Well we all have our views about what a company should do without us risking our savings to do it. HL is a great company that has done more things for more people than we will ever realize. If you are a serious collector, sooner or later you will meet the Youngers at a reunion, signing, regional event, lighthouse lecture or whatever. Once you meet them you will also realize what great people they are and how friendly they can be.

Like with any company, certain risks are taken to improve the income of the company and insure a profitable future to guarantee longevity. Many of the early 5500 edition sizes sold out leaving the company with the impression the collector base of the company had grown. They expirimented with larger edition sizes with the hopes of making pieces availible to everyone who wanted one without putting too many on the dealer's shelves that linger longer than anticipated. Through this trial and error program, they came to realize they had created an edition size too large. Collectors complained and, BINGO, edition sizes started to be reduced.

The bottom line is HL listens to its collectors. They provide us with something we want and we respond by supporting their company.

IMHO, the future for Harbour Lights is in smaller edition sizes. This sets up the hunt and buying frenzy that any company would be proud to have for their product.

What to do with the over-stock of the largest edition sizes? Give them a time limit on the shelf then bite the bullet and crush them. After the extras are destroyed, collectors will scurry to buy some of the left over high edition pieces anticipating the probablity that they will suddenly be hard to come by. If they have to have them all they better make the move before the prized piece disappears from the retail market.

Now all us collectors will be happy because the HLs we have will be a little harder for someone to come by without paying a secondary market price.

This makes sense to me, ...how about you?

Bob