What to do and see in West Midlands, England: The Best Antique Stores

Antiques for Everyone is one of the UK's largest antiques fairs that runs three times a year at Birmingham's NEC. This winter's fair will run from 19th to the 22nd of November 2015. Next year the fair returns with Spring 7th-10th April 2016, summer 21st-24th July 2016 and 1st-4th December 2016. The fair is one of the most important events in Britain for Art, decorative, art deco and period furniture as well as stunning pottery, porcelain and glass including stunning examples of vintage and decorative collectables, jewellery, silver, maps, treen, fine art, armoury and militaria in imaginative displays with many unique items on sale for the first time. Items on sale range in price from £10 to over £100,000 and are independently vetted by a huge team of industry experts, so you can buy with confidence from around 240 friendly exhibitors. BBC experts Judith Miller and Will Farmer will be holding daily talks and giving tips on how to start collecting. This winter's big feature will be Whitby Jet, its history from the Jurassic Period and it will feature a stunning dress worn by Donna Air for "The Amazing Spiderman" movie and valued at £38,000.

Located a short distance from the M5 opposite Dudley Zooalogical gardens and near the world famous Black Country Museum, Curious is an antique, vintage and collectable shops, aimed at the mid range market with most items falling in to the £5-£500 category, stocked with thousands of items from books to jewellery via a five foot metal sea horse.

Two old goods carriages, placed together to make a totally unique, Shabby chic, Vintage and homewares store. From Painted furniture, Chalk Paint, Vintage clothing and accessories the carriage has it all. Open Wednesday to Sunday 11-3pm ( 4pm on Weekends)

An online vintage boutique offering the finest one of a kind vintage clothing and accessories for women + a collection of must have home decor items. With great pride, care and attention to hand select each piece of clothing based on its quality + design you can shop confidentially knowing that the stress of finding that perfect piece has been found for you. Worldwide shipping is available. The owner, Rachael, has a background in fashion styling, personal shopping and has a great knowledge of trends to ensure that you will have the coolest true vintage clothing available to you. Finding a vintage gem is so much fun! And now you can also go on a Vintage Treasure Hunt with Rachael who offers the 1st multi city vintage shopping tour in Birmingham, Nottingham + London, or have a 1-on-1 experience by booking a personal styling session in Birmingham.

A treasure trove for the bargain hunters, we are much cheaper than your average antique or vintage shop as our ethos is recycling and always eco friendly. We have a jungle of vintage bric a brac, furniture, industrial and salvage. All our items are preloved with bags of history. We will also buy your preloved items and offer house clearances.

Sell Gold Jewellery & Scrap Silver & Watch Buyers. Sell Gold, Scrap Gold & Gold Jewellery as well as Platinum, Palladium, Silver including Silver Jewellery & Watches eg Omega & Rolex at the Best Prices. No charges. Tel 0121 448 0488.