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Museum Center annual auction one week away
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By DANETTA BARKER Staff Writer
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Everything from antique jewelry to silver spoons can be found at the Museum Center's Eighth Annual Antique Auction.
The auction will be held March 3 at the Maysville Country Club with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the auction at 7 p.m. Dinner is $55 for members and $60 for nonmembers.
Museum Director Dawn Browning said the schedule is tight, but the evening promises to be full of entertainment with auctioneer Charlie Cotterill and host R. Dennison Keller. But the stars of the night will be hundreds of items that will temp bidders to reach deep into their pockets.
"We have coin silver by Adair and Gilpin," Dawn Browning said. "We have sterling silver and estate jewelry."
Rings of amethyst, diamonds and sapphires are abundant in the 28-page catalogue available at the dinner for $10. Gold necklaces, bracelets and watches have been donated by museum patrons.
Sterling silver spoons, forks and other utensils will be up for auction. To compliment the beautiful silverware, select china pieces are available, including Delphine's Coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth pattern. The four cups are marked 1937 and have been donated by an anonymous supporter.
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| Work is progressing on schedule for the Museum Center project on Sutton Street in Maysville. Workers were busy Thursday afternoon pouring the last of the concrete for the outside walls of the structure. This photo was taken from the third floor of Phillip's Folly at the corner of Sutton and Third streets.
Terry Prather/Staff
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Crystal goblets, vases, pitchers and flower baskets adorn the selection of treasured items.
Not all items are antique. Dawn Browning said one of the most popular items could be the Magic 8 Ball from the movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."
"Parents will be interested in this because of their kids," Dawn Browning said.
Other pop culture items include a signed black and white photograph of designer Calvin Klein, the playbill from the Lynn Redgrave play, "Sweet Sue," and a framed advertisement of Lux soap featuring hometown girl Rosemary Clooney.
The auction raises nearly $20,000 each year, which supports the center's operating and preservation projects, according to museum officials.
The center is currently constructing a new facility to house the extensive collection of historical items and documents. The Hunt building was torn down last summer and in its place will be a 33,000-square-foot building with three stories, two above ground and one below.
The cost of the project is slightly over $4 million, which has come from pledges from the community, patrons of the museum and a Hayswood Foundation grant of $700,000, according to museum officials.
"A significant amount of the money has come from out of the area, but is from people who still support Maysville," Dawn Browning said. "I find that impressive."
Museum Board member Louis Browning is taking pictures of the construction to have a visual record of the progress which should be completed in the spring of 2007.
"The footers have been poured and the foundation walls are going up," Louis Browning said. "I am really pleased with the way things are going."
He credits the progress with a very alert site manager, Richard Reinhart and architect, David Allen with Cox and Allen Architects.
Currently all that is visible is a great hole with supports, steel beams and lots of concrete. But, soon according to Dawn Browning, walls will be visible above ground.
Although the project is on schedule, the price of construction has risen, a side effect of Hurricane Katrina.
"Everything went up in price," Dawn Browning said. "Wood doors, for the first time in history I was told, are cheaper that metal doors."
The block of Sutton Street from Second to Third streets where the construction is taking place has been closed to traffic for several weeks, and will remained closed for long time, Dawn Browning said.
"I am really sorry about the inconvenience of the street being closed," she said. "We have not heard any complaints; people have been so accommodating about it."
Contact Danetta Barker at Danetta.Barker@lee.net or call 606-564-9091, ext. 272. |
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