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Buxton Antiques Fair gets set for 44th year at Pavilion Gardens
March 2008
This year is the 44th annual Buxton Antiques Fair, making it one of the UK’s longest established datelined fairs and is generally considered to be the beginning of the Buxton Summer Season. This year’s Fair is to be opened by Lord Ralph Kerr, the High Sheriff of Derbyshire, during a prestigious VIP evening from 6.30pm – 9pm, on Wednesday 14th May.
To the public, the Fair opens its doors on Wednesday 14th May at The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, with over 50 dealers offering top quality paintings and watercolours, antique furniture, jewellery, ceramics, objets d’art, silver, glass, clocks and barometers, bronzes, arts and crafts and maps and prints.
Opening hours are from
- 11am to 5pm on Wednesday 14th May,
- 11am to 6pm on Thursday 15th, Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May and
- 11am to 5pm on Sunday 18th May.
Admission to the Fair is £6 per person on the day, which includes a copy of the Fair Catalogue. If you visit the Fair website at www.buxtonantiquesfair.com (external website**), you can buy tickets online at 2 for the price of 1, be automatically entered for a free prize draw and receive a voucher which can be redeemed at the show for a free copy of The Encyclopedia of Garden Flowers.
The Buxton Antiques Fair adopts a policy of offering visitors fully vetted and datelined antiques and works of art. This ensures that all items are authenticated and fall within the datelines set for the Fair, giving visitors the added assurance that they can but items with complete confidence.
The Buxton Antiques Fair is organised by Trident Exhibitions of Tavistock, Devon, and Show Manager Marlene Carr says: "The Buxton Antiques Fair is one of the UK’s most prestigious antiques fairs in the calendar and is always a popular event with both exhibitors and visitors alike, with the Pavilion Gardens and the splendour of Buxton making the perfect setting."
For further details on the Fair, including exhibitors' list, floor plan, vetting and datelining information, and direction details to the Pavilion Gardens, please visit the show website at www.buxtonantiquesfair.com (external website**) or contact Trident Exhibitions on 01822 614671, or email info@trident-exhibitions.co.uk.
**Please note: The Pavilion Gardens is not responsible for the content of any external websites.