25 YEARS OF NEWARK ANTIQUE AND COLLECTORS FAIR
IACF Ltd, organisers of Newark, Antique and Collectors Fairs are asking all members of the trade to contact them with memories or stories about early days at Newark for their 25 year celebrations this October. Contact IACF via their web site www.iacf.co.uk
NATIONAL ANTIQUESWEEK - 15-21 NOVEMBER 2101
www.nationalantiquesweek.co.uk
The theme for the second week long event will be "now is the time to buy antiques"
For more information about this exciting opportunity to promote the antiques trade and your own business, see www.antiquesnewsandfairs.co.uk
More information is on our dedicated National Antiques Week page http://www.weada.co.uk/contents.asp?ref=7434
NATIONAL ANTIQUES WEEK - BBC HOMES & ANTIQUES PROMOTION
Deputy Editor of BBC Homes & Antiques, Natasha Goodfellow was delighted with the response from WEADA members to the 20% discount promotion for www.nationalantiquesweek.co.uk
The following members are taking part:
Dairy House Antiques, Michael Saffell, Gilbert & Dale, Anthony Cole, PA Oxley, Artemis, Smugglers Cottage, Domani, Carradale Farm.
2010 Membership Announcement
WEADA would like to welcome the following new members to the Association for 2010-2011
Artemis Gallery, Baker & Gray, Blighty, Chloe Antiques, George & King, Gloucester Antiques Centre, Gray Modern & Contemporary Art, Joseph Leonard Jewellery, Keith Richards Antiques, Kembery Clocks, Loran & Company, Number 21 Antiques, Paul Drewett Antiques, John Tredant Antiques
We would also like to welcome two new interim members (web site only members until the publication of our next Guide)
Roger Garlick Antiques and Ashby and James Antiques.
Please view our members pages on the web site for more information and items for sale
NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS
We will soon beging to process new membership applications. Please apply to the office on
info@weada.co.uk if you would like to receive a membership information pack--
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NEW WEB SITE FOR MACINTOSH ANTIQUES
Patrick Macintosh of The Courtyard, Sherborne, has launched his new web site
www.macintoshantiques.co.uk
There are 100s of items already loaded on the site which includes 3 sections -
SHOWROOM, TRADE STORE AND FAIRS
DAIRY HOUSE ANTIQUES EXPAND INTO CHEESE ROOM!
Sue Meager, owner of popular centre, Dairy House Antiques in Semley, Dorset, is delighted to announce exapnsion of the centre into the new showroom which was the former cheese room of the original dairy. The space was quickly acquired by dealers on the waiting list to join this busy showroom. For more information call Sue 01747 853317
OBITUARIES
BRIAN KAY MANN
We regret to announce the death in July 2009 of Brian Kay Mann, after a short illness. Born in Edinburgh, he was well known to many in the decorative trade who visited his quirky showroom in the barn at Ramsbury, Wiltshire in the 1970s and 80s. Brian continued to trade in Wiltshire and maintained connections with his Scottish trade contacts until just before his death. There will be a memorial service at St Catherines Church, Holt, Wiltshire, on Friday 12 August, 2009 at 12 pm.
EMMA HURLEY
We regret to announce the death of Emma Hurley in July, 2009 following a short illness. Emma was well known in the West of England as a textile dealer and for many years was a popular exhibitor at the Bath Decorative and Antiques Fair where she always took a large stand in the foyer. She travelled to buy in France in the early 1960s and continued to do so for many years with her husband John and traded from her shop in Warminster, Wiltshire until the mid 1990s. She was a long time member of BABAADA. The funeral will take place on Tuesday 11 August, 2009 at Semington Crematorium, Wiltshire at 3.15 pm
Exciting news from MOXHAMS ANTIQUES in Bradford on Avon. A customer who had called on Havard and Havard, members in Cowbridge, South Wales, picked up a copy of the WEADA Guide and saw a piece of Delft in the Moxham Guide entry and quickly made the trip to Bradford on Avon to buy the piece for £1150. The moral of the story is "always keep Guides on display!"
MEMBERS COUNTRY BROCANTE near Godney, Wells, Somerset, have a workshop/storage unite to let. It is newly built, 1500 sq feet on 2 floors with excellent parking and central heating and sited near to Glastonbury/Wells. For information call Nicky or Tim Ovel on 07970 719708
Antique Dealers Associations in the UK have been asked to support the petition launched by www.antiques.co.uk The information below has been reproduced from that web site. If you would like to sign the petition and see who has signed so far please follow the link above.
ANTIQUES ARE GREEN
Its official!
Download the logo from www.antiquesaregreen.org to your web site to promote the obvious fact that antiques are green and part of the oldest recycling business in the world!
- WEADA MEMBERS FIRST ANTIQUE FAIR AT TAUNTON SCHOOL
The First WEADA Members Antique Fair, held at Taunton School from 24 - 26 October, 2008 was an eagerly awaited event and proved to be a great success. It was very well attended by hundreds of visitors from the region and beyond and a number of important pieces were sold at the event.
The Fair was opened for us by David Moss who writes the Dealers Diary page in the Antiques Trade Gazette and he also conducted a "Best in Show" competition. The prize of a bottle of champagne went to James Yarrow of Yarrow from Honiton - specialist dealers in imported Oriental painted furniture and decorative accessories. David Moss thought the stand looked fresh and exciting and said that the antiques on display would work well in a formal or contemporary setting, an important consideration for interiors today.
The variety of antiques at the show was varied and impressive and included formal and semi formal furniture of all eras and styles, ceramics from two specialist ceramics dealers who both had an excellent fair, jewellery both antique and vintage which found a dedicated audience throughout the event, paintings also fared well with 20th century art in particular selling very well. Two clock dealers enjoyed a successful outing with a very good long case clock selling at the Fair. Decorative and painted furniture was also on display with French country furniture and mirrors and beautiful antique silver to tempt the collector.
Thirty-five member exhibitors took part in the Fair with a number of invited guest dealers from across the UK. All of the exhibitors are looking forward to standing at the next WEADA Members Fair, from 9 - 11 October, 2009 at Minterne House, Dorset.
The Chairman, Patrick Macintosh of The Courtyard Antiques in Sherborne, and the committee, were delighted with the success of this very special event and thanked the organisers Cooper Events Limited for the excellent job they did on our behalf.
We look forward to seeing you at our next Fair!
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