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Masterpiece Wins Battle for June in London

December 7, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Georgina Adam declares Masterpiece the victor in the battle for London’s Summer fair over David Lester’s Olympia fair:

Masterpiece, held in a giant tent in the former Chelsea Barracks site, garnered virtually universal plaudits, and even those who did not make enormous sales believe in its potential: all this year’s exhibitors have reapplied for next year, and the fair – which hopes to move to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea – will have 40 new exhibitors. Thomas Woodham-Smith, managing director of antiques emporium Malletts, is now leaving his post to become chairman of Masterpiece. Mallett is one of the four founders of the event, and its first-half 2010 interim report reveals that it took a small loss this year from its involvement. The company lost £700,000 on turnover of £7.1m in the period, a small improvement over its 2009 figures; the report noted that the antiques trade was “soft” in the first half of this year.

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