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Please see below for some information and photographs of previous fairs. Current Fair information is under the tab Bibury 2025 ……

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Hello all! Just a little review here to show what our August Antiques Fair looked like. I have shown a few of the stands, not all of them but maybe this will encourage a visit? We return to Bibury on the 1st of September maybe see you then? Regards, Andy

Flaming June!

Our Bibury Antiques Fair has it’s next showing for this year in just under a week from now, on Sunday June 2nd! We open, as ever at 10am and close about 4pm, as we often have a few visitors around ten past 4, as visitors walk past on their way to their cars to go home. So, last minute deals can be struck, and taken away. Here’s a few photographs of our April event for you to see. There’s only 4 chairs left now, so shout if you want them! The Hall really does look good now it has had a tidy up, the fresh paint and the clean floor make the place quite light and refreshing. Hope that you like them. For those who are wondering, “Flaming June!” was an old saying to refer to the heat of the month, I’m not sure that still stands these days, but maybe we will soon find out! Regards, Andy.

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    Visit us this November 3rd at Bibury Village Hall for our last event of the year before our winter break. Keep an eye out for our spring return. Thank you. Andy.

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    Hello all! Just a little review here to show what our August Antiques Fair looked like. I have shown a few of the stands, not all of them but maybe this will encourage a visit? We return to Bibury on the 1st of September maybe see you then? Regards, Andy.

  • July 7th, another Antiques Fair!

    Hello again! Well, how fast the months go! We return to Bibury this coming Sunday July 7th. Although we cannot guarantee the weather, I’m sure it could be a great day, especially if visitors coming to Bibury leave with a treasure, something to remind them of their lovely day by the river, wandering around the…

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Bibury Mermaid

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Hello again. Here’s a slipware charger, made by Gertrude Baker in 1913. So this year this item becomes an antique, as it’s 100 years old! I wouldn’t be surprised if the metal hanging wirework isn’t almost the same age as the charger. It’s a fabulous piece, but if you look carefully, there could be a mermaid in the local river. Our antiques fair returns to the village hall this Sunday, October 1st, see you there if you get chance. Regards, Andy.

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Flaming June!

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Hello again, and we are all looking forward to returning to Bibury Village Hall this coming Sunday, June 4th 2023. With the weather being set to fair for some time, we are hoping to have a great day to bring visitors to see us, we do have some fabulous items for sale! As ever, opening at 10am. We are near The Church for those that don’t know the area, and there are signs around for people to follow, get near to “Arlington Row” or “The Church” and you aren’t far away. On show will be many of our regulars and a couple who have only been once before bringing a selection of their ceramics. Here are a few photo’s from our last event. Best wishes, Andy.

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Good Luck Charm As We Return!

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Hello all! Well, we are returning to Bibury Village Hall this coming Sunday, June 6th. Maybe we will see you there? It seems like a while, so I’ll remind you, we open at 10am and close at 4pm. On offer by our dealers, there will be silver, jewellery, pictures, brass and copper items, and even a few items of furniture, and no doubt more! Here’s a photo of a Good Luck Charm, and I think the whole Country could do with some Good Luck, maybe it’s arriving slowly! Best Wishes. Andy.

Hallmarked Silver Good Luck Charm.

Carved Elm Pedestal Table

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Hello again! For those people who are planning trips out to various places, our dates for 2020 have been released and can be found on this website on the “About & Dates” page. Our first fair this year in Bibury is on April 5th. In the meantime, I have been getting a few items ready, including tidying up this little Elm table, I was told it was unusual before I saw it, and I think you may agree, that it’s a “little different”. Still in need of a final couple of photo’s here are some for you to see now. I can’t recall ever seeing anything quite like this, could this be Welsh, or perhaps an “Oddfellows Table”? Have a look and see. Regards, Andy.

  • Detail of carving on one side of the column.
  • Detail of carving on one side of the column.

  • Pedestal, legs, and some of the underside of the top.
  • Undeside of the top, showing the catch, block and column.
  • Detail of carving on one side of the column.
  • Detail of carving on one side of the column
  • The Elm pedestal table top.

    Fair Results!

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    • Our May event was held yesterday, and we had a great start with a coach of visitors, and a few early trade clients, however our afternoon was not as busy at all! A few of our regular dealers were watching a local equestrian event, and so there was a little more space to display a few of my furniture curios awaiting restoration, one being a folding Victorian Bagatelle game, which caused interest, as did a mahogany longcase clock from Dublin! I think I would have sold a banjo barometer too, except I mentioned the problem of taking mercury onto planes as hand luggage, and option of professional shipping, but then something else caught their eye!
    • I thought a photo of the stand infront of the stage would be appreciated, as there were a few items of interest to visitors still being mulled over late in the afternoon, so here’s a reminder. I can forward your number to the stallholder if you wish to buy anything! As I can to all the dealers too, many times sales are agreed after events. Regards, Andy.
    Our May stallholder infront of the stage at Bibury..... https://foxhousefineart.co.uk/contact-us
    Selection of stock from our May event.

    Change over time

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    Hello all. We’re back in Bibury this coming Sunday, May 5th. Opening as usual at 10am. This month however there are a few new stands, as some of our regular dealers are off to watch an equestrian event not far away. One of our new dealers is Graham, and here is a small selection of his silver he may well be bringing with him. Call in and see us to find out who else is new this month! There will also be pictures form a new dealer to us, as well as many of our regulars, so it does look like a good show again! Regards, Andy.

    A selection of stock on Grahams stand.

    Dusters at the ready!

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    Hello!

    We’re all getting ready for our first fair of the year in Bibury Village Hall, we will be there on the 7th April 2019! Opening at 10am, and closing at 4pm.

    I’m not telling what’s going to be on show by the dealers,  but here are a couple of pieces of mine at a bi-annual fair at Hopcrofts Holt Hotel, near Banbury closed down last weekend. The top hat has gone to feature in a local play abut Dr. Doolittle, and indeed I was surprised to see a “push-me-pull-you” in someones kitchen today!

    All the best, Andy!

    holt march 2019

    Sorry, there’s a sticking handle which really annoys me, but in haste I missed seeing it through the lense, now sorted and I can sleep again!

    Feeling Cornered? Shelve it in a Cabinet!

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    Wow! What a find, I love it, but what does everyone else think?

    I think here I have saved a potentially fabulous, mostly Elm corner cabinet from, the  1760’s (ish), from the fire! Why? Well, simply because I like it! Is it worth the effort? No most likely not! But……. I like wood, and this is great! When finished, if it was in a posh antiques shop it would be a stunning price, but still wouldn’t sell in a rush, so I get the pleasure of tidying it up, and enjoying it, please follow me on the journey (should enough people want me to, we can have a “Cabinet Meeting!”  just send me an email and I’ll do one for this project!). 

    We can then see what can be done. I hope to use this as an advertising item, as it’s bigger than I thought when I saw it, and a good weight, also heavier than I thought! (So not that keen on taking out everywhere!). Here it is today, and I have just bombed it with woodworm killer, he signs were old, but just in case! The interior was covered in fabric, maybe added in the 80’s, as underneath was the original paint! In the current market, I could spend a month working on it and raise the value to nearly £70! (AUCTION?). Only true country furniture folk would buy this! The labour involved is huge, and so I am gambling on a possibility I may be asked to work for someone to repair something for them, by  appreciating the work and materials that go into this!

    Please ask about my restoration business or pop along to Bibury Antiques Fair (April 7th!), in Gloucestershire to discuss anything you may wish me to do for you! I do try to please!

    Thanks for looking, and here’s the cabinet!

    Regards, Andy.

     

    Elm Corner Cabinet Front
    Elm Corner Cabinet Escutcheon
    Elm Corner Cabinet Interior Door
    Elm Corner Cabinet Painted Shelf