The Old Traders
Wand Shop


I have taken my wands 'on the road' for several events
like E7 and releases of Harry Potter books and movies.
I'm always interested in a chance to take my shop on the road locally. However, we consider
traveling to events but only those with a good history or guaranteed minimum visitors.
I now set up to add the magical core in my shop (after a purchase) and
set up space to allow young buyers a chance to 'test' wands.
(Once the parent agrees on a wand, the child tests some and the
'right wand' makes magic - like a small stack of boxes flies apart or a candle lights.)
I can aslo help organize the event and offer experience in many event areas.
Let me know if you're interested.
Here are some pictures of my real shop and the shop I set up for these events.
The Old Traders Wand shop welcomes everyone.
Enlightening 2007
A Wizard Camp for Families

The Old Trader, and his family, participated in Enlightening 2007 where he opened
The Old Traders Wand Shop [with the Legendary Wand Collection].
He also presented classes on wand making and the magic of wands where he talked about several aspects of wands, woods, magic, and how they all relate to the Harry Potter stories.
The E7 site (click title above) tells about this fantastic camp which was sponsored by
Bonding Over Books (BOB).
The camp was at the University of Pennsylvania and ran from
Thursday July 12th through Sunday July 15th.

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WOW ! ! ! What an event!
This was the most magical event I think the USA has ever seen.
Check out pictures of E7 at
the photo web site .
As for The Old Trader, I would like to thank my wife and my son for sharing such a special time with me.
I would also like to thank all the wonderful people who came to my classes and The Old Traders shop.
We really enjoyed meeting all of you.
We hope to see every one of you again at the next event.
Be sure to check out the media coverage and these pictures:

Philadelphia Inquirer video (E7).

Philadelphia Inquirer video Book 7 Release - Mt Holly, NJ.

ABC News.com article(I’m mentioned at the end of the third page.)

CBS2 News.com article & video(Watch the whole report.)

Picture of The Old Trader at E7 All the E7 camp pics
The Old Trader teaching a kids class The Old Trader teaching another kids class
Wand talk.

Potterdelphia helped advertise E7 at the Center City Philadelphia Camp Fair 2007.

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The Old Trader is also available to present classes/symposiums on the magic of wands/wood and
the ancient Celtic and Druid lore surrounding the trees. Simply
contact us to discuus it.

Many of The Legendary Collection wands were recently shown in the Collingswood, NJ -
Perkin's Center for the Arts Wood Turners Exhibition .
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The Old Trader (Keith) was one of the featured artists for the event.

Fete Day
Fete Day on Elfreth's Alley - Saturday June 9

The Old Trader, AKA The Woodcrafter, appeared at Fete Day on
Elfreth's Alley - a National Historic Landmark District in Old City Philadelphia, PA and represented the
Wood Turning Center of Philadelphia by demonstrating lathe turning of various wooden items.

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The Old Traders Wand shop at the G.O.F. movie opening event.
Notice the floating candles all about the shop.
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My
Legendary Wand Collection on display in Richmond, VA.
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More wands and samples.

The Black Walnut box is a custom wand box.
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Here are all the wands I turned for the first
Harry Potter Diagon Alley event.
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Here I am, in my home shop, turning a wand for the IMAX premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Never cross the wand maker.
He has a lot of wands.

Clik here to go back. Click here for Click here to go to The Woodcrafter Page. .