1. A "retired Piece" is one that has reached it's edition size OR one that has not reached it's edition size and production was stopped by Harbour Lights and is no longer available for sale to the "dealers" from Harbour Lights but may be available for years at the dealers themselves.

2. "Special Editions" are pieces that may or may not have a "Timed Availability" such as the examples you mentioned above. They usually have a "fixed" period such as Society Exclusives that run from May 1st to April 30th, Christmas Pieces that run from usually late summer till Dec. 31st, In-Store Event and Regional Event Pieces that usually run from spring till Dec. 31st. These pieces are then no longer available to the dealers from Harbour Lights but stll may sit on the dealers shelves for years. This has been the case for years but is now being changed by Harbour Lights/Lighthouse Depot as they just recently have advertised "retired Society Pieces, Christmas Pieces. etc. in the Lighthouse Depot Catalog that they had left over after the "Timed" date expired.

3. Other "Special Editions" may or may not have a "timed availability" but will have a "fixed edition" size if the "timed availability" does not apply. You may have a "retired" open edition that has been deemed retired by Harbour Lights for one reason or another and still have it available at a dealer but there is no way to really know how many of the product has been produced as you would with a limited edition.