Largest Political Memorabilia & Pop Culture Show in the USA

3800 South Virginia Street) near E. Peckham Lane, Reno NV

22 July, 2022

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Nation’s Largest Political Memorabilia Show Comes to Reno July 22-23 ********************************************************* Hundreds of collectors from across the country will converge at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno on July 22-23 for the 2022 American Political Items Collectors (APIC) National Convention. Thousands of political campaign buttons and other campaign memorabilia, pop culture, patriotic, and historic items will be available for sale as well as on display. On July 22-23, the public can attend for FREE. Hours are 9 AM - 4 PM on July 22 and 9 AM - 2 PM on July 23. The public can also get free appraisals of their political items. If they wish to sell their items, experts will conduct live auctions and sell to the highest bidder. An exhibit room with memorabilia from political campaigns and American history will also be on display. Displays range from Lincoln ferrotypes to Nevada local buttons to campaigning in California to the LGBTQ movement in American politics and even Teddy Roosevelt's 1903 Western Tour. The APIC will hold members-only meetings, seminars, and other events earlier in the week before the convention opens to the public. Political memorabilia range from campaign buttons, advertising pinbacks, posters, textiles, automobile attachments, inaugural souvenirs, photographs, ribbons, civil rights, anti-war, social justice, environmental, and other cause items, patriotic flags, and even pop culture collectibles. Their value may range from purely sentimental to thousands of dollars. While the APIC has previously hosted eight regional events in Reno, this marks the first time it will hold a National Convention in the city—its 18th nationwide gathering. The nonprofit collector organization was founded in 1945 and has a following of about 1,500 people nationwide. APIC members often collaborate with the Smithsonian Institution, presidential libraries, and higher education to promote the understanding of American politics using the artifacts of political campaigns. The APIC’s mission is to promote the collection, preservation, and study of materials relating to political campaigns and other historical events. [www.apic.us] EXHIBITS Wm. Jennings Bryan for President Badges of Pride: The LGBTQ Movement in America Wet or Dry? Prohibition & Temperance Nevada Local Campaigns Teddy Roosevelt's 1903 Western Tour California Dreaming: Politics in the Golden State Campaigning in Washington State Colorful California Pinbacks 1912 Presidential Election Ferrotypes - Lincoln and More Douglas MacArthur Alton WHO? Alton Parker’s Rise from Obscurity and Back