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1997 Retirements #72094 01/20/01 06:44 PM
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As most know, 1997 Introductions which had not previously retired were retired as of 12/31/2000. A couple were retired a few days earlier -- all short of the original 9,500 edition limit.

Here are the newly retired lighthouses and their final production counts:

HL193 Longships 7,240
HL197 Macquarie 5,608
HL198 Hook Head 6,528
HL199 Pigeon Point 6,725
HL200 Navesink 6,548
HL201 Presque Isle 8,216
HL203 Nobska 7,750

Harbour Lights is still confirming the final counts on Gray's Harbor and Yaquina Bay.

Also note these production counts on some 1999 pieces.

HL519 Point Fermin Mini Charter 1,227
HL527 Sea Girt Ornament 5,981
HL528 Point Fermin Mini 5,357

The counts were changed in the cases of the HL519 and HL528 pieces.

[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 01-20-2001).]

Re: 1997 Retirements #72095 01/20/01 07:57 PM
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I AM SHOCKED ON 2 OF THEM. THAT ONLY 6000 +
ON NAVESINK I THOUGHT IT WOULD OF BEEN MUCH HIGHER. AND THE CHARTER PT FERMAN ONLY A LITTLE OVER 1000. THIS COULD BE A HOT ONE LATER.

Re: 1997 Retirements #72096 01/20/01 08:39 PM
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Would this information lead a reasonable and prudent person to believe that edition sizes of 6500 pieces is appropriate? Post an edition size of 9500 and they don't sell out in almost three years. Post an edition size of 6500 and people buy them up quicker figuring they may be hard to find in a couple of years.

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6,500 is certainly looking like a good number. The deal with the Charter Piece is that you had to be a Charter Member with unbroken membership to get one. It wasn't quite as easy as making Wacko Status here, {tic}. I would guess that quite a number of these made it into dealer's hands. That's how I got mine. I found it at a Hallmark last summer during the Hatteras Event weekend.

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Selling 6,548 Navesink lighthouses would be approximately the same thing as Harbour Lights selling more than 13,100 Sanibel lighthouses to their dealers. I would say using those figures that Navesink did very well.

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Re: 1997 Retirements #72099 01/22/01 10:43 AM
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True, from a financial standpoint. Still, as the company's 100th piece, I doubt there was any joy in having to retire the old girl early.

Re: 1997 Retirements #72100 01/22/01 02:05 PM
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Thanks for the numbers John. I previously noted that Pigeon Point and Nobska had retired 11/27/00. Is this correct?

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Correct, Mombo. They retired on 11/27/00 because no more would be ordered, even though the full production run had not been reached.


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