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         A FUN SITE TO VISIT                       WHITE IRONSTONE CHINA ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
                                                                                   The 24th Annual convention of White Ironstone China Association will be May 4-6,
          ACTION FIGURE MUSEUM                                                   2018 in Wadsworth, Ohio at the Comfort Inn& Suites. The main speaker will be Ellen
         www.toyandactionfiguremuseum.com                                        Gerth, who will tell of the 1865 wreck of the SS Republic, which was carrying a large cargo
         The Toy & Action Figure Museum is                                       of English Ironstone when it sank off the coast of Georgia. Gerth has an undergraduate
         “the world’s first museum devoted                                       degree in archaeology and history, with a graduate degree in cultural anthropology and
                                                                                 museum studies from George Washington University and its affiliate program with the
          to the art and sculpting of action                                     Smithsonian Institution. She has helped develop the story content, artifact displays,
             figures” and contains more                                          and  graphic  presentations  for  the  Odyssey’s  traveling  exhibit  “Shipwreck!  Pirates  &
                                                                                 Treasure”.

                 than 12,000 items.                                                The  White  Ironstone  China  Association  was  formed  in  1994  and  held  their  first
         Rooms in the museum are devoted                                         convention  in  1995.    The  beautiful  shapes  of  white  ironstone  are  enjoyed  by  many
                                                                                 collectors and designers as seen in magazines. Some members collect by shape, others
          to Batman, StarWars, DC, Marvel,                                       by potters, which can include many shapes.
              G.I. Joe, Oklahoma artists                                           Over the years the White Ironstone China research has expanded and can be found
                    and more.                                                    in the latest publication by Bev & Ernie Dieringer—THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE OF WHITE
                                                                                 IRONSTONE from A-Z. To learn more about WICA, visit:  www.whitironstonechina.com.


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