New to DFP!
Hi, my name is Tyler and I am from Arizona. I am somewhat new to Pin collecting. A few years ago, my father started collecting Steamboat Willie Pins. Being older, he was not very “tech” savvy to be able to find and research pins. I started to help him and his collection became ours, and was something we did together. My father unfortunately passed away a few months ago. I have kept the collection and been working on making it complete. It currently stands at almost 450 Steamboat Willie Pins. Many of these pins were only available in framed sets, that we got and broke (for the steamboat pin) and had a lot of pins left over out of these sets. They were given to my daughter (who just turned 10) to keep and/or trade. We have attended several local events where she has learned about pins and how to trade, as well as learning about trading in the parks. She has started herself a very impressive collection of “anything pretty”. My daughter and I try to attend the smaller events in Arizona, but are looking to try to go to some of the bigger ones in California and Florida in the future. I am somewhat active in a lot of the FB pages, so you may have seen a post or two from me in the past. Just wanted to introduce myself on here as I just joined DPF.
Sorry about your dad passing, but how wonderful that you got to build a collection together. And bring your daughter into the fun! We tend to have a lot of representation at the bigger events so if you do go, you'll have lots of company to share thoughts with.
