The Harbour Lights Rose Island RI piece for Collectors Society members who pre-ordered last Spring began shipping today. Shipping should be completed by the middle of next week.

Pieces are being shipped to the retail dealer specified on the special form completed when it was ordered. SRP is $70.

We had done some speculation that it might be possible for those who attended the Reunion AND who also ordered the Society version might be able to obtain a serial number that matched the Reunion piece. However, the logistics of doing this for a piece that is sold through dealers just wasn't possible to pull off.

I believe also that the decision was made to be fair to those who placed early orders for the Rose Island Society version hoping to receive a lower serial number. Taking approximately 200 of the first 700 pieces of the Society version to go to those who attended the reunion AND ordered the Society version would have bumped some people to higher #s.

UPS is now quoting Harbour Lights 7-10 days for ground shipments. This could get longer as we get closer to the Holidays.

Approximately 6,000 of the Rose Island Society exclusive were ordered. We'll have a more precise number after shipping is completed.

If you did not order one of these, by all means check with Dealers. It may be that retail dealers used their own Society membership(s) to order pieces to sell.

If you placed an order, be sure to pick this up promptly at your dealer when it arrives.

[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 11-11-98).]