Signing and regional event pieces normally were not numbered. Last year was a glitch.

The smaller piece is intentional, going back to the day when the event pieces represented smaller lights and were done on a much smaller scale. They were kind of a "loss leader" and folks often might purchase more than one piece.

I would bet that there are a number of folks who were drawn to collecting HL because they happened into a store that was having a Bill signing event, saw the smaller and modestly priced event piece, bought it and met Bill while he was signing it. Later they started to look at the other HL offerings, bought some more and it was all downhill from there.....

Some of the earlier signing event pieces remain among my favorites and I'll bet I am not alone. Plus, we hear so much call for smaller sized pieces that take up less display territory.