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Samlet Norge for 4.000 kroner
Samling av kommunepins: Det trenger ikke koste blod å samle Norge til ett rike. For Arvid Askø var snaue 4.000 kroner og noen dager ved telefonen nok. Se her.
in English "Collected" Norway for NOK 4.000
Collecting pins from local governments: Arvid Askø used 4.000 Norwegian kroner and some days phoning to get the pins. Look here (article from a Norwegian paper).

 

 

Samlertreff i Oslo Rådhus mars 2002  
Fredag 15. og lørdag 16. mars 2002 var ca. 60 samlere i Oslo Rådhus for å feire 50års-jubileumet for OL i Oslo i 1952 med en samlerfestival. Les om treffet og nye pins her.

(Av Ivar H. Karlsen - 25.03.2002) OL i Oslo for 50 år siden ble minnet med en rekke arrangementer i forbindelse med Holmenkollenuken 2002. Det var tale av IOC-sjefen Rogge, utstilling og mye annet. Utstillingen var i underetasjen i Oslo rådhus foran garderoben og vi samlere ble plassert i garderoben med vår pinsfestival.

Det var bra, men ujevn aktivitet ved bordene. Det var en del postkort og andre samler-gjenstander å se i tillegg til pins. Det gikk som vanlig på Lillehammer-pins, men også Salt Lake City, Holmenkollen-, kommune- og Sydney-pins.

Bilder av nye pins finner du her. Bilder fra festivalen her.

På bildet er Ulf Solberg (til høyre) og jeg i prat om Oslo 1952-nålene som var utstilt.


  Corey Janecky
Sunday, March 3rd, 2002
 
in English  The good, the bad and the ugly
in the Salt Lake
Olympics

Well, I'm back from SLC. My first Olympics was in 1996 and I was a VERY novice collector. This time around, I was armed with a lot more pins and a bit more more knowledge. I was in SLC for 7 days and I did a lot of trading (at least from my perspective) so I thought I would share some of the good - the bad - and the ugly of my Olympic and pin trading experiences.

The Good:

1. The people of Utah and SLC in particular were wonderful! Everyone we met was upbeat and positive which made our trip even better.
2. The volunteers of the games were fantastic. Thanks to all of you for making the games a success.
3. The events we went to were all great. We averaged 1 event per day for the 6 days we were there and we enjoyed them all.
4. The weather was fantastic! Living in Texas, I was a bit concerned that I might freeze my butt off but we couldn't have asked for better weather. My sincere thanks to whoever was in charge of the weather.
5. I had a blast trading pins at SLC. The mascot pins were a great
hit with the kids of course and they were scurrying all over the place hunting for mascot pins. My best trading with kids occurred at the 2 outdoor venues I went to (M Downhill Combined and Men's team 120K Ski Jump). At those venues there was nothing else to do so the kids were running all over looking for trades. It was a blast.
6. The "America's Bravest" pins were popular with people as was anything red-white-blue. If I would have been thinking, I would have ordered extras of the Police and Army pins to give away or trade with all the police volunteers and military security forces. Anything with a red-white-blue theme was extremely popular and I traded all of mine away within the first few days. Dinosaurs and mascots were popular with the kids. Everyone also wanted to see the famous "green Jell-O" pin but I did not have one to show. I heard they were selling for up to $200. Crazy!
7. I didn't spend any time actively perusing athletes or officials but I did manage to run into a few and I did get a few NOC pins that will go into my personal collection. I rented a room in a persons house and also sharing the house were a couple of collectors from Lithuania. Needless to say, I obtained a bunch of Lithuanian NOC pins. Fortunately I had obtained a few extras of some decent pins so it wasn't a complete one-sided trade. They kept wanting to give me more but I had to stop them because I was feeling guilty. Great guys. If everyone in Lithuania is half as nice as they were, I've got to go there some day.I'll be sending a donation to their Olympic Committee to make up for their generosity.
8. The pin dealers who were located in the indoor trading area in downtown SLC. The place right on the train line with all the ticket scalpers - I forget the name of the place. I made a lot of trades in there and from what I observed, they were all very fair in pricing and in trading with people. (see my "ugly" section to contrast this). Who ran this area of dealer tables? I don't know if they were intentionally selective about which dealers could have a table or if it was just good luck. Job well done whoever you are.
9. Housing. We rented a room in a house in SLC and it was perfect. Nothing fancy but clean and nice. Our host was great and he did Utah proud.
10. Getting to meet some of my fellow pin traders/collectors. It was really nice to finally get to put faces with names. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet more of you.
11. Food Prices. Wile there wasn't an abundance of food vendors on the streets, the prices at local restaurants were reasonable. I was expecting the downtown restaurants to have inflated prices but that didn't seem to be the case. Or, if they did inflate the prices, their original prices must have been dirt cheap! Either way, my food cost was much lower that expected. Thank you SLC business people.
12. Ticket scalpers on every corner made it easy to get tickets for just about any event IF you were willing to pay the price. Many prices were inflated for the popular events but I know several people who even got tickets at less than face value so there were bargains to be found if you looked. Plus, with scalpers you could pick your seats before you paid for them! Is scalping common in other countries or is it an American thing? I'm thinking that for Athens 2004, I might be better off buying from scalpers than buying in advance (see #3, #4 and #5 below about my ticketing problems).


The Bad:

1. Ticket scalpers on every corner sure became annoying! Some of them were quite aggressive and obnoxious.
2. Transportation. The media certainly claimed how great the transportation was but we had problems on 2 out of our 6 days. Perhaps transportation was great compared to other winter games but I was not entirely pleased. I was much happier with Atlanta in 1996 which is funny because the media portrayed Atlanta as having bad transportation and SLC as having good transportation. Maybe I was lucky in 1996 and unlucky in 2002?

3. Ticketing for events part 1. The SLOC claimed that the earlier you bought your tickets, the better your seats would be. We bought our tickets within 6 hours of them going on sale. However, at several venues, we had people around us who also ordered over the web but they waited until either just before the initial order phase deadline or had bought them later when other tickets mysteriously became available. Obviously, there was no advantage to ordering early.
4. Ticketing for events part 2. We bought ticket "packages" from the SLOC. In one case, we had 2 events scheduled on 1 day. Using the recommended public transportation, it was impossible to see both events in their entirety. If you had a car, no problem. If you used the buses (like we did), you either had to leave the morning event early or arrive late for the evening event. Not good.
5. Ticketing for events part 3. SLOC made it seem like the only way to get tickets would be to advance order and order their packages. In our packages, we ended up with events we didn't even want. Then, the closer we got to the games, the more tickets that mysteriously kept coming available. I really regret buying tickets over a year in advance.
6. Prices for all Olympic merchandise in SLC were incredibly high in my opinion. But, I guess the demand was their since the lines for the Olympic stores were always really long. I especially was troubled by the high prices for pins. From what I saw, most of the pins that appealed to the kids (mascots, dinosaurs, etc) were very much inflated in price. Before the games began, mascot pins were probably my slowest selling pins. At the games, they were the hottest. I guess with all the kids wanting their parents to buy them the "cute" pins, prices really rose. I know, I know, supply and demand. We can argue all day long about the laws of supply and demand and the capitalist in me understands that. However, it still bothered me that prices were so high for generic types of pins.

The Ugly:
Many of the pin "dealers" really upset me. There were exceptions of course (see #7 above). Most of the dealers that I approached for trading did not offer equitable trades and I thought they were really trying to come out at the good end of the deal instead of being fair and equitable. I really feel sorry for all the novices that were taken advantage of - both in trading and in prices. I saw numerous example of dealers telling people how really "rare" some generic type SLC pin was and how "valuable" it would become. Of course, people bought into it and paid the high price. I'm finally starting to understand why so many collectors seem to despise pin "dealers". I also saw examples of dealers knowingly trade away one of their cute mascot pins to a kid and then pick out a good pin in return. I saw one kid who wanted a $5 pin from a dealer and in return, the dealer took the kids original 3.2 beer pin and he immediately put it on his $25 pin board. He obviously knew he was trading a $5 pin for a $25 pin. One dealer wanted my SLC "Hockey Mom" pin (nothing fancy I know) and he offered me some cheap piece of tin that said "Soccer Mom - no SLC logo, no rings, no federation, nothing. Just a $1 piece of metal. I'm sure my badmouthing of dealers is going to ruffle more than a few feathers here but hey, I'm just telling you what I saw. Maybe my perspective is unique so feel free to disagree. That's the beauty of free speech. We are all entitled to our opinions. Perhaps the difference is in collectors who also sell extra pins versus people who are selling pins as a business. The problem is that the consumer does not know or see the difference until after the fact. Heck, I sell pins and up until now, I considered myself a collector/dealer. Now, I cringe at the thought of being grouped with some of the "dealers" I saw.

Well, that's it for my ramblings about the games and about the pin trading. Overall, the good far outweighed the bad and the ugly and my recommendation is that if you like the Olympics, you should go to at least 1 Games in person at some point in your life. My experience has been that it is very different than seeing it on TV. In some ways better and in some ways worse but definitely different and definitely worth experiencing live. For me, the pin trading is just a bonus.

     

  Barry Lefler
February 28th, 2002
 
in English NBCs Salt Lake 2002 Olympics Pins

I have compiled a list of the pins NBC produced for SLC.

NBC SLC 2002 "Flag Pin" - the most rare of all the NBC pins.  Only 100 of these "Patriotic" pins were produced and all come in a velvet box with an inscription plate.  Plus, all are numbered on the plate and the back of the pin.  100 Produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "Chairman's Pin" - gold circle around the NBC Olympics logo.  Produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "President's Pin" - Oval pin.  The image is the NBC on-air logo.  Looks similar to the mountain pin but it is oval and the mountains are flat, not raised nickel.  Produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "Countdown to the Games" Six Puzzle Pin Set - the pins look great individually and when the puzzle is put together they make up the NBC Peacock - Produced for sale to the public - only 500 sold.  25 held back and sold in a limited edition frame with numbered inscription plate.

NBC SLC 20020 "Pin of the Day" 17 Pin Set - All oversized: Round "Opening Ceremonies" pin and 16 rectangular pins with a different day and pictogram on each.  Produced for sale to the public - only 500 sold.  25 held back and sold in a limited edition frame with numbered inscription plate.

NBC SLC 2002 "Camera Pin" - Large Pewter pin - Produced for sale to the public - only 500 sold.

NBC SLC 2002 "Microphone" Pin - Large Pewter pin - Produced for sale to the public - only 500 sold.

NBC SLC 2002 "Dated Traditional Blue Logo" - Wide circulation although not nearly as many as the generic pin for Sydney.  Produced for internal use and sale to the public.

NBC SLC 2002 "Mountains Pin" - Rectangle pin, mountains are raised (3D effect) in nickel - image is the NBC on-air logo.  Produced for sale to the public - only 1000 sold.

NBC SLC 2002 "Today Show in Salt Lake Pin" - Colorful pin.  Produced for internal use and sale to the public.

NBC SLC 2002 "365 More Today Shows to the Opening Ceremonies".  One of the earliest pins produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "Blue Mountains Pin" - the NBC on-air logo in an oval with blue and white mountains in the background.  Smaller than thePresident's Pin.  Produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "Guest Pin / Pictogram Set" - 10 pin snowflake design set given to NBC guests in SLC.  Each set contained two "Guest" pins and eight different "Pictogram" pins.  There are twice as many Guest pins than Pictogram pins in circulation.  Each set came in a niceleather pin case.

NBC SLC 2002 "Snowball Pin" - a cool 3D looking white snowball given to guests of NBC in SLC.

NBC SLC 2002 "Patriotic Pin" - small pin with the US flag inside the peacock and the Olympic rings below.  Given to guests of NBC in SLC.

NBC SLC 2002 "Snowmobiler Pin" - Cartoon peacock on a snowmobile. Given to guests of NBC in SLC who went snowmobiling.

NBC SLC 2002 "Ski Academy Pin" - Cartoon peacock on skis.  Given to guests of NBC in SLC who went to ski school.

NBC SLC 2002 "Sticky Pin - TV" - Pin given to NBC guests in SLC who then had their picture taken and printed on a sticker to apply to the pin.

NBC SLC 2002 "Sticky Pin - VIP" - Pin given to NBC guests in SLC who then had their picture taken and printed on a sticker to apply to thepin.

NBC SLC 2002 "NBC Owned Stations - Snowbird Preview" - 300 produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "NBC Owned Stations - Countdown Set" - 4 small pins – 1 Year To Go, 9 Months To Go, 6 Months To Go, 3 Months To Go.  200 of each produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "NBC Owned Stations Generic Dated Pins" - Blue and White versions.  Produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "NBC Owned Stations - Station Pins" - Each of NBC's 14 Owned and Operated Stations produced a pin with the same design as the generic pin above but with their station name added at the bottom.  The 14 stations are located in:  New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Jose/San Francisco (Bay Area), Dallas, Washington, DC, Miami, San Diego, Columbus, Hartford, Providence, Raleigh and Birmingham.  Produced for internal use.

"NBC Olympics.com powered by MSNBC” Pin - produced for internal use.

NBC SLC 2002 "CNBC Pin" - Looks like NBC blue affiliate pins but with "CNBC 2002" below.

NBC SLC 2002 "News Pin" - Looks like NBC blue affiliate pins but with "News SLC 2002" below.

"NBC Olympic Broadcast Project 2002 Pin" - in the shape of an 18-wheeler with "GE Energy Rentals-Show Power" on side. Produced for internal use.

Some "unauthorized" pins I have seen:
NBC "V" pin - a blue "V" with VIP on it.
NBC Mickey Mouse Camera Pins - multiple versions
NBC Camera Pins in various colors

     

 

Samlertreff på Lillehammer - 2002  
Fredag 18. til 20. januar 2002 var ca. 80 pinssamlere i Håkons Hall på Lillehammer for å bytte pins. Les om treffet og nye pins her.

(Av Ivar H. Karlsen - 20.01.2002) Rammen var den samme som i fjor med museumet også i bruk med bord for pinssamlerne. Ca. 50 hadde eget bord, derav 6 fra utlandet. Det var færre enn vanlig noe det nært forestående OL i salt Lake City får ta mye av skylden for.

Det var bra aktivitet ved bordene og det gikk som vanlig mye i Lillehammer pins, men hete samlerområder var også Salt Lake City pins, Sydney-pins og kommune-pins.

Bilder av nye pins finner du her.

Det ble avholdt en stor auksjon på lørdag. Det var mange utrop og bra aktivitet. Det var en del pins, men mest OL-objekter på auksjonen. 

På bildet er Hjalmar Andersen og Hallgeir Brenden i gang med å signere Olympisk postkort.


in English Mascot information - Olympic mascots
It's here.
Maskoter - informasjon og bilder av OL-maskoter
Se her.

Updated 08.10.2001
in English Bid information 
It's here.
Søkere - informasjon om byer som søker fremtidige OL
Se her.

Updated 25.03.2002
in English The List - top collections 
Here you find an overview of collections. Anyone may have his/hers collection listed. If your collectin area is missing, you may nominate it for entry. It is possible to be anonymous on the listing.  The List is here.

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 1.08.2001).  

Oppdatert 25.03.2002
Topplisten
Listen viser toppsamlinger til pinssamlere. Alle få sin samling presentert på listen. Dersom ditt samlerområde ikke er med på listen, så "meld på" nye samlerområder. Det er mulig å være anonym på listen. Listen er her.

(Av Ivar H. Karlsen - 1.08.2001).  


in English Pins for sale   
We have a lot of mainly Lillehammer '94 pins for sale at low prices. See Pins for sale  

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 10.08.2001). 

Salgsliste   
Vi har et solid lager med nåler til gunstige priser. Se Pins for sale  

(Av Ivar H. Karlsen - 10.08.2001). 


Pinsfestivalen i Bø 2001  
Den 9. pinsfestivalen i Bø ble holdt helgen 27. – 29. juli. Pinsfestivalen gikk i Telemarkshallen sammen med antikk og brukt-messen. 

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 3.08.2001). Det rapporteres om en svært vellykket helg, med litt lite publikum. Det var mest samlere som byttet og solgte/kjøpte seg i mellom. Det var kun 3-4 utlendinger, bl.a. fra Finland. Det var ca 70 bord i bruk.

Pinsene som var aktuelle: Salt Lake City, øl, kommunepins og fortsatt Lillehammer.


Det ble utgitt pinse og pinsbrev med opplag på 300 hver. Salget av disse, lørdag kl. 14:00, gikk som vanlig bra. Plutselig var det lang kø, folk kom fra alle kanter. Salget startet før tiden.

Neste års festival i Bø er den 10ende. Da vil Kleppen invitere til 10-års jubileum. La oss håpe det blir mange også fra utlandet til det treffet.

Neste års "Winter Olympic Collectors Fair" på Lillehammer blir i Håkons Hall den 18.- 20. januar 2002.


Det blir også en markering av 50-års jubileumet for Oslo-OL i 1952. Det blir i Oslo Rådhus, 15.- 17. februar 2002. Da vil det bli en samlermesse bl.a. med utgivelse av jubileumspins


in English Tampa Bay 2012 
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE: On Thursday, July 26, at 9:15 a.m., Tampa City Council will be hearing and deciding upon three critical issues for Florida 2012, including the USOC Undertaking Agreement. This agreement between the City of Tampa and the USOC must be executed by November 30, 2001 or Florida 2012 will be disqualified. We don't know the format of the meeting or the duration time but if at all possible, please attend. A strong attendance will demonstrate strong support! Hope to see you on Thursday morning!

FLORIDA 2012 MERCHANDISE ON SALE: For the first time, Florida 2012 merchandise is on sale! Members who are interested in purchasing official Florida 2012 merchandise are invited to stop by the Florida 2012 office to view merchandise items. Several premium items are only sale, including jackets, hats, pins, embroidered golf shirts, and long sleeve shirts. A limited number of items are sizes are available so you better hurry!

Beth Whitmire, Florida 2012
Director of Membership & Volunteer Services
813-204-2163 Direct or 813-221-8787 Fax
web: www.florida2012.org

(By Beth Whitmire - 25.07.2001).  


in English Pin Festival during SLC Olympics 
A "Pin Central"  will be set up close by the awards area, directly on 300 West, between the spectator area gate and Pioneer Park. 

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 22.05.2001). Read more here


Dialogsider   
Vi har nå laget egne dialogsider. Her kan du fortelle om hva du samler på og samtidig registrere deg, slik at du blir varslet når vi legger ut ny informasjon på denne web'en.

(Av Ivar H. Karlsen - 20.05.2001). Benytt dialogsidene som du finner her

in English Dialog pages   
We have a separate dialog page. Here you can tell the pin trading community about your interests and also register to be noticed whenever we add new information to our web.

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 20.05.2001). Use the form you find here


Updated 23.10.2001
in English Pin lists
Overview over distribution lists you may participate in.

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 01.05.2001). 
The PinTraders Email Network for Pin Traders & Collectors is on:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pintraders

A forum for the discussion of lapel pin collecting and trading - including all aspects of the hobby!   Topics include Olympic pins, Hard Rock Cafe pins, Hot Air Balloon pins, Sports pins, and more.

The list has now reached 400 members. The "fever" is starting to catch as we get closer to the SLC games!

All Yahoo groups for pins is
found here under Hobbies and Crafts, then Collecting and finally Pins

If you need to register with Yahoo, here is the address: http://groups.yahoo.com/convwiz


in English Olympin Club
Olympin Club membership includes the limited edition pin, a complete membership directory and 4 newsletters per year.

(By Ivar H. Karlsen - 19.04.2001). 
Address:
Olympin Collectors Club, 1386 Fifth Street, Schenectady, New York, 12303, USA.


     
in English Pincollectors accessories 

Pins N More: Accessories and supplies for pincollectors: www.PinsNMore.com

     

in EnglishKnock-offs - fake pins: be aware!     
Salt Lake City fakes

(By Alan Peterson alan@peterson.net - 4.3.2001) Over the past couple of years, I've seen and bought for my own collection several knock-offs of rare Salt Lake City pins. From time to time, I've seen these knock-offs show up for $10 or so, I think it's time to make some information public so that buyers and sellers can be on the lookout for these worthless fakes. I've just made major changes to my web site adding a lot of pins accumulated in the last five years including SLC bid logo pins, As part of my web site update, I've added a section dedicated to knock-offs including documantation to let people know what these knock-offs look like and how to tell them from the originals. Please see my web site at: http://members.aol.com/alpine205/index.htm#knock 

(Later information received) Mark Stewart has a page on his Salt Lake pin site devoted to fakes and knock-offs. Go to www.pinfever.com see http://www.pinfever.com/fake.htm

Editorial note: It has been common to say "knock-off" referring to a pin that was not remade, but was being offered as if it was original.  Other terms used are bogus, unauthorized or fantasy pin. Fakes are normally remakes of existing  pins. 


 

 

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