Islanders Enjoy Antique Gala

Attending the opening party for the Antique Festival at Grand Hotel are (from left) Steve Harper, Emily Fullerton, Anne St. Onge, Sara Fisher, and Mary Ann Harper. They are standing in the Histoire De France booth, from Grosse Pointe.

More than 340 people attended Grand Hotel’s preview gala Friday, September 30, for the 21st Annual Carleton Varney Antique & Design Fall Festival, which featured 28 antique dealers from across the country.

Ticket sales raised $12,000 which the hotel donated to the Mackinac Island Public Library Fund at the Mackinac Island Community Foundation. The endowment supports library programs.