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| Two Indiana auctions will raise money for county museum |
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GREENCASTLE, Ind. — The Putnam County Museum will use antiques to help it raise money for educational programs, exhibits, and events at the museum. Founded in the early 2000s, the museum has grown in its scope and depth of covering local history, traditional and contemporary artistic heritage, including an extensive local pottery collection, and much more.
The antiques will be sold in both online and real-life events. The online auction will run from March 14-29 at IDonateToCharity.org/ store/PCM
The other event will take place on April 11 at The Inn at DePauw from 5-8 p.m.
The events will include antique furniture, a china set and separate china pieces, silver flatware, and a number of other unique items donated by the museum members, many of whom are ardent collectors and world travelers.
Some of the antiques have personal and family histories attached to them. For example, there is the ironstone soup tureen, which was given to Nick and Marilyn Mourouzis, Greencastle residents, 51 years ago as a wedding gift from Marilyn’s older sister, Sadde. Sadde, a successful textile designer in New York City, was a gourmet cook, but Marilyn never put a drop of soup in her tureen, instead using it as a centerpiece.
Ralph and Sally Gray donated 79 pieces of Adams Lowestoft china. These china pieces were part of the complete 12 place settings given to Fred and Libbie Hobbs at their wedding in Columbus, Ohio, in the mid-1930s. The Hobbs used the pieces as their everyday china for more than 50 years.
For information, call 765-653-8419 or visit www.putnamcountymuseum.org |
| 3/2/2011 |
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