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Posted January 30th, 2014 by iacf

FEBRUARY IACF FAIRS Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair Largest Antiques Event in Europe Thursday 6th ~ Friday 7th February Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark SAT NAV: ...

Posted January 23rd, 2014 by iacf

Interiors Journalist (and Vintage Shopping Addict), Ellie Tennant January is traditionally the month when our thoughts turn to weight, but I’m much more interested in ogling antique Avery scales th...

Posted January 10th, 2014 by iacf

Interiors Journalist (and Vintage Shopping Addict), Ellie Tennant Since the very first ones were sent in 1843 by Henry Cole (funnily enough, the same clever chap who had launched the Penny Post jus...

Posted December 10th, 2013 by iacf

Antiques & Collectables Expert ~ Author & Publisher Mark Hill Antiques. I can't afford them and I don't understand them. Much has been made recently about the difficult state of the antique...

Posted December 2nd, 2013 by iacf

Interiors Journalist (and Vintage Shopping Addict), Ellie Tennant Definitely firmly in the ‘kitsch vintage’ category (and likely to be sniffed at by any serious antique art collectors), the prints ...

Posted November 22nd, 2013 by iacf

MAKE A “FOUR-TUNE!”     Channel 4’s hit series Four Rooms is back and looking for people who want to sell their show stopping items for life changing amounts of money.

Posted November 8th, 2013 by iacf

Interiors Journalist (and Vintage Shopping Addict), Ellie Tennant Severe symptoms: I pause the new Waitrose TV advert, just so I can ogle Gordon Ramsey’s impressive collection of vintage copper sau...

Posted October 24th, 2013 by iacf

Interiors Journalist (and Vintage Shopping Addict), Ellie Tennant There’s something so more-ish about the little porcelain discs from antique taps and bathroom fittings. There’s a plethora of stray...

Posted October 3rd, 2013 by iacf

Antiques & Collectables Expert ~ Author & Publisher Mark Hill It's a thorny one, this. I might not make many new friends, but dealers, auction house specialists and other 'experts' (if you ...