Lucky Cat Swarovski Crystal Figurine

The beckoning Swarovski Lucky Cat is a common good luck symbol in Japan. This playful good luck token sparkles in Moonlight crystal with Jet crystal eyes and nose. It comes with a dark blue velvet pouch and a gift card. The perfect present for your family and friends – especially if they love cats! Not intended for children 12 and under. Measures 1″ x 9/16″.

Swarovski Crystal Figurines are the worlds finest crystal figurines.  Swarovski, an Austrian company, was founded in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski.  Swarovski crystal is the premier manufacturer of fine lead Austrian crystal, lead crystal, and silver crystal.

Mix some chemicals found in nature, add lots of heat.  Produce a lead crystal glass mixture, wash with acid, grind with the worlds best crystal grinding equipment used by the best artisans in the world.  Sculpt the finest designs and build a Swarovski Crystal Figurine with more than 35 years of the finest figurine traditions.  Now you know what it takes to make Swarovski figurines.

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The Guest by Jamie Hayon Lladro Figurines

Thirty-eight year old Spanish born Lladro Figurines designer Jamie Hayon has a new collection of Lladro figurines titled The Guest.  This is the second complete collection of Lladro figurine products produced by Jamie Hayon.  The first was Fantasy collection by Jamie Hayon.  Designer Hayon has worked with Lladro since 2006.  Recently he served as art director and designer for Lladro.   Previously he was head of Design Department for Fabrica.  On his own he designed collections of designer toys, ceramics, furniture, vases, lamps, and Swarovski lighting fixtures.

Lladro Figurines Fantasy Collection

Clearly his Lladro figurines are not your grandmothers angel figurines.  He brings a new modern hip design element to ceramic products.  Bold and whimsical might be better adjectives to describe his Fantasy and The Guest Lladro collections.  Perhaps his teenage years as a graffiti artist has resurfaced?  In 2008, Jaime was guest of honor at Belgium’s Interieur Biennial, the youngest person ever to receive the accolade.

Jamie Hayon’s client list included Swarovski, adidas, artquitect edition, BD barcelona, benetton, bisazza, camper, coca-cola, danone group, metalarte, palluco, and piper heidsieck.

Hayon’s figurine shape designs were brought to life by American artist ceramic sculpter Tim Biskup and Japanese studio Devilrobots to apply surface paint and descoration.  Each piece is part of a limited edition sometimes as few as 250 pieces.   The project is totally in tune with the founding mission of Lladró Atelier, a space set aside for the creativity of the brand’s in-house designers as well as external artists who bring new ideas to the world of porcelain. With this collaboration, The Guest becomes a kind of platform where artists from various different disciplines work alongside the world’s leading brand in the creation and commercialization of art porcelain, which puts all its potential at the service of creativity.

The large Guest figurines stand 20 inches tall on a lacquered wood base.  They sell for $2800 a piece featuring sport crazy eyes, a skull shirt, and tattooed face.  The Smaller Guests stand 12 inches tall and continue with a collaboration of Devilrobots, Hayon, and Biskup.  They sell for $775 each.

Lladro hopes to exceed the wildly popular Fantasy product line which included porcelain jewelry, vases, and figurines.  The Guest hopes to rival Lladro’s best selling piece ever titles Flowers of the Season back in 1983.

Rosa Lladro and Tim Biskup will unveil the line in Los Angeles at Unici Casa of Culver City on hMarch 13th.

Jamie Hayon Lladro Figurines

About Figurines partial list of Links to  glass museums that have a focus on objects such as figurines and decorative arts made with glass, crystal, and ceramics.  This list is from states beginning with A (Arkansas) through L (Louisana).

ARKANSAS

Arkansas Arts Center

501 East 9th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202; (501) 372-4000; http://www.arkarts.com/

The second major area of collecting is contemporary objects in craft media, including teapots by contemporary artists, contemporary baskets, turned wood objects, studio glass, ceramics, metalwork and jewelry designed by artists. Among the highlights are works by Dale Chihuly, Albert Paley, Peter Voulkos and Dorothy Gill Barnes.

CALIFORNIA

J. Paul Getty Museum

1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687; 310) 440-7330; www.getty.edu

Ancient to 18th c. European glass

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wiltshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036; 213-857-6000; www.lacma.org

With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly a million visitors annually.

 Historical Glass Museum (Foundation)

1153-57 N. Orange St., Redlands, CA 92373; 909-793-3333; www.glassmuseums.com

The Historical Glass Museum exhibits over 7,000 examples of glass pieces found in the home from the 1800s to present times. There are items from most American makers including Adams, Beatty, Aetna, Anchor Hocking, Atterbury, Heisey, Mckee, Morgantown, Bellaire, Blenko, Bryce, Duncan & Miller, Federal, Fenton, Fostoria, Gillender, Hazel Atlas, Imperial, Jeannette, Viking, Tiffany, and Steuben, to name a few. On display are nine rooms of glass vases, bowls, cruets, perfume bottles, paperweights, candlesticks, decanters, lamps, stemware, bells, glass hats, plates, cake stands, glass kitchenware, and other glass pieces.

Fine Arts Museum

de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118; www.famsf.org

Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121

Today, de Young museum and the Legion of Honor’s collection contains over 124,000 works of art and is recognized for its European decorative arts, sculpture and painting; Ancient art from throughout the Mediterranean and the Near East; and one of the largest collections of works on paper in the country.

CONNECTICUT

Wadsworth Atheneum

600 Main St., Hartford CT 06103; (860) 278-2670; www.wadsworthatheneum.org

It’s more than just the first public art institution in the United States. We were the first museum in America to begin collecting contemporary American art – resulting in our world renowned Hudson River School collection.  We staged the first retrospective of Pablo Picasso in America; we were the first museum to both exhibit and purchase works by Surrealist artists – today almost every exhibition about Surrealism includes works borrowed from our collection.

Yale University Art Gallery

1111 Chapel Street (at York Street), New Haven, CT 06520; 203-432.0600; http://artgallery.yale.edu/

Historical Survey: American, Steuben; Tiffany, etc.

Lyman Allen Museum

625 William St., New London CT 06320; 860-443-2545; www.lymanallyn.org

Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from the 18th through 20th centuries.

DELAWARE

Winterthur Museum

Route 52 (5105 Kennett Pike), Winterthur, DE 19735; 800-448-3883; www.winterthur.org

Henry Francis du Pont entertained family and friends in grand style. The 175 rooms, many of them with historical architecture, are furnished with his outstanding collection of antiques and objects added since his death. These masterfully designed spaces promise to inspire, enlighten, and delight.  In the Galleries, explore unique displays crafted by Winterthur curators with selections from the collection of nearly 90,000 objects. These spaces are devoted to themes such as the history of style and specific media, including furniture, ceramics and glass, metals, textiles, and paintings and prints.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Daughters of the American Revolution / DAR Museum

1776 D Street N.W., Washington, DC 20006; 202-628-1776; dar.org/museum/

Beautiful collection of 500 pieces of glass and art glass pieces.

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution

Jefferson Drive at 12th St SW, Washington DC; 202-633-4880; www.asia.si/edu/

The Smithsonian Institution has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art which opened to the public in 1923, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, which welcomed its first visitors in 1987. Both are physically connected by an underground passageway, and ideologically linked through the study, exhibition, and sheer love of Asian art. In addition, the Freer Gallery contains an important collection of 19th century American art punctuated by James McNeill

Whistler’s Peacock Room, perhaps one of the earliest (and certainly one of the most controversial) art installations on record.

Hillwood Museum

415 Linnean Ave. NW., Washington DC 20008; (202) 686-5807 http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens has one of the most comprehensive collections of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Russian Imperial art outside of Russia, as well as an extensive collection of eighteenth-century French decorative arts. Highlights include a diamond crown worn by Empress Alexandra at her marriage to Nicholas II; Beauvais tapestries designed by François Boucher; two Imperial Easter eggs by Carl Fabergé; La Nuit by William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and a collection of costumes and accessories worn by Mrs. Post or her family.

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC www.americanhistory.si.edu

17th-20th c. European and American, including American art glass, Steuben, Tiffany.

Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Museum 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (at 17th Street)Washington DC 20006; (202) 633-2850. http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/index.cfm

The Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, features one of the finest collections of American craft in the United States. Its collections, exhibition program and publications highlight the best craft objects and decorative arts from the 19th century to the present. One-of-a-kind pieces created from clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood from American Art’s permanent collection of contemporary craft are displayed on a rotating basis in the second-floor galleries.

FLORIDA

Lightner Museum

75 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084 904-824-2874 www.lightnermuseum.org

Relics of America’s Gilded Age are elegantly exhibited on the museum’s three floors. Costumes, furnishings, mechanical musical instruments and other artifacts give you a glimpse into 19th century daily life. The Lightner collection includes beautiful examples of cut glass, Victorian art glass and the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

 Morse Museum of American Art

445 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789 (407) 645-5311; www.morsemuseum.org

The world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) is housed at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. The Museum’s Tiffany collection includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows and lamps, and the chapel interior the artist designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Museum’s holdings also include a major collection of American art pottery and representative collections of late 19th- and early 20th-century American painting, graphics, and decorative art.

GEORGIA

The High Museum of Art

1280 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30309; 404-733-HIGH; www.high.org

The High’s decorative arts and design collection is the most comprehensive survey of American decorative arts in the southeastern United States with more than 2,000 objects dating from 1640 to the present. Highlights include The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection of American decorative art with important works by Alexander Roux, Herter Brothers, Tiffany & Co. and Frank Lloyd Wright. Other notable gifts include The Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics from 1640 to 1840. Recent acquisitions have focused on design from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including key additions of Gerrit Rietveld’s Red/Blue Chair (1918) and Ron Arad’s Blo Void 1 (2006).

ILLINOIS

Art Institute of Chicago

111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6404; 312-443-0849 www.artic.edu

Chicago History Museum

1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614, 312.642.4600; www.chicagohs.org

The Museum’s holdings of more than 40,000 Decorative and Industrial Arts artifacts include furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, agricultural and military equipment, folk art, Native American materials, musical instruments, toys, dolls, vehicles, and numerous products and tools.

Illinois State Museum

Spring and Edwards Streets, Springfield, IL (217)782-7386 www.museum.state.il.us

INDIANA

Greentown Glass Museum

112 N Meridian St Greentown, IN 46936-1220 (317) 628-6206.; (no separate website) Mailing address: P.O. Box 161, Greentown, IN 46936; 765/628-6206

Glass made by the Indiana Tumbler & Goblet Co. that produced unique forms and colors, including Chocolate Glass, Golden Agate (Holly Amber), Nile Green, etc.

Indianapolis Museum of Art

4000 Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46208; (317) 920-2659; www.imamuseum.org

English porcelain of the 18th century, including Wedgwood, Worcester, Chelsea and Derby, including a rare Wedgwood Portland Vase. European porcelain, including Sévres, Meissen, Nymphenburg and Vienna.  European and American glass from the late 19th through the early 20th century, including pieces by René Lalique, Emile Gallé, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Josef Hoffmann.

The Glass Museum

309 S. Franklin St., Dunkirk, IN 47336-1218; Phone 765-768-6872 http://www.dunkirkpubliclibrary.com/

There are over 8,000 pieces of glassware from 110 factories around the world currently on exhibit in the museum.  We primarily have glass that was made locally at Indiana Glass in Dunkirk and other area factories including 25 leaded lamps, 25 leaded windows and an exhibit of cup plates, which were primarily manufactured on the East coast. We have pressed glass-making tools including a hand press. There is a leaded glass mural showing glass blowing and shaping.  There are many Dagenhart, Carnival Glass, lead crystal, Milk glass, Diamond Point, King’s Crown, Albany Glass, Norse, Sandwich, Tiara, household and farm items.

IOWA

Brunnier Art Museum (Iowa State University)

290 Scheman Building, Ames, IA 50011-1110; 515-294-3342; http://www.museums.iastate.edu/

The Brunnier Art Museum is the state’s only accredited museum emphasizing a decorative arts collection, and one of the nation’s few museums located within a performing arts and conference complex (Iowa State Center). Founded in 1975, the museum is named after its benefactors, Iowa State alumnus Henry J. Brunnier and his wife Ann. The decorative arts collection they donated, the Brunnier Collection, is extensive, consisting of ceramics, glass, dolls, ivory, jade, and enameled metals.

KANSAS

Prairie Museum of Art and History/Thomas County Historical Society

1905 S. Franklin, Colby, KS 67701; (785) 460-4590; http://www.prairiemuseum.org/home.html

World-Class Kuska Collection of dolls, furniture, clothing, quilts, toys, glass, ceramics, silver, souvenirs, household items, tools, musical instruments, coins, clocks, stamps, guns, minerals, and art. Experience early prairie life in a sod house, a one-room school, a country church and a 1930s farmstead located on Interstate 70 on the high plains of Kansas.

Spencer Museum of Art

1301 Mississippi St, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 ; 785.864.4710; http://wwww.spencerart.ku.edu/

Wichita Art Museum

1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita KS 67203-3296; (316) 268-4921 www.wichitaartmuseum.org

Steuben glass and Chihuly installations.

LOUISIANA

New Orleans Museum of Art

317 City Park Le Long Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70124; (504) 488-2631; www.noma.org

The look of glass, ceramic, and silver wares for the table and for decoration changed with the application of new practices. Mold-pressed glass became widespread early in the century and glassworkers used the technique to create jardinieres and vases. Ceramic manufacturers employed transfer printing to decorate dinner and tea wares, affordable alternatives to hand-painted ceramics. Silver tablewares gleamed with a thin coating of silver applied by electroplating, the fusing of the precious metal to a base metal after fabrication. New processes, as well as modifications and rediscoveries of old techniques, allowed an upsurge of options and styles, attainable for the average person.

Pressed glass, transfer-printed ceramics and silver produced by firms such as Sowerby Glassworks, Josiah Wedgwood and  Sons, Minton Pottery and Porcelain Factory, and Elkington and Company will be on view. MASS PRODUCED will highlight  rich examples of nineteenth-century British decorative arts in NOMA’s collection and explore the fascinating  relationships between design, technology, and mass production.

Renard Fox Lalique Figurines

Ele Chesney, a millionaire rare automotible collector, has placed a rare Lalique Figurine collection of car mascot hood ornaments up for auction at the famed Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in Florida on March 10, 2012.  The estimated value of the 30 Lalique crystal glass figurines collection and display case could sell for $1.2 million or more according to RM Auctions.  The Amelia Island event is a world wide rare automotible collectors event with many fine automobiles up for auction by RM.  Lalique figurines auction featuring these car mascot figurines are rare as less than 7 collections are possible.

Rene Lalique was a noted French jeweler and master artist who saw the niche market for glass crystal hood ornaments for wealthy clients.  Clients who were purchasing new fine automobiles such as Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz, and Hispano-Suiza.  Lalique by the time of his death i 1945 was the foremost producer of glass crystal figurines in the world.

Between 1920 and 1931 Lalique produced 30 designs featured in his 1932 Lalique catalog.  Know as car mascots the hood ornaments proved impractical for use on the vehicles due to damage, theft, chipping, and fracturing.  Hood ornaments at the time were also used as radiator caps.  Once removed from the vehicles they became practical figurine collectibles and fine paperweights.

The rare 30 piece collection is rarely available for sale as only a handful are known to exist.  The rarest piece named Renard the Fox only had six figurines known to remain in existence.  As records were destroyed in WWII it is now believed that Lalique only made 10 of the frosted glass Renard Fox figurines.  Renard Fox figurine sold for $325,000 alone in the early 1990′s.

René Lalique was born on April 6, 1860 in Ay, France. In 1885 he opened a workshop, and his unique style of jewelry gained widespread renown with the incorporation of flowing majestic plant, animal and human forms in his works. He further enhanced his designs with the use of horn, ivory, pearl, coral, enamel, plastic or glass in-laid with semi-precious stones. Lalique’s creations drew the attention of prominent personalities such as Sarah Bernhardt, the leading actress of her day. For Lalique to have her as a major client was to draw a wellspring of other affluent and influential personages to his creations. By 1900, at the Paris Exposition Universelle, his innovative exhibit attracted vast crowds, and demand for his work placed him at the pinnacle of success in the field of jewelry.   Rejecting complacency, Lalique embraced new challenges. He had already experimented with glass in jewelry making and, by age 50, conceived a new goal of becoming a master glassmaker. The achievement of this goal would gain him worldwide fame that continues today. Lalique opened a small glass shop near the famous perfumer Francois Coty, for whom he began creating classic perfume bottles. Soon, he was engaged by D’Orsay, Forvil, Rogeret et Gallet and many others. In all, Lalique created more than 250 different bottles, some with collector values that currently exceed $100,000.

Like so many other artists from the 1880s through the 1920s, Lalique recognized the need to bring art into everyday life. The only way to accomplish this was to begin mass production of stemware, tableware, inkwells, clocks and vases. At the height of production, Lalique employed 600 people in his glass factories. These skillful artisans created millions of pieces of glassware, many “personalized” with highlight polishing, frosting and glazing for a trademark presentation of individualized attention.

Recent Lalique figurine Renard Fox discovered

In November 2011, Wiederseim Assosicates and auction house in Pennsylvania was selected to auction items from the Dupont estate.  John Dupont was the millionaire son of William Dupont of Dupont chemical fame.  John died in 2010 following a prison sentence for murder in 1997.  The Dupont estate was known as Foxcatcher and contained many items with the symbol of the fox.  Also Dupont collected fox figurines with hundreds available for auction by Wiederseim.  There were four figurines believed to be knockoffs of the famous Renard Fox.  However collectors soon discoved that one was an actual Lalique Renard Fox figurine.  Instead of selling for the estimated $100 value it was bid up by 11 British and American bidders to over $204,000.  So now there are 7 Renard Fox’s known to exist.

When added to the other 29 the complete collection of 30 Lalique Car Mascot figurines would sell for around one million dollars.  The Ele Chesney Lalique Figurine collection is believe to be one of the best maintained collectons with a specially designed display case which individually lights up each figurine piece.

Lalique Figurines Car MASCOTS  (Complete set of 30 figurines)

Renard  Fox  Date introduced: December 9, 1930

Comète  Comet  Date introduced: August 24, 1925

Hibou  Owl  Date introduced: January 27, 1931

Epsom  Straining Head of Horse  Date introduced: June 5, 1929

Tête d’Épervier  Sparrow Hawk  Date introduced: January 21, 1928

Victoire  Spirit of the Wind  Date introduced: April 18, 1928

Coq Houdan  Strutting Cockerel   Date introduced: April 30, 1929

Grenouille  Frog   Date introduced: May 3, 1928

Vitesse  Speed   Date introduced: September 17, 1929

Tête de Paon  Peacock’s Head   Date introduced: February 3, 1928

Hirondelle  Swallow   Date introduced: February 10, 1928

Tête de Bélier  Ram’s Head   Date introduced: February 3, 1928

Lévrier  Greyhound    Date introduced: March 14, 1928

Naïade  Large Mermaid   Date introduced: 1920

Cinq Chevaux  Five Horses   Date introduced: August 26, 1925

Petite Libelulle  Small Dragonfly   Date introduced: April 12, 1928

Grande Libelulle  Large Dragonfly   Date introduced: May 23, 1928

Longchamps  Horse Head Single Mane  Date introduced: September 10, 1929

Pintade  Guinea Hen   Date introduced: September 28, 1929

Longchamps  Horse Head Double Mane   Date introduced: June 12, 1929

Sirène  Small Mermaid   Date introduced: 1920

Coq Nain  Bantam Cockerel   Date introduced: August 3, 1926

Faucon  Falcon   Date introduced: August 5, 1925

Tireur d’Arc  The Archer   Date introduced: August 3, 1926

Tête de Coq  Cockerel   Date introduced: February 3, 1928

Tête Daigle  Eagle’s Head   Date introduced: March 14, 1928

Sanglier  Boar   Date introduced: October 3, 1929

Chrysis  Kneeling Nude   Date introduced: March 21, 1931

Saint Christophe  St. Christopher   Date introduced: March 1, 1925

Perche  Perch   Date introduced: April 20, 1929

About Figurines hopes to continues to update you on Lalique figurines and the results of auctions.  Please visit RM Auctions, RLalique, Weiderseim Associates, and the New York Times for additional Lalique information.

Macy’s Dadeland is sponsoring a signing event by Rosa Lladro, a member of the founding family and the President of Lladro Board of Directors.  She comes to the United States to unveil the new sculpture, Backstage Ballet.  In classic Lladro colors ad glazed finish, Backstate Ballet depicts the grace ad movement of three young ballerinas rehearsing for a performace.  Macy’s Lladro department will host the signing.  Macy’s features many Lladro figurines from the Lladro collection.  Rosa Lladro will be present throughout the event to sign purchases.

For centuries, porcelain has been collected and cherished by people all over the world. Lladró, Spain’s famed porcelain house, has a team of skilled artisans, who create some of the most beautiful, highest quality and most coveted pieces. A Lladró creation can be the perfect expression of love, gratitude, celebration or admiration.   Receive a beautiful journal featuring the new Lladró piece on the cover as a gift with any Lladró purchase on event day while supplies last.

When & Where

Saturday, Mar 10th at 2:00pm

at Macy’s Dadeland, Miami, FL

Backstage Ballet by Lladro

Retail Price $2700 Manufacturer Item: #1008476

This Lladro figurine is hand-made of fine porcelain by highly skilled artisans in Spain. Each piece follows a meticulous process to ensure perfection down to the smallest detail. Numbered limited edition of 2,500. Base included. 14″ x 19 1/4″.

It is FREE to attend this event.

Macy’s Dadeland, Miami, Florida Macy’s Home Store  Lladró Department, First Floor  Dadeland Mall  7535 SW 88th St.  Miami, FL 33156 Call Phone: (305) 662-3300 for additional information

Age Suitability: All Ages

The 31st Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is now held at the Baltimore Convention Center.  Produced b the Palm Beach Show Group this years Baltimore event last from August 23rd to August 26th, 2012. This show attracts thousands of figurine collectors and dealers from around the world. This year the show will cost $12 to attend.

More than 500 exhibitors will display at what is typically the largest indoor collectors and figurine event in the country.  Dealers will exhibit figurines made of porcelain, glass, pewter, crystal, lead crystal, and more.  In addition to figurines the show features fine art, furniture, Asian art, textiles, folk art, American and European silver and jewelry.

The Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques event is the most important silver show in the nation.  More than 30 silver specialists display items.  This year the Summer Antiques Show will feature more than 90 new dealers from around the world.  Some of the best figurine brands are represented at this show.

• Swarovski figurines
• Lladro figurines
• Baccarat figurines
• Royal Doulton Figurines
• Lenox figurines
• Waterford figurines
• Fenton Art Glass figurines

In 2010, the Baltimore show attracted 30,000 guests, collectors, dealers, and designers.  The show will use the full 245,000 square feet of exhibitor space.

August 23 – 26, 2012

Thursday  Aug. 23 12 pm – 8 pm

Friday Aug. 24  11 am – 7 pm

Saturday Aug. 25 11 am – 7 pm

Sunday Aug. 26 11 am – 6 pm

Where:

The Baltimore Convention Center

One West Pratt Street

Two Main Entrances: Pratt Street Lobby and Charles Street Lobby

Just off I-95, I-83 and I-70, the Convention Center is easy driving from the entire mid-Atlantic region.

Admission: $12, good for the run of the show.

Contact Information:

Kellie Senones

561 822-5440

www.baltimoresummerantiques.com

Katsumi Female Anime Figurine Sexy Anime Girl

What are your favorite female anime figurines?  If you are a beginner then you need some background on which anime series star the girls.  These are sexy characters and these figurines portray their talents.  This is part 2 of a 3 part series.  Hope you enjoy sexy anime girls part 2.  If you have not read Part 1 in this series you can reach it by clicking this link.

Part 2

Kasumi Anime Girl Figurine:

Girl ninjas are cool. From Tecmo’s hit video game series Dead or Alive! comes fiery Kasumi, the female ninja, in her signature stance. Complete with her wakizashi blade on her back, Kasumi stands 8-inches tall and comes in window box packaging for easy display. Also known as ‘the Kunoichi of Destiny,’ Kasumi is a female ninja skilled in the Mugen Tenshin Style of Ninjutsu. She was to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, but ran away in order to enter the ‘Dead or Alive’ tournament. There, she hoped to defeat the one responsible for crippling her brother. But, by leaving the secretive ninja clan, she became a nukenin (runaway shinobi), so every day she must live on the run from her former comrades.

Hatsune Miku  Sexy Anime Girl  Vocaloid Figurine :

Hatsume Miku Female Anime Figurines

Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid singing synthesizer built into a PVC figurine, Figma figurine, or Nendoroid figurine.  Her voice is a collaboration of a number of Japanese artists.  She is extremely popular as the face of a number of songs.  She has long aquamarine hair tied in twin tails, wears a combination schoolgirl/spy outfit, and has an ’01′ tatoo on her arm, representing that she was the first in the ‘Vocaloid 2′ series.

The cute and clever Lat-type Miku is joining the figure world! The popular 3D CG of model of Miku created by Lat for the program ‘MikuMikuDance’ nicknamed the ‘Lat-type’ Miku is getting her very own 1/8th scale PVC rendition! This version of Miku features a couple of key differences that have been carefully recreated to keep the fresh feeling of Lat-type Miku – she is wearing a larger set of headphones, and instead of a ’01′ tattoo on her arm she has a red ring. The chain on her dress also boasts a unique checkered design. Another feature unique to Lat-type Miku is her red-rimmed glasses, which give her a whole new kind of charm… but they can also be removed if you’d prefer to have some of the standard Miku back. Lat-type Miku has been placed in a very dynamic pose that recreates the bouncy feeling of a MikuMikuDance – you can enjoy the dance on your desk whenever you want!

Etna Anime Girl Figurine :

Etna Female Anime Figurine

If you don’t recognize Etna than you should probably not be reading this. Etna probably the most memorable character from the Makai Senki Disgaea. You had better keep an eye on this cute little devil.  A succubus with desires of her own..  Makes you wonder if you’re on the hidden agenda of this gorgeous character from Makai Senki Disgaea.

Naru Narusegawa Anime Girl Figurine :

Naru Narusegawa Anime Figurine

Fear her punch, for she’s the mighty Naru and she’ll punish you dearly if she finds you being naughty!  And wouldn’t you if you were next to her and all the other sexy babes in Love Hina!

Rei Ayanami  Girl Figurine:

Rei Ayanami Anime Figurine

In Neon Genesis Evangelion, a movie with lots of attractive female characters in tight suits, there appears to be no female character that is loved by fans more than Rei. Rei will suck you in with her red eyes, blue hair, and super tight white and black suit.  Several great chicks co-exist in Neon Genesis Evangelion, but none is more loved by fans than Rei. With her blue hair, red eyes and tight suit, this first child is super sexy!

Truly, anime-zing figure! Rei Ayanami is a withdrawn and sometimes cold woman, but she’s destined to become one of the hottest figures available anywhere. From the hit series Neon Genesis Evangelion, this extremely desirable 6-inch tall collectible not only looks incredible, but has more articulation than ever before. Sculpted by the brilliant Enoki Tomohide using an innovative joint/body system known as ‘E.L.F.,’ the astonishing release demonstrates a wide variety of realistic poses unlike any other PVC action figure. With the Lance of Longinus, 2 sets of extra hands, and a display base, this remarkable Rei has everything she needs to pilot her Unit 00 to adventure or simply look fantastic on your desk.

Saber  Anime Figurine:

You can find Saber in the anime Fate/Stay Night. Saber is crazy agile and powerful warrior. She is so focused on her goals that she suppresses her emotions and comes across as cold hearted at times.  Beautiful action power! Figma Saber is here!
From “Fate/stay night” comes the ultimate servant, Saber! She arrives gallantly as a popular “figma” action figure! – The new joint parts allow for a smooth look, yet poseable movements, allowing you to pose many different scenes. – A flexible plastic is used, allowing the proportions to be kept, without compromising the posability. – Excalibur and Caliburn are both included with their scabbards, allowing them to be sheathed. – Three face parts, as well as multiple hand parts are included, so you can make as many varied positions as you like. – Alternate fringe parts are also included, allowing even more realistic action positions. – Comes with a poseable figma stand that makes it possible to create and keep various action poses.

Saber Anime Figurine

Belldandy Sexy Anime Girl Figurine :

Belldandy anime figurine

Belldandy is one of the three goddess who come to Earth to simply live and serve as love interests to Keiichi Morisato. Belldandy is extremely kind hearted and is very trusting and innocent. Belldandy is great at using her powers of teleportation, telekinesis, telepathy, and levitation in order to keep her true identity a secret.

List of Female Anime Figurines in this article series from About Figurines:.

Part 1:

Yuri, Orihume Inoue, C.C., Chii, Usagi Tsukino, Faye Valentine, Misa Amane, Black Gold Saw

Part 2:

Kasumi, Hatsune, Etna, Naru Narusegawa, Rei Ayanami, Saber, Belldandy

Part 3:

Haruhi Suzumiya, Kaname Chidori, Yakumo Tsukamoto, Eri Sawachika, Tessa Testarossa

Nendoroid Airi Anime Figurine

Join About Figurines April 6-8, 2012 for Anime Boston held annually at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  This Friday through Sunday event is one of the largest anime convention events in the country with expected attendancearound 20,000 people.  Anime Boston is a three day celebration about Japanese animation and culture.  It is open tothose 18 years or older.  Anime Boston features these popular anime convention activities:

• masquerade
• anime music video contest
• video programming rooms
• artists’ alley
• art show
• karoke
• game shows
• live & video games
• manga library
• dances and balls
• special guest stars
• anime industry representatives

The New England Anime Society is the parent organization for Anime Boston.  It is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education about Japanese language and culture.  It also hosts other anime conventions and anime screenings in the northeast.  Some donations and proceeds from the event help support the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.  This is the 10 year anniversary of Anime Boston which began in 2003.

Future Anime Boston Convention Dates

• Anime Boston 2012: April 6-8, 2012
• Anime Boston 2013: May 24-26, 2013
• Anime Boston 2014: March 21-23, 2014
• Anime Boston 2015: April 3-5, 2015

Event location is the Hynes Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199. The official convention hotel is the Sheraton Boston Hotel at 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA 02116. Some convention events will be located within the Sheraton, which is attached directly to the convention center.

Anime Boston Registration Rates At The Door for 2012:

Adult Rates:

• Weekend Pass (3 Day Pass):  $55
• Friday Pass: $35 Saturday Pass:  $35 Sunday Pass:  $30
• Children Rates:  Accompanied by paying parent or guardian
• under age 5 are FREE under age 12 are $10 less than adult rate.
• over age 12 are same rate as adults

Anime Con Hours of Operation:

Daily starting at 8 a.m. Panels and most activities start at 10 a.m. Anime movies run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Evening dance and events run well past midnight.

Anime Boston Hotels

• Sheraton Boston Hotel  39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA  (800) 325-3535
• The Colonnade Hotel 120 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA (800) 962-3030
• Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA (800) 236-2427
• Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel 40 Dalton Street, Boston, MA (617)236-1100

Special Guests Attending Anime Convention

The following anime celebrities have individual events:

• Haruko Momoi
• Kanako Ito
• Takamasa Sakurai
• Caitlin Glass
• Carli Mosier
• Chris Smith
• Christopher Ayres
• Greg Ayres
• Tom Wayland

Beginners Guide to Anime Conventions

If you are going to attend Anime Boston 2012 we make the following recommendations:

• Safety:  Boston is a huge metropolitan city.  Pay special attention to your safety when outside the convention.  This means your hotel, transportation, and restaurants should be chosen with care as you might in any major city.  Of course walking alone especially at night should be avoided.  While inside the convention you will meet people who may or may not have your interests at heart.  Protect your identification and money.  I caution against providing too much personal information to those persons you just meet.  I also caution against sharing drinks, food, or pills with those you just met.  Finally, your cell phone needs to be kept charged.
• Pre-Register or Register Early:  Avoid the longest lines by registering online which also has the lowest costs to attend the event.
• Attend with Friends:  Friends are a great resource for safety, fun, information, and companionship while attending an anime convention.  Also they can help with makeup, cosplay, directions, or even money should something happen.  Budget your Money: Anime Convention are great fun but generally are not cheap entertainment.  It is not unusual to spend $200 on anime figurines, costumes, collectibles, dvds, art work, or any of the other items available at the swap meet or through artists alley.  Staying within your budget will provide you the best opportunity to have fun throughout the entire event.
• Expect Long Lines:  Some of the longest lines you will find occur at anime events.  Expect them and plan for them so you see all the event you want to see.
• Plan your Days:  A little planning will insure you see all the events you want to see.  Arriving two minutes before your most wanted event generally will mean disappointment.  Also remember to plan for meals, water, transportation, showering, and sleep time.  Forgetting to eat or sleep will ruin your event and health for the Saturday and Sunday sessions.  Carry bottled water with you each day of the event.
• Bring Identificatin:  Identification will be checked upon entering the convention center and at many of the individual events.  It is mandatory that each person have their own proper picture identification with them.  Read the identification policy to avoid problems.  I would bring more than just a drivers license.  Government issued picture identification such as legal State ID, college ID, or drivers licenese are generally some of the best ID’s to have with you.  Sharing ID’s or fake ID’s will get you banned from the event.  Note that many evening events are restricted to those 18 years or older.  Those attending daytime events under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
• Weather:  Plan on it being warm, cold, wet, windy, humid, both inside and outside the event.  Weather can always be a factor in enjoying your event.  Plan for the worst.  Bringing an umbrella, plastic poncho, or jacket can save your event.
• Cosplay:  You do not need to dress up for Anime Boston.  However if you do want to cosplay have your costume ready well in advance of the event.  Do not try to sew the costume the night before the event.  Plan on problems by bringing a small sewing kit, masking tape, hair dryer, and both dress and comfortable shoes.  Give some thoughts on where you will change into your costume.
• Make Friends:  Part of the fun at an anime conention is the variety of people you will meet at the events.  Open up and talk to those around you.  You will meet some interesting people and share some wonderful stories.  Also the event staff can be a great resource for event information, directions, and advice.
• Event Variety:  Even if you enjoy the game room or artists alley you should not spend all your time in your favorite area.  Anime convention offer a number of ways to expand your enjoyment of anime.  Spending all you time in one area may be fun in the short term but frequenting a number of activites will give you a better opportunity to explore anime and meet people.
• Room Arrangements:  This is a large event in a major city.  Hotel rooms are not cheap downtown.  Do not arrive in Boston without having your room arrangements registered at the hotel of your choice.  The 2012 event is held on Easter weekend which may or may not make booking a hotel easier.  If you choose a hotel not downtown you will want to plan for travel time, directions, and parking into your budget and timeline.  Boston also has bus and subway transportation which you may want to consider.
• Cameras:  You are encouraged to bring your cameras.  Note however some activities have picture taking restrictions.

 Anime Convention Activities:

Anime Music Video Contest:

An exhibition and competition of fan-created music videos with an anime theme. Entries must not be shorter than 30 seconds or longer than 6 minutes in length.  Categories There will be 5 finalist videos per category.  The new category lineup will be as follows:

• Romance:  Best uses audio and visual to best create a romantic mood.
• Drama:  Videos that capture and emotion in the form of art.
• Action:  This video is a rollar coaster ride of options to stimulate your adrenaline and excitement.
• Comedy:  Funny, jovial, comical situations.
• Run/Upbeat:  Feel good videos such as dance but not limited.

Cosplay Events

Masquerade

The Masquerade is a Saturday night theatrical performance in which groups of fans display their costuming skill and perform short skits based on their favorite Anime or Video Game. These skits can be dramatic, comedic, dance-based or just plain wacky! A panel of staff and celebrity judges present awards to the best performances and costumes. Advanced registration is required for this popular event. The Masquerade is just as fun to watch as it is to participate in!

Hall Costume Contest

Another opportunity for competition, this contest allows cosplayers to sign up ahead of time to have their craftsmanship evaluated by a panel of experienced judges. Advanced registration is required; no entries will be accepted at the door. Prizes for the best costumes and costume designs will be announced at the Masquerade on Saturday night.  Fashion show exhibition held during the Masquerade Intermission.

Anime Convention Activities:

Artists’ Alley: Section of convention where talended artists display and sell their creations.

Anime Music Video Hentai Contest:   Adults Only Admitted contest of submitted anime videos screened before a live audience.

Art Track:   Activities with actist selected to showcase anime to the public.  Participate in discussions, panels, exhibits.

Charity Auction:   Auction items include manga, anime, art, anime figurines, costumes, and event merchandise with proceeds to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Cosplay Games and Programing:   Game show type event dressed in cosplay who paly Chess, Dating Games and more.

Game Shows

Phoenix Ball:  Celebrate Anime Boston in style with music and dance at this years formal ball.  Formal dress required.

Swap Meet:  Opportunity to swap, sell, and exchange items you bring to the event.  Collectors and enthusiasts invited to attend.

Live Gaming

Hours of Operation:

• Friday: 9am – 3am
• Saturday: 9am – 3am
• Sunday: 9am – 3pm

A board game library with over 50 board games is available.  Check your event packet for times and locations:

• Shadowrun Missions Imaginary Friends
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space “Terror Cotta”
• Red Dragon Inn
• D&D 4e Essentials Children of the Snake God
• Tanto Cuore Deck Building Game
• Big Eyes Small Mouth, 3rd edition “Saviors of a Dying Age”
• Shadowrun Missions AB 2070: Post-Apocalyptic
• D&D 4e: The Lost Cistern of Aravek (Dark Sun)
• Last Night on Earth
• Dominion Deck Building Game
• World of Darkness: Changeling: The Lost “Les Fleurs du Mal”
• Shadowrun Missions Xolotl’s Box
• Pathfinder: Master of the Fallen Fortress
• Arkham Horror
• D&D 4e Essentials The Scorpion Queen
• Maid RPG
• Munchkin Quest
• Really Bad Idea CthulhuTech RPG
• Steve Jackson Games MiBs
• Frag! Gold Edition
• Learn to Play GURPS

• Mouse Guard

• Star Wars Saga
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space “Saving Time”
• Shadowrun Missions Garage Sale

Magic The Gathering

Registration for all Magic the Gathering Events opens at 9am and closes at 11am.

• Fill & Fire: 8-man Innistrad Booster Draft
• Fill & Fire: 8-man Innistrad Sealed Deck (3 Innistrad/3 Dark Ascension)
• Fill & Fire: 4-man Commander (EDH) Chaos
• Fill & Fire: 8-man Standard Constructed – Single Elimination
• Fill & Fire: 8-man Legacy Constructed – Single Elimination
• Fill & Fire: 8-man Modern Constructed – Single Elimination

Additional Convention Information :

Bios of Celebrity Guests:

Haruko Momoi:  A writer, singer, and composer and noted Japanese voice actress.

Kanako Ito:  Contributes vocals and music to the soundtracks of Nitroplus games.  This is her first live American performance. She frequently performs at live tours in Japan.  She performed at Brazil’s Sana 9 anime festival and at Japan’s Animelo Summer Live since 2009.

Takamasa Sakurai:  He  is general advisor on Japanese pop culture, cultural diplomacy, and fashion.  He has served for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, leads the Japan-China Youth Friendship Exchange Program, and served as judge for independent anime contests.  He is also a jurist for the World Cosplay Summit.

Caitlin Glass:  Best known for the role of Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Caitlin Glass has been working in the anime industry since 2004 as a voice actress and ADR director.

Carli Mosier:  Voice actress Carli Mosier began working at ADV films since 2004.  She appeared as Loki Ragtnarok in Mythical Detective and as Tsubasa Maijima, Godannar, and Kei.  She is best known as the sexy Detective Yukika in Nerima Daikon Brotheers. She has appeared in many other popular movies.

Chris Smith:  Voice actor for over 25 charactors including Bren and Jon Ace in American anime series Monsuno on Nickelodeon.  He is best know for work on the game Skyrim.

Christopher Ayres:  Actor and voice actor since the age of 6 he is currently a voice character and ADR director for ADV Films and Amusement Park Media.

Greg Ayres:  DJ, Singer, and Rocker Greg Ayres is a live and animated rocker.  He is Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers and Koyuki in Beck:Mongolian chop Squad.

Tom Wayland:  Actor, voice actor,Director, rock and roll musicain Tom has produced or directed hundreds of anime programs including Now & then, Revolutional Girl Utena, Alien Nine, and The World of Narue.

Hynes Convention Center Information

• 193,000 square feet of flexible exhibit space accommodating up to four concurrent events
• 71,644 square feet of flexible meeting space – including 38 permanent rooms
• 24,544-square-foot Grand Ballroom
• 60,000 square feet of registration and function space
• Fiber-optic backbone links and T3 service, with complimentary wireless access in Coffee House
• Climate-controlled, all-season facility, connected by sky bridges to hotels, restaurants, and shopping
• Cafeteria and coffee house in central lobby accommodates 400 to 500 people

You are likely to find some or all of these types of anime figurines for sale, or exchange at Anime Boston.

Scaled PVC Figures (figurines)

Cast Off PVC Figurines

Figmas

Nendoroids

Vocaloids

Garage Kits