SalvoNEWS
Salvo Fair visitor numbers up
OFFICIAL visitor numbers were up again at this years Salvo Fair to 5,154 compared to 4,500 in 2008.
A Salvo Fair visitor questionnaire showed a broadening of the area that people are travelling from. Local hot spots this year seemed to be Bedford, Hertford, Hatfield, St Albans, and of course, London. Unsurprisingly every year more people are returning that have visited the fair before.
This year Period Living featured the Salvo Fair in it's April, May and June issues, with 2-for-1 voucher in each edition. The majority of the visitors who heard about Salvo Fair through a magazine came as a result of reading Period Living. Visitors who found out about the Fair on the internet, either saw it on SalvoWEB or the GoogleAd that had been running since March.
Thank you to everyone who gave away Fair postcards at Gaze Auctions, Grand Designs Live, Listed Property Show, Battersea Decorative Antiques Fair and Chelsea Flower Show. This made a fair impact, and should be expanded upon next year.
When Duty Calls
A MONOLOGUE by Paul Busby Esq, reflecting on Ronnie Wootton's kind offer to stand-in at Salvo Fair 2009 on the garden ornament and architectural pitch of Marcus Olliff, who would have attended in person but for the competing attraction of Glastonbury that weekend.
Trooper Wootton, famous foot-soldier of the Salvo regiment
Had stood his turn at sentry-go in Marcus Oliff’s tent.
Three days he stood as Sentinel, and Taker-of-the-Ackers,
In scorching heat, with aching feet, and sticky sweaty. . .
Poem continues - but be warned it's not for the faint hearted!
Most popular search phrases
A READER asked, 'A long time ago you proffered a list of most trafficked salvage keyword searches which if I remember rightly was gleaned from the web analytics on www.salvoweb.com . Are you still willing to divulge this info?'
The answer is yes. The list shows the top-ranked of 5,000 phrases by Google analytics on the domain www.salvo.co.uk from January to July 2009. . .
Full list of top-ranked phrases
Parquetry in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, Holland - Christie's Decorative Arts Sale, 30 June - 1 July 2009.
Above: A nineteenth century Austrian oak, walnut and fruitwood parquetry floor of 50 panels each 67cm square which sold at €8,750 (est €3k). Approx £364sqm
Above: A nineteenth century Austrian oak parquetry floor of 132 panels each 63.5cm square realised €29,800 (est €10k). Approx €573sqm
Christie's
Reuse Network
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reuse of the week
Maison Idekit home: shipping container architecture
CANADIAN architect, Bernard Morin and his wife Joyce Labelle have created their personal dream home from shipping containers. Their Maison Idekit Home is both economical and ecological. Once the containers arrived, they were installed on foundations in only half a day. The rest of the work was spread over ten months. Morin is currently seeking to commercialize its concept, depending on his clients' needs.
Idekit Home
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Book your ads now for SalvoNEWS and the garden special. Print deadline 27 July 2009
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Salvo News . . .
Salvo mag 280 Jun/Jul
SALVO FAIR SPECIAL
Whats inside. . .Lots of exhibitor & visitor information including an exhibitor list and rough site plan
For a free copy of SalvoNEWS send a self addressed envolope to Salvo Llp, 10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH
Fairs
4 - 5 August 2009
Swinderby Antiques Fair
Swinderby, Nottinghamshire
6 - 7 August 2009
Newark Antiques Fair
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Auctions
18 July 2009
Gaze, Roydon Road, Diss
Gaze Interiors
Starting at 10am at T W Gaze Diss Norfolk. Viewing Thursday prior 2pm-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm, sale morning from 8.30am. Tel (UK) 01379 650306. Fax 01379 644313.
8 August 2009
Gaze, Roydon Road, Diss
Architectural Salvage
Starting at 10am at T W Gaze Diss Norfolk. Viewing Thursday prior 2pm-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm, sale morning from 8.30am. Tel (UK) 01379 650306. Fax 01379 644313.
FAIRS & AUCTIONS: Please send details as early as possible, and by Thursday of the week prior at the latest
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Theft Alerts Latest Theft Alerts from Salvoweb.com
About 120 metres of reclaimed Yorkstone flags in random rectangular format. Thicknesses from 2.5 inches up to 4 inches. Pallets left on site so stone probably hand loaded onto truck. Stolen from Buriton near Petersfield on 19 June 2009
Marble/slate mantel stolen from Edinburgh on 28 Mar 2009
In excess of 2000 second hand clay angle and round ridge tiles mainly natureal red. From the yard of 3A roofing, Suffolk.
Large wooden eagle sculpture, from Chew Valley School on 16 May 2009.
Victorian Postbox, from Selsfield Common on 13 May 2009 stolen from front of the property.
A pair of stone pier capped pillar tops stolen from Malvern on 24 Mar 2009
 Stolen from GT SALING on 23 Mar 2009
Two matching antique carved stone garden urns. Stolen from Southfleet Kent on 21/22 March 2009
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