Lot of 39 Memories of Santa Christmas Ornaments RARE ALL 5 "A" Santas included! The first Santas ever made!! Start Price USD 4,999.00 Current Price USD 4,999.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Location Huntersville, NC See more about 'Lot of 39 Memories of Santa Christmas Ornaments RARE' Description   Lot of 39 - Memories of Santa Christmas Ornaments -   A VERY RARE set!! Each one represents a Santa in history There are 39 Ornaments in all Included in this auction are the FIRST 5 ORIGINAL - "A" Santas Each "A" Santa contains a Gold Oval stickers on the bottom which read: Made by Christmas Eve, Inc. in 1983 Limited Ed. Of 30,000 Made in Korea   After 1983 the stickers were gold and rectangular and read: Christmas Reproductions, Inc.   Every Santa has ALL original contents Each Santa is in it's original gold box and contain their plastic outer cover.   All Santas are hand painted so there are no 2 alike! After they're painting the artist adds a stain/wash over it.   Lot includes: 1425 - St. Nicholas of Myra - Italy - RARE 1840 - St. Nick (by T.C. Boyd) - America - Finger UP Santa - EXTREMELY RARE 1850 - "A" Santa - Weihnachtsman - RARE - Christmas Eve Inc. 1983 Limited Edition of 30,000 1872 - Santa Claus - Thomas Nast 1880 - " A" Santa - Ashenclos - RARE - Christmas Eve Inc. 1983 Limited Edition of 30,000 1885 - Kris Kringle 1887 - Trojan Santa Claus - USA - DOUBLE 1887 - Trojan Santa Claus - USA - DOUBLE 1890 - "A" Santa - RARE - Christmas Eve Inc. 1983 Limited Edition of 30,000 1892 - Santa Claus (heavy staining) - USA 1894 - Santa with Lorgnettes - America 1895 - Kris Kringle 1897 - Yes, Virginia Santa - America - RARE 1898 - Weihnachtsman - "Peebles Santa" - HARDER TO FIND 1903 - Father Christmas 1904 - St. Nicholas - DOUBLE 1904 - St. Nicholas - DOUBLE 1905 - St. Nicholas with Lantern - Russia 1905 - Father Christmas 1907 - Joyeux Noel - RARE 1908 - Buller Clos (?) 1909 - Weihnachtsman 1910 - Sint Niklaes (?) 1911 - Sat. Nichlos 1912 - Uncle Sam Santa 1915 - Santa Claus 1917 - Sint Niklaes 1918 - Flexable Flyer Santa - America - DOUBLE 1918 - Flexable Flyer Santa - America - DOUBLE 1918 - Santa Claus 1919 - St. Nicholas 1920 - "A" Santa - RARE - Christmas Eve Inc. 1983 Limited Edition of 30,000 1921 - Pere Noel - 1923 - St. Nicholas - Magazine Santa - USA 1925 - "A" Santa - EXTREMELY RARE - Christmas Eve Inc. 1983 Limited Edition of 30,000 1927 - Confectionary Santa - America 1936 - Santa with Red Wagon (Radio Flyer) - USA - RARE 1938 - Soda Pop Santa 1945 - Pinata Santa - Mexico More History behind these Santas: In 1982, Don Warning started a company called Christmas Eve, Inc. Historic Santa ornaments were produced to look like Santas from old postcards, old chromolithographs, and even old chocolate molds. Five different ornaments were made and each was limited to 30,000. The ornaments were sold in chain stores as well as Penney’s catalog. They were so popular that all were gone by the following January. The five Santas of the first year came to be called the "A" Santas. The following year, Mr. Warning's company became Christmas Reproductions, Inc. The second five Santas, or "B" Santas, were similar to the first five produced earlier but some changes were made to protect the integrity of the earlier production. An explanation of those changes follows. The "A" Santas have become rare and very hard to get and one has reportedly been sold at auction for $1500.00! Differences/Changes between the "A" and "B" Santas: 1850 - the gold apple bucket was moved from the left to the right side of the ornament. 1880 - the gold ash bucket was moved from the left to the right side of the ornament. 1890 - The cat in Santa’s left arm was moved to the right and the clown was removed from the right. A doll was added to the left side. 1920 - Santa’s bag changed sides and was moved from the left to the right and a bear was added to his left arm. 1925 - Santa’s bag items have changed.   For further information, please visit: www.memoriesofsanta.org   There are NO chips, cracks, or dings in any of these Santas! This is a VERY RARE collection in MINT condition!! FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. when you use Buy it Now!! Please see photos for further details. As always, all sales are final. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. See below for payment instructions.                                           "A" Santas -     Place a Bid!