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Esmerldas
Its show day! Before we go into the show room there’s time for a cup of coffee and to check messages from home.
At this show, Luann asked the artists to bring with them the first bear they ever made. This is the table of First Bears that the artists brought…..its amazing how different they are from what these artists make today. (Can anyone tell who made any of these?)
Luann set up a table for the artists that she calls the Great Opportunity table. Artists that wanted to participate put bears or other critters on the table to be sold at a set price. Pieces that were 10” or smaller were sold for $50, pieces that were 11” to 15” were $75 and pieces 16” or bigger were $100. When someone wanted to buy one of these, Luann would have the customer take the animal to the artist to complete the transaction so the piece could be signed, etc.
This is the first time (that we know of) that this has been tried, and we think it’s a pretty neat idea, and we hope Luann does it again next year.
This is the table of bears made by foreign artists. Each year Luann has a group of artists from other countries send her some of their work. At the show she has these items on display and available for sale. This gives U.S. collectors the change to purchase work from artists that they otherwise might never see.
Fabulous, Bev. Thanks for sharing for those of us who couldn't be there in person. 
Debora
Posts: 8,574[size=22]How cute! I love your bear with his own cell phone. I hope you have him on one of those plans where he can't go nuts with the charges.....well, probably a bear would be well behaved. I shouldn't always think about the damage the gollys would do- they aren't to be trusted[/size]
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