ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE: FRIDAY JULY 30, 2010

PITCA Holds Annual Convention

The “Pressing Iron and Trivet Collectors of America” (PITCA) will hold its 26th Annual Convention at the Casino Aztar Hotel, Evansville, Indiana, on August 6 and 7, 2010. This annual convention is the premier gathering of all Iron Collectors with members and guests attending from across the United States and abroad. The convention this year will be honored with three renowned authors in attendance: David Irons, Lynn Rosack, and Jay Raymond.
This year the convention theme will be all about “Friendship” within the Iron Community. The convention attendees will have a full week of activities before the actual convention starts on Friday, August 6. There will be a visit to a LST WWII War Ship, shopping at Chico’s at the mall, plus a baseball game with the Evansville Otters at Bosse Field, one of the oldest baseball fields in the United States, plus many more activities.
On August 4 and 5, 2010, one thousand Irons from the collections of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Carson and Mr. and Mrs. David Irons will be auctioned off at the Casino Aztar Hotel. The auction will be conducted by Simmons and Company Auctioneers out of Kansas City, Missouri. The auction will be on Live Proxibid.com.
PITCA was founded on July 22, 1984, in Owatonna, Minnesota. The club was organized exclusively for educational, fellowship and literary purposes in the personal and private collection and study by its membership of Sad Irons and related items; and to foster national and international amateur association and fellowship among and between private collectors of Sad Irons. The club membership lists more than 300 families with members from 42 states, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and Romania. The club’s quarterly newsletter, “Pressing News” serves as an information exchange about pressing irons. In addition, much laundry-related articles, books and pamphlets maybe borrowed by stateside members from the club’s lending library.
“Whether you have a collection of nine, ninety or nine hundred Irons, you too can share in the fellowship when club members meet at the annual convention to exchange information about their common hobby as well as buy, sell and trade irons, trivets, and other laundry related items,” said Jerry Marcus, the club’s Secretary/Treasurer.
For more information about the club or its upcoming convention, contact Jerry Marcus by e-mail: PITCA@earthlink.net or phone (718) 591-0927.