Antique Shopping in London

Antique Arcades
(020) 7266 8211 - 7 Pierrepoint Row Camden Passage, London, Camden has a market round here on Wednesdays and Saturdays

Golden Fleece Antiques Arcade
(020) 8398 2324 - 63 Fleece Road, Surbiton,

Antique Arcade
(020) 8979 7954 - 77 Bridge Road, East Molesey,

Bourbon-Hanby Antiques Centre
151 Sydney Street, SW3 6NT, Tel: 0870 142 3403
Jewellery,oriental furniture,Clarice Cliffe - good centre with lots of local antiques stores.
It's in an Expensive area but you may find some great deals here.

Camden Passage
Upper Street, N1
The Market is best on Wednesdays and Saturdays - some shops and arcades stay open all week
good market with unexpected finds.

The Dining Room Shop
62-64 White Hart Lane, SW13 0PZ, Tel: 020 8878 1020
best for dining tables & furniture !

The French House
125 Queenstown Road, SW8 3RH, Tel: 020 7978 2228
Best for French High Quality Furniture

The Furniture Cave
533 Kings Road, SW10, Tel: 020 7352 4229
High Quality (not cheap !) antiques arcade with high class dealers.
Include lighting and statues etc.

Grays Antiques Market
58 Davies Street, W1Y 2LP, Tel: 020 7629 7034
Over 80 Antiques Dealers - great buys here quite often. Lots of Jewellery

Guinevere
574-580 New King's Road, SW6 2DY, Tel: 020 7736 2917
Upmarket French and English Antiques & Furniture

London Silver Vaults
Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1QS
Describing itself as the 'world's best kept secret', It's in a unique
underground building that's home to over 30 silver dealers.
Originally a safe-deposit premises, the Silver Vaults came into existence after WWII,Everything you can think of in Silver is here !

The Old Cinema Warehouse
160 Chiswick High Road, W4 1PR, Tel: 020 8895 4166,
Thousands of antiques - friendly helpful staff too !

Portobello Road is in London W11
Nearest Tube Station is Notting Hill Gate
Market is mostly confined to arcades on Fridays
On Saturdays the streets are a huge market of small stalls with a fruit and veg market (which smetimes turns into a junk market at the far end)
The very far end is a very poor area (relatively speaking !)and is not for the faint-hearted - also a drugs centre !
The middle part is more a flea market with great deals on retro clothes etc.
I Advise sticking to the upper & middle ends of the market where the arcades are.
Arcades are often on several floors (no elevators !)
and have hundreds of tiny booths selling just about everything. There are many fakes on sale in the market - especially bronzes,18th C paintings and ivory (usually resin or bone )
The arcades are one of the cheapest sources of antiques in London (Bermondsey Market is a little cheaper - very early on Friday morning)
Haggling is necessary - a trade card helps.
You can usually get 10% off marked price at many booths. The phrase to use is - What is the Trade price ?

Portobello Road area Antiques markets and stores - many stay open all week.
Friday is pretty much the Wholesale day and some dealers on;y open on Fridays.
:
Admiral Vernon Antique Market:

141-149 Portobello Road, London W11.

From 5am Saturdays
Outdoor market in front of arcade on
Friays and Saturdays

Chelsea Galleries:
The Dealers Gallery
67, 69 & 73 Portobello Road.
Tel 020 7229 7762 (Saturdays)
www.chelseagalleries.net

Crown Arcade:
119 Portobello Road, London W11
Tel: 020 7792 5240 Fax: 020 7243 8272

Delehar Gallery:
146 Portobello Road, W11.
Tel: 020 7727 9860

Gallery 85:
Gallery 85, Portobello Road,
London W11 2QB
Tel: 020 7243 6365

HICKMET FINE ARTS
Specialists in antique marble, bronze and ivory sculpture from the Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Animaliers eras, 1840 ~ 1940.
High Quality.
www.www.hickmet.com
Email: david@hickmet.com

MARIO'S ANTIQUES
Mario's Antiques
High Quality Porcelain etc www.marios-antiques.com
Email: marwan@talktalk.net
Tel: 0207 243 6365
Fax: 0208 900 0810

Good Fairy Antique Market:
100 Portobello Road, W11.
Tel: 0207 385 2525
www.goodfairyantiques.co.uk
Don;t miss this one - bargains here !
of antiques and collectables, including:- Amber, Beatles Items, Books, Boxes, Canteens of Cutlery, China and Porcelain, Clocks, Costume Jewellery, Cufflinks, Decorative Plated Tableware, Door Knobs, Frames, Furniture Fittings, Gold & Jewellery Purchased, Handbags, Jewellery, Kitchenalia, Napkin Rings, Needlework Tools, Postcards, Prints, Radios, Silver and Silver Plate, Silver Trays, Toby Jugs, Stamps, Telephones, Tins, Watches, Woodworking tools.

HARRIS' ARCADE - OPEN ALL WEEK
161/163 PORTOBELLO ROAD
LONDON W11
www.portobellogroup.co.uk
Tel: 020 7727 5240 Fax 020 7243 8272

Antiquities, Collectables, Ethnographic, Jewellery, Lace, Linen, Paintings, Period Costume, Photographs, Prints, Silver, Tribal, Sporting Memorabilia, Maps, Watches

The Red Teapot Arcade
101/103 Portobello Road London W11.
ALL Enquiries 020 7727 5240 Fax: 020 7243 8272
Saturdays Open 6am - 4pm.
Excellent selection of high quality antiques from very knowledgeable specialists

The Red Lion Antiques Arcade: Worlds First
165-169 Portobello Road.
Saturdays from 5.30am

75 Portobello Road*:
www.75portobelloroad.com

75 Portobello Road, London W11 2QB
24hr ans Tel: 020 7221 1121
E-mail: gavin@antique-clocks.co.uk

GAVIN DOUGLAS
Important clocks, decorative gilt bronze, bronze, sculture and porcelain
Tel: 07860 680521
www.antique-clocks.co.uk
Email: gavin@antique-clocks.co.uk

GARRICK D. COLEMAN
Fine Antique and Collectors' Chess Sets and Glass Paperweights
www.antiquechess.co.uk
Tel: 020 7937 5524

PHILIP GARRICK ANTIQUES
Mobile: 07961 418492

Portwine Galleries:
173/175 Portobello Road.
Opposite HSBC Bank, Elgin Crescent bus stop.
Start your Portobello tour at the Portwine Galleries,

Jewellery, Paintings, Prints, Vintage Clothes, China,
Porcelain, Decorative Arts, Walking Sticks, Umbrellas,
Pens, Postcards, Radios, Clocks, Lace, Linens,
Bags, Books and Collectables

Rogers Antiques Gallery:
65 Portobello Road.
Tel: 020 7351 5353
www.rogersantiques.com

Van Arcade:

The Quality Arcade.
105 - 107 Portobello Road, London W11 2QB
Tel: 020 7229 5577.

PORTOBELLO GREEN MARKET
Tel: 0800 358 3434 COUNTRYWIDE MARKETS
SELL THE UNUSUAL TO THE UNUSUAL
6.30am ON MARKET DAYS. UNDER THE CANOPY OF THE WESTWAY
(VERY NEAR LADBOKE GROVE TUBE STATION)
FRIDAYS:
RETRO - ART DECO, ANTIQUES - 50s/60s

SATURDAYS:
FASHION MARKET - THE BUZZIEST BUZZ IN LONDON, YOU GOTTA BE HERE!

SUNDAYS:
FLEA MARKET - CLOTHES, BRIC-A-BRAC, RECORDS, BOOKS ETC.

The World Famous: Portobello Market- OPEN ALL WEEK
177 Portobello Road.

Lipka's Antiques Gallery

282, 284, 286, 288, 290 Westbourne Grove, London W11
Open Fridays 10am-4pm and Saturdays 7am-4pm

(150 dealers !)

Portobello Road dealers come & go (mostly) so its impossible to keep this list updated.
The best way to get there is either by public transport (Ladbroke Grove Tube Station ) or Taxi.
There are many pickpockets especially on Saturdays.
(These usually operate on the tube or in tube stations or where there are crowds.
Portobello Arcades and shops are like Aladdins cave and you may at first be quite confused.
There are specialist dealers and these are worth seeking out.Some of the arcadeswith smaller booths often have the best bargains but you MUST get there early to find them.
Many of the arcades have cafes and there are also many good restaurants in the area.
Smaller dealers only accept Sterling Cash but there are exchange offices (banks give a much better rate !)

Bermondsey Market is about 1/2 a mile due South of Tower Bridge.
It's the Wholesale antiques market for London.
Hundreds of small booths have just about any small item you can think of. Fakes abound though so be careful.Only buy expensive items if you are an expert.
The area around the market is a bit seedy so please be careful about wandering down side streets.
The market is surrounded by warehouses containing many antiques firms and arcades of smaller dealers.
There are also many firms thatwill buy all over Britain and send the container full of antiques back to you by ship !
This is a great service to busy antiques dealers who want to buy specific things like Chippendale or early furniture. Ask around for quotes though as this is not a cheap service.
This is a GREAT place to buy - starts at 4 am though and most bargains have gone by 8 am !
To get there either stay near Tower Bridge and walk down or take a taxi (book the night before).You will be competing against UK dealers looking for stock.
Haggling is de rigeur and the stallholders always start high !
This is a great market for smalls - collectibles and silver items. Sometimes you see unusual stuff like North American Native weapons and clothing or oriental china.
This doesn't make it to antique shops in the UK !
You'll need a wheeled trolley to collect your goodies.
Although this used to be known as a thieves market (where receipts are unknown) it is now a legitimate market and you'll be amazed at the variety of items available. Be wary of fake French Glass (being made in Hungary nowadays) and Italian Plaster/marble plaques (attractive and very reasonably priced but they ARE modern)
Last time I went there was a severe shortage of public toilets though - so go before you go !

The prime wholesale markets are :
Ardingley - huge market with thousands of vendors

Newark (on an aerodrome) huge market again with thousands of vendors. It is essential to get to this market on the first day to get good bargains.
Do NOT buy tickets from anyone other than the main ticket office - forgeries abound !

Birmingham City Centre 1st Wednesday in each month. Starts 7.00 am Its probably easier to stay in a City centre hotel although there is a coach service to Birmingham from London specificaly for the market (see trade magazines for recent details)
There is no admission fee to the main market.(or wasn't when I last went !)
Many bargains here - start at the stalls outside first !
Birmingham has a large jewellery quarter (Wholsale mostly) and you may need a trade card to buy there.
Get there by bus from the city centre - ask anyone and they'll tell you how to get there.
Many British jewellery items are made there and some seconds are sold in the Antiqes market (mentioned above)
Leeds has good antiques shops and there's a LARGE antiques warehouse in Halifax in Northern England at reasonanble prices.Although you may have to haggle hard to get decent prices...

If you are in Europe in early September then do visit the Lille (France) Antiques fair in the 1st weekend of September. It's over 7 Kilometres of street markets ! The theory is that any citizen of Lille can just sell their unwanted stuff from their attics ! (In fact antiques dealers and Brocantes from all over Europe grab pitches there )- great fun but book a hotel a year in advance !!
There are hundreds of Antiques shops in almost all of the Cotswld Towns and Gloucestershire.These include arcades of display cases from other dealers.
In arcades with display cases the prices are usually fixed.
Other good areas are Norfolk,Suffolk and Essex with regular new shipments coming into antiques dealers via Harwich Port.
Norwich is a good buying centre with excellent arcades and lots of antiques shows and fairs (especially in Summer)
Pretty much every town in Britain has one or two shops and the cheapest areas are around the ports - Liverpool,Southampton,Plymouth etc.
Ireland has been pretty much looted of antiques now but some single shops remain with good buys.
Beware of furniture reproductions though in Britain as there are factries turning out 'Chippendale' and 'Sheraton' furniture from original designs.
Blue and White Porcelain and Copper hunting horns,bellows and enamel signs are also widely reproduced and often imported from China.

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