This blog will from time to time complement my Wales Antiques Web Site and its printed companion. The guide is a developing listing of general suppliers of antiques and collectables in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Powys and beyond; it now including auctions and in the future specialist heritage related attractions. Over 23 years it has become an essential resource for anyone with an interest in buying and selling antiques and collectables in West Wales and Beyond. If you would like to know more visit the site here.
I spent the best part of this damp morning at Carmarthen Showground Antiques and Flea market distributing the 2010 Wales Antiques Guide. A side benefit of this is getting in early before the civilians, and having a good look around the stalls and meeting the mostly laconic and downbeat stall holders.
The goods on offer were piled high and of a pretty good standard; with more cash I would have come home with a lot more that I did.
So here’s the star lot; one pair of arts and crafts candlesticks, oak, carved, 16 inches high and probably late 19th or early 20th century. I’m unable to identify the maker but I suspect a Welsh connection. I guess they could possibly be made for ecclesiastical use though I’d have expected something a little more ‘gothic revival’.
The WALES ANTIQUES GUIDE is published annually each spring and distributed across Mid and West Wales and beyond. We have been publishing the Guide since 1987 – twenty-three sucessful years! If you are interested in finding out more about the Wales Antiques Guide contact Paul Williams on 01239 615866 or 07790438157 or by email at paul_williams@btinternet.com. Prepared and designed by Paul Williams with the help of Norman Williams and John Higginbottom.
I’m updating fair and auction dates for my web site Wales Antiques…
If you have fair or auction dates that you think should be included post them here.
I’ve just received my first newsletter from Tim Bowen Antiques. If you are a fan of all things Welsh and Antique this is a must visit showroom…
Welcome to our first newsletter.
We aim to keep you informed of new stock, forthcoming exhibitions and also some things you might find useful or interesting.
New Stock
Winter Exhibition 2009
Catalogue on line
New publications
New Welsh Quilting Centre
Winter Exhibtion 2009
Our Winter Selling Exhibition starts on Saturday 14 November and is open every day 10am – 5pm until Saturday 21 November. The catalogue will be in the post…Royal Mail permitting! by the end of October.Just in case, it will also be available as a pdf document on our website home page from 2 November.
Also this year, by popular request we will include the price list and prices will also be available on the website. Items will be available to buy from 2nd November. www.timbowenantiques.co.uk The Jen Jones Quilt Centre opened its doors this summmer at the Old Town Hall in Lampeter. There is an excellent permanent exhbition of Welsh Quilts and a changing exhibition of contemporary Welsh design and art. Well worth a visit, especially if you are visiting us and staying a few days. Also stop at the Welsh Woolen Museum near Newcastle Emlyn. www.jen-jones.com Books Welsh Samplers by Chris S Stephens and Eleri Davies Gomer Press £3.99 good small but informative book on a subject near to our hearts. A Christmas Collection from Wales also by Chris S Stephens at £7.99 – both plus packaging and good as stocking fillers. Early British Chairs and Seats by Tobias Jellinek published by Antique Collectors Club. A wonderful book well written in a style to amuse and entertain as well as enlighten. www.antiquecollectorsclub.com Tim Bowen Antiques, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire info@timbowenantiques.co.uk
This is the blog of Paul Williams, Ceredigion resident since 1970. I am an English and Philosophy graduate of what was once known as St David's University College, at Lampeter . I played bass in Dyfed's first punk band and, living in Llandewi Brefi, had a grandstand view of Operation Julie . Eventually, after 2 years playing bass in Brighton's 256th punk band , I returned to Wales to deal in books and then antiques. I've trained and worked as a counsellor, I am a photographer, blog and web designer and I publish the annual Wales Antiques Guide . I am married and a father of one.
