Travel broadens the mind, they say. Busy dealer John Read Smith believes it.
“I started doing the fairs as it was the only way I believed I could remain an antiques dealer, and have done 29 this year so far [to mid-June]. In my younger days, three years ago, I did 75 in a year as I wanted to know how they ran, what to take and which to do or avoid.”
Read Smith, who stands at a lot of events including IACF, Swallow Fairs, Cooper Antiques Fairs and Continuity Fairs, will be at the Swallow three-day Loseley Park Decorative Home and Salvage Show near Guildford in Surrey on Friday to Sunday, July 14-16.