We encourage club members and those interested in pins to attend our meetings as often as possible. We meet to exchange pins and other collectibles in a very sociable atmosphere, either by trading or by buying and selling. Maybe you will also pick up the latest news and information on pins collectin or share some of your own. During these meetings you can maintain the joy of collecting with equal minded people as well as establish new connections with collectors.
See links to the left for information on OPC, membership, future meetings etc.
Saturday 8. November:
10.00 - 18.00
Sunday 9. November:
12.00 - 17.00
Oslo Pin Club, Oslo, Norway, once again have the pleasure of staging the Olympic Collectors Fair in accordance with IOC. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Fair will be held in Håndverkeren, Rosenkrantzgt. 7, Oslo, entrance from Kristian IV's street, Saturday, October 27th 10:00 am 6:00 pm and Sunday, October 28th 10:00 am 5:00 pm
Click to see local map.
We encourage people to come to the Fair!
Here you can buy, sell and trade/exchange Olympic pins and other memorabilia (collectibles), like torches, flags, streamers, banners, stamps, coins, postcards, books, medals, mugs etc, and also other kinds of pins, both in sport and non-sport. We encourage you to check your drawers and cupboards at home and bring along all sorts of pins and other objects appropriate for possible sale or trade/exchange with the exhibitors.
Limited edition pins made for this Fair will be for sale.
Exhibitor information:
Those who want to rent a stand, must contact Oslo Pin Club as soon as possible, preferably by e-mail to opc@oslopinclub.org or by phone to Gunnar Rolland, number +47 95 94 30 32. Tables are 500NOK each, and there will be a social gathering on Saturday night with a dinner party.
During a break-in at our Gold Medalist from the Lillehammer Olympics, Stine Lise Hattestad, her gold medal from 1994 and Bronze medal from 1992 were stolen. Naturally these medals were among her most preciuos items and she would like to have them back. It is a small market for this kind of Olympic Medals and we call upon all our members in 11 countries to look for, or tell us if they are offered on the open market. Oslo Pin Club can assist in contacting Stine Lise Hattestad for this purpose.
Help Stine Lise to get her Albertville 1992, freestyle Bronze Medal and Lillehammer 1994, freestyle Gold Medal back!
Oslo Pin Club also this year staged the Collectors Fair in accordance with IOC. The Fair was held in Hamar Olympic Hall (Hamar Olympiahall), Vikingskipet, at Hamar in Norway, alongside the annual antique- and second-hand market. Hamar Olympic Hall, Vikingskipet, was the arena for speedskating during the Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games in 1994.
Highly successful, the fair will be repeated next year, and we encourage you to make plans based on this year's invite: click here.
IOC wrote about the festival on their pages, see this link.
Norwegian pincollectors have heartily embraced the new wave of pins issued by Hard Rock Cafe Oslo. By starting collecting HRC Oslo pins from the very start, it should be possible to maintain a complete collection at any time.
HRC Oslo has a solid pinbag which includes a pin for sale, and by ordering it through Oslo Pin Club, you will get a 10% discount with your membership.
HRC worldwide has initiated the official Hard Rock Cafe Pin Collectors' Club (HRCPCC). It also has a picture archive of pins issued by the various HRC cafees.
Go to www.hardrock.com and point to “Membership” in the menu line. There you can, among other things, choose between Pin Club and Pin Catalog. Click on Pin Catalog and you may search for pins from HRC cafees around the world.
Oslo Pin Club some times invites pin collectors to open to all and free-of-charge social happenings at Hard Rock Cafe, as well as maintaining a picture database of all pins issued by HRC Oslo.
All standing members with 15 continous years of membership recieves a signed diploma, and this year's individually numbered double heart pin. The dimpla is signed by Gold Medal winners Olaf K. Tufte (Single Sculler 2004) and Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg (Freestyle Jump 1994) and Olympic 10k Cross Country skier Rusinate Rogoyawa of the Fiji Ski Team.
Tromsø was recently elected as the Norwegian 2018 bid. Recently, Sochi, Russia was awarded the Games for 2014, most likely strengthening the chances of European cities in 2018. Over 20 cities are, or have been considering a bid, but the deadline has not yet passed, so more wolves may join the pack. Oslo Pin Club will follow this process closely and some bid cities already have issued their first pins. See www.olympics2018.org for more information on the host candidates and links to organizing committees.
