14 DAY TRIAL // If you have always wanted to adorn your house with a prehistoric cave bear skeleton, but you didn't know where to buy it, now you have the chance to see your dream come true, as an art and antiques fair in London offers visitors just that: the bones of a prehistoric bear.
Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair, London's largest exhibition of this kind opens its doors today and offers visitors the opportunity to buy a series of very interesting items.
According to Metro, 180 exhibitors from around the world will be exhibiting over 30,000 items, so there will be a wide range of antiquities to choose from.
“There have been many more dealers coming on board this year, particularly international dealers and there’s a real sense of optimism,” organizer Rosy Marsh says.
Among the highlights, we can mention an ancient Gladiator helmet from 50 BC, a fossilized dinosaur egg nest, a Georgian silver wine cooler, a wooden dummy, and a classical Greek coin.
The fair also includes one of the largest exhibition of Art Nouveau silverware by Liberty & Co. designer Archibald Knox ever assembled.
The event takes place at the Olympia Exhibition Center in west London and runs from today until June 15. Prices for the various items featured there start at £100 ($167 or €123) and rise to a whopping £1 million ($1,67/€1,23 million).