10th Puzzle Parley
August 13-15, 2010
Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA
A Puzzle Parley, endorsed by the AGPC and devoted entirely to jigsaw puzzles, will be held at the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA the weekend of August 13-15, 2010. This will be the tenth jigsaw puzzle parley since 1994 which Bob Armstrong and others have helped organize. The meeting will be an opportunity to bring together people interested in making, collecting, displaying, discussing, buying, selling and assembling puzzles. Anyone interested in jigsaw puzzles (whether members of the AGPC* or not) is invited to attend and participate. While Saturday, August 14 will be the focus of the meeting, we have scheduled events on Friday and Sunday as well. For attendees who plan to stay an extra day (group rate applies at Hotel), we also recommend Salem for its history as a seaport and whaling town, its witch craze and Witch Museum, the very fine Peabody-Essex Museum, and Hawthorne's " House of Seven Gables " .
Friday p.m.
2:00-5:00 Visit to Jim Ayer and his water-jet puzzle cutting operation in Marblehead
5:30-7:00 Cocktails and registration in Hotel lounge
7:00-9:00 Buffet dinner at Hotel (part of single registration fee). Puzzle Swap! Bring old or new hand cut puzzle to trade.
9:00-12:00 Puzzling in Library downstairs
Saturday a.m.
8:00-9:00 Register, meet other attendees, set up your puzzles to be displayed or sold
9:00-11:00 Introductions. Cutters' Conversation. Discussion of puzzle cutting issues led by Dee Rogers,
John Stokes and Melinda Shebell, including discussion of laminating pictures, new cutting ideas and setting up a jigsaw puzzle “mega-website”.
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Author, historian, lecturer, collector Anne Williams will talk will talk on
'Parker Brothers: How they made their legendary Pastime puzzles'.
Saturday p.m.
12:15-1:30 Buffet lunch (part of registration fee). Cutting demonstrations. Cut your own puzzle!
1:30-2:15 Bob Armstrong ("oldpuzzles") will talk about puzzle artwork from a collector's perspective.
2:15-2:45 Collectors' Corner. Dana Haviland will talk about getting started collecting and her collection.
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Show & Tell. Talk about your favorite puzzle, show us your new work.
4:00-5:00 Table sales. Outside sellers and buyers welcome. Cutting demo continues.
5:30-7:00 Cocktails in Hotel lounge
7:00-9:00 Dinner at Hotel. John Stokes will talk about his "100 Puzzles Project".
9:00-12:00 Puzzling in Library downstairs
Sunday a.m.
8:00-10:00 Continental Breakfast in Library downstairs, including:
9:00 Final remarks, prizes, farewells, etc
Monday day
10:00-3:00 For those who are not rushing home on August 15, Anne Williams is
hosting an Open House in Lewiston, Maine to see her world-class collection.
Lewiston is 150 miles north of Salem (about 2.5 hours driving time). Directions provided at Saturday's meeting.
Charge for Saturday's all-day meeting will be $40/person for registration before April 1, $50 thereafter.
This includes Saturday lunch and tables for displaying and/or selling puzzles. Saturday night's banquet is $45 extra.
For those staying the weekend, we are offering a single fee of $125 for registration before April 1, $135 thereafter,
which covers the above PLUS Friday's buffet dinner and Sunday's continental breakfast. There is also an
option if you just want to come at 4 pm to buy or sell puzzles at Table Sales. For further information
Contact: Bob Armstrong Tel: 508-799-0644 or: Melinda Shebell Tel: 978-897-3499
Email: raahna@oldpuzzles.com Email: Melinda@jardinpuzzles.com
Website: www.oldpuzzles.com Website: www.jardinpuzzles.com
You may try to make reservations with the Hawthorne Hotel at 1-978-744-4080
before July 12, 2010 to receive group rate of $109/night (mention you are
with the "Puzzle Parley Group") but the Hotel may be sold out. If so, contact
Kelly Taylor by phone (toll free 866-887-1017 ) or by email (keljoy.taylor@gmail.com)
and she will make reservations for you at a nearby hotel.
*For more information on AGPC or to become a member, visit: www.agpc.org