Don Trioani Historical Miniatures (What happened?????) (1 Viewer)
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Hi Cameron. Don Trioani Historical Miniatures was a brain child of Mr. Trioani, with sculpting done by Ken Osen, who by the way is a very good friend of Trioani's. Concentrating on his painting, Don turned the miniature business over to his brother to manage. I am not really sure what the reasons were but the business did not do well and was ended. Quite the shame really, I have several Trioani Historical Miniature sets and they are very good and they go very well with all of the W. Britiain ACW sets. If Ken Osen reads this thread and responds to it, he could fill in the blanks for you . . . .
:smile2: Mike
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Cameron
Like Mike I too have a few of the Troiani sets in my collection and exactly like Mark those sets got me into serious ACW collecting. Years of reading/studying and writing about the politics/conflict and aftermath of the war- those sets- when I first saw them triggered an idea to collect, set and photograph key incidents of the war to illustrate my written articles.
I have all the Crater Series; Southern Cross; Lions of the Round Top; The High Water Mark plus the associated add-ons to each set. I missed out numerous times in snatching Lee's Texans and First at Manassas and never did manage to add them to my stash. Practically all the figures I still use individually today in my dios-Look carefully at my latest chapter (which was very much inspired by one of Troiani's paintings) and you will see The Southern Cross flag-bearer standing proud amongst the newer FL & WB figures. His flag states Seven Pines which is accurate for the 6th Alabama at The Sunken Road.
I do not know why the series was dropped as Troiani's body of work contains literally dozens of famous scenes from the ACW that could have been followed up but perhaps cost at the time was a prime factor. Issue price then when compared with what one pays today is small potatoes but at the time each set and add-on took a big chunk out of any collectors spare hobby bucks. But just try and purchase say First at Manassas or Lee's Texans today and the sky's the limit on what serious collectors are willing to pay for them.
Bob
Like Mike I too have a few of the Troiani sets in my collection and exactly like Mark those sets got me into serious ACW collecting. Years of reading/studying and writing about the politics/conflict and aftermath of the war- those sets- when I first saw them triggered an idea to collect, set and photograph key incidents of the war to illustrate my written articles.
I have all the Crater Series; Southern Cross; Lions of the Round Top; The High Water Mark plus the associated add-ons to each set. I missed out numerous times in snatching Lee's Texans and First at Manassas and never did manage to add them to my stash. Practically all the figures I still use individually today in my dios-Look carefully at my latest chapter (which was very much inspired by one of Troiani's paintings) and you will see The Southern Cross flag-bearer standing proud amongst the newer FL & WB figures. His flag states Seven Pines which is accurate for the 6th Alabama at The Sunken Road.
I do not know why the series was dropped as Troiani's body of work contains literally dozens of famous scenes from the ACW that could have been followed up but perhaps cost at the time was a prime factor. Issue price then when compared with what one pays today is small potatoes but at the time each set and add-on took a big chunk out of any collectors spare hobby bucks. But just try and purchase say First at Manassas or Lee's Texans today and the sky's the limit on what serious collectors are willing to pay for them.
Bob
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Could it have been more of a Conte issue? They had a history of erratic behavior...Michael
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Mark is correct, there were two different series regarding Troiani paintings, the first were done through Conte, the second series were direct from Troiani.
I bought a large Conte collection at the big OTSN show and several Troiani sets are among the ones I came into, High Water Mark, Lions of Little Round Top and First at Manassas among them, they are really nice sets, will have them for sale at Hackensack and via my website..........
I bought a large Conte collection at the big OTSN show and several Troiani sets are among the ones I came into, High Water Mark, Lions of Little Round Top and First at Manassas among them, they are really nice sets, will have them for sale at Hackensack and via my website..........