26th Annual Christ Church Antiques Show set for June

The Christ Church Antiques Show celebrates its 26th year as one of the Midwest’s most prestigious collecting events, featuring more than 30 professional dealers who offer a vast range of inventories and price points on items from a broad range of designs, periods, and regions in a fully vetted show.

The show opens on Thursday, June 3, with a Preview Party and Silent Auction and runs through Sunday, June 6, 2010. This year’s Silent Auction highlights a range of items including a luxury trip to Rome with accommodations at Excelsior Hotel, named to Condé Nast Traveler’s Gold List. Additional items up for auction can be found at the show website. 

Renowned Interior Designer Barry Dixon is the 2010 featured lecturer. Dixon, who practices in the Virginia countryside near Washington, D.C., has taken his own brand of Southern design style to projects around the world. He spent his childhood abroad in exotic locales such as India, South Africa & French Polynesia and uses those influences to give his work a global perspective. He has appeared on Good Morning America, is an HGTV regular, and has been featured in magazines such as Southern Accents, Veranda, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home and Traditional Home. Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth carries his furniture line, he has a rug collection with Megerian and a newly-launched fabric collection for Vervain/S. Harris. Dixon will sign his new book "Barry Dixon Interiors" following the lecture on Friday, June 4. 

Saturday, June 5, brings an appraisal clinic as well as a docent-led tour of the historic church highlighting the current restoration of the stained and leaded glass windows. Throughout the  show weekend, the Angel Cafe will offer light fare. A free shuttle on Friday and Saturday will enable guests to visit some of the area’s most renowned restaurants through a partnership with Grosse Pointe’s Hill Association.  

The Christ Church Antiques Show raises funds to support Music and Outreach at Christ Church Grosse Pointe. It is an educational and collecting event where ideas, expertise, and passion for antiques, music, and culture can flourish. Learn more at www.christchurchgp.org/antiques.

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