Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: Brand New! Jim Shore Wizard of Oz Figurines

Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: Brand New! Jim Shore Wizard of Oz Figurines: Jim Shore's long-awaited collection of brand new Jim Shore Wizard of Oz figurines arrived today. Jim's new collection includes the foll...

Brand New! Jim Shore Wizard of Oz Figurines

Jim Shore's long-awaited collection of brand new Jim Shore Wizard of Oz figurines arrived today.

Jim's new collection includes the following:

- 2 new Dorothy with Toto figurines (1 is a Sepia color and is very nice.  It is the same as the coloring in the opening sequence of the Wizard of Oz movie).
- Glinda
- Wicked Witch of the West
- The Lollipop Guild
- Mayor of Munchkinland
- Scarecrow
- Tin Man
- Cowardly Lion
- Lullaby League

We expect that this new Jim Shore Wizard of Oz Collection will be very popular with collectors. 

Quote of the Day - "The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." - Paul Valery

Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: New! Jim Shore Pixar-Walt Disney Figurines

Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: New! Jim Shore Pixar-Walt Disney Figurines: Just in time for holiday shopping, there are several Jim Shore Figurines featuring many characters from the Disney-Pixar movies. Incl...

New! Jim Shore Pixar-Walt Disney Figurines

Just in time for holiday shopping, there are several Jim Shore Figurines featuring many characters from the Disney-Pixar movies.

Included are:

- Mike Wazowski and Sully Sullivan from Monsters, Inc.
- Woody and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story
- Nemo and Dory from Finding Nemo

We expect that all of these incredible character rendition figurines by Jim Shore will be very popular with collectors.

Which is your favorite Pixar movie?

Quote of the Day - "You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." - Jonathan Safran Foer

More Charlie Bears Are Here!

We are always so excited to let our customers (and potential customers) know when we have received in a shipment of Charlie Bears. 

Today we received in a nice selection of bag buddies, plush bears and mohair teddy bears and minimo bears.

Bag Buddies are JoBo and Tiny.

Plush Charlie bears are Chuckles, Fuddy, Mischief, Molly, Noodle, Thingy-ma-jog, and Wostit for a total of 7 plush bears.

Four Isabelle mohair bears arrived to include Collywobble, Doolittle, Minty, and Tigerlilly.

Bella the cat and Cora the kitty cat were the two Minimo Charlie Bears that arrived in today's shipment.

As is always the case, we expect that these Charlie Bears will be ordered by customers rather quickly.

Quote of the Day - "It is a mistake to look too far ahead.  Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." - Winston Churchill

Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: A Highly Recommended Teddy Bear Appraiser

Beacon's Glow Collectibles Blog: A Highly Recommended Teddy Bear Appraiser: We here at Beacon's Glow Collectibles subscribes to the Bears and Buds Webzine which concentrates solely on the teddy bear industry.  There...

A Highly Recommended Teddy Bear Appraiser

We here at Beacon's Glow Collectibles subscribes to the Bears and Buds Webzine which concentrates solely on the teddy bear industry.  There are many excellent articles and Bears and Buds showcases new teddy bear artists as well as promoting teddy bear shows.  Additionally, they host the annual URSA Competition and award teddy bear and soft sculpture artists from around the world.  Winners are decided upon by popular vote from site visitors, collectors and readers.  (Incidentally, URSA is a constellation of stars called "The Big Bear".)

Anyway, we were reading the Bears and Buds Webzine over the weekend and came across this excellent article on Ken Yenke who is an established teddy bear appraiser - http://www.bearsandbuds.com/KenYenke-Articles/KenYenkeIdentifiesTeddyBearsinBearsandBudsTeddyBearMagazine.asp.  (Examples of some of Ken's teddy bear appraisals are listed in the above link).

Valerie Rogers, Publisher and Executive Editor of Brightstar Promotions (as well as the Bears and Buds website) loves to post Ken's teddy bear appraisals each month on their website. And she was so kind as to allow us to post the above-mentioned link and information about Ken and his teddy bear appraisals.

 Over the years, we have gotten numerous requests from teddy bear collectors wanting to know more about their treasured (and oftentimes heirloom) teddy bears but did not know where to refer them to.

We are excited to announce the appraisal services of Ken Yenke.  Ken charges a nominal fee of $10.00 per bear and requests that a photo and all of the known information be emailed to him.  (He accepts many forms of payment to include even PayPal).

Ken will appraise your bear, tell you it's history and additionally its value via your email. 

As noted on the Bears and Buds website, they would like to publish your bear's photo and its appraisal in coming issues.  (They of course, do not proceed unless given your permission).

This is a perfect way to find out more about your teddy bear!  We are so excited to be able to pass this newfound information on to our collectors.  And we will not hesitate in the future to refer customers to Ken for his thorough teddy bear appraisals.