The Geary County Historical Society held their 2nd annual Antique Showcase Friday night at the Historical Society Museum.

This year they had 37 items submitted into the showcase providing a large variety of items from a pair of shoes from the late 1800’s to paintings and antique military items.

Museum staff researched and provided background on the history of the artifacts and Jay Brown of Brown Real Estate & Auction Service and Jan Gray of Garden Gate Antiques appraised the antiques during the showcase.

One item in particular stuck out to Jay Brown, a folk art painting of a rabbit hunter sleeping.

“We really couldn’t find anything on that. I’m convinced in my mind that it’s quite old, but we just couldn’t date it and we couldn’t find the artist,” said Brown. “I think that it probably was just painted by somebody that was trying to be an aspiring artist and these people got it, and we couldn’t really trace much down about it.”

Museum staff was pleased with this years turnout and the type of artifacts that were submitted. The event is expected to return again next year.