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Heckscher Park's A Hot Spot For Antique Lovers This Weekend

Thiirtieth annual antiques show offers a trip down memory lane.

This Sunday visitors to Huntington's Heckscher Park will be treated to a veritable trip down memory lane as Elias Pekale Shows Ltd. hosts its 30th annual show at this venue.

The outdoor event, which features the wares of more than 60 dealers from across Long Island and beyond, will benefit a great cause to boot: the League for Animal Protection of Huntington, a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to rescuing stray and abandoned animals in the town and placing them in loving homes.

Elias Pekale Shows, which has been hosting antique shows on Long Island since 1978 and often partners with not-for-profit organizations and historical societies, was asked to promote an event for the league about 25 years ago. According to Sheila Pekale, who runs the show with husband, Elias, the two groups have been partnering happily ever since.

"It is a very eclectic show," Sheila said of the variety of antiques and collectibles which will include antique and costume jewelry, vintage linens and clothing, silver, pottery, postcards, maps and other ephemera, china, depression glass, furniture of all kinds, old toys and trains, tools, chandeliers, architectural findings, oil paintings, and more.

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"Tools are very popular with the men," Sheila said, adding that clothes dating back to the 1950s are now very much in vogue and represent a "very green" option for those who are looking to reuse while making a great fashion statement.

In addition, there is the nostalgia factor, Sheila indicated, adding that, for many attendees, the experience will most  likely evoke fond recollections of the past.

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"When you see a product that was produced by a company that was in business in 1948, it brings back a memory," Sheila explained, adding that visitors will have the unique opportunity to chat with dealers, many of whom have been associated with the show for years, and may learn about an object's provenance, including authenticating information, such as its history of ownership.

There's also the thrill of the hunt, Sheila  said of what she called a " treasure hunt that can yield unbelievable surprises."

Joyce Marchand, of Kings Park, who has been involved with the League for Animal Protection of Huntington and the Grateful Paw for seven years, said that visitors will also have a chance to find out about the services that her organization provides for animals and the community.


At entrances to the show, volunteers from the league will be selling water and handing out items, such as pens, which publicize the haven for rescued and abandoned animals, said Marchand, a longtime volunteer and member of the league's board of directors.

She is hoping for a good turn-out because proceeds help provide for the approximately 80 cats and kittens that she and the other volunteers care for on a daily basis at the Grateful Paw. This is  especially important in this economy, when the money is tight, she said.

"We are a no kill shelter and we have some 'lifers,'" Marchand indicated.

The antiques show will take place rain or shine, from 10 am to 4:30 pm. Heckscher Ball Park  is located on Sabbath Day Path, off 25A.  Admission for one is $5.50; two will be admitted for $5 each  with a coupon that is available at  www.pekaleshows.com. Children under the age of 12 can enter the show free of charge.

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