Christ Church Holds 27th Annual Antiques Show

Collectors, mark your calendars: Christ Church Grosse Pointe is holding its 27th annual antiques show June 2-5. More than 30 professional dealers will be selling antiques and collectables from a broad range of periods, designs, and regions with prices appealing to experienced collectors and first-timers alike.

The event raises funds for the Christ Church Music Program and Outreach Ministries. The choirs hold regular concerts September through May, as well as sing at special concerts and services at the church. Every year the choirs travel and sing in the great cathedrals of the world.

Outreach funds in the past have gone to Habitat for Humanity, Crossroads, and Cabrini Clinic Detroit.

The Antiques Show Preview Party and Silent Auction will be held Thursday, June 2, 7-10 pm and is open to the public. Tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased by calling the church office at 313-885-4841, ext. 117.  This year’s signature auction item is a 2-year lease on a 2011 Red Candy Ford Fiesta SEL donated by CREST Ford.

On Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4, show-goers can elect to attend “In the Company of Experts,” from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the world of antiques by joining an intimate group for a continental breakfast and educational behind-the-scenes tour of the show. Tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased by calling the church office.

On Friday, June 3 at 10 a.m., parishioners Michael DeFillipi and Elaine Yates, experts in church architecture and stained glass, present a lecture devoted to the study of the Salvator Mundi window, one of the central windows in the church. The lecture focuses on the symbolism and history of of this example of art in the Gothic tradition. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased by calling the church office.

Show-goers may want a verbal evaluation of their heirlooms and keepsakes from Antiques Show manager and expert Charlie Miller on Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4 between 1 and 4 p.m. Evaluations are $10 per item with a limit of two items.
On Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., “Soaring Sounds in a Sacred Space” offers the opportunity to listen to the Christ Church choirs rehearse.

More information is available at the Antiques Show website at www.christchurchgp.org/antiques or by calling 313-885-4841, ext. 117.

In brief, the show schedule is as follows:

Thursday, June 2

• 6:30-7 p.m. – Preview Party and Silent Auction
  Early Admission for Archangels and Gold Angel supporters

• 7-10 p.m. – Preview Party and Silent Auction ($75 per person), Catered by The Hill Seafood and Chophouse

Friday, June 3
Show Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

• 8:30 a.m. – “In the Company of Experts” ($15 per person, reservations requested)

• 10 a.m. – Lecture and Demonstration ($25 per person, reservations requested)

• 1–4 p.m. – Antiques Evaluation Days ($10 per item, limit 2 items)

Saturday, June 4
Show Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

• 8:30 a.m. – “In the Company of Experts” ($15 per person, reservations requested)

• 10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. – Soaring Sounds in a Sacred Space (church choirs rehearse)

• 1–4 p.m. – Antiques Evaluation Days ($10 per item, limit 2 items)

Sunday, June 5
Show Hours 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

3-Day Admission — cost is $10 per person