Antiques and collectables dating back to the 1850s will be on display and available for purchase at a Club Waimea event hosted by the Nelson Bottle and Collectables Club on 13 January.
Convenor Graeme Galey says the event, which has been hosted by the 20-member group for more than 25 years, had always generated “great responses”.
“I think we had somewhere between 1500 and 2000 people come through last year, so it was an amazing response, and we aim it at this time of year because we know there’s a few out-of-towners about as well,” he says.
“The public will have the ability to buy off some of the stalls and we’ll probably have somewhere between 30 and 40 displays where people show off their bottles, antiques and collectables, and the range of collectables is massive.
“Some people collect anything that’s ever been made on this planet… they could be anything from cast iron money boxes, to bottles, to teapots or morning jewellery.”
Graeme says the event, which opens between 9.30am and 4pm, requires a gold coin to enter.
“We hope we get a good public attendance because at the end of the day, if we had no public attendance, I’m not sure if we would do it for just club members. If we can get anywhere near [1500 or 2000], we would be happy as.”
