Antiques Show At Edmond Town Hall, Sunday

Newtown Historical Society will host its 21st Annual Antiques Show on Sunday, March 5. The event will run from 10 am until 4 pm in the gymnasium of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street (Route 25) in Newtown.

This popular antiques show is full of favorite dealers. It will also welcome some exciting, new dealers this year. The Newtown Historical Society Antiques Show has a reputation, says its organizers, as a show that brings quality, yet affordable antiques from highly regarded dealers. With its diverse collection of dealers and merchandise the show provides a wonderful opportunity for any collector.

Among those returning is Caroline Dirsa, who always has a beautiful booth of brass, woodenware and china; Kim Watkins, of Rooster River Antiques, with fun kitchenware, country painted furniture, pottery, and garden items.

Newtown residents Louise and Dick Baker, of Baker’s Antiques, will show depression and elegant glass along with collectibles from the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

Also of Newtown, Peg Jepson, who runs Ram Pasture Antiques, will fill her booth with an early 19th Century cherry slant-front desk, a late 18th Century English mahogany desk, and other special pieces.

The show will also include offerings of Steiff bears, dollhouse miniatures, holiday collectibles, crystal, silver, glass, decorative smalls, jewelry, primitives, Victorian and early 20th Century furniture, country furniture, quilts, tools and kitchen items, and more.

Admission is $5, with the proceeds of this fundraiser benefiting Newtown Historical Society’s free public programs as well as the preservation of the Matthew Curtiss House Museum and its collections. The circa 1750 Curtiss House, located across the street from the antiques show, will be open during the antiques show for free demonstrations of count thread cross stitch by Peg Forbell and theorem painting by Lorraine VanDerwende. There will also be free tours by costumed guides.

For complete information about Newtown Historical Society visit NewtownHistory.org.

For additional information about the antiques show and the historical society, leave a message on the society’s answering machine at 426-5937.