21TH ANTIQUE SCIENCE & RETRO-TECH SHOW AND SWAP, SATURDAY, MARCH 19; 9a to 4p. Located in the
Dallas/Fort Worth Texas area. The largest and longest running show in North America. BUY – SELL – TRADE: Microscopes,
slide rules, telescopes, pocket adders, medical, astronomy, binoculars, navigation, compasses, photography, surveying,
telegraphy, drafting, radios, tools, quackery, many other related items. $5 Admission, Free Parking. sales tables available. Six
foot tables are $35 in advance. Three or more tables $30 each. New location for 2016! Hurst Conference Center, Hurst, Texas,
1601 Campus Drive, Hurst, Texas 76054. Contact: Mike Sebastian, mwsebastian@calcinfo.com or retrotechshows.com .
TOOLS AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, APRIL 1-3; At the Black Country Living
Museum, Dudley, West Midlands, England. The conference hotel will be the Holiday Inn at Walsall near junction 10 of the M6,
in the Manor Suite. Discounted rates will be available to those attending the conference. More information at our website:
taths.org.uk . Steve Dowling conference@taths.org.uk
CRAFTS ANNUAL SPRING TOOL AUCTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 16; At the Oldwick Fire House, Route 523, Oldwick, New
Jersey. The auction begins at 9:30am, with inspection beginning at 7:30am and tailgating at 6:30am. Important: If you have
tools to place in the auction they are due at the February 7th meeting or before. Please contact Steve Zlucky at 908-534-2710
for Consignor forms and to make arrangements for handing in your tools. Note: The tool auction list will be included on the
Dennis Auction Site (
www.dennisauction.com). As a result, it will also appear on the AuctionZip website. All bidding will
happen in the usual way, at the Firehouse. We look forward to seeing many of you at these next two events. All the best,
Stew May, Membership Communications Bob Garay, President
A NEW ORGANIZATION HAS RECENTLY JOINED OUR FAMILY OF READERS! We have a tool club in the
New York State capital district: The Hudson-Mohawk Antique Tools and Trades Association (HMATTA). Contact for that would
be John Ackner, 518.381.1695, or acknerj@yahoo.com .
The Western New York Antique Tool Collectors Association meets four times a year at the Clarion Inn,
Batavia, New York, just off the New York State Thruway Batavia Exit. Meet dates are listed below in the Events Calendar. A
typical meeting would include tool trading at 9:00am, a short business meeting with a presentation starts at 10:30am. Come
and enjoy the trading, talking, coffee, and pastry. No charge for a trade table, but $5 meeting donation helps with room rental.
Please contact Otto Dole, 315.524.7108, ottodole@gmail.com
