This poll is for those who have started collecting Harbour Lights within the past five years.

I prefer collecting limited editions and special pieces. The GLOWS are nice, but they, for the most part, are re-releases in modified form of a retired piece.

I no longer purchase GLOW's but did buy them all up to a couple of years ago. Now I only purchase the limited editions, society pieces, and Christmas pieces.

Bob

I have the GLOWS of ones that I could not afford the secondary price of the LE and I were of special interest to me-

like Portland Head, Sandy Hook, New London Ledge, Barnegat, Coquille

Dennis

Mike, I selected the 6-10 choice because I have 6 but I only actually bought 2 of them. The others were gifts. Of the two I bought I only bought one on purpose. The other was my very first purchase when I didn't know the difference between a GLOW and a limited. Think I found the forums very shortly thereafter so started learning very quickly then!

I would like to expand on my above reply regarding GLOWs. Many collectors find it necessary to purchase GLOWs because they want a particular lighthouse in their collection and they feel they will not be able to afford buying that light as a limited edition, if they can find one for sale.

Limited editions and GLOWs are made of the same material and painted in the same manner. GLOWs are wonderful sculptures and definitely filled many a void in my display until I could locate the limited edition at the price I wanted to pay.

Now that I have a complete collection of limited editions, minus Coquille River, I don't feel the need to purchase GLOW versions of lights I already have. Like many of my fellow collectors, I'm running out of display room and storage space. I have no desire to turn the inside of my home into a replica of a gift shop. Only around one-third of my collection is on display. The other two-thirds are in their boxes in my cellar.

Then comes the duplicates I've been buying because I just can resist a deal on Harbour Lights. I don't buy them because I need them. It's my hope to resell them at a later date and make a couple of bucks.

My view is if a GLOW makes you smile, buy it! Collecting is suppose to be fun. It is suppose to make you feel good.

Bob

Obviously, people collect items that attract them. For various reasons, some are attracted to limited editions and others to GLOWS. Both have their purpose and their audience. For some, a GLOW is the only way to get a specific item if the limited edition is truely sold out. For others, there is the price difference. The idea is to collect those items that one likes or needs to fill in a collection