Lillehammer 2001
Lillehammer Fair - Scott Reed sends us e-mail
Fellow Pin Traders:
Now that I have had a few days to thaw out and unpack from the Lillehammer show held a couple of weekends ago, I wanted to let everyone know about it.
Lillehammer is a long way from where I live in the USA, but it was well worth the travel! Norway is beautiful, and the Olympic museum in Lillehammer has some fantastic displays, including original winners medals from all the Olympic Games. It was cold----15^ below 0 at night, only 10^ below during the day---but there was no wind and little humidity, so it was actually pretty comfortable even for someone like me with thin southern blood!
Of course, most of the people there had Lillehammer items for sale and trade. Since I don't collect or have those items, I knew that I would only have pins that would be interesting to a small minority of people attending. But there were enough people there that I still sold and traded a good number of pins, mostly Sydney NOCs, Sydney Media, and SLC pins of any type. And I was able to find some items for my collection, including 4 participation medals (there were a lot more there, but that was all I could trade for or afford to buy), a couple of IOC session badges, some Sydney guest and media pins, and some other nice items such as a replica Lillehammer torch. I was happy!
There were a lot of other great items available that other people got. One person obtained a Lillehammer torch, while I understand someone else obtained a complete set---gold, silver, and bronze---of Oslo winner's medals.
But the best part of the trip was the
people. It was fun to meet so many
people that I have traded with over the internet but not met before, along with
many new acquaintances. And there were 6-8 Americans there also that it was nice
to see again. I have heard that Norwegians are very friendly, and they proved
it! None of us could have asked for more pleasant or gracious hosts.
Next year the Lillehammer show will be soon after the SLC games, so it will be hard for most people who attend the SLC games to go to the Lillehammer show also. But if you can go, I would recommend it. It is a great vacation!
I have updated my web pages with some traders that I brought back, and some are also on E Bay. Please check them out at http://pages.prodigy.net/ser/noc.html or http://pages.prodigy.net/ser/auc.html . PLMK if you see anything of interest for purchase or trade.
Best Regards,
Scott
(Picture: Scott on the left, trading at Lillehammer)
The 2nd International Winter Collectors Fair
was held at Lillehammer from 9th to
11th of February in Håkons
Hall at Lillehammer.
Overview of the entrance area Fredrik and Jørn all set
This
years improvements included more concentration of the tables by using the space
in the Olympic Museum. More than 80 collectors had their own tables, 16 of these
from outside Norway. Well known collectors like Rainer Arnold, Don Bigsby,
Krzysztof Malinowski, Ingrid O’Neil and Don Bigsby were present as well as new
faces like Scott Reed and Mario Avila.
Bjørn Nyhus - far back - trading "Gilde"-Odd and Per Ketil Johnsvold (back)
Big
activity concentrated around Lillehammer pins, but also committee pins, Salt
Lake City and media pins.
New
pins:
2nd
International Winter Collectors Fair: This pin was sold both as numbered and
unnumbered.
CCO-pin
for the second Lillehammer Fair. Produced in 1400x, of which 300 numbered.
Oslo
Pin Clubs Kristin and Håkon pin in jumbo version (left) produced in 120x, numbered.
Oslo Pin Clubs Kristin and Håkon pin in ordinary small version produced in 300x, 250 numbered and 50 unnumbered.
Lillehammer
7 years after produced in 1400x, of which 300 numbered.
There were also issued a pins letter, this is the 2nd International Winter Collectors Fair -pin without needle put into a window on a numbered card in an envelope. This is in 500x and the 4th of its kind since the fair in Lillehammer last year. The second pins letters were issued in Lausanne last year and the 3rd in Bø (Telemark) last summer.
New
postcards by the Olympic Museum were also for sale. These had motives from the
Norwegian female soccer team that won gold in Sydney and the other of Trine
Hattestad, javelin thrower and gold winner in Sydney.
The
Fair included an auction of pins and Olympic objects. It gathered NOK 68.000 to
Olympic Aid.
Norsk: Stort samlertreff på Lillehammer
Fredag 9. til 11. 2001 februar var ca. 100 pinssamlere i Håkons Hall på Lillehammer for å bytte pins.
Rammen var ytterligere forbedret fra i fjor ved at museumet også var tatt i bruk med bord for pinssamlerne. Over 80 hadde eget bord, derav 16 fra utlandet. Igjen var kjente samlere som Rainer Arnold, Don Bigsby, Krzysztof Malinowski, Ingrid O’Neil og Don Bigsby på plass, men også nye ansikter som Scott Reed og Mario Avila. Det var stor aktivitet ved bordene og det gikk som vanlig mye i Lillehammer pins, men hete samlerområder var også komite-nåler, Sydney-pins og media-pins.
Nye pins som ble utgitt (bilder - se engelsk tekst):
2nd International Winter Collectors Fair: Denne nåla ble solgt både som nummerert og unummerert.
CCO-pin for den andre Lillehammer Fair. Produsert i 1400x, hvorav 300 nummererte
Oslo Pin Clubs Kristin og Håkon pin i jumboversjon produsert i 120x, nummerert.
Oslo Pin Clubs Kristin og Håkon pin i vanlig liten versjon produsert i 300x, 250 nummerert og 50 unummerert.
Lillehammer 7 år etter produsert i 1400x, hvorav 300 nummererte.
Dessuten ble det utgitt et pinsbrev, dvs. 2nd International Winter Collectors Fair -pinsen uten nål innsatt i et vindu på et nummerert kortet lagt i en konvolutt. Dette var i 500x og det fjerde i rekken etter at slike pinsbrev ble introdusert på Lillehammer i fjor. Det andre pinsbrevet kom i Lausanne og det 3. i Bø under sommertreffet.
Nyutgitte postkort (OL-museet) kunne du også få kjøpt. Motivene var fotball-landslaget og Trine Hattestad. Gro Espeseth var på plass for å signere kortene for fotballjentene.
Det ble avholdt en stor auksjon på lørdag. Det var 53 utrop og inntekten gikk uavkortet til Olympic Aid. Det var en del pins, men mest OL-objekter på auksjonen. Resultatet ble hele 68.000 kroner.