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The Swarovski Crystal Journey 2012 group continued on the cruise and tours. On August 22, some crystal fanatics visited the Swarovski flagship store in Vienna. The store is a massive 3 floors!
One well-known display at this location is the collection of 45 Eclectic Panthers.
The Kristall Buzz has a number of articles about the Swarovski Eclectic Panthers:
And there are other articles that can be found using the term ‘eclectic’ in the search box in the upper right corner of the browser window.
Another interesting display at the flagship store is a truly giant Chaton. This chaton measures about 11″ in diameter. If you look at the zoomed in embedded photo, a smaller chaton can be seen inside of the giant chaton!
Be sure to check the Kristall Buzz frequently for the duration of the week-long cruise for a brief digest of die-hard collectors are enjoying on the 2012 Swarovski Crystal Journey!
One of my clients asked me about purchasing what she called the Swarovski Corvette. I did some detective work and finally found the Swarovski Corvette she was asking about.
The Swarovski Crystal Corvette is a limited edition die cast model Corvette bejeweled with approximately 5300 hand-set Aurora Borealis Swarovski crystals. This brilliant, sparkly sports car is a limited edition piece, with only 500 units produced. The Swarovski Corvette is available exclusively through the Franklin Mint. The Swarovski Ultimate Corvette is 1:24 scale. One web site indicated a December release date, just in time for the holidays, and pre-orders are presently being taken at the Franklin Mint site. This limited edition has a nice price tag of nearly $1300 which can be made in 3 easy payments to the Franklin Mint.
Swarovski Crystal Embellished Model Corvette available at the Franklin Mint
Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, is a USA holiday celebrated on the last Monday of May. It commemorates our military personnel who died in service. On this holiday, Americans proudly display their USA flags and spend time with families.
Swarovski crystal fanatics can show their spirit and pride wearing Swarovski jewelry featuring flag decorations:
Swarovski Gear Flag Pin (Left), retails for $65 and Swarovski Gear Heart Pin (Right), retails for $65.
Both Swarovski pins and other new release Swarovski crystal figurines can be found on the Crystal Fox Gallery web site, and appear to be in stock. Of course you can’t have it to wear today, but you can be ready for July 4th if you order now!
Swarovski introduced its first line of Swarovski Disney figurines in 2005. Its first collaboration with Disney, Swarovski created the “Disney Showcase Collection” of crystal figurines.
The Disney Showcase crystal collection, released in 2005, consisted of the following Disney characters: Swarovski Daisy Duck, Swarovski Donald Duck, Swarovski Goofy, Swarovski Mickey Mouse, Swarovski Minnie Mouse, and Swarovski Pluto.
The next Disney collection series was for the Winnie the Pooh characters in 2007: Swarovski Eeyore, Swarovski Piglet, Swarovski Tigger, and Swarovski Winnie the Pooh.
Following the Winnie the Pooh series was the Bambi group in 2008: Swarovski Bambi, Swarovski Flower (Skunk), Swarovski Friend Owl, and Swarovski Thumper.
After the Bambi series, Swarovski and Disney introduced the Snow White characters in 2009: Swarovski Dwarf Bashful, Swarovski Dwarf Doc, Swarovski Dwarf Dopey, Swarovski Dwarf Grumpy, Swarovski Dwarf Happy, Swarovski Dwarf Sleepy, Swarovski Dwarf Sneezy, and Swarovski Snow White.
Following the Snow White series was the Lion King group in 2010: Swarovski Mufasa, Swarovski Pumbaa, Swarovski Simba, and Swarovski Timon.
Following the Lion King group is the Peter Pan series in 2011: Swarovski Peter Pan and Swarovski Tinker Bell.
In addition to the Peter Pan series in 2011, Swarovski has launched the Swarovski Adventurous Pirates in their jewelry line. Some of the jewelry is worn in the Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides movie!
There is a web site with the crystal figurines Swarovski Disney Retirements in a free and easy-to-use format. RetiredSwarovski.com has a series of web pages with Swarovski Disney Retirements, 2008 through 2011. If you want to know what year a Swarovski Disney figurine retired, use the ‘search’ box of the site, and the results list will indicate a list of possibilities for a collector to select from to make getting the retirement year (answer) successful.
At RetiredSwarovski.com, it is also possible to print out the fact sheet for all the Swarovski Disney retirements, 2008 to 2011. The fact sheets are very handy in knowing which figurines retired in which years. The fact sheets include small photos, official Swarovski Product Name, Swarovski Part Number, Swarovski System Number, Swarovski Designer, Year Introduced, and Year Retired.
Crystal Exchange America has a selection of Retired Swarovski Disney figurines in their online store. If there is a Swarovski Disney crystal figurine absent from your display, visit the web site now, or if it is something that they can locate for you.
The end of 2010 is drawing near, Swarovski crystal collectors should be sure that you have purchased the desired Swarovski Ornaments for your collection: the annual edition Swarovski 2010 Ornament, the Swarovski SCS 2010 ornament, and the limited edition Swarovski red tip ornament.
Presently, the Swarovski 2010 Ornament (in the silver crystal product line) is still available at the Swarovski web site, and likely in boutiques and authorized retailers. When the new year chimes in, the Swarovski 2010 ornament will not be available online or in the boutiques, and collectors who waited to purchase will turn to secondary market Swarovski brokers or perhaps the online auctions to make their purchases.
The Swarovski red tip ornament can be found on a number of web sites and online auctions. The Swarovski part number is 9400 000 296 and the Swarovski system number is 1 074 802. The unique limited edition Swarovski ornament is an exclusive 2010 Swarovski ornament with red tips. It is a 6-pointed snowflake ornament. The middle crystal component of the ornament is clear cut, with the 6 points highlighted in light siam (red) crystal. The well-recognized Swarovski swan is imprinted on the metal tag and “2010” is engraved on the front of the ornament. The ornament hangs from a red satin ribbon and the ornament is presented in the customary Swarovski blue packaging complete with a Swarovski certificate. Verena Castelein is the Swarovski artist credited with the design.
The Swarovski SCS 2010 Ornament is a must-have ornament for Swarovski crystal fanatics. The SCS Swarovski figurine is ‘golden shadow’ in color and has an identical design to the silver crystal 2010 ornament. The only other difference is cognac-colored satin ribbon for hanging. This Swarovski Club feature requires SCS membership when purchased from the Swarovski web site or authorized retailer.
We have more information about Swarovski Ornaments at the Crystal Exchange America web site: http://www.crystalexchange.com .
In the late 1980’s and into the 1st decade of 2000, Swarovski produced 6 train cars to make up the Crystal Locomotion set. Swarovski also created a mirror for the train cars and a wooden train track.
All the Swarovski train cars were available to purchase separately. Below is a list of the figurines, their Swarovski identification numbers, and the years that they were available:
Swarovski Wagon Carriage – 7471 000 003 / 015 150; 1988 – 2003. This figurine has been found in several different variations, all a function of how the windows are glued on the box car.
Gabrielle Stamey was credited with the design for all the train cars. These train figurines were part of the ‘When We Were Young’ theme group.
The crystal brand also sold two different subsets of these figurines as a group. One subset was the Swarovski Train (Set of 3) which consisted of the Locomotive, Tender Car, and Wagon Carriage. All 3 figurines were in a single box and together retailed for $305. The other subset was called it the Swarovski Train (Set of 4). All 4 items were packaged in a single container, and sold for $400. The train figurines in the foursome were the Locomotive, the Tender, the Wagon Carriage, and the Petrol Wagon.
Additionally, these train figurines should not be confused with the Swarovski Mini Train, which has the following identification numbers: 7471 400 000 / 193 014 . The Mini Train is a set of 4 train cars in a single box, which includes a round mirror with a train track painted on it. The Mini Train is much smaller, and the train cars between the 2 sets cannot be interchanged. This set appears consists of a locomotive and 3 identical cars that are similar to the wagon carriage.
Crystal Exchange America presently has many of the Swarovski Train cars on eBay at attractive Buy It Now prices and FREE shipping! Interested crystal collectors who may miss the specials on eBay can find the Swarovski Train figurines in the online store in the Swarovski Transportation category.
In 1995, Swarovski produced one of its first numbered limited edition figurines, the Swarovski Limited Edition Eagle. My parents were charter SCS members and I remember them being notified of the exclusive offer available to USA collectors, the opportunity to purchase this figurine at a retail price of $1750. Within hours of the notification, they rushed to the local FedEx facility and overnighted the required paperwork and payment, after all, there were only 2900 of 10,000 allocated to the USA SCS members…who wouldn’t be in a rush?
Meanwhile, it seems that all other areas of the crystal-collecting world had little to no restrictions for consumers. While it is unclear how many were reserved for the various markets, in Canada and in Europe, there was no prerequisite for the paying customer to be an SCS member, nor any rule indicating that there was only one Swarovski Eagle per customer. So, in 1995, in other regions, anyone could walk into a store that had the Numbered Limited Edition Eagle and purchase 2 or 3 if the store had them available. While the purchase process was quite select in the USA, leading collectors to think this was perhaps a premium offering, that was not quite the case. And in 1995, with the internet still in infancy, no one knew any different.
The Swarovski Limited Edition Eagle sold out in the USA very quickly. USA Swarovski collectors who pondered the opportunity to purchase most likely missed out. Secondary market prices began to rise quickly. By 1998 / 1999, the Swarovski Eagle was selling in the $6500 – $7500 price range. Prices settled down, and remained steady at $4900 – $5500 2003 through 2005.
Around 2002, we began hearing stories, and experiencing first hand, feathers detaching from the wings, wings detaching from bodies, and bodies detaching from bases. For the most part, this was an issue of the glue letting loose and mostly occurring during shipping. The damage to the Swarovski Eagle became a bigger problem when shipping carriers (US Mail, UPS, FedEx, etc) would deny claims since this was likely a manufacturer issue, not a rough handling issue. But when little feathers detached and would rattle around inside the box, many feathers and other crystal components became nicked and chipped, ultimately leaving very little worth or salvage to the remainder of the Limited Edition Eagle.
So about this time, Crystal Exchange America changed their policies on selling Eagles. The Swarovski Numbered Limited Edition Eagle would have to be personally delivered or personally picked up to avoid the Eagle from becoming damaged. If delivered, the company would basically buy a contractor a seat on a plane, arrange a meeting place and time for the contractor and buyer to meet for the exchange, and fly the contractor home. Crystal Exchange America continued selling the Swarovski Eagle in this fashion until 2008.
In 2008, Crystal Exchange America ceased selling the Swarovski Eagle. More and more eagles were coming unglued in display cases, as well as inside the manufacturer packaging. The risk was simply far too great that something would go awry on such a high dollar figurine. Also, in 2007 and 2008 Swarovski Eagle prices dropped dramatically, with an average selling price of just under $4000.
Why does the unglue issue occur on the Swarovski 1995 Eagle? I believe there are two main reasons.
Less was known about the adhesive and its long-term bonding on very large figurines. Remember…this was the biggest figurine ever produced.
There was such little surface area to glue, that makes it more difficult to maintain a strong bond.
So, now, in 2012, what is happening with the 1995 Limited Edition Swarovski Eagle? I checked eBay, and there are only a few completed sales on them, with prices ranging $2400 – $2900. Prices seem quite low these days. If you are a Swarovski crystal collector, I’d suggest purchasing the Swarovski Limited Edition 2011 Bald Eagle instead…I would not recommend buying the 1995 Eagle since the detaching is quite wide-spread at this point. It does not matter if the Eagle is on display or safely stored in its shipping suitcase, detachment is a serious problem and concern for such an expensive figurine.
If you have the 1995 Limited Edition Eagle, and it is no longer intact, you can contact www.TCWizard.com for a reglue quote. The Crystal Wizard can re-assemble the 1995 Limited Edition Eagle with proper factory adhesive so that it does look brand new again.
We frequently hear stories of collectors pulling them out of storage thinking they’ve got to be worth $10,000 or more by now. Sadly, when they phone us about selling, they get the unexpected news that the value is far, far less. And the news gets worse, when they physically remove it from the case, and the Swarovski 1995 Eagle is broken or comes apart. At that point, we can only suggest they sell it damaged / as is, or pay for a professional to reglue the entire figurine.
While this article is not one of a positive nature, I hope that it does provide some insight if you are considering to purchase the 1995 Swarovski NLE Eagle or that it offers an alternative if yours is not whole that you may have options so that it could be beautifully displayed in your case.
Swarovski introduced the Swarovski Lovlots figurines in 2006. The Swarovski Lovlots were not just crystal figurines.they were animal caricatures vibrant in color, each with a personality of its own.
The initial group of Swarovski Lovlots is known as the Swarovski Lovlots Pioneers. There were 8 animals in the Lovlots Pioneers. These Swarovski crystal figurines were all clear in color.
In 2008, the next group launch of Swarovski Lovlots was the Swarovski Gang of Dogs. The Gang of Dogs consisted of 4 dogs, plus a Swarovski Limited Edition Dog (Violetta) that was only available in 2008. Find out more in our Kristall Buzz News with Gang of Dogs Video.
In 2009, the Swarovski House of Cats group was introduced. The House of Cats was comprised of 5 cats, a cat pair, and a Swarovski Limited Edition Cat (Theo) that was only available in 2009. More information is available in our Kristall Buzz News with House of Cats Video.
In 2010, the Swarovski City Park group was released. The Swarovski City Park included 8 critters that may be found in the park, a bird pair, and a Swarovski Limited Edition Woodpecker (Ziggy) that was only available in 2010. See our Kristall Buzz News with City Park Video for more about this series.
In 2011, the Swarovski Circus group was announced. The Swarovski Circus encompasses many favorites found at a circus.6 animals, a 7th animal that is available for a limited time only, and a Swarovski Limited Edition Horse (Jade) that is only to be available in 2011. See our Kristall Buzz News on the Swarovski Circus about the official launch.
Now, after the short background introduction, you will be pleased to know that there is a web site with the Swarovski Lovlots Retirements in a free and easy-to-use format. RetiredSwarovski.com has a series of web pages with Swarovski Lovlots Retirements, 2006 through 2011. If you want to know what year a Swarovski Lovlots figurine retired, type it in the ‘search’ box of the site, and the results list will indicate a list of possibilities for a collector to select from to make getting the retirement year (answer) successful.
At RetiredSwarovski.com, it is also possible to print out the fact sheet listings by year of Swarovski Lovlots retirements, 2006 to 2011. The fact sheets are very useful in knowing which figurines retired in which years. The fact sheets include small photos, official Swarovski Product Name, Swarovski Part Number, Swarovski System Number, Swarovski Designer, Year Introduced, and Year Retired.
Crystal Exchange America has a selection of Retired Swarovski Lovlots figurines in their online store. If there is a Swarovski Lovlots crystal figurine absent from your display, visit the web site now, or if it is something that they can locate for you.
The annual Swarovski 2010 Ornaments are readily available, and by purchasing them well in advance of the holidays, Swarovski collectors are guaranteed the widest choices at the most reasonable prices.
The silver crystal, annual edition Swarovski 2010 Ornament is a stunning design. As tradition stands, it does resemble the unofficial Star / Snowflake motif. According to the Swarovski web site description, it is a clear crystal snowflake, hung by a white satin ribbon, with a silver-tone metal tag inscribed with 2010. The dimensions are approximately 2.5″ wide by 3.25″ tall.
And if you like this ornament, you’ll simply love the SCS Swarovski 2010 Ornament. The SCS Swarovski figurine is identical to the silver crystal 2010 ornament, however, it is ‘golden shadow’ in color and hangs by a cognac-colored satin ribbon. This is a Swarovski Club release and does require SCS membership when purchased from an authorized retailer or directly from the Swarovski web site.
Another limited edition Swarovski ornament that is observed less frequently is an exclusive Swarovski 2010 ornament with red tips. It is a 6-pointed snowflake ornament. The center part of the ornament is clear cut crystal, with the 6 points highlighted in light siam crystal. “2010” is engraved on the front, and the familiar Swarovski swan is imprinted on the metal tag. The ornament hangs from a red satin ribbon and the ornament is packaged in the traditional Swarovski blue packaging. The Swarovski artist credited with the design is Verena Castelein.
Most Swarovski collectors will tell you that Swarovski ornament designs are similar in nature to stars or snowflakes. Oftentimes, Swarovski collectors refer to the annual edition ornaments as Swarovski star ornaments or Swarovski snowflake ornaments.
Since 1991, Swarovski has produced annual edition star / snowflake ornaments to compliment its holiday product offerings. The Swarovski crystal ornament design has been similar since inception. For each year, the ornament year is imprinted on a metal tag attached to the ornament hangs by a satin ribbon. The Swarovski ornaments have 6 to 12 crystal extensions creating a graceful image that shines and sparkles in the light. The packaging for the crystal ornaments is a triangular box, with paperwork included that is specific to the ornament year.
Many retired Swarovski ornaments can be found at Crystal Exchange America’s web site: www.crystalexchange.com . We do have a good supply of listings now. However, with the holiday shopping season now upon us, supplies will diminish, and prices will increase. Whether you are planning to purchase one of the 2010 Swarovski snowflake ornaments or a retired ornament, get your order in soon!
Swarovski has produced some very striking and brilliantly-colored birds which are a part of the Silver Lake theme group. These four Swarovski Birds range in height of 8 to 13 inches in height and are affixed to a silver-colored chrome stands. All the colored birds in the Silver Lake collection are still current and can be purchased in the online Swarovski shoppe.
left to right: Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Roller, Bee Eaters
Swarovski Kingfishers 9600 000 116 / 945 090. Anton Hirzinger designed these Swarovski birds. They were introduced in 2008 and retail for $950. These Kingfishers have golden bodies with turquoise head and wings. Swarovski also produced the Malachite Kingfishers and Up in the Trees Kingfisher, which are in the Silver Crystal product line.
Swarovski Woodpeckers 9600 000 124 / 957 562. Elisabeth Adamer created this design of the pair of woodpeckers. They were introduced in 2009 and retailed for $1200. They are primarily black in color with some red accents. The other Swarovski Woodpeckers design was a crystal figurine for Swarovski SCS members in 1988. The SCS Woodpeckers were clear birds attached to a frosted branch.
Swarovski Roller 9600 000 125 / 957 568. Anton Hirzinger is the designer credited for this design. Of all the Silver Lake birds, it is the online figurine that is not a pair of birds. The Roller was introduced in 2009 and retailed for $950. It has a blackish back, with blue and olive green wings. The Swarovski Roller went on sale in May, 2011 and is now sold out in the online Swarovski shoppe.
Swarovski Bee Eaters – 9600 000 123 / 957 128. Heinz Tabertshofer is the artist of the Swarovski Bee Eaters. These birds were introduced in 2008 and retail for $1500. The Bee Eaters are light blue and royal blue in color accented by light green wings. Swarovski includes smaller Bee Eaters in the Silver Crystal product line.
One unfortunate noteworthy characteristic about the Swarovski Crystal Silver Lake Birds is the fact that there is an unusually high report in the number of birds that have become detached from the silver-colored stands. We hear that the company has been generous at reattaching all separated parts, but it does remain to be seen just how the situation may be handled once these crystal birds become retired crystal figurines.
Well these birds are quite expensive, and quite large, just like the Swarovski Crystal Paradise Birds. Some display cases are not even capable of displaying them due to the height of the crystal figurines, so collectors may shy away from them.
If you are crystal fanatics or bird fanatics and have an incomplete collection of these Silver Lake birds, but wish to have a full set, you may wish to finalize your collection soon before the rest of them retire. At the Crystal Exchange America web site: www.CrystalExchange.com , all these Swarovski birds can be found in the Birds category of the store.