughout 2023.

Young businessman who opened antiques centre and salvage yard launches a second venture

A new auction record for an English silver coin was set during the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC).

Bear in mind 'Hugglets Bear Festival: The World of Teddy Bears' which runs on Sunday February 25 at Kensington Town Hall in London W8.

Among the vintage red-carpet moments at the recent Golden Globes film awards ceremony in Los Angeles, two actresses stood out. Elle Fanning wore a 1960s white silk gown by Pierre Balmain while Carey Mulligan looked to the archives for her exact replica vintage Schiaparelli dress from 1949.

The new chair of the Ephemera Society, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, is making plans for the association.

Our roundup of dealer news includes a new date a time announced for the 'Eye of the Collector' fair

A bronze heron by French sculptor Auguste Cain was among the sales made at 'The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair', the first major London antiques fair of the year.