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Rare Medical Collectables Highlight Summer Cotswolds Antiques Fair

2009-07-29T17:34:00.006+01:00

The Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair
Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL6 8QG
Friday 14th - Sunday 16th August 2009

SPECIAL INVITATION - Complimentary Tickets - Click Here.

A fascinating display of rare scientific and medical collectables will be a major attraction at The Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair, at Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, from 14th - 16th August 2009. Open to the public for three days, from Friday to Sunday, this popular annual event features leading art and antique dealers from across Britain.

The selection of instruments belongs to antiques dealer Fred Nickson of Chiltern Antiques from Henley-on-Thames, a specialist collector of the unusual and bizarre. Among Fred's display will be a doctor's portable leather homeopathic medicine case, complete with 48 bottles of various pills, dating from circa 1920. Such a case would have been carried by doctors attending patients and administered directly after a diagnosis, long before patients were expected to queue at the local chemist. It is priced at £285.

Fred will also be showing a late Victorian brass and copper auto clave (dental press), complete with dental plates, used to take impressions of the patient's mouth and teeth in order for dentures to be made to size. Other exhibits include various dental implements for extractions, teeth scrapers, early blood pressure monitors, optical instruments, scalpels and bone saws.

Medical instruments are one of the most misunderstood and least appreciated fields of collecting. The vast majority of old surgical instruments found today can be traced back to the time of the Napoleonic Wars from 1792-1815, when on-the-spot surgery and medical assistance began to become standard practice for injured soldiers. Knives, tourniquets, saws, forceps, gunshot probes, scalpels, ligature silks, and needles were common items in the medical boxes of surgeons and doctors. Most instruments were made from metal, usually with crosshatched ebony handles to provide a firmer grip. Others have mother-of-pearl or gold-trimmed handles for durability and also to show their value in the hands of an accomplished and wealthier doctor. The more impressive the instrument, the better the surgeon - you hoped! Around 1867, antiseptics were introduced and instruments were generally made entirely in metal for the purposes of hygiene.

Also showing at this popular annual event will be dealers offering all kinds of collector's items, art and antiques. They include newcomer Tom Johnson from The Collectors Gallery from Broadway, the grandson of well known gallery owner John Noott, Candice Horley from Surrey, specializing in 19th and early 20th century porcelain figures and French decorative boudoir prints; Brian Ashbee from Bristol promises period furniture, objets d'art and fine paintings, Brian Chew from Dorset with early English oak and country furniture, Melody Antiques from Cheshire with Georgian and Victorian period furniture, Parkstile Antiques from Surrey with silver, Roger de Ville from Staffordshire specializing in English pottery, The Period Face with English portrait paintings and Scarab Antiques from London, specializing in 19th and 20th century jewellery, enamels and 20th century glass and ceramics.

The Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair is a must for collectors and anyone looking for a special piece of antique furniture or painting to adorn their homes. 'We've got something for everyone,' says organiser Sue Ede of Cooper Antiques Fairs from Somerset. 'With prices from less than £30 to more than £10,000, we cater for connoisseurs, collectors and first-time buyers.'

DIARY DETAILS
The Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair
Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL6 8QG
Friday 14th - Sunday 16th August 2009
11am - 5pm daily.
Admission: £5.00.
SPECIAL INVITATION - Complimentary Tickets - Click Here.

We're Back!

2009-07-21T16:32:00.007+01:00

Due to a technicality our BLOG has been offline for a few days, so we'd like to offer our apologies to anyone who has logged on and not found a link to this page. Everything has now returned to normal so we hope to keep you informed as before.

Incidentally, just a reminder that the Antiques For Everyone fair at the NEC, Birmingham opens this week and we still have just a few Complimentary Tickets left to give away, but hurry when they're gone, they're gone! Click Here to apply.

Antiques For Everyone.

NEC, Birmingham.

Building Britain's Biggest Antiques Map

2009-07-05T11:52:00.000+01:00

Our map is now underway, take a look to see how we're getting on...
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View The Great British Antiques Map in a larger view

Complimentary Tickets To Antiques Fairs

2009-07-05T11:23:00.008+01:00

We have allocations of Complimentary Tickets available for the forthcoming Westonbirt and Antiques For Everyone antiques fairs and we would like to invite you to apply, but please hurry our supply is very limited and are strictly first come, first served.

Antiques For Everyone

NEC Birmingham

23rd - 26th July 2009.

Westonbirt Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
Westonbirt School,

Tetbury

Gloucestershire.

GL8 8QG.

14th - 16th August 2009.

Click Here To Apply

Antiques For Everyone, NEC.

Westonbirt School, home of Westonbirt Antiques & Fine Art Fair

David Gibson - Fine Antique Clocks

2009-06-16T14:14:00.000+01:00

Very many thanks for your donation today, we are delighted to add your listing to our Web Links page.

David Gibson - Fine Antique Clocks: Website.

Andrew Dando Antiques

2009-06-15T15:21:00.003+01:00

Very many thanks to Andrew Dando Antiques for your kind support of CHSW, and welcome to Web Links.

Andrew Dando Antiques: Website.

Diomede Art Deco Lamps

2009-06-10T07:17:00.004+01:00

Recently added Diomede Art Deco Lamps to Web Links.

AD Antiques

2009-06-09T13:17:00.002+01:00

Recently added AD Antiques to Web Links.

Heatons of Tisbury

2009-06-09T13:11:00.004+01:00

Recently added Heatons of Tisbury to Web Links.

Go Euro Antiques! – Go Lille Braderie!

2009-05-20T14:39:00.010+01:00

Every first weekend of September, Lille in northern France is the capital of antiques bargain-hunting! The Braderie de Lille is Europe’s largest flea market.

During the weekend of 5th and 6th September 2009 more than one million visitors will once again stroll up and down the city streets, entertained by music and the numerous performances that take place continuously from 2pm on Saturday to 11pm on Sunday. Enjoying a dish of “Moules and Frites” (mussels served with chips) has become a deeply-rooted tradition and is the subject of a contest between the town’s restaurants to see who can build the highest mountain of empty mussel shells!

Lille Braderie offers:
33 continuous hours of treasure hunting, bargaining and fun.
100 km (60 miles!!) of stalls.
10,000 exhibitors
Over one million visitors.
Over 500 tons of mussels to be consumed.

In France, “brader” means “to sell at a low price” and it is well known that you can sell and buy anything at the Lille flea market such as antiques, clothes, jewellery, decorative objects, etc!

Transformed into one gigantic pedestrian zone, the city offers treasure hunters and visitors alike a vast number of stalls and buying opportunities in a friendly atmosphere governed by the rhythm of the swarming crowd. Ever since the Middle Ages, the tradition has lived on, and today, the Lille flea market remains the most awaited event of the fall season.

Finding your way around.
Antiques (furniture, bibelots, crockery, collections, etc.) can be found on the Esplanade (alongside the Deûle canal, in front of the Champ de Mars).

In addition to Boulevard Louis XIV, rue Debierre and rue du Réduit, Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas is exclusively reserved for antiquarians.

Nothing compares to the Sunday morning atmosphere in Wazemmes when the flea market blends with the lively, colourful market of the Place de la Nouvelle Aventure.
Along Boulevard Victor Hugo and in the Moulins district (rue d’Arras, rue de Douai, rue de Cambrai et rue de Maubeuge), the inhabitants hold a true garage sale.

The narrow streets of Old Lille are divided between the stalls of designer shops and those of private residents.

Finally, between the Porte de Roubaix and the Opera, the Arts district welcomes about thirty professional antique dealers from England and Burgundy. You will recognize them by their flags flying on rue Léon Trulin, rue Anatole France, rue des Arts and rue de Roubaix.

Getting around Lille
During the flea market access to the heart of the town is impossible by car. Therefore, it is best to take the train and use public transportation. Regional trains, the subway, buses and trams will get you where you want to go.

Where is Lille?
Lille is in northern France, about 50 miles from the ferry port of Dunkerque or 70 miles from the ferry port of Calais and the Euro Tunnel terminal road/rail link, which connects to Folkestone, England. Alternatively, direct high-speed passenger rail services operate from St. Pancras station London, England to the centre of Lille in just 90 minutes or less.

Thanks to Lille Tourism Office in providing images for the above album.

Antiques Web Sites

2009-05-14T13:25:00.010+01:00

I’m a great believer that that there is no such thing as a free breakfast, but there are some good, even excellent offers or deals to be found. Whether you’re in the supermarket doing the weekly shop or just browsing for a weekend break, something will usually leap out at you. Buy 2 get 1 free for example is one of the more common calls to attention we hear.

When it comes to promoting a web site, offers become a little more, shall we say not so forthcoming? So you might be surprised to hear that we are actually offering a link to any antiques related web site for just £2 for a full 12 months, yes a whole year!

OK, I hear you say, there’s got to be a catch. Hmm, well no. None at all in fact.

Earlier this year we launched our Great British Antiques Fund Raising Challenge 2009 and to help us support this we decided to create a web page with simple to navigate links to antiques related web sites.

It’s a win, win situation for anyone in the antiques trade who agrees to join us. We create a logo/image free of charge and place it into a vacant space in the grid on our page. The more sites we list means the page generates greater popularity with search engines, more collectors and dealers find us and so it spirals.

We simply ask for a minimum £2 donation to our chosen charity, The Childrens Hospice Southwest, to whom all proceeds go. In addition to this, if the donor is a UK taxpayer the donation is further enhanced by up to 28% under the Gift Aid scheme.

Want to know more? Please click on the Web Links image in this posting to visit our special page. CLICK HERE.

The Childrens Hospice Southwest, has a very poignant saying, ‘Making the most of short and precious lives’, and I think sums up very well all they do. If you would like to know more about our Great British Antiques Fund Raising Challenge 2009 please CLICK HERE.

Please Note!

2009-05-11T09:05:00.003+01:00

The organisers of the antiques fair scheduled to be held at The Howell's School, Cardiff. 23rd - 25th October 2009 advise us that this event has been cancelled. Please contact us if you require any further information.

Luxury Living Show. Antiques, Fine Art and Contemporary Classics.

2009-04-14T14:46:00.017+01:00

Luxury Living Show.
Antiques, Fine Art and Contemporary Classics.

Robert Bailey Fairs are proud to present their first Suffolk fair at Glemham Hall, an elegant, red brick Elizabethan mansion surrounded by 300 acres of parkland situated between Woodbridge and Saxmundham, just off the A12. Discerning collectors, home furnishers and those wanting an alternative investment will appreciate the genuine items on display for sale.

Prices will range from as little as £50 to £50,000. Items for sale include furniture from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods, longcase clocks, porcelain, Persian rugs, watercolour and oil paintings for all tastes from Victorian through to the contemporary.

Robert Bailey Fairs Ltd
Luxury Living Show.
Antiques, Fine Art and Contemporary
Glemham Hall,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk.
IP130BT.

8th - 10th May 2009.

Check for Complimentary Tickets to this fair - Click Here.

Robert Bailey Fairs: Website.

Antiques For Everyone NEC, Birmingham.

2009-04-12T19:01:00.002+01:00

Antiques For Everyone NEC, Birmingham - 16-19 April 2009.

HURRY! Snap up our last few remaining Complimentary Tickets to what is possibly the best of British antiques fairs, strictly first come, first served.
Apply for tickets now Click Here.

Apologies - Complimentary Tickets offer now closed! Our latest posting date has now passed, but please click on the above link, we may have other tickets that could be of interest to you.

LONDON - Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

2009-03-25T14:47:00.005Z

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

Spring event, 21-26 April 2009

The Marquee

Battersea Park

London

SW11 4NJ.

We’ve just acquired Complimentary Tickets for this established event that has an international reputation amongst private buyers, antique dealers, and design professionals alike as an excellent source of high quality, competitively priced antiques and 20th century design.

This is London’s only interiors-led antiques and period design event, from excitingly opulent showstoppers to reassuringly useful objects.

120+ exhibitors offer affordably priced, fine & decorative English & Continental furniture, 20th century design, unusual accessories and works of art from all periods to the present day.

For example the theme of the Foyer is an English Club Room, featuring items one might associate with a classic gentleman’s bolt-hole, a complete Victorian billiard room, comfortable leather seating, a library area, sporting and gaming memorabilia, drinks-related items and associated decorative touches. All items will be offered for sale from exhibitors at the Fair, and will provide a perfect antidote to minimalism, offering some superb trappings of a comfortable lifestyle that has been appreciated for centuries!

Free Renault shuttle from Sloane Square to The Marquee approx every 15 minutes during opening hours.

Open 12pm-8pm Tuesday 21 April and from 11am daily thereafter (closing times vary).

Website: http://www.decorativefair.com/
Telephone +44 (0)20-7624-5173.

Your Complimentary eTicket admits two, to order - Click Here.

Pewter Mugs

2009-03-12T14:02:00.001Z

Pewter Mugs

Three Lots - 328, 328A, 328B various collections of 18th century pewter mugs.

INFO - Glass Bottomed Pewter Mugs and The Kings Shilling.
In the 18th century when a press gang was looking for crew to join the Royal Navy, they would often go into ale houses to find able bodied men. They offered to buy their new friends a beer, then secretly drop a shilling into the mug. Having drunk all the ale, the poor victim was judged to have 'Accepted The Kings Shilling' and therefore had volunteered to join the Navy. To try and keep their customers, the landlords introduced glass bottomed tankards, so that the prospective crew member was able to look into their beer and see the shilling before accepting the kind gift.

Ewbank Auctioneers
The Burnt Common Auction Rooms
London Road
Send, Woking
Surrey
GU23 7LN
Sale18 March 2009 10.30 am
http://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/

The Shambles - Auction Soon..

2009-03-09T10:06:00.011Z

Fixtures and fittings from The Shambles, a delightful museum of Victorian life, will be sold by Simon ChorleyArt & Antiques on site at The Shambles, Church Street,Newent, Gloucestershire in a five-day sale from Monday18th to Friday 22nd May 2009.

The Shambles is set in over an acre, and imaginatively laidout as a small country town of cobbled streets, alleyways,cottages, houses, shops and workshops, all of which arestocked with items of the period. The museum uniquelyrecreates the feel of Victorian life of the 1890s andeverything from the original shop facades and theirshelf-stacked interiors to agricultural corn merchants andthe police station manned by its Bobby will be offered inthe 4,000-lot sale. Estimates range from £10 to £1,000.

The Shambles began as a pipe-dream for owners Jim and Holly Chapman in 1986 when they bought 20 Church Street which had formerly been used as a butcher’s shop with its own slaughterhouse behind, hence the name‘Shambles’. The Shambles first opened to the public in March 1988, since then it has grown and grown in size and, before finally closing its doors in November 2008, it was attracting up to 40,000 visitors a year.
The Shambles houses one of the largest collections of everyday Victoriana in the country encompassing the ‘lived-in’ feel of a bygone age. On entering the village one discovers the Doctor’s dispensary and consulting rooms with many varied requisites next to the Bakery with its delivery bikes parked outside, then onto the Basket Maker with his trough for boiling the willows, followed by the tin Chapel, a typical mission Chapel of the late 19th century with prayer books open ready for the next service.

Onto the row of estate cottages and workshops housing the Builder, the Plumber, the Glazier, the Printer and the Farm Manager and on past the simple Gardener’s cottage. The Photographer’s Studio has a wonderful collection of early equipment and there are all manner of stuffed animals and birds in the Taxidermist’s workshop. The Pub, housed down in the cellar, has every sort of beer bottle, stoneware pint to five gallon barrels, along with many lemonade bottles as well as two old men having a yarn over a pint.

On past the Music shop with its many different gramophones and musical boxes to the Tailor with endless pairs of enormous scissors, the Lamp man with hundreds of oil, gas andelectric lamps, the Pawnbroker, Post Office, Butcher and Wheelwright. A plethora of brilliantly coloured bottles line the cabinets of the Pharmacy, with packages of powders and potions in every shape and size as well as a glass eye!!

For biscuit tin collectors, the Grocer’s has a magnificent selection of tins from major manufacturers including Huntley and Palmer, Jacob, Mackintosh’s Quality Street, Cadbury’s cocoa essence, Parkinson’s toffee, Oxo and Lyon’s ground coffee. There are tins in shapes of seaside pails, sets of library books, sundials and pedestals.

There are starched white smocks from the widow’s hovel who took in washing, wonderful netted hats and gloves from the Glover and Milliner, and all sorts of tools used by the Carpenter, the Saddler and the Odd Job Man. The Tobacconist’s shop is full of vesta cases and pipe accoutrements . The Corn Merchant’s store is full of the belts that drive the barn machinery alongside a huge selection of mowers. Peer into a small window to find the Clogger and Cobbler shop bulging with ladies’and gentleman’s leather shoes, shoe horns, etc.

Colourful and comical metal advertisement signs such as Colman’s mustard, Cadbury’s chocolate and fuel and agricultural signs can be found in abundance hanging inside and outside each shop as well as china figures which were often put into windows and hung above doors so people who couldn’t read could identify the shop easily.

For more information contact Simon Chorley Auctioneers, http://www.simonchorley.com/

Galloway Antiques Fairs

2009-03-06T13:46:00.002Z

The organisers of the antiques fair scheduled to be held at Cranleigh School, Cranleigh in Surrey over the Easter weekend 10th - 13th April 2009 has been cancelled. Please contact us if you require any further information.

Bath Decorative & Antiques Fair

2009-02-22T10:47:00.002Z

Complimentary tickets available for trade and public days at Bath Antiques Fair, 5th to 7th March 2009.

Go to www.gbaw.co.uk/fairs_tickets.htm

PC User Beware!!

2009-02-14T19:06:00.002Z

Again another PC alert which we are pleased to pass on to our visitors.

If somebody called Simon Ashton (simon_25_@hotmail.co.uk) contacts you through email don't mail him back. Delete him because he is a hacker!!

Apparently he can figure out your computer ID address and hack into your PC. Please copy and paste this message to everyone you know fast because if he hacks their email he hacks yours too!

Help Us Create Britains Largest Antiques Map.

2009-02-12T14:12:00.004Z

We've recently created a Google map with the objective of building Britains largest antiques resource of antiques shops, dealers, antiques centres, fairs and related services and we'd like to invite everyone in the antiques trade to join in and add their details, it's absolutely FREE!!!

You'll need to log-in or create a Google account to add your details and that is also free and very easy to do. Why not give it a try? Or if you prefer email your details to us at enquiries@gbaw.co.uk please mark the subject of your email - GOOGLE MAP and we'll do it for you.

Simply click on the VIEW LARGER MAP link below to see where we are...

View Larger Map

Antiques Market

2009-02-11T15:07:00.000Z

Antiques Market - Online Auctions

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List in multi currencies, feature your store, ad your image logo or we can do that for you.
List as much as you want on us. try it its fun, experiment with your listings.
We also have 2 antiques directories. email us with your details for possible inclusion.
Be quick as our promotion is limited to 1000 accounts and their going fast.
Help us to make the antiques market a great trading and community place. for the UK,US and other countries.

Kind Regards:

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Antiques For Everyone - NEC

2009-02-02T11:28:00.003Z

The 'World's Largest Egg' will be on Sale at NEC Easter Antiques Fair ANTIQUES FOR EVERYONE, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND B40 1NT. 16 - 19 April 2009.

A giant egg, possibly the largest in the world, laid in the early 17th century by the Great Elephant Bird of Madagascar will be one of the most extraordinary exhibits ever to appear for sale at the Antiques for Everyone fair at the NEC, Birmingham, UK which takes place during Easter week, from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th April 2009.

Belonging to antique dealer John Shepherd from Kent (shown), the egg is larger than any known egg, with a circumference exceeding a metre, greater in size than a rugby ball, and is more than 350 years old. It is also larger than any other known egg, including dinosaur eggs. The Elephant Bird (Aepyornis) was a flightless bird, larger than an ostrich at more than ten feet tall and weighed as much as half a ton, as contemporary accounts and bone fragments reveal. It became extinct in the mid 1600s, hunted out of existence by the inhabitants of Madagascar. The egg will be on sale for £5,000. Says John: "I am delighted to be offering for sale such an unusual antique. Today, collectors and interior decorators eagerly seek elephant bird eggs. They are certainly a major talking point in any home!"

Antiques for Everyone is widely regarded as a major international event for connoisseurs, collectors and trade buyers. The fair features more than 350 dealers from the UK, Europe and America and offers a huge range of exhibits to suit every pocket, from less than £10 to £100,000. It is a major forum and meeting place for the UK antiques trade.

Check to see if Complimentary Tickets are available for this antiques fair. CLICK HERE.

Looking For Anything In Particular?

2009-02-02T07:54:00.007Z

Why not click to our new BLOG - GBAW On Sale - we've listed items that we have been asked to search for that are coming up for sale soon. If you are looking for anything in particular please Contact Us from the link in the left-hand column and send us a list of your requirements and we'll be delighted to extend our FREE service to you.

Got Something Special or Unusual For Sale?
Tell us about it and send a picture, we'll be delighted to review it and if possible post it here for you.

Doulton, Beswick & Coalport Collectors Fair

2009-01-27T13:03:00.000Z

Hi There.

We just wanted to mention that on Sunday, 29th March 2009, the Doulton, Beswick & Coalport Collectors Fair opens at Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, England.

Regards. Search4Doulton.Com

Antiques Dealers - Free Web Links

2009-01-23T17:54:00.005Z

If you have an antiques related web site I'd like to invite you to take advantage of our offer of a free link to your web site from our specially created Web Links page where we'll place your logo or message for six months. After that time you can withdraw from the page if you wish to do so without any charge whatsoever or continue and maintain your place on the page or move to another position of your choice, subject to availability for just £10.00 per year plus vat.

We'll create your image for you if you would like us to, all you need do is complete a simple application form.

If you would like more information, please CLICK HERE.

Credit Card Scam

2009-01-22T07:03:00.004Z

If you have a VISA or Mastercard credit card, please read on....

This posting has absolutely nothing to do with antiques, but someone sent me the following by email and thought I would share it with you.

Fraudsters posing as security officials from Visa and Mastercard have been cold-calling homes across the country and convincing their victims to reveal the three-digit security code on the back of their cards.
The conmen, who possess detailed background information on their victims, go on to make illegal purchases using the card information they obtain. The scam begins with a call from an individual claiming to be from the Security and Fraud Department at Visa or Mastercard and saying records have flagged up an unusual purchase pattern on the victim's card.

The criminals, whose activities have been reported to fraud experts, claim that an illegal purchase has been credited to the cardholder's account. The sophisticated fraudsters already know their victim's card number and the name of the bank that issued the card and ask the cardholder to confirm their home address.
Once the conmen have gained the cardholder's trust, they then ask them to read out the important three digit security number on the back of their credit card which they later use to charge illegal purchases to the card.

Credit card fraud experts are now warning cardholders to protect themselves against the scam and are advising the public not to reveal personal financial information to unsolicited callers over the phone.

Please use the email link below to forward this email to friends and family.

Antiques Dealers - Help Wanted

2009-01-09T16:05:00.012Z

We are appealling to the antiques trade for help.

Having launched our Fundraising Challenge 2009 supporting the Children's Hospice in the Southwest of England (CHSW), we are calling on antiques dealers everywhere for help.

We have now taken our first delivery of coin collecting boxes, and we want to distribute as many as possible to antiques traders who have retail premises. Literally every penny helps and these boxes are really beneficial to the Hospice.

If you have retail premises please consider accepting one of our boxes, you'll be doing an excellent job and contributing to the £6m needed annually by CHSW. If you would like to know more about our Fundraising Challenge 2009, please CLICK HERE. Or simply email ronheath@gbaw.co.uk if you can help, thanks!

Is there a Doctor in the house??

2009-01-08T07:17:00.001Z

Some exceptional and unique items for auction - Clocks, Scientific & Medical Instruments come under the hammer on 18th January 2009 at Dickins Auctioneers Ltd, The Claydon Saleroom, Calvert Road, Middle Claydon, Buckingham, Bucks, MK18 2EZ, ENGLAND.
Image shows item 361, The HOLBORN BLOODLESS CASTRATOR (!!) certainly this was for veterinary use……. £40-60

Sale Catalogue

Complimentary Tickets

2009-01-04T11:39:00.003Z

Penman Antiques Fairs have kindly offered us complimentary tickets to their antiques fairs, the first is next weekend, the other is at Petersfield, Hampshire, 6th - 8th February.

At Kensington a collection of rare, original Hollywood movie posters from the golden era of silent films will be going on sale for the first time. The fair also features more than fifty specialist dealers from across Britain, offering a broad range of antiques and decorative pieces with a strong emphasis on individual style and design with particular appeal to collectors of rare and traditional antiques. Prices will range from less than £50 to more than £25,000 with plenty of inexpensive objets d'art and collector's pieces at less than £300.

The traditional fair at Petersfield is now celebrating its 30th year, it is always a very well attended event offering top quality antiques at a relaxed and friendly venue. Un-pretentious, but very high quality, both exhibitors and visitors enjoy meeting like-minded friends in a congenial atmosphere.

Tickets admit up to four, if you would like to apply please CLICK HERE.

Kensington Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
Kensington Town Hall.
London. W8 7NX.
8th - 11th January 2009.

Petersfield Antiques Fair.
Festival Hall.
Petersfield.
Hants. GU31 4EA.
6th - 8th February 2009.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T13:15:00.002Z

Hi Everyone!
I'd just like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas from the Great British Antiques Web.

Quick Updater

2008-12-16T07:56:00.002Z

News of Two Online Auctions This Week

Gerrards Auction Rooms
St Georges Road
Lytham St Annes
Lancashire
FY8 2LX
United Kingdom

Sale Date: 18 December 2008 10am GMT
19 December 2008 10am GMT
Title: Two Day Fine Arts, Antiques, Jewellery, Silver, and Quality Collectables Sale

Day One of the Sale will include Lots 1-499C
Day Two of the Sale will include Lots 500-951

Venue: St Georges Road
Lytham St Annes
Lancashire
FY8 2LX

Viewing: 13 Dec 10am-5pm
16 Dec 10am-5pm
17 Dec 10am-4pm
Tel: +44 (0) 1253 725476
Fax: +44 (0) 1253 725596

More Info

And...

Piano Auctions Ltd
Malting Farmhouse
Cardington
Bedfordshire
MK44 3SU
United Kingdom

Sale Date: 18 December 2008 12 noon GMT
Title: Piano Auction

Venue: Conway Hall
25 Red Lyon Square
Holborn
London
WC1R 4RL

Viewing: 16 Dec 12 noon-8pm
17 Dec 10am-8pm
18 Dec 9am-11.30am

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 831742
Fax: +44 (0) 1234 831742

More Info

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2008-12-12T12:25:00.019Z

Childrens Hospice Southwest
Charlton Farm,
North Somerset.

A personal message about our 2009 fundraising challenge.

I'm delighted to announce that we have launched our first ever fundraising campaign supporting the Childrens Hospice Southwest and whilst we will be delighted to receive online donations to help swell our fund, we are in fact appealing to everyone in the antiques trade to please lend their support to our campaign which will run through to the end of 2009.

Whilst we will be indebted for any financial support there are many physical ways we also need help, none of which require too much effort, time or commitment, but all are extremely helpful to the Hospice.

We want to create a network of collection points, not only in the southwest, but just about anywhere that can receive on our behalf any of the following items that can be sent for recycling:

Used postage stamps
Printer ink cartridges or toner cartridges
Old mobile phones

We also need old, even damaged, costume jewellery of any description, so far the Hospice have managed to raise over £50,000 from donations of this kind by selling them at coffee mornings and fairs etc.

Also a very important asset to any charity is a coin collection box, literally every penny helps. PLEASE, if you have a retail outlet can you place a box for us in your premises? We will arrange delivery of an empty one to you and when full simply contact us by a quick phone call or email and we’ll swap it for another empty one. In return you’ll receive a certificate direct from the Hospice confirming how much you have collected.

If you’d like to know more about our campaign, the Childrens Hospice Southwest and to help if you can please Click Here.
Very many thanks, your kind consideration is much appreciated.
Regards.
Ron.

Childrens Hospice Southwest
Little Bridge House,
North Devon.

Westonbirt Shool Antiques Fair, Add Tetbury Antiques Shops...

2008-12-11T20:16:00.003Z

Just what we need to kick-off the New Year, set in the former magnificent manor house of the Holford family, Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair opens for three days for what has gained the reputation of being as an excellent, quality event. Situated on the southern fringe of the Cotswolds and close to the ancient town of Tetbury where a myriad of antiques shops makes this a great hunting ground for what really needs a couple of days to discover everything on offer. Add a great country hotel - The Hare and Hounds across the road from the school and the National Arboretum almost next door and you'll soon be thinking that maybe you should stay for a couple of days at least!

Westonbirt School Antiques & Fine Art Fair
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QG.
Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th January
Open Friday 2pm - 6pm
Saturday & Sunday 11am - 5pm

Furniture, Porcelain, silver, glass, jewellery, paintings, rugs and textiles, various object d’art.

Organisers: Cooper Antiques Fairs.
Telephone enquiries 01278-784912.
info@cooperevents.com
www.cooperevents.com

Quick Updater

2008-12-11T09:42:00.008Z

Info on two online auctions nex week.

Capes Dunn The Auction Galleries, 38 Charles Street, off Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DB.
Collectors' Sale 16 Dec 2008 12 noon GMT.

Catalogue Sections
Coins & Medals [35]
Weapons & Militaria [42]
Scientific Instruments [5]
Photographica [23]
Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Autographs & Ephemera [81]
Sporting Memorabilia [42]
Portrait Miniatures, Baxter & Le Blond Prints [16]
General Collectables [131]
Furs, Costume & Textiles [106]
More info: Click Here

And...

Cotswold Auction Company Live Auction
Chapel House, Chapel Walk , Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3DS.
Antique Furniture, Clocks, Boxes, Silver, Jewellery & Wathces 16 Dec 2008 11am GMT.

Catalogue Sections
Furniture [47]
Pictures [6]
Clocks & Barometers [10]
Boxes [8]
Glass & Ceramics [31]
Silver Plate [38]
Silver [106]
Continental Silver [51]
Watches [21]
Jewellery [233]
More info: Click Here

Quick Updater

2008-12-09T19:14:00.000Z

Sale Date: 15 December 2008 12.45 pm GMT
Title: An Auction of Football & Sport Memorabilia

Venue: Saints Rugby Union Club
Rodber Suite
Franklins Gardens, Weedon Road
Northampton
NN5 5BG

Viewing: 15 Dec Viewing at Venue on the day of Sale from 9.00 am-12.30 pm

Information:
Viewing at Unit &, Ministry Wharf, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, Bucks HP144HW on Friday 12 December 2008, 10AM-4PM and at other times by appointment.

Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT at the rate imposed.

www.sportingold.co.uk

FREE TICKETS

2008-12-03T13:03:00.010Z

HURRY! Time is running out to apply for free tickets to visit the Harrogate Pavilions Fine Art & Antiques Fair this weekend 5th - 7th December 2008.

Simply click on the following link to apply for your free tickets to visit this great fair and pick-up that unique Christmas present. Complete our simple application and we'll email your ticket to you.

CLICK HERE

Opening Times
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th December 2008
Friday: 12pm - 6pm.
Saturday: 11am - 6pm.
Sunday: 11am - 5pm.

40 stands consisting of furniture, jewellery, traditional paintings, netsuke, silver, vintage fishing tackle, bronzes, Japanese works, porcelain, antique dolls and lots more.

The Christmas Harrogate Pavilions Fine Art & Antiques Fair.
Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground. HG2 8PW.

Robert Bailey Fairs Ltd.
PO Box 1110.
Brentwood.
Essex.
CM14 4SE.

Ticket offer courtesy of The Great British Antiques Web.

Dominic Winter Book Auctions

2008-12-01T17:03:00.001Z

We would like to advise everyone that our catalogue for the December Sale is now on our website.

Wednesday 10th December 2008 commencing at 11am.

Viewing Tuesday 9th December 9am-7pm & morning of sale from 9am.

PRINTED BOOKS & MAPS, ATLASES, TRAVEL & EGYPTOLOGY, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS:
Travel, Baedekers, Egyptology, Topography, Natural History, Globes, Maps, Folding Maps, Decorative Prints & Original Art, Periodicals, Historical Documents & Autographs, Antiquarian, Art & Antiques Reference, Bibliography, General, Cartons & Quantity
Kind regards.

Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Mallard House
Broadway Lane
South Cerney
Gloucestershire
GL7 5UQ

Tel : 01285 860006
Fax : 01285 862461
Email : info@dominicwinter.co.uk
Web : www.dominicwinter.co.uk

Jacobs & Hunt Fine Art Auctioneers.

2008-11-28T07:07:00.004Z

Next Auction
Friday 5th December at 10am.
Includes a specialist Collectors' items sale.
Jacobs and Hunt was established in 1895 and is a leading fine art auctioneer of Hampshire and West Sussex.We offer regular Fine Art Auctions including Antique and later Furniture, Silver, Plate and Jewellery, Works of Art, Militaria, Pictures and Books, Clocks, Ceramics and Glass.

Viewing:Saturday 29th November (9.30am - 1.30pm)
Wednesday 3rd December(10am - 4.30pm)
Thursday 4th December - 4.30pm)
Friday 5th December (9am - 10am)

Lot nos 1 - 184 Ceramics and Glass
Lot nos 185 - 209 Pictures and Books
Lot nos 210 - 300 Silver, Plate and Jewellery
Lot nos 301 - 403 Works of Art and Musical Instruments
Lot nos 404 - 444 Collectors’ Items (Toys and Dolls)
Lot nos 445 - 494 Militaria, Medals and Coins15 minute interval
Lot nos 495 - 503 Clocks and Barometers
Lot nos 504 - 506 Rugs and Carpets
Lot nos 507 - 704 Antique and Later Furniture

Contact Us
Tel: 01730 233933
Fax: 01730 262323

www.jacobsandhunt.com
auctions@jacobsandhunt.com

26 Lavant Street
Petersfield
Hampshire.
GU32 3EF

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2008-11-27T15:14:00.000Z

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Next Swinderby Antiques Fair.

2008-11-25T18:53:00.002Z

The next Antiques & Home Show at Swinderby is next week Tuesday the 2nd & Wednesday the 3rd of December.

The Swinderby Fair is the UK's premier source for Antique's, collectable's, reproduction, reclamation and Shabby chic items for your home and garden Swinderby has always been about the exhibitors and trade buyers. We intend to work even harder throughout 2008 to improve the facilities onsite at Swinderby for all concerned, these include the introduction of a VIP lounge for our overseas buyers, with carpeting, seating, hot drinks and luxury toilets and a Food Tent with Licenced Bar to relax after a day shopping. Swinderby has been a family run business for 14 years and we are ever confident that Swinderby provides the antiques industry with a quality and well organised show. The atmosphere has always been relaxed at Swinderby and this is helped by our minimal rules and regulations policy.

How to get there.
Courtesy Bus Times.
Newark Bus Station 07:00 - 08:00 - 09:00 - 10:00 - 11:00
Newark Castle Station 07:05 - 08:05 - 09:05 - 10:05 - 11:05
Newark Northgate Station07:10 - 08:10 - 09:10 - 10:10 - 11:10

Return Times from Swinderby
14:00 - 15:00 - 16:00 - 17:00.

From the local area.
If you have arranged accommodation in Newark we offer a FREE courtesy Bus service.

By Rail.
Frequent direct train services from Kings Cross, London, to Newark Northgate. Visitors can then take a 10 minute taxi ride from outside the station. See free Courtesy bus times.

By Road.
RAF Swinderby is situated on the A46 between Newark and Lincoln and is very close to the A1 and other major motorway networks. The fair is approximately 10 minutes drive from Newark, 15 minutes from Lincoln and only 40 minutes from the city of Nottingham.

By Satellite Navigation.
Post Code: LN6 9QG

By Air.
RAF Swinderby is served by East Midlands International Airport, which is only 45 minutes drive from the fair.

Dominic Winter - Saleroom Info

2008-11-24T18:33:00.004Z

We would like to advise you that the catalogues for the following sales are now on our website. http://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/BRITISH & CONTINENTAL PAINTINGS & WATERCOLOURS, OLD MASTER DRAWINGS & PRINTS Wednesday 3rd December 2008 at 11.00 am British & Continental Watercolours, Marine Art, British & Continental Paintings 16th-19th Centuries, Miniatures & Religious Works of Art, English & Other Drawings, Italian Old Master Drawings, Old Master Prints, George Stubbs, Oriental Art including Japanese Prints, British & Continental Etchings & Lithographs, British Woodcuts & Engravings, Modern & Contemporary Prints, David Shepherd Prints, Modern Drawings, Albums, Modern Watercolours, Modern Paintings On view Tuesday 2nd December, 9.00 am to 7.00 pm and on morning of sale from 9.00 am.

And CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS & ORIGINAL ARTWORK Thursday 11th December 2008 at 11.00 am Antiquarian & Juvenile Books, Bygone Toys & Games, Children's & Illustrated Books, Cecil Aldin, Original Artwork, David Jones, Private Press, Modern First Editions, Detective & Science Fiction On view Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th December, 9.00 am to 7.00 pm and morning of sale from 9.00 am
Fully illustrated catalogues available to order Best wishes. Lynne ShipleyDominic Winter Book AuctionsMallard HouseBroadway LaneSouth CerneyGloucestershire GL7 5UQ
Tel : 01285 860006
Fax : 01285 862461
Email : info@dominicwinter.co.uk
Web : http://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/

1920s Hollywood Movie Posters Highlight Kensington Antiques Fair

2008-11-24T12:58:00.005Z

A collection of rare original Hollywood movie posters from the golden era of silent films will be going on sale for the first time at The Kensington Antiques & Fine Art Fair at Kensington Town Hall, West London, from 8th – 11th January 2009. The collection belongs to Terry Pearson and Susan Jeffrey who run Quadbod, the movie memorabilia specialists, and dates from the early 1920s.

The eighteen American 'insert' size posters are nostalgic reminders of the early years of Hollywood and together they highlight the names of many long forgotten actors who were stars of their time. Prices range from £250 to £600, depending on interest and condition. One fine example is a poster for the movie Nice People, a William DeMille (brother of Cecil B. DeMille) Production for Paramount from 1922 starring Bebe Daniels, Wallace Reid and Conrad Nagel, on sale for £500. Another is Paying the Piper, an Adolph Zukor Production from 1921 starring Dorothy Dickson and Alma Tell, on sale for £300. Also on offer will be Something to Think About (1920), a poster for an early Cecil B De Mille film that featured Gloria Swanson, who is pictured but not credited. While Satan Sleeps is a poster for a Western from 1922, and The Top of New York, also from a 1922 movie, one that starred May McAvoy who went on to act in the 1925 version of Ben Hur. Quadbod will be offering a range of later posters, all pre-dating 1990, including originals from My Fair Lady and A Star is Born, starring Judy Garland. (For a complete range of Quadbod posters and memorabilia please see http://www.quadbod.co.uk/.)

The Kensington Antiques & Fine Art Fair returns after two years absence to Kensington Town Hall. The fair features more than fifty specialist dealers from across Britain, offering a broad range of antiques and decorative pieces with a strong emphasis on individual style and design and particular appeal to collectors of rare and traditional antiques. The Fair will feature a strong contingent of dealers specialising in 20th century style and design, including Art Deco furniture, original movie posters, ceramics, bronze sculpture and works of art.

Organiser Caroline Penman from Penman Fairs explains: 'Today's home furnishers are looking to express their individuality through their choice of period and modern designer pieces, whether its antique or from the 20th century. People of all ages are showing a desire to make their own mark on their homes, to personalise their surroundings in a unique style and not to conform to the minimalist austere room settings of recent years. Our exhibitors will offer all kinds of interesting, rare and unusual items you will never find on the high street, which is why so many people like to shop with us.'' Prices will range from less than £50 to more than £25,000 with plenty of inexpensive objets d'art and collector's pieces at less than £300. The fair traditionally heralds the opening of the New Year season for the UK antiques trade with many American collectors and dealers in London for the winter sales. Most importantly, all exhibits will be strictly vetted for quality and authenticity. Many exhibitors will be specialising in interior furnishings and accessories. From West Sussex, well-known dealers Wakelin & Linfield will be showing a range of English town and country furniture and accessories including highly decorative folding screens and early 20th century framed hand-blocked period wallpapers by Sandersons (see image). Derbyshire dealer Peter Bunting promises a selection of early English furniture such as a fine pair of Charles II period armchairs to a Chinese red lacquered framed mirror from 1800 and a number of imposing portraits of 18th and 19th century ladies and gentlemen.

W.A.Pinn Antiques and Lennard Antiques from Essex will be showing a collection of the finest Georgian and early 19th century English country furniture and metalwork, while S. & S.Timms Antiques from Bedfordshire has Georgian and Victorian furniture for the dining-room and drawing-room, and Robin Little Antiques from Kent will be specialising in English and French furniture. Specialising in 20th century antiques and collector's items will be Andrew Muir from the Midlands, specialising in Art Novueau and Art Deco British and Continental ceramics. Original oils and watercolours will be represented by a number of specialists including London dealer Kaye Michie, showing works by Mabel Lucie Attwell, Helen Allingham, Robert Austin, Myles Birket Foster and Mary Fedden; and Ashleigh House Antiques from Essex, specialising in British and Irish oil paintings. Also exhibiting will be Mary Cooke Antiques, specialising in English silverware; Roger deVille from Staffordshire, specialising in early English pottery; Monika from Bath, with high quality 1920s and 30s costume jewellery by Coco Chanel, Tiffany and others; and Anthea AG Antiques from London with 19th and 20th century jewellery.

The Kensington Antiques & Fine Art Fair is a four-day event, open to the public every day. A restaurant is available for light meals and refreshments. Kensington Town Hall is located just a few minutes walk from Kensington High Street Underground and there is a spacious NCP car park beneath the Town Hall. Times Thursday 8th January 12noon—8pmFriday 9th January 10.30am-6pmSaturday 10th January 10.30am-6pmSunday 11th January 10.30am-5pm Admission: £5.00. NCP Parking beneath Town Hall. Nearest Tube: Kensington High Street - 2mins.
Organised byCaroline PenmanPenman Fairs.
Tel: UK (0) 870 350 2442.
http://www.penman-fairs.co.uk/
Email: info@penman-fairs.co.uk

British International Collectors Fair

2008-11-23T18:36:00.001Z

British International Collectors Fair
29/30th November 2008
Opens 9am-4pm

Donington Park Exhibition Centre
Castle Donington
East Midlands
England.

Admission prices:
Saturday £5 from 9am.
£3 from 11am to 4pm.
Sunday £3 all day.

Next to Nottingham East Midlands Airport (M1 J23A / 24 or M42 j14)
Directions:
Donington Park is situated virtually in the heart of the UK where the counties of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire meet. Close to Nottingham (east midlands) international airport, Donington Park is accessible from nearby major motorway and road networks.

Contacts:
Tel / fax: 0121 360 3649
(Worldwide 00 44 121 360 3649)

fourinonepromotions@btinternet.com
www.4inone.co.uk

Four In One Promotions
PO Box 7001
Birmingham
B44 8US.

For Your Diary

2008-11-21T17:15:00.002Z

Wanting a special Christmas gift for a loved one? An alternative investment? Look no further than our next two events...

The Hylands House Fine Art & Antiques Fair (NEW!!)
Hylands House, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 8WQ
Friday 28th - Sunday 30th November 2008
Friday: 12pm - 6pm
Saturday: 11am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
25 stands will boast a wonderful selection of fine art & antiques from Oriental rugs, jewellery, contemporary art, furniture, vintage luggage, antique dolls, silver, traditional paintings, arms & armour, original children's books, clocks, porcelain and much more. Exhibitors include Beechridge Antiques, Totteridge Gallery, Robin Unsworth, Garth Vincent, Roger Harris, Russell Gallery, Peter Barham, Once Upon A Time, Paul Mayhew, Nicholas Shaw Antiques, Balmain Antiques, West-Eleven, Bryan Chew, Elisabeth Glen, Old Time....

The Christmas Harrogate Pavilions Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground HG2 8PW
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th December 2008
Friday: 12pm - 6pm
Saturday: 11am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
40 stands consisting of furniture, jewellery, traditional paintings, netsuke, silver, vintage fishing tackle, bronzes, Japanese works, porcelain, antique dolls and lots more. Exhibitors include Melody Antiques, Brieve Antiques, Ryland Fine Art, Genesis Fine Art, Balmain Antiques, M H Beeforth, Alpine Antiques, Once Upon A Time, Oldfield Antiques, Plaza, Solo Antiques, Amelie Caswell, Bottlebrook Antiques, Saul Greenstein, Manor Farm Barn, John Newton, Trivette....

FOR FREE ADMISSION FOR YOU & YOUR GUESTS TO EITHER OF THESE FAIRS SIMPLY HIGHLIGHT THIS POSTING AND COPY AND PASTE INTO A BLANK WORD DOCUMENT THEN PRINT.
Courtesy of The Great British Antiques Web.
Robert Bailey Fairs Ltd
PO Box 1110
Brentwood
Essex
CM14 4SE.

When someone offers you something for free.....

2008-11-02T11:27:00.004Z

Have you ever been in a supermarket, turned the aisle and been confronted by a sales assistant offering you a free sample of something or the other? A glass of wine, slice of cheese, it could be anything. Whatever it is it's usually a ploy to get you to buy whatever it is on offer. If you are a bit like me when someone says 'free' I usually go on the defensive, and quite right to. Like many I'm still seeking that free lunch!

So when I set about to design a FREE web links page for The Great British Antiques Web I had reservations. People will presume there's a catch I thought. But if we can deliver just one new visitor to a client's web site in six months that hasn't cost him or her anything then we've achieved something, not masses agreed but that visitor might turn out to be more than just a browser, who knows?

I'd like to enquire, can we link to your web site for six months? I promise it won't cost you a penny.

I mentioned at the beginning about free lunches that never materialise, and if by now you are like me you'll be saying, OK what's the catch? Well, none. Our offer is to provide a link to you for six months and after that if you wish us to withdraw our link then we will, end of story. Hopefully in six months we'll drive more than one visitor to your web site which will encourage you to want to keep your link in place. At this point, I want to continue to be up front with you and must in fairness bring charges into the conversation, and I want you to keep reading and not close this posting! So if an advertisement is proved to be working to a satisfactory level and delivering potential customers to your web site, you might just agree it's worth maintaining for £10 a year (plus vat).

If you're interested to follow-up our offer please click on the following link, from there you'll find a further link with more information and a form to submit your details online.
www.gbaw.co.uk/weblinks

If you agree that we can link to your web site, could you do one other thing for us please? Please copy this posting and send it to at least one 'Antiques' contact in your address book that you think would also be interested in our web link offer? After all, if it's a free offer why not share it with as many as you can.

Thanks for your interest, as always please do not hesitate to give me a call if you wish to discuss any of our services, in the meantime I'll look forward to hearing from you soon.

Welcome

2008-10-24T13:49:00.000+01:00

Hi! And welcome to the BLOG of the Great British Antiques Web.