Introduced:
Initial Price:
Status:
Retiring Price:
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Certificate
(Pre-launch
only)Special Backstamp
(Pre-launch
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Old Imari Polar Bear
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Introduced: |
1998 | Initial Price: |
£94.00 |
Status: |
Retired December 2000 | Retiring Price: |
£105.00 |
| Modelled by: | Robert Jefferson | Market Value: | £70 - £133 (Standard) |
| Decorated by: | Sue Rowe | £160 - £280 (Pre-launch) | |
Size: |
10.5cm high | ||
Certificate |
(Pre-launch
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Special Backstamp |
(Pre-launch
only) |
Comments: |
Pre-launch signature edition of 500 from Govier's, Sidmouth (1997, price £89.95) | ||
Colourways
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Introduced: |
July 2004 | Initial Price: |
£99.00 |
Status: |
Current | List Price: |
£120.00 |
| Decorated by: | Jane James | Market Value: | £70 - £165 |
| Certificate |
(Signature edition only) |
Special Backstamp |
(Signature edition only) |
Comments: |
Pre-launched by a gold signature edition of 1500 from Connaught House. Subsequently known as Polar Bear. Aurora was complimented by 2 polar bear cubs. Alice and Boris introduced in February 2006 as limited editions and later added to the general range as Sitting Polar Bear Cub and Standing Polar Bear Cub respectively.All three are named after the 'Northern Lights', otherwise known as the 'Aurora Borealis' (Aurora, Boris, Alice!). | ||
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Introduced: |
1991 | Initial Price: |
£Unknown |
Status: |
Retired 1996 | Retiring Price: |
£Unknown |
| Decorated by: | Unknown | Market Value: | £76 - £175 |
| Certificate |  |
Special Backstamp | |
Comments: |
One of a number of paperweights produced as a marketing exercise to test collectors' response and only available limited numbers in the Derbyshire area only. Retired due to popularity of the Imari designs. | ||
Last Modified: 28/10/08
