The Hobby: APIC Elections & The Future

Hobby posts are where we discuss the hobby of political collecting, organizational issues within the OR-APIC or National APIC, or just generalized discussions that might be important to the members or potential members of the American Political Item Collectors non-profit. 

2020 is not just an election year from America, but it is an election year for the APIC, the parent organization of the Oregon APIC (we are a geographic chapter). In the May edition of the Bandwagon (a publication sent out monthly), APIC members that are currently paid up on their dues ($42.00 a year) will get a ballot. By and large, these elections are a sleepy affair. Rarely is a race contested seriously. The positions seem even less desirable than running for your local cemetery board. Why is that you might ask?

The Hobby: What Type of Collection Do You Have?

Early APIC Collector Joe Fuld with his collection

Over the last few years, I have seen more and more collections of political items from a myriad of different people and backgrounds. Everyone is proud of their collection and they should be. It doesn't matter if you have a collection of a dozen items or thousands of items. It doesn't matter if your collection is mostly of free items or if you have to store your collection in a safe deposit box at the bank. Some collections fit into a dresser drawer, some take up a wall in the den and others fill up storage units! So long as it follows the first maxim of our hobby (collect what you like) your collection can be whatever size you desire. Still, throughout all these years now of collecting political items, I have discovered a few commonalities to the types of collections that exist.