Fairs & Auctions

Diaries at the ready, Rosanna Morris has picked out the nest fairs and auctions around the UK in October. Plus, an expert’s guide to buying vintage fashion

FAIR DATES North & Scotland

4th-7th The Northern Antiques

Fair, Hall M, Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA. Opening times vary. £7.50. 01797 252030; northernfair.com 6th-7th The International Yorkshire Antique Home and Vintage Fair, Yorkshire Event Centre, The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8QZ. 10am-5pm. £7. 07703 558600; continuityfairs.co.uk 6th-7th The Great Wetherby Racecourse Antiques and Collectors Fair, Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 5EJ. 8am-5pm Saturday, 9am-4pm Sunday. £4 (£5 before 9am Saturday). 01332 830444; jaguarfairs.com 7th Vintage Home Show Leeds, Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawson’s Corner, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 5TA. 10.30am-4pm. £2.50 (£4 before 11am). 07880 910361; vintagehomeshow.co.uk 8th-9th Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show, Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln, LN2 2NA. 8am-5pm. £15 Monday, £5 Tuesday. 01298 27493; asfairs.com 21st Vintage Home Show Manchester, Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0FE. 10.30am-4pm. £3 (£5 before 11am). 07880 910361; vintagehomeshow.co.uk

28th The Modern Vintage

Wedding Extravaganza, Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0FE. 11am-3.30pm. £5 (£4 advance). 07817 855287; magpiewedding.com

West & Wales

6th Collectors Market Lostwithiel Car Park, Market, Lostwithiel, Antiques Scout Hut, Cornwall, & Cattle PL22 01503 0HE.10am-1pm. 240768 By donation. 6th-7th and Textiles The West Weekend, Country Lydeard Fabric St Lawrence Village Hall, nr Taunton, TA4 3SE. 10am-3pm. Free. thewasherwoman.blogspot.com

6th-7th Antiques Fair, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG. 10am-4.30pm. £5. 01267 220260; derwenantiques.co.uk 7th The Frome Independent – More Than a Market, Frome town centre, Somerset, BA11. 10am-3pm. Free. thefromeindependent.org.uk 7th Liberty Green Antiques & Collectables Fair, Beaufort Park Hotel, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 6RQ. 9am-3.30pm. £1. 07572 109520; libertygreenantiques.co.uk 13th-14th Cornwall’s Midcentury

& Vintage Fair, Bedruthan Hotel & Spa, Trenance, Mawgan Porth, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4BU. 10am-4pm. £1.50. bedruthan.com 14th The Giant Shepton Flea Market, Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN. 9.30am-4pm. £4.50. 01278 784912; sheptonflea.com 19th-21st Bruton Decorative Antiques Fair, Haynes

International, Sparkford, Somerset, BA22 7LH. 2pm-5pm Friday, 11am-5pm Saturday & Sunday. £5. 01278 784912; brutondecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk 20th-21st Antiques & Collectors Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8PH. 10am-5pm. £12.10 (RHS members free). 01363 776600; antiques-fairs.com 20th-21st The Anglesey Fair, Mona Showground, Gwalchmai, Holyhead, LL65 4RW. 8.30am-5pm Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday. £5 (£10 before 10am Saturday). 01584 873634; continuityfairs.co.uk 21st Carmarthen Antiques and Flea Market, United Counties Showground, Nantyci, Carmarthen, SA33 5DR. 10am-4pm. £4.50. 01267 236569; towyevents.co.uk 27th The Vintage Bazaar, The Cheese & Grain, Frome, BA11 1BE. 9am-3pm. £2. thevintagebazaar.blogspot.com 28th Bath Vintage & Antiques Market, Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. 8am-4pm. Free. 07711 900095; vintageandantiques.co.uk

East

6th & Vintage Halesworth Market, Brocante The Old Antique Print Works, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8AP. 9am-3pm. Free. 01986 948546 7th The City Antiques & Fleamarket, St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich, NR3 1AU. 9am-4.30pm. £2. 07867 521184; thecityantiquesfairandfleamarket.co.uk 14th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, Herts, WD3 6AS. 9.30am-4pm. £1. 07887 648255; marcelfairs.co.uk 14th Museum of Power Antique

& Vintage Fair, Langford Museum of Power, Steam Pumping Station, Hatfield Road, Langford, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QA. 10.30am-4pm. £3. 07519 276507; haddonevents.co.uk 19th-21st Holkham Hall Antiques Fair, Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk. NR23 1AB. 11am-4.30pm. £5. 01379 586134; lomaxfairs.com 20th Stable Yard Antiques & Collectables Market, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5HX. 10am-5pm. Free. 07751 296625;

hatfield-house.co.uk 21st Dunston Hall Antiques Fair, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR14 8PQ. 10.30am-4pm. £3. 01702 870018; eafairs.com 27th-28th Long Melford Antique

and Vintage Fair, The Old School, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DX. 9.30am-4pm. £1. 01449 740601; facebook.com/longmelfordfairs

Central

7th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Bantock House Museum, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ. 10am-3.30pm. £1.50. 07976 643174; bantockhouse.co.uk 11th-12th Newark International

Antiques & Collectors Fair, Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. 9am-6pm Thursday, 8am-4pm Friday. £20 Thursday, £5 Friday. 01636 702326; iacf.co.uk 13th-14th Antiques in Tents, Burton Court, Eardisland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9DN. 9am-4pm Saturday, 10am-3.30pm Sunday. £4. 07974 356128; antiquesintents.co.uk 14th Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair, The Severn Hall, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs, WR13 6NW. 7.30am-3.30pm. £5. 01636 676531; b2bevents.info 15th Stoneleigh Antiques Market,

Stoneleigh Warwickshire, Park, CV8 Kenilworth, 2LG. 9am-1pm. £2.50. 01298 27493; asfairs.com 19th-21st Bingley Hall Antiques Fair, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford, ST18 0BD. Opening times vary. £10 Friday before 12pm, £5 Friday from 12pm, Saturday & Sunday. 01636 702326; iacf.co.uk 27th The Reclaimed Home Fair, Town Hall, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 0X7 5NJ. 10am-4pm. £1. facebook.com/thereclaimedhomefair 27th-28th Antique, Collectors & Vintage Fair, Nottingham Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Nottingham, NG2 4BE. 8am-5pm Saturday, 9am-4pm Sunday. £3 (£4 before 9am Saturday). 01332 830444; jaguarfairs.com 29th Runway Monday at Newark Antiques and Collectors

Fair, adjacent to the Newark Air Museum and The Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Runway Newark, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. 8am-5pm. £10 (8am-10am), £5 (10am onwards). 01636 702326; iacf.co.uk

South

2nd Sandown Antiques Market, Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ. 7am-1pm. Free. 01932 230946; sunburyantiques.com 2nd-7th The Decorative

Antiques Evolution, SW11 020 6th Vintage 7616 4NJ. Battersea & 9327; Opening Textiles & Very decorativefair.com Park, times Fair, Nice London, vary. Battersea Market £10. Bazaar, North 1LQ. vintageandverynice.co.uk 10am-4pm. Street, The Chichester, Assembly Free. Rooms, PO19 6th St Paul’s Antiques Church & Hall, Collectors The Ridgeway, Fair, London, 07887 648255; NW7 1QU. marcelfairs.co.uk 9am-4pm. £1. 6th-7th Vintage Decorative Fair, Nash Street, Salvage Lower & Dicker, BN27 4AA. Golden 9am-4pm. Cross, nr £3. Eastbourne, 07828 772475; 7th Art Deco, bentleysfairs.co.uk Post-War Design Fair, The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9NS. 10am-3pm. £3. 07812 510298; abbeyfairs.co.uk 7th Corfe Castle Antiques & Vintage Fair, Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5EE. 9.30am-4pm. £1. cameofairs.co.uk 7th Lingfield Antiques, Collectables and Vintage Fair, Lingfield Park Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6PQ. 9.30am-4pm. £3 (£5 before 10.30am). 01293 690777; lovefairs.com 9th & 30th Sunbury Antiques Market, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5AQ. 6.30am-2pm. Free. 01932 230946; sunburyantiques.com 13th London Antique & Vintage Textile Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Rd, London, SW3 5EE. 10.30am -4.30pm. £6. textilesociety.org.uk

14th Midcentury East, Goldfinger’s Haggerston School, London, E2 8LS. 10am-4pm. £10 (£9 e-ticket, £10 for two after 2pm online). modernshows.com 14th Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair, Freemasons Hall, 60 Great Queen St, London, WC2B 5AZ. 11am-5.30pm. £5. clerkenwellvintagefashionfair.co.uk 15th-16th The Little Chelsea Antiques Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road, London, SW3 5EE. 3pm-8pm Monday, 11am-6pm Tuesday. £5. 020 7430 1254; littlechelseafair.co.uk 20th Mainwaring’s Seaside Brocante, St Mary’s Hall, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1DD. 10am-4pm. £1. 01227 773037

20th & Vintage Antiques, Fair, Collectables Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ. 9am-4pm. Free. 01825 760734; bridgecottageuckfield.co.uk 21st Minstead Antique Fair, Village Hall, Minstead, New Forest, SO43 7FX. 9.30am-4pm. £1. cameofairs.co.uk 21st Dorking Halls Antiques Fair, Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SG. 9.30am-4pm. £2.50. 07952 689717; dovehousefineantiquesfairs.com 21st Brighton Antiques, Collectables & Vintage Fair, Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9XZ. 9.30am-4pm. £2.50 (£4 before 10.30am). 01293 690777; lovefairs.com 23rd Epsom Racecourse Antiques & Collectables Fair, Epsom Racecourse, Epsom Downs, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5LQ. 9am-3pm. £3. 01584 873634; continuityfairs.co.uk 27th Antique, Vintage & Collectables Fair, Hayes Free Church, 111 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Kent, BR2 7HU. 10am-3pm. £1. 020 8776 0108 28th Purbeck Antiques and Vintage Fair, Furzebrook Hall, Furzebrook, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5AR. 10am-4pm. £1. 01929 761398; purbeckantiquesfairs.co.uk 28th London Vintage Fashion, Textiles & Accessories Fair, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, London, W6 9JU. 10am-4.30pm. £5. 020 8543 3028; pa-antiques.co.uk 29th-4th November Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, W14 8UX. Opening times vary. £20 (£15 advance, £35 previews). olympia-antiques.com

AUCTIONS

2nd Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs, Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RR. 0131 557 8844; lyonandturnbull.com 2nd & 23rd Antiques and

Interiors Sale, Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood, St Edmund’s Court, Okehampton Street, Exeter, Devon,

EX4 1DU. 01392 413100; bhandl.co.uk

4th Fine Art & Antiques, Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Cirencester, GL7 5UQ. 01285 860006; dominicwinter.co.uk 4th The Italian Sale, Christie’s, 8 King Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6QT. 020 7839 9060; christies.com 5th Natural History & Taxidermy, Tennants, The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. 01969 623780; tennants.co.uk 8th Antique & Vintage Fashion & Textiles, Kerry Taylor Auctions, 249-253 Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, SE1 4PR. 020 8676 4600; kerrytaylorauctions.com 9th Modern Art & Design, Studio Ceramics, Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park, Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL4 8EU. 01452 344499; chorleys.com 9th-10th 20th Century Decorative Art and Design, Sworders, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE. 01279 817778; sworder.co.uk 11th-12th Two-Day Sale of Studio Ceramics and Modern Design, Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, Withyfold Drive, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2BD. 01625 431788; adampartridge.co.uk 12th Pictures, Furniture, Clocks & Rugs, Lawrences, The Linen Yard, South St, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB. 01460 73041; lawrences.co.uk 16th Modern & Contemporary African Art, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA. 020 7293 5000; sothebys.com 16th English and European Ceramics and Glass, Woolley & Wallis, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. 01722 424500 woolleyandwallis.co.uk 17th The Marine Sale, Bonhams, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1HH. 020 7393 3900; bonhams.com 17th Oak and Country House Sale, Bamfords, The Derby Auction House, Chequers Road, Derby, DE21 6EN. 01332 210000; bamfords-auctions.co.uk 18th Interiors Sale, Cheffins, Clifton House, 1-2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA. 01223 213343; cheffins.co.uk 20th Fieldings, Decades Mill Race of Lane, Design, Stourbridge, DY8 fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk 1JN. 01384 444 140; 22nd Islamic & Indian Art, Roseberys, 70/76 Knights Hill, London, SE27 0JD. 020 8761 2522; roseberys.co.uk 24th Decorative Art Auction, Hansons, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6LS. 01283 733988; hansonsauctioneers.co.uk 31st Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860, Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RR. 0131 557 8844; lyonandturnbull.com 31st Interiors, Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE. 01635 553553; dreweatts.com