One Tuesday last month, Edward Cruttenden of Sunbury Antiques, the organiser of the hugely popular fortnightly market at Kempton Park Racecourse, had his busiest day this year.
He said: “Henry Nicholls, one of our longest-standing dealers, tweeted that he had sold out, saying ‘Where else can you guarantee this level of buyers? A fantastic day, one of the best yet’.”
Cruttenden added: “Another dealer I was chatting with said that she’d had a fantastic day, selling over 20 suitcases to an Italian couple, and a regular dealer from France said they’d pretty much sold out.