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In the early 1990s relatively few craftspeople were cutting wooden jigsaw puzzles, and most were working in isolation. Rachel Page (Pagey) Elliott decided it was time to break down those barriers. She came up with the inspired idea of a "Puzzle Parley," a gathering together of jigsaw puzzle cutters to share ideas and experiences. She proposed this concept to Bob Armstrong and recruited him as organizer. Pagey and Bob, along with Debby Greeley (Pagey's sister) and Anne Williams, were the forces behind the first Parley in 1994. Below you will find documentation on the past Puzzle Parleys. You can use the side bar to navigate to specific Past Parleys.

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The 4th Puzzle Parley - New York City Feb 14, 1999

2/15/1999

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The fourth Puzzle Parley was held as a regional meeting of the part of the American Game Collector's Association (AGCA), forerunner of the current AGPC organization on February 14, 1999. Approximately 40 people from around the country, Canada and England attended, most of whom were new and prospective AGCA members. Activities began the night before when all attendees were invited to the home of Barry Benepe, the meeting's local coordinator, to socialize and view his old puzzles, followed by dinner at a nearby restaurant and a visit to the home of Amy Scott to view her extraordinary new puzzles which involve cutting her own original art into puzzle pieces.
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Bob Armstrong chaired the meetings the next day which included a morning session devoted to issues of cutting new puzzles, buffet lunch, an afternoon session in which AGCA members, Gus and Marty Trowbridge and Bob Armstrong, explained the finer points of 25 great puzzles on display, discussion of what people want in puzzles, and finally, buying selling and swapping puzzles.

Perhaps the single most important issue raised was the problem of insuring collections of new and old puzzles (and games) which have expanded to the point where homeowners insurance will no longer provides coverage. Efforts to insure through special carriers (i.e. Lloyds of London) have resulted in quotes well above what any normal collector can afford. The consensus of the meeting was that this is a widespread problem for both puzzle and game collectors and an ideal issue for the AGCA to address on behalf of its members. Making available such insurance at reasonable prices would attract many new members to the AGCA, certainly jigsaw puzzle people.

AGCA member, Bruce Whitehill, also described the current effort of the AGCA Board to review the organization's name and purpose so as to expand them to embrace puzzle people, both jigsaw and mechanical, as well as game and puzzle people from around the world. His comments were received most favorably by the attendees. The name was later changed to the American Game and Puzzle Collectors' Association.
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    1994 - 1st Concord
    1996 - 2nd Lexington
    1997 - 3rd Worcester
    1999 - 4th NYC
    2000 - 5th Katonah
    2002 - 6th NYC
    2004 - 7th Concord
    2007 - 8th San Fran
    2008 - 9th Sturbridge
    2010 - 10th Salem
    2012 - 11th Salem
    2014 - 12th Salem
    2016 - 13th Salem
    2018 - 14th Rochester
    2021 - 15th Virtual
    2022 - 16th Sturbridge

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