Spring has sprung and the paperweight shopping
season has surely arrived! Oops! I almost
forgot. You need neither a tag nor a permit to
join the hunt – just some patience, enthusiasm,
and all the knowledge you can file away in that
personal hard drive we balance on our
shoulders. Nothing will ever take the place of
good research to sharpen your recognition and
appreciation of fine paperweights. As you
shape your collection with the advantage of
these skills, you may still buy a paperweight
that you will one day want to sell. But, more
often than not, it’s the ones you don’t buy that
you will regret the most.
On behalf of all the members I want to thank
Carl Carter, our new webmaster, and Ruth
Glover for their hard work on the redesign of
our website, www.pcatx.org. It’s attractive, easy
to navigate, and serves our mission to promote
paperweight collecting.
It’s almost time to pack for the PCA Inc.
Convention in Washington, D.C. I will repeat
my role as panelist at the Identification Clinic
and I know I will be tested. The program is
always a challenge and even the so called
experts will disagree and be stumped. Still, I
can’t wait to see our capital’s landmarks, the
Smithsonian paperweight collection, the artists
and dealers, and friends both old and new.
I hope all of you are making plans to attend our
June 10 – 12 meeting in Dallas. We will have a
full weekend with paperweights to buy,
presentations, and a busy social schedule. I look
forward to being with you.
Gary Underwood
underwoodgary@sbcglobal.net
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