Once a month the Lew Sorensen Community Center transforms into a display house of nearly everything imaginable, ranging from old Southwestern saddles to African prayer masks.
The community center, at 11100 E. Tanque Verde Road, hosts an antique fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m every first Sunday. This past weekend, guests perused a wide range of items outside on the front lawn as well as inside in different rooms within the community center.
'The older the better'
Located inside, Wayne Locke displayed his array of antique jewelry. Locke has been involved in the antique business for 41 years, previously owning Locke Jewelers in Green Valley.
Now retired, he sets up shop at the fair every month. It is a good opportunity to continue meeting new people, Locke said. Plus, he said, he has been collecting his whole life and doesn't know what else he would do.
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Locke specializes in antique Mexican silver jewelry but on Sunday displayed a wide variety of pieces including a Russian diamond bracelet from 1860 and an intricate handmade snuff box made in Vienna, Austria, in 1880.
"The older the better," he said.
