Bethel UM Church hosts 55th Antique Show
Show coordinator Joan Moore stands with exhibitor Phillip Smith from Northern Virginia. Smith, who is exhibiting for the first year at the Lewes Antique Show, co-owns Peter Piper Antiques and specializes in 20th Century paintings and figurines. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
July 22, 2014
John and Dawn Kelius, left, talk antiques with Dorothy Somerville of Somerhouse Antiques of Clarksville. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
John Ruger of Lewes browses the antique glass in the Springhouse Antique booth. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Shown is a Ward Brothers Blue Bill, right, from the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury, Md. in Downhome Art's booth of Milford. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Phil Lapard of Seaford examines a Burle Walnut Partners Desk shown by Barbara Pew of Barbara Pew Art. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Charles Christen, visiting from Arizona, shakes the hand of Kevin Garker of Delaware Avenue Art of Laurel. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Dennis Leebel, a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, browses the various items shown by Mike Kelly Antiques of Ft. Washington, Md. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Looking through the linens brought to the show by Charlotte Whitenight, right, of Curiosities Antiques in Baltimore, Md., is Elizabeth Leebel of Lewes. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
The 55th Annual Lewes Antique Show and Sale, sponsored by Bethel United Methodist Church, was held in the church Fellowship Hall July 10-12. Antique dealers from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware were on hand selling jewelry, silverware, glassware, postcards, porcelein, furniture, rugs and many decorative items. Proceeds from the annual sale are for the renovation of the fellowship hall and the church budget.
