NALED Announces Winners of the 23rd
Annual Achievement Awards
click here to see winners from 1979 to 2001

The winners are:

Plate of the Year - 2001
Courage Under Fire - Firefighters: A Tradition of Bravery, The Bradford Exchange
1st Runner up - Victorian Christmas II, Thomas Kinkade, The Bradford Exchange
2nd Runner up - Lights of Liberty, Thomas Kinkade, The Bradford Exchange

Doll Award for 2001
Carlie Mae With Ben Bunny Watching, The Boyds Collection, Ltd.
1st Runner up - Tatiana by B.K. Lee, Seymour Mann
2nd Runner up - The Glory of Love by Yolando Bello, The Ashton Drake Galleries

Figurine of the Year - 2001
It Was All Started By A Mouse, Kent Melton, Walt Disney Art Classics
1st Runner up - Patriotic Santa, Pipka, Prizm, Inc.
2nd Runner up - Off To the Ball, Dusty Horner, Walt Disney Art Classics

Ornament of the Year - 2001
2001 Annual Snowflake, Swarovski Consumer Goods, Ltd.
1st Runner up - May Your Christmas Begin With A Bang, Sam Butcher, Enesco Group, Inc.
2nd Runner up - A Bright & Morning Star, Thomas Blackshear, Willitts Designs

Miniature of the Year - 2001
Time To Wash, Robert Olszewski, Olszewski Studios
1st Runner up - The Littlest Angel, Snowbabies Pewter, Department 56

Graphic Print/Lithograph of the Year - 2001
Light of Freedom, Thomas Kinkade, Media Arts Group, Inc.

Architectural Structure of the Year - 2001
Long Beach Bar, NY, Harbour Lights
1st Runner up - The Boydstown Cathedral, The Boyds Collection, Ltd.
2nd Runner up - Guiding Point Lighthouse, Hawthorne Village

Plush Collectible of the Year - 2001
Bailey Christmas 2001, The Boyds Collection, Ltd.
1st Runner up - Cora B. Applesmith, The Boyds Collection, Ltd.
2nd Runner up - Gloria Bearsvelt, The Boyds Collection, Ltd.

Decorative Collectible of the Year - 2001
Stardust Memories, Raine, Willitts Designs
1st Runner up(tie) - Bride & Groom, Circle of Love Collection, Enesco Group, Inc.
1st Runner up(tie) - Flights of Fancy, Lena Liu, Ardleigh Elliott
2nd Runner up - Butterfly Vase, Crystal Collection, Lenox Classics

Collectible of the Year
Cow Parade Collection
1st Runner up - Just the Right Shoe Collection, Raine, Willitts Designs
2nd Runner up - North Pole Collection, Department 56

Graphic Artist of the Year - 2001
Thomas Kinkade
1st Runner up - Pipka Ulvilden
2nd Runner up - Sandra Kuck

Artist of the Year - 2001
Thomas Blackshear
1st Runner up - Raine
2nd Runner up - Dean Griff,

Vendor of the Year - 2001
Department 56
1st Runner up - Goebel of North America
2nd Runner up - Enesco Group, Inc.

Collector's Club of the Year - 2001
Enesco Group, Inc.
1st Runner up - Walt Disney Collectors Society
2nd Runner up - The Loyal Order of Friends of Boyds

Board Awards

Special Recognition Awards
25th Anniversary - Gift Creations Concepts
50th Anniversary - Krause Publications
100th Anniversary of the Teddy Bear - Steiff North America

Memorial Tribute - Annalee Davis Thorndike (1915 - 2002)

Proclamations
Eloise Parks
Marge Rosenberg
Winnie Watson Sweet

Rising Star Award
Bluesky/Claywork's

NALED's Golden Award of Honor
Roman, Inc.