✽ Disclaimer: PITCA does not provide written appraisals. 

Do you have a significant number of quality irons, trivets and/or other laundry day collectibles that you're considering selling?

PITCA holds an Annual Convention each summer in the Midwest, during the last two weeks of July or first two weeks of August. These conventions are often preceded by an auction, which in past years has produced good results for the collectors.

✽ The Process to Contact PITCA

If you live in the United States and believe your collection might be of interest to serious collectors, Email PITCA. Please provide:

 

1. The name of the original collector, if known.
2. The city and state where the collection is housed. 
3. An estimate of the number of items in the collection.
4. What the collection contains such as iron, trivets, sad iron stoves, sprinkler bottles, other laundry day collectibles, and reference materials. 
5. Representative photographs that provide visual information on the collection's size, scope and condition. Email the images in full resolution so that PITCA can zoom in to see detail.

 

 

✽ Other Options

 

Each collection is interesting in its own way and was obviously a labor of love. But only rarely are those irons and trivets of the caliber to interest a major auction company. In that case, PITCA has several suggestions:

 

• Try and sell locally.
• A  dealer or antique market might buy a collection or take it on consignment.
• List the items on an Internet marketplace like eBay and Etsy.
• Some Facebook collecting groups now allow members to Buy, Sell & Trade.