Harry's latest Ventures

The following is the latest update on where Harry has been, where he is now and where Harry is going. Read and take heed for upcoming adventures in lighthousing.

The first item of business is Harry Hine has retired his first lighthouse venture which was the Jones Point, VA Lighthouse (Roland Babineau at http://www.thecapecodstore.com/harbor_lights.html may still have a couple available if you missed ordering one from Harry). Harry’s second venture was his Christmas Piece from Rock Island, NY selling for $95.00 + shipping. If you haven’t already bought this piece you can still purchase it by visiting Harry’s website at https://www.harryhine.com/ and placing your order. Don’t wait too long if you are interested as there are not many remaining.

The second item is the announcement that Harry Hine is now working on a special order only piece made by hand exclusively in the United States by Harry himself. It also is made almost entirely of materials from the United States. Harry is producing this item (sorry I can’t tell you yet what it is yet) on a special order only basis limited to 300 pieces maximum. Based on how many orders are received over a limited time period there may not be 300 produced. So you may keep your existing serial number from previous orders or request a random serial number provided by Harry if the ordering process does not reach your serial number range. This piece, because it is going to be a special order only piece, will not require you to purchase it in order to retain your current serial number assigned to you from previous orders. The price of this piece will be $200.00 plus approximately $20.00 shipping charges, but, worth every cent. More details and pictures to follow when the official announcement is made very shortly.

The third item to update you on is Harry’s next lighthouse venture. Harry is currently trying to decide what lighthouse to do next and is torn between 3 lighthouses. He is working on preliminary drawings for all three lighthouses and is thinking about presenting the 3 lighthouses to collectors and letting them make the choice on which one to produce for his next lighthouse. Again, this will be happening very shortly since he wants the decision made so he can start production as soon as possible. Stay tuned for more information on this election of a lighthouse.

Just an update on Harry's limited special order piece and his next planned lighthouse availability. Harry is waiting for some feedback from a U.S. vendor for his special order piece and hopes it will be no later the 2nd week of March before he can make an announcement on what the piece is and when he can start taking orders for it.

The second item is his next planned lighthouse release and when it will be available and what the cost will be. He is in negotiations with the factory in China and is waiting to hear the final price and delivery date from them. Hopefully he will have this information again by the 2nd week of March.

When he gets this information, hopefully at the same time, he will make an announcement by email to his current buyers and will post it here for everyone to know.

This will be an update on Harry's pending projects that he is hoping to hear back from the factory very shortly with encouraging news. Chinese New Year is a big deal and the Chinese Factories sometime shut down for several weeks to a whole month to celebrate. I thinks this is the situation that Harry is facing and now that they are finally back to work he is in negotiations with the factory for a good price and a decent delivery schedule for his next lighthouse.

In addition, Harry's special order piece is actually taking longer then he expected making each one so he is in limbo trying to figure out a way to produce them faster. He may just have to use the old manual labor approach which is exactly why it is going to be a very limited production run.

The names of both pieces should be announced very soon and you will be pleasantly surprised with the pieces.