REMINDER

Irish International Coin Fair February 27th — 28th 2010
RDS Ballsbridge, Serpentine Hall, Hall 3, Anglesea Rd.

THE NEXT ANTIQUES FAIR TAKES PLACE THIS SUNDAY IN THE ARDBOYNE HOTEL, NAVAN.

Opening Hours: NOON till 6PM
25 dealers will be selling at the fair, including jewellery in every price bracket, all of it unique, for that very special Valentine’s Day gift.
The Ardboyne Hotel is only 30 minutes from Dublin and the M50, there is plenty of parking, and the hotel is famous for its excellent Sunday carvery.

If you miss this Sunday’s fair, the next Clontarf Castle fair is Sunday 21st February 11am-6pm. There will be 40 dealers and lots of bargains, including a good selection of furniture.
Free parking, or take the bus (route 130 from city centre). The carvery at Clontarf Castle is also highly recommended for Sunday lunch.

Don’t forget, the fairs hotline is (087) 2670 607. You can text or phone this number to request text updates, or for information on any upcoming fair.

This fair has been brought forward to 31st January from the original advertised date of 21 Feb. 35 dealers will be exhibiting, selling a wide range of antiques, vintage and collectors item, including furniture, contemporary Irish art, jewellery, porcelain, art glass, vintage fashion and accessories, vintage decor, rare coins, stamps and postal history, curios, etc. Admission €3.50.

Location: near Dun Laoghaire harbour and the Stenaline ferry terminal (follow road signs for the Stenaline Dun Laoghaire car ferry). The local DART station is 5 minutes walk away, and many buses from Dublin city also stop near the hotel.

Opening hours 11am to 6pm.
Don’t forget, the fairs hotline is 087 2670607. You can text or phone this number to request text updates, or for information on any upcoming fair.

Also see website here: http://www.vintageireland.eu

27th/28th February 2010

Opening hours: 11.00 am – 6.00 pm

Venue: RDS Dublin (from Anglesey Road entrance)

Further details as I get them.

The ideal opportunity for some quality Christmas shopping!

Clontarf Castle Hotel – this Sunday 15th November, 10am – 4pm

*Don’t forget to click on the pic if you want to enlarge the image.

BOOK FAIR at the Talbot Hotel, Wexford.
1st November, 2009.
10.30am – 5.00pm

Rare, Antiquarian, Historical, Good general range of books and ephemera.

The 38th Wexford Festival Antiques Fair takes place in the Talbot Hotel, Wexford over the October Bank Holiday – Thurs.22nd/Mon.26th October from 12 noon to 8 p.m. daily. Run as a fringe event to the Wexford Opera Festival this fair rarely disappoints me – reasonable prices and a diverse range of stock. According to my local paper taking part in the five-day event will be Chris Kavanagh (Enniscorthy), Kieran Moran (Co.Wicklow), Marie Curran (Dublin), Brigid Wall (Co.Wexford), Albie O’Donoghue (Co.Waterford), Michael Lee (Co.Wicklow), Terry Stacey (Co.Wexford), Charlotte Freeman (London), Joe Keating (Dublin) and Wexford’s Mairead Furlong.

Of special interest this year will be an excellent selection of Georgian and early Victorian furniture; silver and Art Deco figurines; Irish paintings, mirrors, and collectables – particularly film posters, coins and medals.

The Talbot Hotel is located at the south end of the Wexford quayfront.

DUBLIN BOOK FAIR
The Freemasons’ Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin.2.
Friday 18th September – Noon to 7pm.
Saturday 19th September – 10am to 5pm.
Antiquarian & Secondhand Books, maps, prints etc for sale.
Admission €3
Further details: 00 44 1383 725566

See also: http://www.pbfa.org