By Jane Albright
One advantage for Oz collectors of having a collector chair an Oz Club convention, is that you won’t leave empty handed. And I’m a collector. “Yes” to the usual sticker-and-button materials. But beyond that I opted out of t-shirts and tote bags, preferring to focus on more unique collectibles.
Registered attendees in Aberdeen would be smart to save a little space in their suitcase.
I’m most pleased with the plushies I had made in a nod to the original Oz Toy Manufacturing Company dolls sold 100 years ago. I’ve spent 50 years dreaming of having one of those antique dolls, and it just hasn’t happened. These 2025 versions will fill that void in my collection. I hope you all like them.
Keepsakes will be distributed at both Friday and Saturday dinners.
As previously announced, the first 25 people to register will find their name on copies of Oz in Aberdeen (1997), the booklet cataloging the Baum collection at the K. O. Lee Library. And the first 40 to have registered will receive a copy of the special softcover Aberdeen edition of Baum’s Mother Goose in Prose.
Auction material will be covered in a separate blog; with nearly 100 pieces up for bidding, you’re sure to find something there you won’t want to leave behind! But I wanted to give you a heads up that convention keepsakes are bound to be collector-pleasers in 2025 Aberdeen.
