Cryptozoo Gift Ideas at Tax Time
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 1st, 2009
Are you still looking for a gift for Tax Time?
You may wish to pick up one of these limited editions of the bust (they are solid, resin, and seven pounds heavy) of the Crookston Bigfoot?
The artist, Curtis Christensen, who made the Crookston Bigfoot, decided to hand-craft a few busts, and hand-paint each one, making no two exactly alike.
From this…Christensen with his creation…
…to the Bigfoot on my porch…
…the creator began to craft a new piece of art…
You might remember I once mentioned he use to have a small herd of Bigfoot busts, a rare and endangered flock or herd, with individual busts now awaiting being in the collections of the true collectors and Bigfoot museums around the world. But the herd has grown smaller, and Curtis tells me he only has a few left.
This item is something you will need to directly email Curtis Christensen about, at hickhill@mwt.net
His is a serious piece of art, and is not a figure or toy. He, therefore, is selling it for a serious price ($79.99 + shipping, depending upon your UPS zone) to serious collectors. Write Christensen directly. Please do not email me, as I have nothing to do with this bust, other than owning his eight-feet-tall art piece – see above – upon which the bust is based.
Or how about a tee-shirt? The museum gets part of the sales of the Yeti tee-shirt (design below).
Richard Klyver, a wildlife artist, is selling these Abominable Snowman or Yeti tee-shirts in support of the International Cryptozoology Museum. He is generously donating $2.50 from the sale of each tee-shirt.
If interested, please contact Klyver at windigo2@myfairpoint.net to talk to him about PayPal or snail mail check payment. The cost of $20/shirt includes domestic postage, for one shirt (sizes S, M, L, XL), with the Abominable Snowman on it. Be sure to include your shipping address with your PayPal payment.
Klyver’s new, smaller version of Patty (above) is modeled after his larger solid bronze one, which I’ve featured here before. Those are $5000 each. The smaller pieces come in a limited edition, and are $95 each.
The piece weighs two and a half pounds. The finish is a prime coat with three coats of lacquer with an oil paint glaze. Shipping is included anywhere in the continental USA. If interested, please contact Klyver at windigo2@myfairpoint.net to talk to him about PayPal or snail mail check payment.
Need books….
Also, of course, for $25 for each paperback, I sell and ship to you, autographed copies of my books. Write me directly at lcoleman@maine.rr.com to see what’s available ~ or just PayPal me and we’ll figure out what’s you don’t have that I can ship you immediately.
In the spirit of giving, I appreciate all you can send my way always, if you wish to support the International Cryptozoology Museum by sending your financial donations or cryptozoology artifacts to Loren Coleman, Director, ICM, PO Box 360, Portland, ME 04112, or via PayPal at LColeman@maine.rr.com [Please note, the ICM is not a 501(c)3.]
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
