Bath fair has plenty for seasoned dealers and casual buyers alike

It turns out that a pair of three-foot pricket candlesticks, an advertising sign and a heavy convex mirror are not the easiest things to transport with only two hands on the London Underground at rush hour. In fact, the kindness of strangers becomes crucial.

Such was the position I found myself in on the way back from The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair a cou…

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