Fifty Specialist Dealers at The 48th Annual Buxton Antiques Fair

Fifty specialist art and antiques dealers will be presenting a superb display or rare and desirable objets d’art at The 48th Buxton Antiques Fair at the Pavilion Gardens, from 17th - 20th May 2012. Connoissuers and collectors from across the Midlands and the North of England will be making a date with this annual event that is a major highlight in the arts and culture of the Peak District. Supported by the Buxton Opera House, the fair enjoys a national status and is recognized as one the most important events of its kind outside London. Over four days antiques and fine art with prices from £10 to £100,000 go on sale, all exhibits vetted for quality and authenticity. The Buxton Antiques Fair is distinguished by its wide variety of high quality exhibits, from early English and Continental furniture and works of art from the eighteenth century to twentieth century to fine pottery and porcelain, silver, jewellery, watches, metalwork, glass, sculpture, samplers, folk art and much more.

‘The Buxton Fair has an immense charm and a unique appeal to serious collectors,’ explains organiser Sue Ede of Cooper Events. ‘We seek to indulge the most discriminating collectors and first-time buyers.’ Last year leading art specialists Haynes Fine Art sold a number of important paintings including an important nineteenth century oil for in excess of £60,000’.

High quality works of art and period furniture have always distinguished the fair in its past forty-seven years and, once again, the famous Pavilion venue will be transformed into a sumptuous palace of rare and valuable treasures. Among the specialist exhibitors will be Paraphernalia Decorative Arts from Buxton, specialising in Arts & Crafts furniture and lighting; Richard Glass from Derbyshire with Old Master drawings, John Newton from East Yorkshire, showing fine porcelain; Garth Vincent from Lincolnshire, with a selection of antique arms and armour; early English pottery on the stand of Roger de Ville from Staffordshire; Persian and Oriental carpets and rugs from M.& N.Rugs from Manchester; and British and Continental porcelain by Meissen and other major factories. Among the jewellery specialists, Shapiro & Co. from London promise a glittering display of Russian and French pieces including pieces by Faberge. www.cooperevents.com