Lincoln and Newark fairs

I often hear that Lincoln & Newark have nothing of interest but they are traditionally dealer's shows so the best stuff is often sold before the gates are opened.
Recently I have managed to cover my costs just by finding one good piece of pottery but I have never found a keeper at any fair

often find good bits at smaller fairs. for me the best ones are Newmarket racecourse and the Ipswich showground. always seem to buy something decent at both of those. sometimes keepers and other times i buy to sell but she ends up keeping them

you told me Newmarket was rubbish and I shouldn't bother going!!

Talk about competitive collectors!

it's always rubbish and you should never go there....

see you there next month

think it's next sunday? but I am working nights so will miss it. indoors are the same faces but outside stalls are very varied with different faces each time i have been

Went to Swinderby & Newark fairs last week , both were total crap , Newark slightly better crap , but crap just the same , same shity dealers every yr with same shity car boot tat , far too expensive now to go over there , I'll have to stick to Malvern & Shepton

sorry I missed it

lucky You Dan , trust me , you missed sod all . typical conversation -
" How much is this please "?
"It's 17th century "
"Yes , How Much "?
" It's German "
"Uh HuH,How much is it ?"
" It's A Bellarmine "
" Ok , But how much?"
"£300"
" Fu*k Off"
" Have a nice day "

I'm pleased to hear your negotiating skills are finely tuned as ever Ed

I'll be at Lincon next week and maybe Newark on the Friday

I just got back and it was a wash out, very poor quality goods and fairweather dealers

Less from now on Dan, they've had to whack VAT on the rents,
so lots wont be standing in future.
These big fairs will wither and die, not enough money about to make the
eye-watering stall rents viable anymore.

i was shocked at cost of stalls at fairs. O thought it would be sub £100 but it was well over for one day ...is that normal?

You can stand for £30-40 if you know where to go,
but boots will take over, even if they have to charge VAT
it will only put it up by a couple of quid.

Greedy organisers, not seeing the wood for the trees.
The old days when you took 1000 while you were unwrapping
are history, but they don't seem to know or care.

dantheman wrote:I just got back and it was a wash out, very poor quality goods and fairweather dealers

So glad I never went , it wasn't much cop the last time either , I don't know how but these fairs need a rethink , same old faces , same old tat , year after year , how daft must you be to have the same stock for yrs on end and how daft are we for paying a small fortune to get in to see it

on the positive side we went on to the Hemswell antique centres and lots of the old dealers had gone so mostly new stock

That's good news , I do enjoy a day out the Hemswell , the first unit has a good look about it now

yes I used to have a cabinet in that one

Never been to Hemswell. But the cost of the stall was one of the reasons we dropped Newark as a fair. £200 for the stall, 4 hours drive to it and two nights in a hotel make a big hole in your wallet.

yes Peterborough is a better bet for you, just 2 hours and a better fair

Lincoln was a complete wash out today and the same is forecast all week so Stickney and Newark can do without me

Sorry to hear that Dan. Fingers crossed it gets better got an Ardingly in a couple of weeks.

personally I would love to see specialist fairs for those who like contemporary pottery and art but at 2nd hand prices.....

So what about a fair where 20th Century Forum members only stall out?