To the Affordable Art Fair (AAF) Private View in Battersea last night. Always mobbed and proved to be so last night. Just getting there was epic, with traffic at a standstill along Chelsea Bridge Road. No matter, once safely inside and with tickets picked up (thanks to Hobby from TAG Fine Arts) we embarked on our tour. Mission: see it all in 2 hours and don’t be too sniffy about what’s on show.

Refreshingly there seems to be a move away from a majority of pieces priced either in the under £500 or £3,000 - £4,000 brackets with little else in between and as such there was much to enjoy. Also much to sneer at - the definition of ‘contemporary art’ is a broad one, but some dealers/ exhibitors stretch this with pedestrian classical offerings (fine in themselves as long as they are well executed, but sometimes they are not. Buyer beware.

Beelines were made for TAG Fine Arts (handily placed beside the main bar in the centre of the hall), StolenSpace gallery and as always Rebecca Hossacks who had this fantastic Toby Burrows photography entitled Breathe hidden away in a corner.

Fuelled by cheap wine, spotting Kelly Hoppen and a chat with hairdresser Richard Ward, we ploughed on. But the wallet remained shut despite temptations including new Shepard Fairey album cover pieces from his latest show (£1,500 each from StolenSpace gallery), Samuel Hick’s Impala print on the Crane Kalman stand (see below), Morgan Silk’s work on the same stand - and that Burrows piece.

Mercifully there were few interpretations of Battersea Power Station (a favourite a few years back), but still too many cut out butterflies in perspex boxes. Obviously good sellers. Innovations seemed few and far between, but this is good clean fun and the variety on show is always interesting. Just don’t expect a bargain.

Affordable Art Fair, Battersea runs from 25 - 28th October in Battersea Park. See the website for details.