Profile: Lapel Pins – 1984 European Championships, Budapest, Hungary More than 20 years had passed since Europe's premiere figure skating event had taken place in the city of Budapest, Hungary, on the banks of the Danube and behind the so-called "Iron Curtain." So when the 1984 European Figure Skating Championships were staged there, just ahead… Continue reading 1984 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: East Bank, West Bank.
1964 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Find Your Grail.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1964 US Figure Skating Championships, Cleveland, Ohio The pin from the 1964 US Figure Skating Championships, held in Cleveland, Ohio, is considered by seasoned collectors to be the "holy grail" of figure skating pins, although it rightly can be argued that the pin from the 1958 US Figure Skating Championships is… Continue reading 1964 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Find Your Grail.
1988 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Hits and Misses.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 World Championships, Budapest, Hungary A post-Olympic world championship in most any sport is usually a bit of a letdown. The same can be said of the main lapel pins produced to mark the 1988 World Figure Skating Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary. The splotchy coloration, unevenly filled letters, and pitted… Continue reading 1988 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Hits and Misses.
1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Road to Calgary.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Victoria, Canada An Olympic year. 1988. And, in a bonus for Canadians, the Winter Games on home turf in Calgary the same winter. Ten years had passed since the last national figure skating championship had been staged in Victoria, British Columbia, but the 1988 Canadian Figure… Continue reading 1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Road to Calgary.
1987 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: That’s It?
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1987 European Championships, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Before war ravaged the Olympic city of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in the early to mid-1990s, the 1987 European Figure Skating Championships were held inside Zetra Arena and were marked with an unusual and somewhat perplexing pin that left many a collector asking, "That's it?" The pin was… Continue reading 1987 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: That’s It?