Twenty-four families at Owatonna, Minnesota founded this group in 1984 as the Midwest Sad Iron Collectors Club. It was renamed PITCA in 2008.

Members hail from the United States and around the world. Some participate exclusively online while others enjoy Internet networking plus traveling to PITCA-sponsored regional meetings, auctions, and the Annual Convention held in the Midwest.

The 2025 Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ~ July 25 & 26, 2025. It will be preceded by a live, Internet-enabled Auction on Thursday, July 24th.

 PITCA promotes the many aspects of collecting irons, trivets, and various other laundry collectibles.  Benefits of a PITCA Membership  JOIN PITCA!  Application for Membership

PITCA membership includes a subscription to the Pressing News Journal, published quarterly in September, December, March & June. 

Articles in the June 2025 issue include:

• Advertisement For The Shaw Gas Smoothing-Iron
• Coal Conversion
• Elwood Phillip's Outrigger Iron Rest
• A Certain Type Of Trivet: Part One (Handmade)
• A Certain Type Of Trivet: Part Two (European Brass and Iron)
• Max Le Verrier: Bronze Trivet And Coaster
• Clefton Acetylene-Fueled Iron

Click Here to view an excerpt of a past issue.

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1. Register ASAP for the PITCA Convention! The form is available in recent issues of the Pressing News and at Announcements/Save The Date.

2. The next Zoom Gathering will be on Saturday, July 12. An email announcement will be sent to the membership one week prior. 

3. The June Pressing News is available to view online. Reprints of the June Pressing News were mailed. See the messages from Editor Jay Raymond at Announcements.

4. The online PITCA Member Directory was updated on June 5, 2025. Please begin using this version. 

5. An Album of Images from May's East Coast Spring Meeting, hosted by Mike Pagano, will be created. Please email your images ASAP to Lynn Rosack Webmaster. 

6. Check out a PITCA "Extreme Ironing" video from the 2013 Convention in the Forum!

7. Need something for your collection? Have something to Sell? Utilize BuySellTrade.

★ Are you a PITCA member but can't access the Members Only section? Read here, then email the Webmaster if you're still having issues.

★ WEDNESDAY PM, July 23 ~ Private auction session by Hartzell's (for PITCA members only).

★ THURSDAY July 24 ~ Public, Internet-enabled live Auction preceding the 2025 PITCA Convention. Further details and Catalog to follow.

★ July 25 & 26, 2025  ~ The annual PITCA Convention will return to the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Township, PA. 

★ September 13-19, 2025 ~ International Iron Collector's Meeting in Bucharest, Romania.

★ October 1-4, 2025 ~ The Bruce Baumunk Collection presented by Simmons & Company Auctioneers of Richmond, MO. Info and Auction Catalog pending.

PITCA Members ~ Further details on events are posted at Members Only/Announcements.

• Joyce Statz ~ President
• Jerry Marcus ~ Secretary/Treasurer
• Jay Raymond ~ Editor, Pressing News
• Bill Miller ~ Librarian
• Lynn Rosack ~ Webmaster