Conference noted::equitation

1708.0. "A new marketing idea!" by DECWET::JDADDAMIO (When in doubt, cop out!) Thu Jan 28 1993 13:35

    We got a junk mail catalog for sports memorabilia yesterday...You know
    the kind of stuff...Autographed pictures of Larry Bird with video
    tape($150), autographed look-alike jerseys, autographed Mickey Mantle 
    1951 issue baseball bats($1,750), etc.....
    
    But there wasn't an equine or equestrian celebrity among them! What do
    you say we start our own company to fill that market? ;-) ;-) Just in 
    case we get laid off here! We could have things like:
    	racing blinkers(Secretariat's autographed by Ron Turcotte or 
    		Alysheba's with his hoof prints on them, 
    	Milton's Volvo World Cup trophy coolers with his hoof prints, 
    	Murhpy Himself's cross country bits with teeth marks, 
    	Rembrandt's Rolex watch with leg hairs caught in the flex band,
    	Canadian Equestrian Team jackets sized for and autographed by Ian
    		Millar
    	Reiner Klimke autographed riding gloves(well used of course!)
    	Celebrity saddles with seat bone marks and autographed, etc
    
    Whaddaya think? ;-)

    They are selling autographed plates of famous racehorses....
    
    Autographed by the jockey(s) who rode the horse (of course, only
    those jockeys who are still alive! (8 )
    
    (Franklin Mint, or one of these type places)  

    
    	I think that this is a *GREAT* idea... I (like so many other
    	deccies) have truly been trying to think of ideas that would
    	sell.
    
    	I think you've got one!
    
    	h