The Spring 2013 - Borzoi Club of America

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Executive Officers President Vice President: Recording Secretary: Rebecca Peters Campbell, P.O. Box 80499, Springfield, MA 01138-0499, 413-575-4663, kinobi@comcast.net Carol Enz, Box 876, Ramah, NM 87321-0876, 505-783-4743, kachinaborzoi@gmail.com Joy Windle, 2255 Strasburg Rd., Coatesville, PA 19320-4437, 610-380-0850, joyousgard@me.com Corresponding Secretary: Karen Mays, 3336 Bagley Passage, Duluth, GA 30097, (678) 957-9544, karen@zencor.com Treasurer: AKC Delegate: Regional Governors K.C. Artley, 3706 W. Jackson Road, Springfield, OH 45502-8722, (937) 325-1129, kcartley@earthlink.net Barbara O’Neill, 11403 3rd Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98168, (206) 439-7543, sheyash@comcast.net Region 1 Ron Williams, 155 Libertyville Rd., Wantage, NJ 07461 (973) 721-4146, ridgeside2001@yahoo.com Region 2: Roy Silguero 9730 Gas House Pike Frederick, MD 21701-3336 silgueros@aol.com Region 3: Prudence Hlatky, 4511 County Road 121, Rosharon, TX 77583-5959, 281-595-3547, soyara@aol.com Region 4: Lorrie Scott, 1728 Hanson Lane, Ramona, CA 92065-3311, aruzia@sbcglobal.net Region 5: Robin Riel, 12076 Mieras Road, Yakima, WA 98901, aashtoriaborzoi@gmail.com Region 6: Joyce Katona, 7617 Pelham Drive, Chesterland, OH 44026-2011, jckat@roadrunner.com Committee Chairpersons Annual Awards Nancy Katsarelas, nagakabz@hotmail.com and Melissa Pearce, attaway@wildblue.net Annual Versatility Award & Versatility Hall Of Fame: Karen Ackerman, adii@tribcsp.com Aristocrat Helen W. Lee, savladai@borzoi.net BCOA Beverly C. Taylor Trust For Borzoi Rescue Committee: Shen Smith, sbs@bokhara.com BCOA Shop Carol Enz, kachinaborzoi@gmail.com BCOA Web Site R. Lynn Shell, Web Mistress, gryffyn@borzoi.cc Challenge Trophies Chairman Pending Club Inventory & Medals Barbara O'Neill, sheyash@comcast.net Conformation Championship Medals: Christine Danker, hemlock@nycap.rr.com Disaster Plans Robin Casey, SGBorzoi@aol.com and Veni Harlan, farfieldborzoi@mac.com Futurity Event Joyce Katona, jckat@roadrunner.com Futurity Barbara O’Neill, sheyash@comcast.net Gazette Columnist Jon Steele, auroralkennel@hotmail.com Health Committee Virginia Jones, vjones1@ford.com Judges Education Committee Patti Neale, zoisrus@windstream.net “Keeping In Touch” Edna Ogata, troieshka@aol.com Legislative Affairs Rita M Rice, ariaborzoi@yahoo.com Member Education Prudence Hlatky, soyara@aol.com National Specialty Chairman Barbara O’Neill, sheyash@comcast.net Rescue Dee Jones, lagniappehounds@att.net Specialty Guidelines Barbara O’Neill, sheyash@comcast.net Standardized Trophies Barbara O’Neill, sheyash@comcast.net Standing Rules K.C. Artley, kcartley@earthlink.net Statistical Committees • Statistics Coordinator Joyce Katona, jckat@roadrunner.com • Conformation Dr. Greg Hlatky, soyara@aol.com • Junior Showmanship Barbara Lord, warwind@tds.net • LGRA Dawn Hall, newfs4me@gmail.com • Lure Coursing Tom Golcher, zoiboyz@zoiboyz.com • NOTRA Victor Whitlock, viktor@borzoi.cc • Obedience/Rally/Agility/Tracking June Mintchell rmintchel@yahoo.com • Open Field Karen Ackerman, adii@tribcsp.com • Registry Of Merit (ROM) Barbara Ewing, barb.ewing@wildblue.net Ways & Means Carol Enz, kachinaborzoi@gmail.com ASFA Delegate Tom Golcher, zoiboyz@zoiboyz.com 2012 Official BCOA Tabulator Ms. Patricia Swanson, Attorney at Law 2011 Alternate Tabulator Carl Holder 2013 National Specialty Joy Windle, Specialty / Facility Coordinator, joyousgard@me.com 2014 National Specialty Carol Enz, Specialty / Facility Coordinator, kachinaborzoi@gmail.com Cover art for this issue: Painted by Pia Hjerling Submitted by Alice Lloyd We’re now accepting ads!! Introductory rates: Regular full page - $35 New Title Holder - $25 (see pages 14 & 15 for New Title examples) Send ad copy & pic to savladai@borzoi.net Pay online or by check to KC Artley 2 BCOA Aristocrat
Unique Zoitiques By Cindy Michalak Congratulations to the winners and welcome home to all the lucky people and their Borzoi returning from the 2013 BCOA National. Now its time to lie down and kick your shoes off so you can recuperate from your vacations! And of course, that means I found a theme with which to work from; lying Borzoi, although one isn’t quite in the lying position. We begin with a figurine that was more than likely produced for one of the Borzoi specialties as it is defi- nitely a copy of the reclining Austrian Keramos dog. A rather large and bulky piece, it measures 12"x6" and is made of a heavy type of ceramic with a lovely plain bronze wash. The figure it is copied from is usually decorated white with black spots. Even with this being a copy, it is still a valuable piece and could fetch up to $65. This is a recent find of mine from an antique show in Atlanta, Georgia. The Borzoi attached to the napkin ring holder is also a copy, but from Japan rather than Austria. This particular Borzoi can often be found in single form, or attached to a pipe holder or bookend to name a few. It measures 4"x2½". While it appears to be silver, I believe it is simply some sort of chrome overlay. I paid $35 for it and thought the price was reasonable. While I know most of you may not recognize this I knew in an instant when I bought it that it came out the collection of the late Joyce Brandin of Nightsong Borzoi. I remember when she first acquired it. It measures 11"x6", made of chalk and was painted a hearty gold color with a clear overcoat. The ashtray base was given an antique look to it when Joyce repainted it. She also gave the eyes a little character as well. I would have loved to own more of Joyce’s items when her husband Henry put them on the market but I am already overloaded with things and money is limited. I would put a value of $60 on this uncommon piece. Perhaps one of the most common German figures is this reclining Sitzendorf. It was an attractive piece and an American ceramics company, Holland Molds, copied it and was able to produce at a more reasonable price. The original German figure measures 10"x4" and is a little more refined, which can be expected. To make a mold of an item, you would cover the original with the casting material and end up with two halves. This would add to the outer dimension, thus making it slightly larger. The actual Sitzendorf sells for around $75 while the Holland Mold copy is valued at about $15-$25. Although not the prettiest one in the bunch, this German Borzoi with puppies is still on the cute side. Normally the reclining “mama” comes as a single piece and didn’t seem to interest me enough to buy; however, when I saw it with two babies attached, I decided it was a musthave. The overall piece measures 5"x2". While the decorating (paint) is rather grotesque, it’s always fun to own puppies; even if they are only ceramic! The usual single piece sells for around $20 – add the puppies to it and the value can increase up to $35. One of my Facebook friends, , had this on her page and I fell in love with it. She had a video of how she creates her work and it showed that she begins with a blank figure and painstak- ingly adds the curls one by one until the final product is this curly coated Borzoi. When I asked what type of material was used, all I found out is she calls it a “new material.” It feels like some type of rubber/ plastic combination. I was so enthralled with it that I bought it without asking the size and paid $167 for it including ship- Continued on page 20 Spring 2013 - 3
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