Received the coveted phone call - won the rare artist proof of Tarreytown, NY. We can hardly wait to receive it! We are new to "lighthousing" - got hooked while vacationing in Bar Harbour, ME. While on a whalewatch we saw Egg Rock and that's when the fascination began. We visited as many as possible during our week there and stopped by chance at the Lighthouse Depot. A wonderful salesman (and I don't know his name) took his time and spent about 1 hour talking to us about the Harbour Lights Collection. Bill Younger was signing the next day and we purchased 3 HL's and had them shipped home - all signed. We have visited many lighthouses in our area since but also discovered the fun in collecting and looking for the original 13. We decided to try to get as many of the 5500 series as possible and have done quite well recently adding a Michigan City with rod and Point Arena. But still no Ft. Niagara.....

I spend hours (usually the wee hours of the
morning since I don't require much sleep)visiting this site and gathering much information. Thanks to all who make it work.

My husband (I'll call him NiagaraMan) is as enthusiastic as I and moved his beer stein collection to make room for the HL's - how's that for dedication? Looking forward to hearing from you - I'm starting to pick up the "lingo".

Congrats Niagara Lady!!

And welcome to the WACKO world of Harbour Lights collections!

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Harbour Lights NiagaraLady! It sounds like you are off to a great start with your collection.

You have come to the right place to share your love of collecting theose little HL's. (ok some aren't so little.)

Keep reading all the very informative posts here in the forums and over at HL.com and you and NiagaraMan will be "Wacko's" speaking the lingo in no time!

Again, welcome to the Forums!

-Todd

Congratulations on winning the artist's proof and welcome to the madness. I'm not sure though, about moving beer steins to make way for HL's. You'll have to have an equal place of honor for those.

Rich

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From one Newbie to another, welcome. These are really a great group of people and you will enjoy every word of the forum.

Congratulations NiagraLady! What a wonderful start
you have on your collection of our favorite collectible.
Enjoy the hunt! It IS fun, isn't it?

Debbie


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What a great way to start off! Congratulations on the AP, and welcome to our alternative universe. You're doing it the best way... together with your spouse!

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-Art

Congratulations, NiagaraLady! Welcome to the forums and to the "Winner's Circle"! LOL

Congrats! HLs definitely have a ways of taking over your home and life.

Does this mean there are still phone calls being made and still a chance to be one of the lucky winners?

Kathy

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Congrats NiagaraLady and Man. You had two great things come into your life within 24 hours, your winning lighthouse and of course meeting the man behind this Bill Younger.

Please visit this site often, twice aday should keep you abreast of whats going on and how to do what needs to be done with HL, caring, storing, buying, selling and trading.

St. John and the others will always be close by the assist you any way they can.

Welcome Aboard from sunny high in the 80s, clear blue skies after patchy fog this AM South Louisiana.......Cajun Country.

Bob

I would also like to say congrats on your win! Its always nice to see new names in the forum...hope to see you in the chat room as well.

Kat {=^+^=}

Welcome, welcome , welcome.
What a great way to be introduced to his HL collecting world. Just think of all the fun you will have finding all the original 13 and then you will want more and more. Perhaps the steins will not be the only objects that will be moved to make way for HLs. It won't be long before you are one of the Wackos around here.
Derith

Congratulations, NiagraLady! What a great way to start your collection. And a great
place to start a lifelong love of lighthouses. Bar Harbour has always been a special place for me, and now my wife as well.