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2008 Commemorative Report
by Arley Olson
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The NDPCS 2008 commemorative was unveiled on Friday afternoon June 6,
2008 at the 19th
annual NDPCS Convention in Minot, ND by Arley & Bonnie Olson, Dickinson,
ND. The commemorative was patterned after the Rosemeade Mountain Goat
figurine and is 2½″ high by 2¾″ wide. The Olson’s loaned their original
Rosemeade Mountain Goat to the potters so they could make a mold from
it. Therefore the commemorative is an exact copy of the original but
about ¼ smaller. On the bottom are the words
NDPCS JUNE 2008 Minot ND
along with the potters logo, a frog for Ted & Nedra Hoberg Frog Point
Pottery of Grand Forks, ND. The gold #1 commemorative was raffled off
with the silver #2 and bronze #3 auctioned off at the banquet on
Saturday night. These were the same as the regular, |
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but with a ring
of gold, silver or bronze around the lower edge of the base. The bottoms
had the additional markings
Special
with
#1, #2 or #3.
The winner of the gold was Wally Roshau. The winning bidder of the
silver was Ken Danielson and the bronze was Brad Bird.
In the “Collector’s Encyclopedia of Rosemeade” by Dommel you will find
on page 16, a mountain goat plaque with the "Great Northern Railway"
seal. Minot being a GNR town, we thought it was appropriate to use the
seal on the commemorative.
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We
would like to thank the potters (Ted & Nedra) for doing a wonderful
job on the commemoratives. Also a thank you goes out to Lorraine &
George Williams for helping with the commemoratives at the convention.
There are a few 2008 commemoratives left, so you still have an
opportunity
to purchase one. Contact us as soon as possible. |
 Frog
Poiny
Pottery |
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