A brand new Luxury Antiques Weekend is taking place at Tankersley Manor, Tankersley, South Yorkshire from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 November 2010.  This is the last of four new boutique fine art and antiques fairs launched in different parts of England this year by The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited, bringing the total up to seven.  Situated in beautiful countryside between Sheffield and Barnsley, this new event is easily accessible as it is only two minutes drive from the M1. 

The Tankersley Suite at Tankersley Manor will be transformed into a glittering treasure trove of around 20 antiques dealers offering their finest antiques and art for sale.  The fair’s atmosphere is stylish, informal and relaxed and offers a great day out for  interior decorators, antiques aficionados and collectors, as well as the private buyer looking for that special decorative item or piece of furniture to fill a gap or add the wow factor to their home.

With Christmas just seven weeks away, buyers can find unique presents such as silver, jewellery, glass, maps and prints, original book illustrations, oil and watercolour paintings, 19th century and contemporary bronze sculptures, oriental carpets and rugs, antique longcase clocks, town and country furniture and all kinds of objets d’art and much more. Prices range from under £100 to five figure sums. 

A selection of the fair’s highlights include a pure silk Hereke rug, made in Turkey in the 1940s and signed by the weaver, Bash Togh, priced at £16,500.  This is one of the finest silk rugs that M & N Oriental Rugs have ever seen in 25 years of dealing. For collectors of snuff boxes, Shapiro & Co are bringing a very special Swiss gold enamel snuff box decorated with a pastoral scene, circa 1820, selling at £15,000.   For entertaining large numbers, Freshfords Fine Antiques has a Regency mahogany extending imperial dining table seating 16 people.  The table was almost certainly made by Gillow or by a journeyman working around Lancashire in the 1820s, price £35,000.  Also from Freshfords is a burr elm repeating table clock, made for the Bottomley family of Wade House in Yorkshire and bearing their coat of arms, c1850, selling for £3,750. An extremely rare 18th century ‘transitional’ oak dresser and rack of small proportions, from the Denbigh area of North Wales, c1720, is the first Melody Antiques of Cheshire has ever owned from that region, price £3,450.

Suitably festive, for this time of year, is a colourful snowy scene ‘Christmas Fair’, signed by Edith Le Breton (1912-1992), c1970, £2,400 from St James/Authentiques. Encouraged by Lowry, Edith Le Breton often painted Salford street scenes, as well as Altrincham and Stockport.  Baron Fine Art is bringing 'Dinan Morris Preaching in Derbyshire’ by Charles Gregory (1849-1920), which is taken from the novel ‘Adam Bede’ by George Eliot, priced at £18,000.  An excellent selection of locally made longcase clocks is to be found on F J & R D Story’s stand, which includes examples by Neddy Wells of Shepley, Lister of Halifax and Whittaker of Thorne.  Jewellery is always popular and to add that special sparkle to the fair T Robert are showing a dazzling Colombian emerald ring surrounded by 2 carats of diamonds, c1925, at £10,000 as well as a fine platinum 1930s Tiffany diamond ring for £8,000.  And finally, modern picture dealers, Art World Gallery are bringing work by Lélia Pissarro (b.1963), the great-grand-daughter of Camille Pissarro. 

Organiser Ingrid Nilson of The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited said, “Our luxury antiques weekends appeal to a broad spectrum of visitor including people wishing to acquire something with a lasting value.  We select the venues for our fairs very carefully, so that the whole experience is enjoyable with easy access and free parking, fine dining and light refreshments. For those who wish to make a weekend of it, there is comfortable accommodation with excellent leisure and spa facilities.  Tankersley Manor is a former 17th century manor house, and now a four star Q Hotel with beautiful award-winning gardens.”

The benefiting charity for the fair is Help for Heroes raising money to support members of the armed forces who have been wounded in the service of their country.

Tickets & enquiries:           £5, including catalogue (and re-admission)                                                                                                                 T: +44 (0)1797 252030 or E: info@adfl.co.uk

Opening Times:                   Friday 11 am – 6pm, Saturday 10.30am – 6pm, Sunday 10.30am – 5pm

Tickets & enquiries:             £5, including catalogue (and re-admission)                                                                                                                 T: +44 (0)1797 252030 or E: info@adfl.co.uk

Transport:                              By road: 2 minutes from the MI (junction 36) on the A61, 20 minutes from Sheffield 

AA signposted – ample free parking

Nearest mainline railway stations:  

Sheffield – 11 miles, Barnsley - 8 miles

Airports:  

Doncaster – 32 miles, Leeds – 27 miles,

Manchester – 42 miles

Helipad at Tankersley Manor

Charity:                                  Help for Heroes (www.helpforheroes.org.uk),                   registered charity number 1120920

Website:                                 www.tankersleymanorfair.com 

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Notes to Editors:

The fair is vetted with a dateline of 1970 for most disciplines.

Event:                                     Luxury Antiques Weekend at Tankersley Manor

Venue:                                   Tankersley Manor, Church Lane, Tankersley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 3DQ

Date:                                       Friday 5 – Sunday 7 November 2010

Organiser:                            The Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd