THE DEALER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT HENLEY DECOR FAIR APRIL 2023.

ANF is delighted to annouce that our choice for Dealer of the Year at Henley Decor Fair is

King George Antiques!!

ANF is proud to sponsor the The Henley Decor Fair Antique Dealer of the Year Award 2023. 

Each year The Henley Decor Fair recognises those dealers who go above and beyond with awards for Outstanding Achievement, Best Stand, Best Display and Best Newcomer.

The Dealer of the Year Award, sponsored by ANF, has been added to this stellar list of awards for April 2023.

The very popular awards scheme means that exhibitors pull out all the stops, saving their best stock for the event and creating truly inspiring stands and stunning displays.

The awards ceremony took place on Saturday night 15 April 2023 at the Henley Decor Fair and was presented by the organiser Gary Wallis.

The ANF award winner was judged on the merits of being a hard working family antiques business. We felt that this family pull together to represent their business at fairs and on-line and from our experience we know they look after their clients and represent the industry in a positive way at all times.

The public at large are larely unaware of how hard antique dealers work - up with the lark to travel hundreds of miles every week both in UK and EU, in search of the right stock. Setting up at fairs around the country, putting on a show and a smile like troubadors of the trade.

There have been tough times for everyone recently and the trade has suffered the additional hazard of Brexit which has impacted on many businesses in our industry.  Dealers have ploughed on regardless and enterprising members of the trade have found solutions to the EU import customs trials and tribulations so that they can keep on trading with the EU.

Here at ANF we talk to dealers all the time, at fairs or on road trips meeting clients, and we know how hard they work.  Gruelling travel, humping furniture, finding time for social media and looking after clients and relying on their own eye to buy the right thing that will sell so they can actually get paid that month!

We say congratulations to them all but there could only be one winner and that was the 3rd generation family business of King George Antiques which is run by Gary Doynton and brother Alfie Doynton.

The ANF prize is a complimentary ANF Newsletter Takeover, value £425.  ANF will send information about King George Antiques to our vast data base of both private and trade subscribers from UK, EU and USA. They will also have an editorial feature and social media to promote their win.

Congratulations also go to our shortlist of 10 dealers exhibiting at Henley, with a special mention to Dave at Stag and Squire who has been involved in a nasty traffic accident and will be unable to attend but will send his positive good wishes to everyone from his hospital bed!

Shortlist for Dealer of the Year

Chapter Two/Thrifty Gent

French Loft

John Wiseman/Mark Taylor

King George Antiques

Merchant Stores

Not Wanted on Voyage

Paul Everett Antiques

Smith & Moon

Street Marburg

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For more information on any of these dealers please see Henley Decor Fair Exhibitors April 23

Henley Decor Fair returns with an impressive line-up of over 180 of the finest and most highly regarded decorative traders in the UK. The fair will take place 13 – 16 April at a new location on the prestigious Henley Showground, Henley-on-Thames.

The Henley Decor Fair is no ordinary antiques fair, it’s a fun and inspiring four-day event in the most stunning setting. and has now become a destination for the antiques trade, interior designers, and movie prop companies alike, as well as attracting international buyers from the US, Europe and beyond.

Gary Wallis, fair organiser and presenter on UKTV’s ‘Restoration Workshop’, has been in the antiques business for over 30 years “My dream had always been to bring together all the things I love about the trade and create an event I would want to go to. I appreciate the incredible hard work that goes into sourcing, restoring, and presenting for sale rare and interesting wares so wanted an event that both the exhibitors and guests would enjoy.”

The impressive exhibitor list includes some regular faces; Thrifty Gent and Chapter II Antiques, Ridding & Wynn, Antiques Gent, Violet Grey Decorative, Linda North, Coach House Brocante, King George Antiques, Kingham Curios, Merchant Stores, Mary Jones Vintage and Garden Brocante to name but a few. Exciting newcomers including Street Marburg, Mono Antiques and Nimmo and Spooner.

The diversity and calibre of the traders and the festival atmosphere bringing a hybrid of a destination fun day out with temptation for the shopper across a huge selection of quality decorative antiques, art, vintage and architectural salvage to shepherd’s huts, vintage boats and cars. The new, improved location on the Henley Showground also means that for the first time there will be a large central pavilion housing an arcade of smaller stands making for easy navigation of the large number of stands.

There’s plenty of free parking with  porters on hand to help transport your purchases to your car. SEG Logistics, will also be on site to assist with international shipping.

When ready to take a break from shopping, guests can soak up the festival atmosphere and enjoy live music, ‘A Night at the Movies’ themed bar, craft beer, vintage tearoom, and a wide choice of gastro food stalls in the beautiful surroundings.

And that’s not all, on Saturday night, as trading closes, daytime guests are invited to enjoy the evening entertainment with bars open until late and music which will make you want to dance until you drop!

EXCLUSIVE TRADE MORNING

Thursday 13 April - 9:00 - 12:00.

FREE entry to the trade only morning with proof of business.

PUBLIC ENTRY:

Thursday 13 April - 12:00 - 18:00
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 April - 10:00am - 18:00
Sunday 16 April - 10.00am - 17.00

ON THE DOOR £15 PER TICKET PER PERSON

FREE entry to under 16s, disable people and carers of disabled people.
Well behaved dogs on leads welcome.

For more information or tickets please visit Henley Decor Fair.