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Dear Explorer THIS issue of the magazine features more than a few bottles you’ll find. The excellent advice on buying wine by the caseload and wonderful whisky is wasted on me, alas, since medication now demands lifelong abstinence (for a journalist? really? unthinkable!) but do feel welcome to indulge yourself – no, really, enjoy...

I fare better with perfume bottles.

The first perfume I ever bought, I bought because of the beautiful bottle it came in.

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It approximated the shape, I’d say now in hindsight, of a claret jug, though the handle and stopper was of gold plastic

2012 Olympic Games Union Jack bicorn hat from Nelson’s Column. Sold for £2,500 at Christie’s, London in May

rather than solid silver. It was from Woolworth’s; the liquid inside was a bright, pillarbox red and it was a Mother’s Day present. Though I do not, strangely, recall Mum ever wearing that scent out in public, after a few weeks I discovered that the bottle on her dressing table was quite empty. On asking her about it, she explained airily that perfume does tend to evaporate... The elegance of a flacon does not, it seems, always reflect the quality of what’s inside – as you’ll see in our feature!

There isn’t much, you might think, that links the rarified milieu of perfumery with the sweaty world of sport. But then you have clearly forgotten the great smell of Brut, and Our ’Enry, heavyweight champion boxer Henry Cooper, chosen as the nation’s olfactory pioneer to reassure British men in the 1970s that there was nothing unmanly in wearing a scented product. And that they should, indeed, “splash it all over”. You’ll find ’Enry, and many other heroes of days gone by, in our feature on sporting memorabilia.

With all eyes on Rio now, I can’t really believe that the London Olympics was four years ago – it still seems so vivid. I wonder if any readers can remember as far back as the 18-year-old gold medal winner in Rome who went on to be Henry Cooper’s most famous opponent and much more besides? Muhammad Ali was a sad addition to 2016’s shocking

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6 Everyone’s a Winner!

What’s the score when collecting antique sporting memorabilia? Margaret Gaskin explains the rules

11 Message in a Bottle

Can you tell your Egoist from your Opium? In the collecting world, surprisingly, it’s not how attractive the scent is that counts...

16 Taste of Success

Amongst the strongest investments over the past few years, fine wines are attracting wider interest.

Bill Hoade, collector and purveyor of fine wines, gives us a few tips on how best to invest

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Sporting memorabilia

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Winner!

What’s the score when collecting sporting memorabilia? Margaret Gaskin explains the rules

Children’s ‘Tough Wear’ boxing gloves available from Manfred Schotten Antiques, price £95

RCHAEOLOGISTS from a thousand years in the future, looking to understand what made us tick, might well sift through the artefacts we leave behind and deduce that a great universal religion, which was rooted in the 19th century and flourished in the 20th, finally achieved universal domination in the 21st.

Piecing together scattered clues, an astute researcher might deduce that religious observance mostly revolved around the use of a sacred sphere. Kept in a special cupboard, it would periodically be taken out of the cupboard to be kicked around or whacked with a stick for a while, before being reverently placed back in the cup-

Above: Fearsomely bearded Victorian cricketer W G Grace became a bona fide superstar. This 1895 W G Grace pipe is available from Timothy Millett Ltd, price £395. The Victorian cast iron table is from Manfred Schotten Antiques, price £460

Below: The West Indian cricket team: frontispiece from The Tour of the West Indian Cricketers, August and September 1886, sold by Christie’s last year for £4,750

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board until the next ceremony was scheduled...

In truth, of course, the sporting activities that currently take up the back half of our newspapers, whole channels of our television and increasing proportions of our Gross National Product, have roots that go way back beyond the 19th century. But it was Below: Jewelled parcel- the Victorians who took the universal, age-old appetite for rough-and-tumble gilt and enamel kovsh, a runner’s-up prize in fun and games and declared them to be the 1913 All-Russia a Very Good Thing – so long as they were Open Gentlemen’s well-regulated and played according to Tennis Singles, sold at Continued on page 8 Bonhams for £17,500

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Val St Lambert vase designed for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, price on application from www.markwest-glass.com

Sold at Bonhams: Pen and ink and wash of a boxing match by Thomas Rowlandson (17561827), sold for £875. Below: a Steward’s badge from the 1908 London Olympics, sold for £3,000 Above: Roger Broders lithograph poster from 1932, sold at Christie’s for £1,750. Right: ‘Clincher Cross 29’ rubber core golf ball, from Manfred Schotten Antiques, price £85. Bronze plaque circa 1900 depicting Harry Vardon – six times winner of The Open Tournament – available from Timothy Millett Ltd, price £850

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Participants’ medals from the first post-war Olympics, sold at Bonhams for £350

Silver cup and cover, Birmingham 1896, duplicate of the stolen first FA Cup, sold at Christie’s in 2005 for £478,400

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Those looking to find a gift for notoriously-diffiThe Rules. Which they themselves, of course, devised and cult-to-buy-for husbands and fathers, might do well to look spread around their Empire and beyond. at what sporting memorabilia has to offer. Sometimes it is The world of collecting has thoroughly embraced (or the event that will be important, sometimes the sport itself, should that be bear-hugged?) the modern sporting world sometimes the individual sports personality, with famous today – and the extra income is much appreciated by the names still reverberating down the centuries. But following global superstars and corporations that flourish within it. his particular (not to mention peculiar) passions may lead But Antiquexplorers who venture into sporting memorayou into the bargain basement... or to breaking the bank. bilia are connecting with an earlier, less commercial, more If, for instance, he is a loyal supporter of his local foottruly Corinthian, and certainly more charming notion of ball team that is languishing in the lower divisions today, sporting achievement. he may well relish an idyllic reverie reading through the old While drawing inspiration from the Classical world, in programmes of earlier decades when theirs was a name to the modern era this idea of organised sport as a way of keepconjure with. You may find real treasures at reasonable pricing a healthy mind in a healthy body remained overwhelmes – if he is a Blackburn Rovers supingly a British passion at first. Though ‘Trying to capture a porter, however, looking to complete a Frenchman undoubtedly played his his collection with his team’s 1882 FA part – and Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s unique and precious Cup Final appearance, prepare to dig inspired wheeze of reviving the games moment in time that deep. Blackburn lost 1-0 to the Old that the Ancient Greeks had held at Etonians in that match, and when a Mount Olympus did wonders for ranis gone forever, by turned up for auction at dom sports that were not, like cricket possessing the smallest programme Sotheby’s in 2013, the price whizzed and golf and football, already kept well in hand by the British. scrap of rare ephemera’ up to record heights, going for a ham-

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52 bound volumes of The American Cricketer burst through its estimate of £2,500£4,500 to achieve £23,125 at Christie’s

Below: Gold heavyweight Lonsdale belt won by Henry Cooper 1959 (twice) and 1961, sold at Bonhams for £49,250

Sporting memorabilia

Dates for your diary There are regular sporting memorabilia sales around the country: these are some of those coming up soon. See websites for catalogue availability and pre-sale viewing days.

14th July Special Auction Services Sporting Memorabilia Newbury, Berkshire www.specialauctionservices.com 30th July Adam Partridge 50th Anniversary World Cup Sporting Sale Macclesfield, Cheshire www.adampartridge.co.uk

mer price of £35,250 – to the Old Etonian Football Club!

Prices, frankly, obey no logic in this field since sports memorabilia is redolent with ‘magical thinking’ – spending that defies reason.

Not only an attempt to catch the echo of a superlative skill by handling the items that belonged to the greats; it can also be a matter of trying to capture a unique and precious moment in time that is gone forever, by possessing the smallest scrap of rare ephemera.

If you think an FA Cup final ticket is beyond your means today, for instance, try getting hold of one for the ‘White Horse’ FA Cup Final of 1923! This was the first Final to be held at newly opened Wembley and, in a chilling parallel with more recent events, the press of people in the streets outside led the police to allow a massively over-capacity crowd to be admitted into the ground. These were the days before fences, however, so spectators simply spilled onto the pitch, where they were easily controlled by, among others, PC George Scorey and his horse Billie, who became something a star after the pair featured prominently on newsreels all over the country.

7th August Rydale Militaria and Sporting Kirkbymoorside, N. Yorkshire www.ryedaleauctioneers.com 13th August The Southern Counties Sporting Goods Sale Netherhampton, Wiltshire www.salisburyauctioncentre.co.uk 13th & 14th August Knights Sporting Sale Leicester www.knights.co.uk 24th August Anthemion Sporting and Fine Sale Cardiff www.anthemionauction.com

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Above: Memorabilia from the ‘White Horse’ FA Cup Final – the first at Wembley – when the over-capacity crowd that spilled onto the pitch to be controlled by, amongst others, PC George Scorey and his horse Billie!

Programme, £936; ticket, £864; J. Seddon’s winners’ medal, £8,640; all sold by Bonhams. Left: Size 10 leather ‘Kickorf’ football boots, price £185 and an unused cowhide ‘Service’ football – but no bladder!

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Perfume bottles

Bottle Can you tell your Egoist from your Opium? Your L’Air du Temps from your Obsession? In the collecting world, surprisingly, it’s not how attractive the scent is that counts...

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YOU COULD ARGUE that top parfumiers don’t sell smells, they sell dreams. Dreams of a nostalgic past; dreams of a romantic future; dreams of becoming someone other: ethereal, magical, living an achingly glamorous life. “A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s traces... gardenia perfume lingering on a pillow...” you get the picture.

And all that existential longing captured in one little bottle. For a hefty great price.

The economics of perfumes seems crazy: 100ml of pure alcohol costs around 75p; 100ml of pure water around the same. Mix them together in a ratio of 70:30, add a few drops of essential oils costing... (shh, trade secret), and the resulting potion can easily retail at £100 or

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Perfume bottles

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Lots at Bonhams from left to right: René Lalique designed the ‘Calendal’ bottle for Molinard in 1929, sold for £2,750; Lalique introduced the ‘Amphitrite’ bottle and stopper in 1919; even with a damaged stopper this example sold for £2,250; Another Lalique design, this time for Coty in 1910, this ‘Ambre Antique’ bottle sold for £812; The gorge de pigeon shape is timeless but this French opaline and ormulu example estimated this summer at £1,400-2,000 was made around 1825

more. So where does the other £90-odd go? On selling the dream of course!

Flick through any women’s magazine and see the endless ads where the copy consists of a single word. Puzzle over enigmatic adventures played out (sometimes in ‘arty’ black-andwhite) in the ad breaks on TV. Boggle at the fact that today’s top couture houses are essentially multi-million-pound empires for whom their celebrity-stuffed catwalk shows are just the loss-leader shop window for their money-making perfume business. Yep, today we’re all living the dream...

BRILLIANT BRANDING

It was in the early 20th century that the brilliant idea of marketing perfume through the creation of beautiful bottles that were unique to the brand took off. Before that, perfumes were dispensed in nondescript vials that could then be decanted into the purchaser’s own scent bottle. François Coty was the pioneer. In 1904 he began touting Baccarat crystal flacons of his newly created “La Rose Jaqueminot” around the big department stores. And when the director of one store refused to see him, legend has it, he accidentally-on-purpose dropped a bottle,

which smashed spreading the fragrance around the store and whipping up an early viral sensation as shoppers demanded to know what it was and how to buy it!

But it was Coty’s subsequent partnership with glass design genius René Lalique that really got things started, inspiring rivals to create their own unique bottles and spawning today’s thriving collecting field, which has something for everyone, from items costing a few pounds to thousands.

They were luxury items when new. Often elegantly boxed, these commercial bottles

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Facet-cut doubleended perfume bottle with crested silver tops 18901900, Available from Nigel Williams Silver, price £180

Left: Tiffany Studios favrile glass c.1910, sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $1,250. Right: Metal scent with suspensory chain and ring c.1880, from Richard Hoppé Fine Antiques, price £225 12 July-August 2016 Antiquexplorer

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René Lalique introduced this ‘La Renommee D’Orsay’ perfume tester in 1922. Available from Madalena Antiques & Collectables, price £1,750

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‘It was in the early 20th century that the brilliant idea of marketing perfume through the creation of beautiful bottles that were unique to the brand took off’

Glass bottle and stopper, second quarter 19th century, Imperial Glassworks, St Petersburg, sold at Sotheby’s for £3,750

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were factory made, but glass stoppers had to be hand-ground to fit each bottle (and numbered) until the 1970s, when plastic was introduced to get a better seal. But the cost obviously proved worthwhile to the many parfumiers who used bottle design to promote their ‘brand’ to worldwide must-have.

Bottle designs can be exquisite and boast big name artists but they were aimed at – and aimed at creating – a mass market. Even the very expensive limited edition bottles were marketing ploys: by adding the cachet of the super-rich they promoted their more affordable

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Perfume bottles

À la recherche du temps perdu Scents are notoriously evocative of times past – from a favourite auntie’s Eau de Cologne to an ex’s signature perfume. But what aromas would we recognise, or reject, from our ancient past?

The world’s first parfumier – that we know the name of, at least – is a Babylonian woman called Tapputi, whose name and profession were recorded in a cuneiform tablet in Mesopotamia around 1200 BC. But the world of scents and cosmetics was already ancient by then, with the Egyptians past masters (or mistresses) of the arts of decorating and perfuming the human body.

Given what we know of how exquisitely they cared for the dead, the living must have smelt pretty spectacular!

The Ancient World could teach the modern age a thing or

two about perfume bottles too.

The Romans often kept their sweet-smelling balsams in a fabulously designed metal, pottery or glass balsamarium – just the sort of thing for the Magi to keep their frankincence and myrrh in.

The glass kind were long referred to by later ages as lacrimaria or tear-vials as they were believed to have gathered the tears of mourners at funerals. This belief was down to a disputed Biblical translation – the tears are now thought to be recorded in a ‘scroll’ rather than put in a ‘bottle’ – and the more accurate but less poetically appealing name of unguentarium is now more common in the antique world. Look out too for the Ancient Greek word aryballos for small ceramic or glass vessels serving the same function.

Recently sold at Bonhams: A Roman bronze balsamarium of a Nubian, sold for £937 (left), an ancient Egyptian glazed ointment jar (containing unguent!) sold for £812 (below) and a Roman bronze balsamarium of Hermes possibly 2nd century AD, sold for £17,500 (opposite)

and profitable lines. (How much you actually shelled out remained a secret of the boudoir but, out on the town, everyone knew you smelt like a superstar!)

In 1921 came the most limited edition of them all: Surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp and photographer Man Ray collaborated to adapt a boxed commercial bottle to create their own ‘readymade’ work of art: Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette (or ‘Beautiful Breath: Veil Water’).

One owned by Yves St Laurent was sold in Paris in 2009 for almost nine million euros!

And that’s not the only surreal thing about perfume bottles: the collector’s market turns the original marketing logic on its head. In the antique world scarcity costs; ubiquity doesn’t. As with all collecting, you follow your heart; so if you’d love a big, chunky Chanel 5 bottle to sit on your dressing table while you play at being Marilyn Monroe, you can pick one up quite cheaply on eBay. But 14 July-August 2016 Antiquexplorer

Three D’Orsay bottles designed

by René Lalique in 1923 sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $2,250

for the real aficianado, the Holy Grail may well be the fragrance that flopped after just one season, leaving behind just a few precious examples of a really interesting bottle that can see prices racing up at auction as buyers compete!

If you want to find out more about your own particular passion, you can seek out kindred spirits through the International Perfume Bottle Association website at www.ipba-uk.co.uk or at their annual convention, held this year in Leicester on 15th and 16th October, see their website for details.

We can safely leave the last word to the prescient François Coty (though perhaps with a slight quibble over the his use of the word “reasonable”): “Give a woman the best product to be made, market it in the perfect flask, beautiful in its simplicity yet impeccable in its taste, ask a reasonable price for it, and you will witness the birth of a business the size of which the world has never seen.” www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

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Left to right: Egyptian green schist cosmetic palette c.3200 BC, sold at Bonhams for £27,500, The Egyptian alabastron 332-30 BC is priced at £345 and the Roman glass unguentaria are £100 each. All four are available from Ancient & Oriental (antiquities.co.uk)

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LIKE ANY other investment, putting your money into wine is a gamble: returns cannot be guaranteed. Therefore the wise person only invests what he or she can afford to lose. In the case of wine (no pun intended) you would need to set aside between £10,000 and £20,000 and be prepared to invest for a minimum of five years. Try to buy always in multiples of six and don’t be tempted to break into a case for a taste unless you intend to drink the whole lot. Finding 11 bottles in a case tends to suggest that there might be something amiss with the wine.

Wine investments in themselves are not subject to capital gains tax, being regarded by

HMRC as a “wasting asset” with a predicted life of less than 50 years. But be warned – if you are seen to be regularly buying and selling wine, HM Revenue and Customs will soon take an interest and may consider it trading and payment will be due.

LESS IS MORE

buy wine that is physically available. Beware of some consortium offering tantalising wine investments on the internet – wine that is “stored for you” in some romantic-sounding location.

Many would-be investors have lost their money on wine that simply did not exist.

Traditionally, investors bought Bordeaux wine “en primeur,”

The reason fine wine rises in value is because the actual product is finite: once the bulk of a fine wine is sold and consumed, the value of any remaining bottles rise. If the wine has been well chosen, it will also improve in quality as it matures, so always buy the best wines that you can afford. Other rules: buy on the open market and

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Success Amongst the strongest investments over the past few years, fine wines are attracting wider interest. Bill Hoade, collector and purveyor of fine wines, gives us a few tips (or should that be tipples?) on how best to invest

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that is to say still in the barrel. Here you must wait: a promising wine can go through many transformations before it reaches the bottle and it can be two or three years before you are able to take delivery of the finished product. If you wish to buy in this way, once again, buy direct from the Château concerned or from established wine merchants like Berry Bros. & Rudd or Justerini and Brooks.

Another good area for investment is, of course, top Burgundies and Rhône wines, but look out for some of the little known producers from those regions, most of their wine will age well and could possibly show a good return in a few years. The upper echelon of the Champagne regions and some of the finer Tuscan wines – Tignanello and Sassicaia – have also proved to be good investments.

Another way to acquire your investment is through the auction rooms. For the upper end of this trade buy from established auctioneers, such as Bonhams in London, who hold reguwww.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

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The top lot in Sworders 19th July Fine Wine and Port Sale is these 12 bottles of Château Pétrus, Pomerol, 1982, with their original wooden case. They are estimated at a whopping £35,000-40,000. www.sworder.co.uk

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lar sales of fine wine. Alternatively, for possible bargains, search the internet for small country auctions that might offer parcels of older wines from other collectors or from deceased estates.

But, here, be sure to establish the provenance of what is being offered.

Good storage is a problem, for you must look after your investment. If you do not have a cellar, or access to an adequate cellar, professional storage is available – but it is not cheap.

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Purchased wine that is imported into this country still in its original case – especially those that are in their Original Wooden Case (OWC) – can be stored in bonded warehouses. Octavian Vaults and the London City Bond are good examples of these warehouses. Here the wine is professionally stored at the correct temperature and it is stored “in Bond.” HMRC accepts that this wine is simply in transit and this situation does not stop the wine from being sold on, with

the tax and duty that is payable on it only becoming due when the wine is removed from the warehouse.

Having taken all of the above into account, wine has proved to be an excellent and exciting investment for many people over the last few decades. The accepted principle seems to be that you buy more wine than you will drink (if that is possible) and then you decide which wine you are going to drink and which wine you www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

Keeping it chilled Of course the advice given here is for buying general, run-of-the-mill cases of fine wine. But sometimes there is a wild card, and then all bets are off.

Bonhams regular auctions of rare and fine wines are always interesting – the next one is on 14th and 15th July – but April's featured one bottle of champagne that really was something out of the ordinary.

The fact that it was a Heidsieck & Co Monopole 1907 Goût Américan Champagne made it unusual. The fact that it had spent more than 80 years at the bottom of the Baltic Sea made it remarkable!

The small Swedish schooner in which it was being carried had been sunk by a German U-boat in November 1916.

The Jönköping was intercepted en route to Finland with a cargo of steel and an extensive collection of cognac, wine and champagne. The crew was ordered off, and the ship sunk.

The Germans’ motivation was keeping the steel out of Allied hands of course, but it was the booze that put the fizz into the salvage operation, which brought up about 2,000 bottles of the champagne as part of its haul in 1998.

The wine is still sparkling and has been described by experts as in very good condition – having been stored in darkness at a constant temperature of 4ºC for so many years!

Since this bottle celebrates the 100th anniversary of its sinking in early November, will its new owner consider that the perfect moment to pop the cork and try it? At a hammer price of £1,762 including buyer’s premium, would you?

will hold back to help pay for that which has been consumed.

The other marvellous aspect of being a wine investor is that you have the most wonderful fall back situation. If all else fails and a good sound profit proves difficult to obtain then you still retain your purchases and you can always, unlike those who invested in the Stock Exchange, send your investment down the little red tunnels and drown your sorrows! www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

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Meet John and Marilyn, who live in a world most of us can only dream of surrounded by authentic vintage treasures wherever you turn WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS: IAN SUMNER

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Above: ‘William’s Room’ is named in memory of William Wilton who was a local blacksmith and built the cottage in the early 1800s. Top right: This particular bedroom is furnished with items from the late Victorian period.

Right: John’s astonishing garage, complete with his rare aluminim threewheeler BSA

JOHN WRIGHT – previously a designer with the famous Somerset shoe company C&J Clark – along with his partner Marilyn Paul, live in an early 19th century cottage near Castle Cary in Somerset, attached to a former car garage, complete with petrol pumps.

John bought the garage and cottage about 15 years ago and left it more or less as it was when he purchased it, as it perfectly reflects their shared love of items from the past.

John’s also got a bit of a passion for classic and vintage vehicles, such as his recently rebuilt MGA that he once raced, and a rare aluminium-bodied BSA three-wheeler car.

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covered with tools and automobilia. John trawls the local auctions, fleamarkets and collectors’ fairs searching for items for both the house and garage, while Marilyn keeps an eye out for vintage clothing, and enjoys dressing the rooms to create an authentic feel – what a team!

Back inside the house, each room of the cottage has a different theme: ‘William’s Room’ is named in memory of the original builder and is home to items from the early 1800s, the parlour is 1930s, and the kitchen – complete with flying ducks – would be familiar to those who remember the post-war period.

I first met John when he was helping typeset in the traditional manner when I was photo-

graphing for a feature about the bookbinding department at Downside Abbey School near Bath. Since then I’ve been lucky enough to photograph his unique home twice, and sometimes drop in to have a cup of tea and a welcome slice of cake and ask him about his latest finds. John has an ability to track down rare and authentic pieces on a regular basis; original packaging, Art Deco electric fires, picnic hampers, vintage lawn mowers are all staples of his shopping list. On my most recent visit, his latest buy, a mahogany wig-stand, now has a new home in the Georgian themed room! I have no doubt that each visit will turn up something new. But with a place like this, can you ever really have enough?

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AUCTION EXPLORER · · S A L E S , V I E W S , N E W S & R E S U LT S WELCOME to Auctionexplorer – in print and online – bringing you the best specialist sales and up-to-date information at the click of a button! Search through thousands of lots from across the region courtesy of our sponsors, UK Auctioneers, and browse through 15 years of articles from the AE archives for free. www.auctionexplorer.co.uk Intricate baby robes believed to have belonged to Charles ll, a 1948 Dior ball gown and a 1930s ‘poppy’ dress all helped make an £857,000 total for this very successful sale

Followers of Fashion One of the finest sales of haute couture and historic dress and Royal memorabilia to come onto the open market was up for grabs at Kerry Taylor Auctions on 14th June.

The earliest garments were also the smallest – baby robes believed to have belonged to King Charles II. This Lot comprised of a matching embroidered set worked in French knots and with Prince of Wales plumes, tulip motifs: simple shirt; an elaborate collar with loops for fastening at the rear neck; simple curved collar; christening bib and christening skirt panel; together with a simple vest with needlepoint scallops to shoulders; an under-cap and an over-cap adorned with French knots, Hollie Point lace back worked with a large crown; and a christening robe adorned with latticed linen tape strap-work and box pleats. The Lot sold for £2,800.

The beautifully elegant ivory crêpe georgette and chantilly lace ‘poppy’ dress, circa 1930, covered with vermicular clear bugle beads and appliquéd poppy motifs with large rhinestone centres, finished with a black tulle hem and matching scarf sold for £750.

The sale was also extremely strong in fine 20th century haute couture, with garments by Balenciaga, Chanel, Courrèges, Cardin, Givenchy, Lanvin, Patou and Dior.

Lot 99 was one of Dior’s finest and earliest examples; an extraordinary black faille ball gown with undulating, cascading skirt and asymmetric pointed bodice, probably ‘Ailée’ A/W 1948, which sold for £15,000 on the hammer!

The total for the entire sale was £857,000 – one of their best sales ever. www.kerrytaylorauctions.com

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Fresh to Market Chorley’s midweek, two-day sale to be held on 19th and 20th July will mark the firm’s 10th anniversary. Back in 2006 when the fine art department of Bruton Knowles set up under the Chorley’s banner it was a brave move and the subsequent decade has been filled with important sales and some fantastic results.

The July sale will include a large quantity of ‘fresh to the market’ country house material of the type in which Chorley’s specialise, including the contents of a country house near Tetbury, Gloucestershire and part contents of several others. From Apperley Court in Gloucestershire, come five wonderful oil paintings of cattle by the early 19th century artist John Pitman, who is best known for his portraits of horses, however, these five oils are among his finest work. Commissioned by Apperley Court, they depict several named cattle including an award winning dairy cow, a bull and a short horn’d ox. The short horn’d ox – shown here – was bred by the Stricklands and exhibited at the Smithfield Club Show in Christmas 1832, where he was awarded the silver medal. Each painting is estimated at £2,000-3,000. www.chorleys.com

Silver Highlights and a Musical Aide Mémoire Chiswick Auctions Silver & Objects of Vertu Specialist Sale on Tuesday 14th June included a number of star lots, such as Lot 219, an antique George I English Britannia silver octagonal coffee pot by John Hugh le Sage, London 1722, sold for a handsome £4,800.

Lot 221 was a pair of Vintage German sterling silver statues realistically modelled as pheasants with splayed wings, they sold for £1,440 and Lot 209, a pair of Antique Chinese export silver bottle vases by Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong c.1890, sold for £720. All prices include the buyer’s premium.

You’ll no doubt remember the wonderful antique musical instruments featured in the last issue of Antiquexplorer. Don’t forget that you can bid for a carefully curated selection of these beautiful and functional creations in the 13th July Musical Instruments sale at Chiswick Auctions.

The next sale of Silver and Objects of Vertu will be taking place later this year on 11th October. www.chiswickauctions.co.uk

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House of Art Ewbank’s, Surrey’s leading auction house, is preparing for its Summer Contemporary Art sale on Thursday, 14th July and already has some fascinating works consigned for sale.

More than 400 lots have been catalogued already, including five Henry Moore etchings, each valued at between £500 and £700; an oil by John Bellany, ‘Rose Valley, moored in harbour’ which carries an estimate of between £2,000 and £4,000; and a colour lithograph entitled ‘Figure’ by Paul Klee, which carries an estimate of between £400 and £600.

A 1920s goblet-form, opalescent ‘Ornis’ vase (shown below), by René Lalique, the popular French glass designer is expected to sell for between £800 and £1,200 by the experts at Ew-

bank’s. It is 19.5cm high, has two handles in the form of birds, an etched signature, and is numbered 976.

Ewbank’s has a collection of six signed screenprints by John Piper, all consigned for sale by the same owner. The entire collection is valued at £5,000. The prints on sale include ‘Foliate Heads II’ from 1975, a screen print on paper, measuring 58cm by 76cm, which is valued at between £500 and £1,000.

Valuations of sale items are free and entirely without obligation at Ewbank’s and there is ample free parking at the Burnt Common saleroom in London Road, near Guildford, which avoids clients carrying valuable objects around town centre streets.

Live online bidding for these sales is available on the Ewbank’s Live website (URL below) or on www.theauctionroom.com a website recently founded by Chris Ewbank and other auctioneers to give buyers the chance to buy live online for the same price as buyers in the room. The saleroom is open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and there is no need to make an appointment as valuers are always available to advise visitors.

Above: ‘Foliate Heads II’ a screen print by John Piper. Left: ‘Rose Valley, moored in harbour’ by John Bellany. Both for sale in the Ewbank’s 14th July sale

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Buzz at Brooklands Some car auctions have recently experienced difficulties through what appears to be a hesitant market – those with the money for mid-range classics seemingly sitting on their hands. Despite this gloomy backdrop, things were very different at the Brooklands Museum on Saturday 11th June.

“Maybe our continuing success was the Dunkirk spirit in the face of the forthcoming referendum, but hopefully it was more to do with how Historics is regarded, the extremely competitive prices and the diligence of our consignment team”, commented Auction Director Edward Bridger-Stille. “The fact is that

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we had one of our highest sale rates since we began six years ago, at just a smidge over 70 per cent.”

The average sale price of consignments soared by £10,000, with a greater revenue from fewer cars. In fact, an additional £500,000 worth of classic cars found new owners when compared to their previous sale just three months ago.

The Mercedes-Benz 190SL shown here on the left, is a two-door grand touring convertible with a removable hardtop that was produced between May 1955 and February 1963 with a prototype first shown at the 1954

New York Motorshow. Estimated at £95,000110,000, it sold for £100,800.

The Porsche 356 became a classic the day the first one left the production line and the ensuing years have only enhanced the legend.

This 1962 Porsche 356B, which was estimated at £86,000-96,000, sold for £118,720. It had recently been restored with no expense spared by the fastidious, enthusiastic owner.

Their next major sale at Brooklands Museum takes place on Saturday 20th August, so do make a note if you’re in the market for some fabulous classic ‘wheels’! www.historics.co.uk

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Recent Auction House results supplied by UKAuctioneers.com Wednesday 8th June PFK A George VI solid silver presentation bugle bearing engraving for the Hampshire Regiment and Roman numerals ‘LXVII’, hallmarked London, 1937, by Henry Potter & Co, 28.5cm long.

Hammer price: £260 Thursday 26th May Cheffins A George II silver salver, by George Hindmarsh, London 1735, circular with shaped moulded edge, raised on four claw and ball feet, arms of Holt impaling Washington, 27cm diameter, 25.4oz.

Estimate: £400-500 Hammer price: £340 Friday 3rd June Chaucer Auctions 7 x 5in autographed photo of Laurel and Hardy. Stan Laurel has added ‘OUR THANKS & BEST WISHES STANLEY. SINCERELY’.

Estimate: £250-300 Hammer price: £410

Thursday 26th May Locke & England For Restoration: A Louis XIV table clock, the movement

by Baltzar Martinot (16361714) with an outside wheel strike bell, the cast and engraving brass face with Roman numerals mounted on porcelain plaques and Arabic numerals around the exterior within a tortoiseshell and brass mounted boullework case. Martinot is know to have worked with Andre Charles Boulle (1642-1732) Estimate: £1,000-2,000 Hammer price: £2,100

Wednesday 1st June Capes Dunn Early 19th century painted silk and embroidered wool work picture: ‘Holy Family Flight into Egypt’ within original black and gilt eglomise mount and cavetto gilt frame, 43cm wide.

Estimate: £150-200 Hammer price: £130

Tuesday 7th June The Canterbury Auction Galleries A George IV silver twohandled tureen and cover by Edward, John and William Barnard, London 1829, with slightly later liner (to form an ice bucket) by the same maker, London 1832, 156oz, 12¹/²in high.

Estimate: £3,000-4,000 Hammer price: £5,300 Wednesday 8th June Bamfords A Doctor Who Dalek from the 1966 film Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD. This was one of three Daleks given away by Sugar Puffs in a promotional competition. Red paint work (originally silver), 167cm high.

Estimate: £12,000-15,000 Hammer price: £32,000

Tuesday 7th June Wright Marshall Ltd A 1963 sovereign pendant and chain, weight 17.5g.

Estimate: £180-220 Hammer price: £230 Saturday 28th May Michael Bowman A signed oil on panel portrait of the racehorse ‘Uncle Remus’ by Frances Mabel Hollams (1877-1963).

15 x 19in.

Estimate: £1,200-1,500 Hammer price: £2,000

Tuesday 26th April Brettells A silver mounted and shagreen scent bottle case with etched glass scent bottle, London 1907. 19cm high.

Estimate: £1,800-2,000 Hammer price: £1,000 Wednesday 8th June Byrne’s Queen Anne joined oak low dresser, c.1710, with a single plank top. The four drawers have feather banding, engraved batwing escutcheons and Victorian brass serpentine handles.

The shaped frieze is on turned baluster legs with worn bun feet. 221.5cm wide.

Estimate: £2,000-3,000 Hammer price: £3,600

Tuesday 31st May Anthony Cribb Ltd An 18th century pulwar with 83cm wootz steel blade contained in its black leather wrapped wooden scabbard with iron mounts.

Estimate: £1,200-1,300 Hammer price: £1,200

Tuesday 14th June Andrew Smith & Son A George III silver baluster coffee pot, richly embossed and chased with sprays of flowers, scrolls and scales by Charles Wright, London 1772.

Possibly later decoration and composite handle, 33.8oz, 32cm high.

Estimate: £500-700 Hammer price: £550

Friday 20th May East Bristol Auctions A First World War tank driver’s splatter mask. These were introduced in early 1917 to protect the crew from splinters caused by steel particles which flew around the inside of the tank as it was hit by projectiles.

Includes a photocopy photograph of Pte Charles Henry Boyce (1898-1975) and his inscribed copy of ‘Tank Tales’, 1919 edition.

Estimate: £800-1,200 Hammer price: £1,000

Tuesday 24th May Chorley’s ‘After a Storm/Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, London’

by Algernon Newton (British 1880-1968), oil on canvas, 63cm x 90cm.

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PETERSFIELD HAMPSHIRE Greek Gods join famous historical figures at The Petersfield Antiques Fair as Drove House Antiques will be exhibiting a fabulous collection of Victorian Parian pieces at this regular Autumn event.

Parian is a white ‘statuary porcelain’ that resembles marble found on the Greek island of Paros. It arrived as an art form in the 1840s and benefitted from a machine that could copy full size sculptures in miniature for a fraction of the cost of bronze.

Staffordshire manufactories, notably Copeland and Garrett and Minton, produced dozens of Parian copies of the popular work of leading contemporary sculptors. Parian ware was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and proved a revelation in a sea of over-decorated porcelain from across Europe.

Parian figures and busts were ideally suited to high Victorian tastes. They were generally larger than earlier porcelain figures, measuring between 12 and 18 inches in height. Few were exact copies, as leading sculptors of the day were commissioned to produce idealised

versions more suited to the tastes of Victorian society. Noted society figures were always popular, together with busts of Gods and figures from antiquity.

Drove House Antiques will be showing a number of pieces including a bust of Ajax dating from 1850-80, 31.5cm tall, probably from the Worcester factory and priced at £395. Ajax was a mythological Greek hero, noted for his strength and courage, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and is an important figure in Homer’s Iliad.

The Petersfield Antiques Fair takes place at The Festival Hall from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th September and is organised by Caroline Penman. “Every year we welcome a couple of new exhibitors who bring stock that complements our usual vast range of pieces on sale. Dove House are a welcome addition, and they will be showing Oriental pieces too.”

The fair is distinguished by the vetting process. Buyers can make their purchases confident in the knowledge that exhibits are vetted for quality and authenticity by a panel of experts prior to going on sale. www.penman-fairs.co.uk

Antique Chic this summer with B2B Events This July and August B2B Events have two events that will deliver all the chic antique goods that you could need for a very stylish summer.

First up is B2B Events new fair, the Cranmore Park Vintage & Antiques Fair. Taking place on Saturday 9th July in the fantastic Cranmore Park Exhibition Centre, this purpose built events venue is perfect for the Midlands vintage fair.

Up to 150 stalls offer a really great mix of items – from retro kitchenware to vinyl, collectables to clothing and jewellery to great antiques. “Join us for the second

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outing of our brand new antiques and vintage extravaganza” said B2B Events Director Helen Martin. “With a fantastic product offering you can’t fail to feel the buzz and atmosphere of this event, it really should not be missed”.

In August the Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair returns to the Three Counties Showground on Bank Holiday Monday the 29th. As the UK’s largest flea fair it never fails to disappoint, with a vast choice of antique, vintage, retro, house clearance, up-cycled items and more.

“With the variety on offer at the flea you can expect a great day out finding the bargains that are on offer. When you need a rest – collapse into the restaurant and enjoy some good food before you carry on your hunting quest” said Helen. “It always has such an eclectic mix of goods, it’s a great event for discovering new treasures every time”. b2bevents.info

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WESTONBIRT GLOUCESTERSHIRE Historic paintings of Gloucestershire and Bath, plus a wide range of Vintage, Mid-century modern and period furniture will be a major attraction at The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair at Westonbirt School, near Tetbury from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August.

This popular event offers a wide variety of pieces for collectors, home furnishers, interior designers and anyone looking for unusual decorative items. With more than 45 exhibitors, it offers exhibits from £20 to more than £10,000 in price.

Among the highlights will be a charming Regency doll’s house on the Elham Antiques stand. At 63cm high, early doll’s houses like this are always sought after – the ticket price is £695.

Fine and decorative art is well represented.

Carnes Fine Art have Victorian landscape paintings, Jo Bennett shows a range of Northern Art including works by Geoffrey Key; while Granta Fine Art has English and Continental works by mid and late www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

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NEC BIRMINGHAM Marc Allum, the well-known art and antiques journalist, writer and broadcaster has joined the Antiques for Everyone team of celebrity speakers for the forthcoming four day fair starting on Thursday 21st July.

Based in Wiltshire, Marc is the author of Allum’s Antiques Almanac 2016 and has Marc Allum been a miscellaneous specialist on the BBC Antiques Roadshow since 1998. Marc has his own unique style – with a grounding in the auction world from his mid twenties – and has diverse interests ranging from pre-history to modern design. He is a self-confessed ‘collectaholic’ and has a passion and reputation for divining the unusual; “a desire to connect with history through the interpretation and pursuit of Judith Miller objects and their origins”, he explains.

BBC Antiques Roadshow experts, Judith Miller, Will Farmer and new speaker Marc, will also be speaking at the fair, sharing their advice and top tips on what’s hot in the current market. Judith is scheduled for Thursday at 3pm and Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 1pm. Will is Friday to Sunday at 4pm and Marc’s talk is on Saturday at 3pm.

Featuring exhibits totalling more than Will Farmer £10 million, Antiques for Everyone is a major event that brings together specialist dealers, collectors, art enthusiasts, interior decorators and anyone with an interest in the fine and decorative arts to view, buy and sell over the four days. www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk

South Molton plays host to the Pannier Antiques, Collectables, Vintage and Nostalgia Market every third Sunday in the month from 10am to 3.pm.

This market attracts buyers from far and wide seeking that special item they’ve been hunting for or simply an impulsive buy.

It’s always interesting chatting with people, states one stallholder who specialises in garden and agricultural antiques, and realising that many have driven a long distance to browse the market.

Many combine a visit to the market with exploring local attractions such as the Castle Hill Gardens, Filleigh and the Honey Farm.

Regular traders have built up a following of people anxious to see what they might have to offer, while there is the added excitement of browsing the stands of new traders who are always welcome.

Market organiser, Michael Buckingham, who specialises in North Devon ceramics, is always happy to discuss items on his

stand, identifying the various local potteries and designers working from the 1880s to the 1930s. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find quality ceramics from this period and their value is constantly increasing”, he says. Puzzle jugs, which were sold as novelty items during this period, could not be made and sold at the prices they fetch in today’s market. The cost of hand throwing them and the losses during firing would make the cost prohibitive. Yet these jugs, some over a hundred years old, still retain the depth of glaze and quality of a new item.

It’s interesting to try to analyse current trends, although what is ‘hot’ one month seems to be out of favour the next! Constant best sellers include quality jewellery and silver and furniture, both quality antique and painted, sells well and traders are very happy to help load it or deliver. Entry and parking is free. For more information and contact details visit the website. www.pannierantiques.com

DEVON 20th century artists. Richard Glass specialises in Old Master drawings, European paintings and objets d’art. Newcomer John Hugo Fine Art from Bath joins the fair for the first time showing oils, watercolours and prints, many with local interest. A view of Bath (above) as Jane Austen would have seen it will be featured by Derek Newman Fine Art who specialises in watercolour paintings and drawings. Seen from a distance, the Abbey and outline of the

city can be seen, circa 1800, in a charming depiction. The artist is unknown, but it is clearly by a professional. This rarity is priced at £695.

Jewellery and silver is also strongly represented by specialists including Plaza, Terry Robert, Scarab, S.& A.Thompson, Elizabeth Nicolson, Carlyon Silver and Shapiro & Co with Russian and Art Nouveau pieces.

The fair is open 11am-5pm daily, admission is £5. www.cooperevents.com

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It’s quieter than usual for Hyson Fairs over July and August, but don’t forget their Honiton Textile, Costume & Decorative Items Fair on the 2nd August at the Mackarness Hall, Honiton – some of the best textile dealers in the country will be attending.

The 3rd September is the date for the next Exeter Flea Market and in the meantime there are the regular Fleas every Friday at the Jubilee Hall in Chagford. For more information you can look at Hyson Fairs’ Facebook page or visit the website www. hysonfairsltd.co.uk July-August 2016 Antiquexplorer 31

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MINSTEAD HAMPSHIRE Cameo Fairs hold a monthly event at the Village Hall in Corfe Castle, Dorset, and have just added another to their list of events – the Minstead Antique Fair in the New Forest. Their first fair, held on Sunday 19th June, was a great success according to the organiser, Christine Megran, despite being Father’s Day. It’s been established for over 20 years, previously run by Serendipity Fairs and will continue in a similar vain on the third Sunday of the month. This lovely venue has a café and room for 40 stallholders, who will no doubt continue to bring plentiful amounts of quality antiques, collectables and vintage items.

If you’re interested in becoming a stallholder, contact Christine on 07790 126967 or 01202 893942.

BATH SOMERSET Saturday 20th August is the date of the Textiles Fair at American Museum in Britain. This annual fair showcases a range of specialist textile retailers – and all in the beautiful surroundings of Claverton Manor. It’s a great event for anyone interested in sewing, embroidery, design and making.

There’s a wonderful selection of antique, contemporary and ethnic textiles and goods as well as all kinds of makers’ supplies. www.americanmuseum.org

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WADEBRIDGE CORNWALL The Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge will host the biggest two-day fair in the county over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th. Organised by AFC Fairs, and growing each year, the twiceyearly event attracts dealers from across the UK and Europe.

You never know what treasures await you over the two Exhibition Halls and hundreds of outside stands that’ll be jam-packed full of antiques, retro, Vintage and industrial salvage.

If you love a bit of taxidermy, you’ll find old glass

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cabinets, skulls and odd looking specimens in jars – we’ve also been informed that you’ll be able to buy a large Victorian mounted Boar’s head and this rather menacing Alligator’s head at the Fair and there’s always a selection of motoring related goods from old signs, cans and pumps to old cars and bikes.

Being summertime there will, of course, be a plethora of reclaimed garden antiques, plants and planters. Also, expect surprises – there’s been a Mummy in a coffin, an electric chair, dressmakers’ dummy parts and Fairground rides

at previous shows.

The Fair will also bring the Bargain Hunt team who will be filming both days throughout the fair – so go along and get yourself spotted! www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk

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New for Newton Abbot Decades of Antiques opened its door at the end of April this year and is already proving to be a popular place with both locals and tourists alike. With over 50 stands spread over two floors, it’s a great place to find both the usual and the unusual antiques and collectables, everything from a Moorcroft vase to a Formula 1 wheel.

Owners Andrea and Charles have been dealing in glass for many years and are regular exhibitors at both the National Glass Fair and Newton Abbot Racecourse Antiques Fair, but felt the town was missing out by not having an antiques centre.

After much searching for an appropriate building that offered both character and easy parking, they found a beautiful Art Deco building on the Olympus Business Park, next to the Racecourse.

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If you are interested in dealing from the centre, please pop in for a chat with Andrea or Charles. Many of the dealers will also purchase items of interest and a house clearance service is offered. www.decadesofantiques.co.uk

A centre to seek out this summer Dairy House Antiques and Interiors is a thriving antiques centre on the Dorset / Wiltshire border, close to the A303 and A350 and its location means it’s an ideal destination for an antique browsing expedition this summer.

With upwards of 32 dealers it’s home to an ever changing collection of antique and vintage items. Stock changes on an almost daily basis and ranges from both indoor and outdoor furniture, artwork, statuary, textiles, silver, jewellery, toys, lighting and just about anything else you can think of.

The centre is open seven days a week and also offers refreshments, by way of tea, coffee and cake, which you can enjoy inside or outside, depending on the weather!

Dairy House Antiques also has a select range of antiques and vintage items for sale in Fork and Flowers in nearby Shaftesbury. Make a day of it and combine a visit to the two locations. www.dairyhouseantiques.com www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk

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EVERY MONDAY Somerset Taunton Antiques Market, 25-29 Silver Street, Taunton, TA1 3DH. Tel: 01823 289327 EVERY TUESDAY Devon Antique & Collector’s Fair. Tavistock Pannier Market, Tavistock, PL19 0AL. Tel: 01822 611003 www.tavistockpanniermarket.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques & Collectors Market.

High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1QN. ANTIQUE FORUM GROUP: 01782 393660 www.antiqueforumgroup.com EVERY WEDNESDAY Leicestershire Antiques & Vintage Market.

Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HD. ANTIQUES2GO: 01327 871797 www.antiques2go.co.uk EVERY THURSDAY Devon Grand Flea Market. Town Hall, Torquay, TQ1 3DR. Tel: 01548 561419 Somerset Antiques & Collectables. Chard Guildhall, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP. Tel: 01460 239567 London Antique Market. Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, E1 6EW. leegraham@wellingtonmarkets.co.uk www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com Norfolk Antiques, Collectables, Vintage Fair. The Friends’ Meeting House, Goat Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EW. Tel: 01603 630763 EVERY FRIDAY Devon Fleamarket. The Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13 8BW. HYSON FAIRS: 01647 231459 www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk Devon Collectors Fleamarket. Totnes Civic Hall, Totnes, TQ9 5SF. Tel: 01803 526214 www.totnesfleamarket.co.uk Gloucestershire Antiques & Collectables Market. The Corn Hall, 26 Market Place, Cirencester, GL7 2NY. Tel: 01264 393225 Worcestershire Antique & Collectors Fair. All Saints Church Hall, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, B60 1AF. WAVERLEY FAIRS: 0121 550 4123 Northamptonshire Flea Market. The Town Hall, 86 Watling Street, Towcester, NN12 6BS. ANTIQUES2GO: 01327 871797 www.antiques2go.co.uk FRIDAY 1st JULY Somerset International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk East Sussex Antiques Fair. Firle Place Riding School, West Firle, Nr Lewes, BN8 6LP. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www.penman-fairs.co.uk London Art & Antiques Fair. Olympia, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, W14 8UX. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.olympia-art-antiques.com London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com Lincolnshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, PE10 0LZ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com SATURDAY 2nd JULY Somerset International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk 34 July-August 2016 Antiquexplorer

WEDNESDAY 6th JULY London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com

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FRIDAY 8th JULY Surrey Antiques Fair. Cranleigh School, Horseshoe Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8QQ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk

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Fairs Calendar East Sussex Antiques Fair. Firle Place Riding School, West Firle, Nr Lewes, BN8 6LP. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www.penman-fairs.co.uk London Art & Antiques Fair. Olympia, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, W14 8UX. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.olympia-art-antiques.com London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com Lincolnshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, PE10 0LZ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair, Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2QL. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 3rd JULY Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair.

Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EE. CAMEO FAIRS: 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk Somerset International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk East Sussex Antiques Fair. Firle Place Riding School, West Firle, Nr Lewes, BN8 6LP. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www.penman-fairs.co.uk

London Art & Antiques Fair. Olympia, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, W14 8UX. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.olympia-art-antiques.com London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Lincolnshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, PE10 0LZ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair.

Meadowbank Stadium, London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk MONDAY 4th JULY London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com TUESDAY 5th JULY London Antiques Fair. Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 4SR. Tel: 020 7499 7470 www.masterpiecefair.com Surrey Antique, Home & Vintage Show.

Epsom Racecourse, Epsom Downs, KT18 5LQ. CONTINUITY FAIRS: 01584 873634 www.continuityfairs.co.uk

SATURDAY 9th JULY Devon Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Matford Centre, Exeter, EX2 8FD. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com Surrey Antiques Fair. Cranleigh School, Horseshoe Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8QQ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk West Midlands Vintage & Antiques Fair.

Cranmore Park Exhibition Centre, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info SUNDAY 10th JULY Surrey Antiques Fair. Cranleigh School, Horseshoe Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8QQ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Edgeley Park Stadium, Hardcastle Road, Stockport, SK3 9DD. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk West Midlands Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Coventry Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3F2.

Tel: 07939 445024 www.gjfairs.com Greater Manchester Vintage Fair. Stockport Covered Market Hall, Stockport, SK1 1ES. Tel: 0788 429 6994 www.thevintagevillage.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

The Leisure Centre, Enville Road, Kinver, DY7 6AA. ROMAN FAIRS: 07771 725302 www.romanfairs.co.uk Leicestershire Vintage & Collectors Fair.

Fullhurst, Imperial Avenue, Leicester LE3 1AH. GUILDHALL FAIRS: 01766 831800 www.guildhallantiquefairs.co.uk South Yorkshire Antiques & Collectables Fair.

Building 21, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road, nr Barnsley, S74 8HJ. NEWCOMEN FAIRS: 01226 744425 www.newcomenfairs.co.uk TUESDAY 12th JULY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunburyon-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com Northumberland Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham, NE46 3PD. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Derbyshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Matlock Rugby Club, Cromford, Matlock, DE4 3NU. BLUE SKY FAIRS: 07973 481 578 www.blueskyantiquesfairs.com WEDNESDAY 13th JULY London Vintage Fair. Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, E14 4QS. POP UP VINTAGE FAIRS: 07716 295998 www.popupvintagefairs.co.uk/canary-wharf

Grade ll listed Firle Place Riding School near Lewes in East Sussex hosts a three-day antiques fair from Friday 1st July

FRIDAY 15th JULY Surrey Decorative Home & Salvage Show.

Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS.

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18th century Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire has an antiques fair on 17th July ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com SATURDAY 16th JULY Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair.

The Town Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminster, DT8 3EF. MEADOW FAIRS: 01297 24446 Surrey Decorative Home & Salvage Show.

Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair.

St Georges Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JJ. ASBRIDGE PROMOTIONS: 07932 844130 www.carbootle.co.uk Norfolk Antique & Collectors Fair. Norfolk Showground, NR5 0TT. AZTEC EVENTS: 01702 549623 www.aztecevents.co.uk North Yorkshire Vintage Fair. Whitby Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby, YO21 3EN. www.roseandbrownvintage.co.uk SUNDAY 17th JULY Devon Antiques, Collectables, Vintage Fair. The Pannier Market, The Square, South Molton, EX36 3AB. Tel: 07973 803740 www.pannierantiques.com Devon Flea Market. Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, Tavistock, PL19 0AU. Tel: 01822 617232 www.tavistocktownhall.co.uk Somerset Giant Flea & Collectors Market.

Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN. Tel. 01278 784912 www.sheptonflea.com Surrey Decorative Home & Salvage Show.

Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com London Antiques Fair. Lindley Hall at The Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, SW1 2PE. ADAMS ANTIQUE FAIRS: 020 7254 4054 www.adamsantiquesfairs.com Cheshire Antique & Collectors Fair.

Capesthorne Hall, Congleton Road, Siddington, Macclesfield, SK11 9JY. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Cheshire County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, Upton, (On A41), Chester, CH2 1PR. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Norfolk Antique & Collectors Fair. Norfolk Showground, NR5 0TT. AZTEC EVENTS: 01702 549623 www.aztecevents.co.uk Tyne & Wear Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Gateshead Stadium, Gateshead, NE10 0EF. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net West Yorkshire Vintage & Antique Fair.

National Coal Mining Museum, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH. Tel: 07515 507801 www.foxandmoon.co.uk

TUESDAY 19th JULY West Sussex International Antique & Collectors Fair. The Showground, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TL. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk WEDNESDAY 20th JULY West Sussex International Antique & Collectors Fair. The Showground, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TL. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk THURSDAY 21st JULY West Midlands Antiques Fair. Halls 18 & 19, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Civic Hall, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5DG. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com FRIDAY 22nd JULY West Midlands Antiques Fair. Halls 18 & 19, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk SATURDAY 23rd JULY Devon Antiques Fair. RHS Garden, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, EX38 8PH. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com West Sussex Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Fontwell Park Racecourse, Fontwell, BN18 0SX. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com West Midlands Antiques Fair. Halls 18 & 19, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk Warwickshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, CV35 0BJ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com SUNDAY 24th JULY Devon Antiques Fair. RHS Garden, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, EX38 8PH. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com West Sussex Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Fontwell Park Racecourse, Fontwell Avenue, Fontwell, BN18 0SX. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7RA. HALLMARK FAIRS: 01702 613260 www.hallmarkfairs.com West Midlands Antiques Fair. Halls 18 & 19, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. CLARION EVENTS: 020 7384 7700 www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk

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Corfe Castle Village Hall East Street Corfe Castle Dorset BH20 5EE

3rd July 7th August 4th September 2nd October 6th November 4th December

Every First Sunday of the Month 9.30am - 4pm

Enquiries Christine 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk

Cameo Fairs Antiques, Vintage & Collectables

Minstead Fair Village Hall Minstead Hampshire SO43 7FX

19th June 17th July 21st August 18th September 16th October 20th November

Every Third Sunday of the Month 9.30am - 4pm

Enquiries Christine 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk

Fairs Calendar West Midlands Antique & Collectors Fair.

The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, B92 0EJ. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Warwickshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, CV35 0BJ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair.

The Dunes Leisure Centre, The Esplanade, Southport, PR8 1RX. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com North Yorkshire Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Rainbow Leisure Centre, Coulby Newham, TS8 OTJ. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair.

Bellahouston Leisure Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk MONDAY 25th JULY Derbyshire Antiques Market. Donington Park, Castle Donington, DE74 2RP. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com TUESDAY 26th JULY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunburyon-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com Northumberland Antiques Fair. Vallum Farm, East Wallhouses, Newcastle, NE18 0LL. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net WEDNESDAY 27th JULY Berkshire Brocante & Salvage Fair. Royal Windsor Racecourse, SL4 5EZ. BENTLEYS FAIRS: 01424 218803 www.bentleysfairs.co.uk FRIDAY 29th JULY Berkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Newbury Showground, Priors Court, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9QZ. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk SATURDAY 30th JULY Berkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Newbury Showground, Priors Court, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9QZ. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk Oxfordshire Antiques Fair. Burford School, Cheltenham Road, Burford, OX18 4PL. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www.penman-fairs.co.uk Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Suffolk Showground, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP3 8UH. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Staffordshire Antique & Collectors Fair.

Uttoxeter Racecourse, Wood Lane, Uttoxeter, ST14 8BD. ANTIQUE FORUM GROUP: 01782 393 660 www.antiqueforumgroup.com Cheshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Northgate Arena, Victoria Road, Chester, CH2 2AU. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Wales Antiques & Collectables Fair.

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Denbighshire, LL20 8SW. Tel: 01490 450338 Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Citadel Leisure Centre, South Harbour Street, Ayr, KA7 1JB. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 31st JULY Cornwall Antique & Collectors Fair.

Millennium House, Pensilva, Nr Liskeard, PL14 5NF. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk Hertfordshire Antique & Collectors Fair.

Berkhamsted Sports Centre, Lagley Meadow, Douglas Gardens, Berkhamsted, HP4 3QQ. MARCEL FAIRS: 07887 648 255 www.marcelfairs.co.uk Oxfordshire Antiques Fair. Burford School, Cheltenham Road, Burford, OX18 4PL. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www.penman-fairs.co.uk Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Suffolk Showground, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP3 8UH. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Staffordshire Antique & Collectors Fair.

Uttoxeter Racecourse, Wood Lane, Uttoxeter, ST14 8BD. ANTIQUE FORUM GROUP: 01782 393 660 www.antiqueforumgroup.com North Yorkshire Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Richmond 6th Form College, Richmond, DL10 7BQ. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Wales Antiques & Flea Market. The United Counties Showground, Llysonnen Road, Carmarthen, Dyfed, SA33 5DR. TOWY EVENTS: 01267 236569 www.towyevents.co.uk Wales Antiques & Collectables Fair.

Llangollen Pavilion, Abbey Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 8SW. Tel: 01490 450338 TUESDAY 2nd AUGUST Devon Textiles, Costume & Decorative Items Fair. Mackarness Hall, Honiton, EX14 1PG. HYSON FAIRS: 01647 231459 www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk Surrey Antique, Home & Vintage Show.

Epsom Racecourse, Epsom Downs, KT18 5LQ. CONTINUITY FAIRS: 01584 873634 www.continuityfairs.co.uk Surrey Antiques & Collectors Market.

Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, KT10 9AJ. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk FRIDAY 5th AUGUST Cheshire Home & Salvage Show. Cheshire Showground, WA16 0JE. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Lancashire Antiques Fair. Stonyhurst College, Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SATURDAY 6th AUGUST Devon Antiques & Collectables Fair. Newton Abbott Racecourse, Newton Road, TQ12 3AF. Tel. 01626 353235 www.newtonabbotracing.com Cheshire Home & Salvage Show. Cheshire Showground, WA16 0JE. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Lancashire Antiques Fair. Stonyhurst College,

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TUESDAY 9th AUGUST Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunburyon-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com Northumberland Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham, NE46 3PD. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Derbyshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Matlock Rugby Club, Cromford, Matlock, DE4 3NU. BLUE SKY FAIRS: 07973 481 578 www.blueskyantiquesfairs.com

Plenty to choose from every second and last Tuesday every month at Kempton Park Racecourse in Greater London Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk West Yorkshire Antiques Fair. Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, LS22 5EJ. JAGUAR FAIRS: 01332 830444 www.jaguarfairs.com Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair, Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2QL. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 7th AUGUST Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair.

Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EE. CAMEO FAIRS: 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk Surrey Antiques, Collectables & Vintage Fair. Lingfield Park Resort, Racecourse Road, Lingfield, RH7 6PQ. Tel: 01293 690 777 www.lovefairs.com West Sussex Antique & Collectors Fair. The Grange Centre, Bepton Road, Midhurst, GU29 9HD. EMMOTT PROMOTIONS: 01243 788596 www.emmottpromotions.co.uk Cheshire Home & Salvage Show. Cheshire Showground, WA16 0JE. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Lincolnshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Petwood Hotel, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Lancashire Antiques Fair. Stonyhurst College, Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk West Yorkshire Antiques Fair. Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, LS22 5EJ. JAGUAR FAIRS: 01332 830444 www.jaguarfairs.com Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair.

Meadowbank Stadium, London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 10th AUGUST London Vintage Fair. Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, E14 4QS. POP UP VINTAGE FAIRS: 07716 295998 www.popupvintagefairs.co.uk/canary-wharf

3rd Sund of every m ay onth 10am - 4pm

17th July • 21st August Enquiries: 01822 617232 www.tavistocktownhall.co.uk

TAVISTOCK PANNIER MARKET

Antiques & Collector’s Fair Every Tuesday Aladdin’s Cave 1st Saturday of every month. 9am - 4pm Enquiries: 01822 611003

FRIDAY 12th AUGUST Gloucestershire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. Westonbirt School, Tetbury, GL8 8QG. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com SATURDAY 13th AUGUST Devon Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Matford Centre, Exeter, EX2 8FD. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com Kent Antiques & Collectors Fair. Folkestone Racecourse, Stone Street, Westenhanger, Near Hythe, CT21 4HX. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Gloucestershire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. Westonbirt School, Tetbury, GL8 8QG. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com Leicestershire Antique, Vintage & Collector’s Fair. Rutland County Showground, Barleythorpe, Oakham, LE15 6US. Tel: 01766 831800 www.guildhallantiquefairs.co.uk Scotland Antique Collectors Table Top Flea Market. BUAS, Springwood Park, Kelso, TD5 8LS. Tel: 01573 228583 www.buas.org SUNDAY 14th AUGUST Kent Antiques & Collectors Fair. Folkestone Racecourse, Stone Street, Westenhanger, Near Hythe, CT21 4HX. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Gloucestershire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. Westonbirt School, Tetbury, GL8 8QG. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com Greater Manchester Vintage Fair. Stockport Covered Market Hall, Stockport, SK1 1ES. Tel: 0788 429 6994 www.thevintagevillage.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Leisure Centre, Enville Road, Kinver, DY7 6AA. ROMAN FAIRS: 07771 725302 www.romanfairs.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com Lancashire Antique & Collectors Fair.

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Fairs Calendar Technology and Performing Arts College, Worsley Road, Lytham-St-Annes, FY8 4DG. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Nottinghamshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Magnus Sports Hall, Bowbridge Road, Newark, NG24 4AB. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Leicestershire Antique, Vintage & Collector’s Fair. Rutland County Showground, Barleythorpe, Oakham, LE15 6US. Tel: 01766 831800 www.guildhallantiquefairs.co.uk Cumbria Antiques & Vintage Fair. Rheged Centre, Penrith, CA11 0DQ. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net South Yorkshie Antiques & Collectables Fair.

Building 21, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road, nr Barnsley, S74 8HJ. NEWCOMEN FAIRS: 01226 744425 www.newcomenfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique Collectors Table Top Flea Market. BUAS, Springwood Park, Kelso, TD5 8LS. Tel: 01573 228583 www.buas.org MONDAY 15th AUGUST Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show.

Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com TUESDAY 16th AUGUST Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show.

Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA.

ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com THURSDAY 18th AUGUST Nottinghamshire International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Newark & Notts Showground, Newark, NG24 2NY. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk FRIDAY 19th AUGUST Nottinghamshire International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Newark & Notts Showground, Newark, NG24 2NY. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk SATURDAY 20th AUGUST Somerset Textiles Fair. American Museum In Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath, BA2 7BD. Tel: 01225 460 503 www.americanmuseum.org Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 21st AUGUST Cornwall Antique & Collectors Fair.

Millennium House, Pensilva, Nr Liskeard, PL14 5NF. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Devon Antiques, Collectables, Vintage Fair. The Pannier Market, The Square, South Molton, EX36 3AB. Tel: 07973 803740 www.pannierantiques.com Devon Flea Market. Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, Tavistock, PL19 0AU. Tel: 01822 617232

Devon County Antiques & Collectors Fairs THE MATFORD CENTRE, EXETER EX2 8FD

The largest SATURDAY-only fair in the country, with up to 230 inside stands plus outside & under cover outside pitches available.

9th July/13th August 9am - 4.30pm Children under 16 FREE

RHS GARDENS ROSEMOOR, GREAT TORRINGTON EX38 8PH Saturday & Sunday 23rd & 24th July DCAF, Cleavehurst, Duckspond Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0NL Tel 01363 776600. Email info@antiques-fairs.com

www.tavistocktownhall.co.uk Shropshire Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Shrewsbury Sports Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 4RQ. ROMAN FAIRS: 07771 725302 www.romanfairs.co.uk Northumberland Antiques & Vintage Fair.

Willowburn Leisure Centre, Alnwick, NE66 2JH. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Leigh Sports Village, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 4JY. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair.

Bellahouston Leisure Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk TUESDAY 23rd AUGUST Northumberland Antiques Fair. Vallum Farm, East Wallhouses, Newcastle, NE18 0LL. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net FRIDAY 26th AUGUST Suffolk Antiques Fair. St Felix School, Southwold, IP18 6SD. LOMAX FAIRS: 01379 586134 www.lomaxfairs.com SATURDAY 27th AUGUST Cornwall Antiques, Vintage, Decorative Fair.

Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Berkshire Decorative Antiques, Vintage & Salvage Fair. Beale Park, Nr Reading, RG8 9NW. BENTLEYS FAIRS: 01424 218803 www.bentleysfairs.co.uk Suffolk Antiques Fair. St Felix School, Southwold, IP18 6SD. LOMAX FAIRS: 01379 586134 www.lomaxfairs.com Nottinghamshire Antiques Fair. Southwell Racecourse, Station Road, Rolleston, NG25 0TS. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Wales Vintage & Retro Fair. Queen Elizabeth High School, Llanstephan Road, Johnstown, Carmarthen, SA31 3NLG. DERWEN FAIRS: 01267 220260 www.derwenantiques.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Citadel Leisure Centre, South Harbour Street, Ayr, KA7 1JB. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 28th AUGUST Cornwall Antiques, Vintage, Decorative Fair.

Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk Berkshire Decorative Antiques, Vintage & Salvage Fair. Beale Park, Nr Reading, RG8 9NW. BENTLEYS FAIRS: 01424 218803 www.bentleysfairs.co.uk Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, CM15 9NN.

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GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Suffolk Antiques Fair. St Felix School, Southwold, IP18 6SD. LOMAX FAIRS: 01379 586134 www.lomaxfairs.com Nottinghamshire Antiques Fair. Southwell Racecourse, Station Road, Rolleston, NG25 0TS. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Yorkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Grandstand, Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 29th AUGUST Dorset Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Allendale Community Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster, BH21 1AS. GRANDMA’S ATTIC FAIRS: 01590 677687 www.grandmasatticfairs.co.uk Surrey 20th Century & Art Deco Fair. Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking, GU22 9BA. TAKE FIVE FAIRS: 020 8894 0218 www.antiquefairs.co.uk Berkshire Decorative Antiques, Vintage & Salvage Fair. Beale Park, Nr Reading, RG8 9NW. BENTLEYS FAIRS: 01424 218803 www.bentleysfairs.co.uk Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, CM15 9NN. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Worcestershire Flea Fair. Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info Cheshire Antiques & Collectables Fair.

Wilmslow Leisure Centre, Wilmslow, SK9 1BU. PROSPECT PROMOTIONS: 01625 574649 www.prospectpromotions.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Civic Hall, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5DG. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Nottinghamshire Antiques Fair. Southwell Racecourse, Station Road, Rolleston, NG25 0TS. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Yorkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Grandstand, Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk County Durham Antiques & Vintage Fair.

New College Durham, Durham, DH1 5ES. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net TUESDAY 30th AUGUST Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunburyon-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com WEDNESDAY 31st AUGUST Berkshire Brocante & Salvage Fair. Royal Windsor Racecourse, SL4 5EZ. BENTLEYS FAIRS: 01424 218803 www.bentleysfairs.co.uk You can list your fair here and online at www. antiquexplorer.com for just £165 (plus VAT) per year. For advertisers this service is free of charge. For current advertisement rates email info@antiquexplorer.com or call 01935 814995.

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TEXTILE, DECORATIVE ITEMS & COSTUME FAIR

Mackarness Hall, Honiton, EX14 1PG

Tuesday 2nd August 7.30am to 3pm • Admission Free

FRIDAY FLEA MARKET Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13 8DP 7.30am to 1pm • Admission Free

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EXETER FLEA MARKET Exeter Livestock Centre, Matford, EX2 8FD

Saturday 3rd September 7.30am to 2pm • Admission £2

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