Twenty-four families at Owatonna, Minnesota founded this group in 1984 as the Midwest Sad Iron Collectors Club. It was renamed PITCA in 2008. Today our 200+ family members hail from the United States and around the world. Some participate exclusively online while other members enjoy Internet networking plus traveling to PITCA-sponsored regional meetings and/or the Annual Convention, held every summer in a Midwest location.

PITCA promotes the many aspects of collecting irons, trivets, and other laundry collectibles.  

★ Benefits of a PITCA Membership  JOIN PITCA!  ★ Application for Membership

★ 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. The Catalog is now available and bidding is open on Proxibid. Details at Explore/Auctions.

★ JUST ANNOUNCED! The 2026 PITCA Convention will be held July 24 & 25, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Here are the PRICES REALIZED from the July Auction.

A Convention Photo Album (under the Join Us! tab) is now available for viewing. Check back as additional images are contributed.

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

Articles in the June 2025 issue included:

• 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 articles appearing in a past issue.

1. See the Convention Photo Album under Join Us!

2. Did you take pictures at the 2025 PITCA Convention? Email them to the Webmaster to be included in the online Photo Album.

3. See the description of the New Member Recruitment project at Print Flyers! 

4. The Bruce BaumunkAuction Catalog is now live online. Details are posted @ Announcements/Save The Date! and Explore/Auctions.

5. The online PITCA Lending Library Inventory pdf was updated on July 15, 2025. 

6. The online PITCA Member Directory was updated on June 5, 2025. 

★ 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.

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