A stalwart effort, Art. Why not test it against known best sellers

Here are the non-Society, non-Christmas, non-Reunion, non-Event, non-forced-retirement pieces that sold out to dealers in a year or less along w/ their edition sizes. Ordered by the shortest time on market:

Drum Point 9500
Hillsborozilla 6500
Sanibel Island 9500
Middle Bay 9500
Cape Hatteras r1 266
Cape Henry (Old & New) 9500
Thomas Point 9500
Alcatraz 9500
Morris Island - Then 9500
Morris Island - Now 9500
Cape Canaveral 9500
Cape Florida 10k
Montauk 5500
Gatun Locks/Miraflores (unknown ret. dt.) 4000

Drum Point & Middle Bay were part of the Thomas Point Affair and might be considered aberant. CH1 was a mold change (CH2 taking well over 2-1/2 yrs to retire).

Granted selling out to dealers and not-available-at-retail are different.

And here's the ones that sold out to dealers within 2 years - same selection filter:

Barnegat 5500
Cape May 9500
Le Jument 9500
Sharps Island 9500
Cape Neddick 5500
Holland (Big Red) 5500
Cape Lookout 9500
Currituck 9500
Assateague 5500
Diamond Head 5500
Spectacle Reef (go figure) 9500
Saint Joseph North Pier 9500
30 Mile Point 9500
New Canal 5500
Ponce de Leon 5500
Pemaquid 9500
Fire Island 9500
Hilton Head 5500
St. Augustine 5500
Jupiter 9500
Tawas Point 5500
Bald Head 9500

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[This message has been edited by JTimothyA (edited 11-24-99).]