ankee Gathering XIII, the biennial convention hosted by the New England Magic Collectors Association (NEMCA), will be held November 11-13, 2010 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA.  The hotel features 223 recently-renovated guest rooms (including a limited number of smoking rooms), a fine restaurant, and complimentary parking, and is located about 35 miles from Boston's Logan Airport.  The Yankee Gathering is is one of the premier magic collector conventions in the U.S. and the world.  The three-day schedule of events will include Lectures, Performers, Auction, Dealers, Exhibits, a Banquet, and a Flea Market.  Attendance at Yankee Gathering is by invitation only, and invitations will be sent out in April.

The Guest of Honor at this Yankee Gathering will be Ken Klosterman of Loveland, Ohio, USA.  One of the leading magic collectors in the world, his collection includes more than 7000 magic books and 6000 historical pieces of magic apparatus, including the Light & Heavy Chest used by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin in 1856 to help quell the revolt of the Marabouts against the French in Algeria.  Klosterman's collection is beautifully displayed in his famous Salon de Magie, located in an old mine shaft on his 230-acre farm.  He has performed magic professionally both with a dove act and as "Ken & Judy" with his wife, Judy, as his assistant, in feature shows and TV spots locally and at conventions throughout the USA.  He was president of the International Brotherhood of Magicians in 1995-1996.  He has been a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector, he wrote the book Rising to Any Occasion (a magic forcing book), and he has written articles for the magic periodicals Magic-Gram, the Linking Ring, and Apocalypse.  A distinguished member of the magic community for more than 50 years and a leading magic collector and historian, we are delighted to salute Ken Klosterman as our Guest of Honor at this Yankee Gathering.

Here is the list of events for Yankee Gathering XIII: