The revival continues in ATG

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
Joan Porter of Antique Trade Gazette reports on the final weeks leading up to Salvo Fair 25-27 June, business such as Cox's Architectural Salvage Yard, Arc Reclamation and Antique Church Furnishings comments on Salvo Fair and the reclamation trade in general.

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Salvo Fair booking deadline

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
The deadline for last minute pitch bookings at Salvo Fair is Tuesday 22 June 2010.

These are the vat-inclusive prices for antique, reclaimed, salvaged, and recraft craftspeople pitches;
Jumbo 60ft by 40ft £804
Big 60ft by 20ft £600
Medium 40ft by 20ft £479
Small 20ft by 20ft £285
Table 10ft by 10ft £92
Contact Ruby as soon as possible on 01225 422300 or 07855 010960

Please note that there are no 'new and repro' pitches available.

More exhibitor info and downloadable booking form

Decorative and antique lighting at Salvo Fair

Above: A Turn of the Century Electrolier in Silver Plate finish, this high quality heavy weight, cast chandelier has 6 arms and matching ceiling rose. £1800. 70cms(H) x 60(W)

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
Antique Chandeliers of Copthorne specialise in large scale antique lighting fittings suitable for the larger period property to include antique chandeliers in crystal and glass and quality antique Flemish and other metal chandeliers plus English electroliers in brass, silver plate and gilt.

At the Salvo Fair they will be showing part of their stock of quality antique metal chandeliers together with antique lanterns and wall lights plus a small number of crystal items.

With over 15 years in the antique lighting business, Antique Chandeliers has a client list which includes many top interior designers as well as private clients. One of their antique crystal chandeliers was chosen for Ralph Lauren's Bond Street window showcasing its current home collection.


Above: A Large Gilt French Empire Chandelier with Central Cut Glass Bowl and Six Arms,featuring reeded supports and corona with matching reeded patterning to pans and nozzles. The original glass bowl has an etched pattern. The arms and and central chandelier ring have relief patterning. £3500 100cm (H) x 82cm (W)

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Antique Chandeliers

Salvo Fair 2010 is quickly approaching

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
This years 10th Anniversary Salvo Fair is just around the corner, we are expecting a ten percent rise in exhibitors who will bring their wears to Knebworth House, Hertfordshire from 25-27 June 2010. Visitors will be able to make many beautiful discoveries to transform the home and garden without costing the earth (literally).

Peter Watson of Cox's Yard, a long standing veteran of the fair is taking a large stand, he will be demonstrating one aspect of the recraft side of the business, turning old oak carriage boards from French freight trains into solid timber doors, built to size, and with all the craftsmanship, strength and character of a good old-fashioned reclaimed door. Peter Watson says, "We don't offer perfection. We offer splits, knots, and character." The timber is heavily sanded, filled, and oiled. Any style of hinges, locks and handles can be fitted.



Tina Pasco is new to Salvo Fair but has more than 16 years experience dealing in garden antiques in the UK, France and USA. Over the past few months Tina has been searching out the best garden antiques for the fair. Alongside her reclaimed pieces Tina will be bringing a Victorian-style mobile cloche, handmade by Kentish furniture maker and friend, David Le Versha exclusively for Pasco at Esprit du Jardin.



Other interesting items destined for Salvo Fair 2010 includes antique stone troughs from the new Russell Crowe Robin Hood movie filmed at Shepperton, a wonderful 6ft Victorian ceramic roll top bath by prestigious makers Adams & Co, reclaimed from an old hotel on Walney Island, Cumbria and a cast iron radiator belonging to Orson Welles, voted best film director of all time, and tonnes of Victorian red bricks from an early 1900's officer's quarters at RAF Northolt, Middlesex.



Enjoy an inspirational day out at Salvo Fair and find all you need for your home and garden from an international array of exhibitors - from birdbaths to bricks, fireplaces to flagstones, tiles to toilets . . . you might even find the odd kitchen sink!

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Exploding balls return to Salvo Fair

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
Florian Langenbeck from Historische Turen Schlosser Beschlage is bringing his exploding German balls back to this years Salvo Fair, after they proved such a hit last year. The balls were originally used in an old mill for crushing pigment. Amazingly as last years exhibitors found out during a friendly game of boules when the balls hit each other they explode as if a large percussion cap has gone of. The balls are one for £5 and three for £10, he has 200 pieces all together.





Historische Turen Schlosser Beschlage

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Commemorative keystones at Salvo Fair

Knebworth, Hertfordshire UK
V & V Reclamation will bring six carved portland stone key stones to Salvo Fair 2010. Four of the stones have coats of arms, and two have profile carvings of the British nurses and humanitarians, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. They were removed from the facade of St Thomas's Hospital in 2004 and stand at approximately one metre tall. The commemorative stone is dated 1936 and is priced at £1,200 each.





V & V Reclamation

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An end to stifling business growth

London UK

Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced an action plan to “re-open Britain for business” and bring an end to the excessive regulation that is stifling business growth, especially of small businesses. The action plan will establish a new “challenge group” to come up with innovative approaches to achieving social and environmental goals in a non-regulatory way.

Vince Cable said, "The deluge of new regulations has been choking off enterprise for too long. We must move away from the view that the only way to solve problems is to regulate. The Government has wide-ranging social and ecological goals including protecting consumers and protecting the environment. This requires increased social responsibility on the part of businesses and individuals."

Department for Business Innovation & Skills