BREAKING
NEWS
• TRING VILLAGE AUCTIONS now have two monthly auctions at Suite 15, Ye Old Silk Mill, Brook Street, Tring, Herts HP23 5EF. Please call 01442 891 999 for details or visit: www.tringvillageauctions.co.uk
• A new London glass fair, REFLECT 2008 organised by Oxbridge Fairs, takes place at Glaziers Hall, London Bridge on 8th JUNE. Visit: www.reflectlondon.com
• BAINBRIDGE'S the Auctioneers NEXT Sale of Antiques, Collectables and General Effects is Thursday 12th JUNE. The sale after that is on Thursday 17th JULY 2008. BOTH SALES HAVE BEEN MOVED ON BY ONE WEEK (they were previously advertised as 5th June & 10th July). The Auction Rooms, Ickenham Road, WEST RUISLIP, Middx. For full details please visit Bainbridges_homepage.html or call Bainbridges on (01895) 621991 or email: p-bainbridge@btconnect.com
• PENNYFARTHING FAIRS have unfortunately had to cancel their planned JUNE 2008 fair because of the Potters Bar Carnival taking place on the same weekend. After the Summer break, fairs start-up again on 14th September 2008. News just in... Because of the 'Panto Season' the December PennyFarthing fair has also had to be cancelled. Call Shaun on 01438 813 060 for full details.
• MIDAS QUALITY ANTIQUE FAIRS (Established 31 years) hold regular monthly Quality Antiques Fairs at The Bellhouse Hotel, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Visit their website for more details and a FREE AMMITTANCE FOR TWO VOUCHER... Next fair: Sunday 8th JUNE 2008, 10am-4pm (trade 9.30am). Website: http://www.midas-antique-fairs.co.uk
• LORRAINE SPOONER ANTIQUES, 221 Watling Street West, Towcester, Northants, have a SUMMER OPEN WEEKEND with hundreds of new stock items on display. Perfect and unique presents for all occasions. For all enquiries please 'phone 01327 358777 or visit their website: http://www.lsantiques.com
• WONDER WHISTLE ENTERPRISES Antique Fairs at Sandown Park now have earlier times and reduced admission. Early Entrance at 11am: £5. General Admission 12 to 4pm: £3. WWE Enquiries: (020) 7249 4050. Remaining 2008 Tuesday dates: 17th JUNE, 16th SEPTEMBER & 4th NOVEMBER 2008. Visit their website: http://www.ww-antique-fairs.demon.co.uk/
• SOUTHAMPTON WATCH & CLOCK FAIRS are now to be held at a new venue: Novotel Hotel, 1 West Quay Road, Southampton. Next fair: 13th JULY 2008. For all enquiries please call Denise on: 07931 652 968.
• RUISLIP MANOR AUCTIONS are starting monthly catalogued sales of Antiques & Collectables at Ruislip Manor Football Club, Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip, Middx. Their first auction is on 13th July. All enquiries: 07905 632 976.
• ATOMIC EVENTS are presenting The Retro and Vintage Fair Vintage Vogue¹ at Brentwood School Sports Centre, Brentwood, Essex. The first event with up to 60 specialist stallholders is on 27th JULY 2008. Tel: 01702 332 544.
• A new event organised by OXBRIDGE FAIRS is The International Festival of Glass held at Crystal Leisure Centre, Stourbridge, West Midlands on 24th August 2008. For all enquiries please call 07887 762 872.
• ANTIQUES-2-GO are presenting their second Lamport Hall Antiques & Collectors Fair on Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday 24th-25th August 2008. For all enquiries please call 01327 871 797.
• COOPER EVENTS have organised a new 3-day Antiques & Fine Art Fair at Fawley Court, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on 26th-28th September. For all enquiries please call 01278 784 912 or visit: www.cooperevents.com
• LEO ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES of Olney, North Bucks, now have a specialist period Glass Dealer on the premises. New opening times: Leo Antiques is open 6 days a week Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm and Sundays and Bank Holidays from 11am to 4pm. Visit: www.leoantiques.co.uk
• DATCHET AUCTION is under new management with Peter Slade of West Drayton Auctions taking charge with commission rates at £1 per lot! It's held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month. Tel: Peter on 07747 713 502 for more information.
• ABBEY FAIRS have cancelled all previously planned dates at Battersea Town Hall. To replace the fair they have organised the London Art Deco, Nouveau & 20th Century Fair at THE 20th CENTURY THEATRE at 291 Westboune Grove (off Portobello Road) Notting Hill. London W11 2QA. Dates for 2008 at this venue: Sundays 28th September with November T.B.C. No disabled access at this venue. For more details visit: www.abbeyfairs.com or Tel: 07812 510 298.
• THE NEXT Dunstable Round Table charity Antiques & Collectors Fair is on Bank Holiday Monday 25th AUGUST 2008 at Dunstable Leisure Centre. TRADE NOTICE: STANDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THIS POPULAR BANK HOLIDAY EVENT – Tel: 01282 872 673 for more information or see the latest Collectors Companion.
• NELSON FAIRS have had great success with their Antiques, Art Deco & 20th Century Fair at Alexandra Palace. The second of three dates planned this year is on Sunday 7th SEPTEMBER 2008. Visit: www.nelsonfairs.co.uk
• HARROW AUCTIONS: Catalogued sales are held EVERY TUESDAY, view from 4.30pm with the Auction starting at 6.30pm. All Enq: Call Steve on 0800 1444 226 (freephone) or 07980 802631 (sale days). Their next Saturday 'No Reserve' Auction is on: 31st MAY 2008. http://www.harrowauctions.com
• For all the latest Calvers Fairs dates in the London Borough of Hillingdon always visit: www.calversfairs.co.uk first.
• Chess Antiques of Chesham, Bucks, have just launched a brand new website, visit: www.chess-antiques.co.uk
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OLD AMERSHAM AUCTIONS hold sales of Antiques
& General items every fortnight at the British Legion Hall,
Old Amersham, Bucks. VISIT THEIR NEW WEBSITE at... www.old-amersham-auctions.co.uk
• TJGraphics Ltd have just launched a new website called Jukebox Gazette : www.Jukebox-Gazette.co.uk with jukeboxes, pinball & slot machines, services & parts, vinyl record dealers etc. Download the FREE Jukebox Gazette magazine in under a minute - 10 seconds if you have broadband!
• GREG HALL ANTIQUES of Ruislip Manor have now incorporated FICINO GALLERY (formerly of Harrow-on-the-Hill). For details please call: Greg or Dorothy on 01895 636666. New opening times: Tues. 10.30am - 5pm. Thurs. 10.30am - 6pm. 10.30am - 7pm. Sat. 10.30am - 6pm.
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Joy Alder, organiser of MIDAS FAIRS, has asked TCC to help quash rumours in
the trade that she is to retire. These rumours are totally UNTRUE and the 'Second
Sunday' Quality Antique Fairs will run as normal.
Bizarrely, the rumour must have started when an inexperienced internet user
accessed Google to search for 'Antiques
Fairs in Bucks'. Google found TCCs 'Breaking News' and from TWO random lines
of Google text, featuring 'Antiques Fairs' and 'Bucks' it appeared (to the new
user) to form ONE misleading sentence. The user didn't bother to click on the
link to read the two stories in full and from then on 'Chinese Whispers' began
in the trade by word of mouth! Website: www.midas-antique-fairs.co.uk
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FLEETVILLE
FLEAMARKET is on the First Thursday of most months in St.Albans, Herts. Venue:
St.Pauls Church Hall, Hatfield Road, St.Albans, Herts AL1 4JP. Its held from
9am to 2pm and includes Bric-a-Brac, Vintage, Antiques, Brocante, Local Artists,
Fair Trade Coffee, Tea and Homemade Cakes. For all enquiries please call Julie
on 07930 312059.
• ONE THIRTY ANTIQUES of 130 Pinner Road, Harrow is now for more days and longer hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am-4pm. For details please call: (020) 8424 0341..
• RUGMARK of Henley-on-Thames have relocated their RUG GALLERY to larger premises at 14 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Berks. Tel: 01491 412322. Website: http://www.rugmark.co.uk
• BUSHWOOD ANTIQUES of Redbourn, near Hemel Hempstead, have a massive showroom with 8,000 pieces. Tel: 01582 794700 for details or see their advertisement in The Collectors Companion magazine. http://www.bushwood.co.uk
• R & N HOROLOGICAL are suppliers tools / parts / accessories to watchmakers, clockmakers, jewellers and hobbyists. Clock and Pocket Watch keys also supplied. http://www.rnhorological.co.uk
• PRESS RELEASE HAMPSTEAD ANTIQUE & CRAFT EMPORIUM (Since 1967) 12 HEATH STREET, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON NW3 5TE. Forty One years ago an ancient and decrepit building in Perrins Court, Hampstead was turned into a new kind of department store. In July 1967 the Hampstead Antique & Craft Emporium¹ opened. Today, 41 years later the Emporium is still going strong and the variety of goods on offer is extraordinarily wide from antiquity to present day, from East to West. Antique Furniture, Paintings, Art Deco, Contemporary Silver, Jewellery, Glass, China, Dolls Houses, Millinery, Vintage & New Clothes, Antique Buttons, Limited Edition Teddy Bears, Handcrafted Wooden Toys, Textiles from around the world. The latest edition to the Emporium, our monthly Hampstead Auctions is proving very popular. This specialises in Silver and Jewellery but also sells general antiques, fine art, books etc. Tel: 020 7794 3297 or visit: www.hampsteadantiqueemporium.co.uk
• Visit England's Oldest Smock Mill at LACEY GREEN, 2 miles south of Princess Risborough, Bucks. Its machinery dates from 1650 and was in use for 260 years. Now restored to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. For more details including opening times please visit: http://www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk
• TRADE: Consult our Breaking News webpage at thecollectorscompanion.co.uk for date changes, cancellations and the very latest information. Email your breaking news to us and we¹ll endeavour to update the news page the same day. Email: tjgraphics_2000@yahoo.com