A little more information on The Mahjong Collector quarterly magazine for those of you who want to know more…
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THE MAHJONG COLLECTOR
Our friends Katherine Hartman, Ray Heaton, Bill Price, Tony Watson, and Michael Stanwick have put together a beautiful new quarterly magazine, “The Mahjong Collector.” We are all so excited to see the first edition and I thought you would like to know about this new publication put together by these five avid Mah Jongg collectors. Here is a nice review from Mahjong News.
New Mahjong Magazine on the Scene: “The Mahjong Collector”
- Published on Saturday, 28 February 2015 19:47
- Written by Staff
UNITED KINGDOM, February – Unique to the special interest, print magazine market is the new quarterly magazine, The Mahjong Collector, featuring articles on mahjong history, tile restorations, tile symbolism, set restoration and interviews with collectors. Filled with may stunning photos of a wide variety of tile sets, boxes, and other mahjong paraphernalia.
This publication is unique for it is the only periodical dedicated to a diverse group of people – Mahjong tile set collectors, be they also players, researchers or students of the game.
Published by The Mahjong Collector Company Limited, The Mahjong Collector magazine will be composed of a range of in-depth articles and interviews, accompanied by high quality photographs, in glorious colour, of tile sets found in personal collections and museums.
The authors are drawn from all fields of enquiry and creativity related to the tile set, such as origins, materials, language symbolism, cultural variations and the aesthetics of tile set decorations for example.
This is a United Kingdom publication. Subscriptions: subscriptions@mahjongcollector.com Subscription rates for four quarterly issues: UK £26.00, USA $56.00, all other mailing addresses please inquire at info@mahjongcollector.com.
EXCITING NEWS!
I am delighted to announce some very exciting news. A new publication,THE MAHJONG COLLECTOR, a quarterly print magazine, is about to be launched by a group of people I revere and consider to be dear friends. They are experts in all things Mah Jongg and, even though the first issue has not been released just yet, I promise you that it is going to be fabulous.
And so, I am delighted to announce the collaboration of Mahjong historian, Michael Stanwick, along with mahjong researchers/collectors Bill Price, Tony Watson, Ray Heaton and Katherine Hartman, on this new mahjong magazine for collectors.
The quarterly print magazine will be out in early 2015. Through email they will let you know when they have more subscription information available. If interested in subscribing to the magazine, please send your email to this address: subscriptions@mahjongcollector.com
THE MAHJONG COLLECTOR’s Mission Statement: “The purpose of this magazine is, firstly…
To provide a platform for Mahjong Collectors and enthusiasts to share their knowledge, skills and expertise of the history, materials, and the underlying symbolism of the designs on the tiles and, secondly… To provide a platform for showcasing the variety, beauty and the collector’s passion for Mahjong sets that will stimulate discussion about these elements of the game.”
They will be contacting collectors in the future, for interviews and to be featured as Guest Collectors.
I know that these five wonderful people all thank you in advance for your interest in their new venture; I hope you will respond to their request for subscription information by sending in your email address to subscriptions@mahjongcollector.com.
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