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.

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Hours of fun and buying opportunity

14 October 2024

The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Frieze frenzy begins with a Gorky success

14 October 2024

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

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Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’

14 October 2024

Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair

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Raise a cup to LAPADA’s 50th

14 October 2024

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

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It’s good to get plenty of stick

14 October 2024

Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.

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Chester marks seven in a row for Cooper

14 October 2024

The latest Chester Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair will be the seventh for Cooper Fairs since the event was taken over from Penman Fairs in 2019.

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Broad church of tribal artefacts on show at specialist fair

11 October 2024

The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24 to 27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the fair.

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Arthur Swallow returns to three-day format for Cheshire event

07 October 2024

Event originally put on hold will be restaged from next summer – but the one-dayer will also remain

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Ancient and modern discoveries: Frieze fairs bring together the best of old and new

07 October 2024

Frieze Masters coincides with its sister fair, Frieze London, in Regent’s Park on October 9-13.

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Sixty-two reasons to visit a 16th fair edition

07 October 2024

The international design fair PAD London is returning to Berkeley Square from October 8-13.

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Plagued by evil spirits? ‘Witches balls’ might be a good purchase

07 October 2024

Later this month Antiques in Tents holds its highly rated biannual high-end two-day antiques fair in Herefordshire.

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Munich fair set to wow with help of wine coolers

07 October 2024

From October 17-20, the 15th edition of the prestigious fair Munich Highlights is opening its doors in the Residenz, the one-time city palace of the Bavarian royal family.

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North Yorkshire flea bookings buzzing

07 October 2024

Back in 2017 Helen Bowman and Ben Wray, formerly Bowman Fairs, hit on the idea of holding a fleamarket at Skipton Auction Mart.

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British Art Fair posts record numbers of visitors

04 October 2024

Presenting British art since 1988, British Art Fair takes place once a year to showcase some of the finest Modern British and Contemporary art available

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Dealer Dickinson offers ‘early Michelangelo’

30 September 2024

London dealer Dickinson is offering what it says is ‘the one of the most exciting old master discoveries to have been made in recent decades, and is an important addition to the small group of extant drawings by Michelangelo’.

Lowe headlines Frome Bazaar

30 September 2024

Fashion and textiles designer and former singer songwriter Pearl Lowe will stall out with some of her antique finds at The Vintage Bazaar in Frome on Saturday October 19.

Scents and cents at perfume sale

30 September 2024

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

Dolphin Arcade deserves protection

30 September 2024

Dear Sir, The news that the dealers of the Dolphin Arcade in Portobello Road have been served with an eviction notice (ATG no 2661) is shocking and regrettable.

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Plans to open new Northern Irish antiques centre in 2025

30 September 2024

Owner of Belfast On the Square Emporium invests in project to bring antiques centre to nearby town of Bangor

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Battersea Decorative fair’s intriguing line-up

30 September 2024

New names exhibit alongside established regulars at autumn edition of The Decorative Fair in south London

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