COAT OF ARMS HERALDRY FAMILY CREST ARMORIAL MADE BY ME We make these! They are NOT computer generated! Start Price USD 24.99 Current Price USD 24.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 22, 2008 End Time Friday, November 21, 2008 Location ebay See more about 'COAT OF ARMS HERALDRY FAMILY CREST ARMORIAL MADE BY ME' Description We are an Amateur Herald & Professional Historian who specialize in custom Heraldry & Genealogy. We personally build, color, & print COATS OF ARMS using Photoshop plus research & write FAMILY NAME HISTORIES and SCOTS, IRISH & POLISH CLAN HISTORIES. We NEVER computer generate them! They are one-of-a-kind items! We research and make Coats of Arms plus research and write Family Name Histories from countries all around the world. Our research is not limited to one area or country. * * PLEASE EMAIL US WITH YOUR NAME CHOICE AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BEFORE PURCHASING!! * * TO HELP SPEED UP OUR RESPONSE: PLEASE INCLUDE WHERE THE FAMILY CAME FROM: COUNTRY, CITY, TOWN, DISTRICT, ETC. AND WHEN THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES (IF YOU KNOW THIS INFORMATION). customerservice@blueskys23.com COAT OF ARMS *********************** INDIVIDUALLY CRAFTED BY ME (Limner & Amateur Herald) We DO NOT use a computer program to generate Coats of Arms!!!! These Programs are highly inaccurate - they even go so far as to spit out a generic Coat of Arms that has nothing to do with a given Surname. We have hundreds of Heraldry Books in our Personal Library. This does not include the hundreds of History, Genealogy, Law, Geography, etc., books that we also use in our Research. We also possess almost 100 Volumes of the Magazine 'Notes & Queries' which was the principle magazine for English Genealogists and Heralds from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1920s and a large number of volumes of 'The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register' which is for American Genealogists and Heralds. We don't just have Heraldry and Genealogy books from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, we also have over 30 books on Polish Heraldry and Genealogy and are adding to that constantly. Our Austrian, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Resources are nearly equal to our Polish Resources. And our French Collection contains in excess of 50 Books. One of us is a Professional Historian, Genealogist, Linguist and Translator who is fluent in several languages and educated in Philology (the Study of how languages develop and change). The other is an Amateur Herald and Graphic Artist. We both hold Degrees from well-known Universities. We both also hold Honorary Doctorates. We also do detailed Genealogical Research. (Please see our rates below.) We research the Name you email us and find the description(s) of the Coat of Arms for that name that most closely matches information you provide. Then we build and color that Coat of Arms for you piece by piece in Photoshop. (These are one-of-a-kind items!) Finally, we print the Coat of Arms on high quality, thick Parchment paper. Beware of the word AUTHENTIC, in conjunction with Coats of Arms. That usually means that the Coats of Arms are being computer generated with a program developed by someone who knows very little about Heraldry. **Unless you yourself have commissioned a Herald to develop a Coat of Arms for you and then Matriculated it, You DO NOT have a Coat of Arms that actually belongs to you.** The Coats of Arms we build actually belonged to someone long ago who bore that surname. They actually did commission a Herald to build it and then Matriculated it. This is very, very costly. While these Coats of Arms do not technically belong to you, the USA (and many other countries) does not frown upon you displaying them (on a wall, etc.) for your personal use. However, you CANNOT claim the Coat of Arms is LEGALLY yours. We make every attempt to build you a Coat of Arms associated with the name(s) of your choice. This sometimes takes hours of research! We want to provide a product that you can display proudly! The Holidays are Coming!!! Our orders increase dramatically during the Holiday Season. To insure that you receive your items in time for Holiday Gift Giving, ORDER EARLY! No Order is too big or too small! Please feel free to inquire about any combination of our items or any type of Special Order! IMPORTANT INFORMATION! If you are interested in compiling an EXACT Genealogy, generation by generation, to directly trace your personal ancestors (not merely a Name or Clan), the charge for this research is $40 per Research Hour PLUS $10 per Written/Printed page PLUS possible fees to Databases and Authorities (ie. The Confederation of the Polish Nobility, The College of Arms, etc.) only if needed to access your information. For more information, please contact us by emailing your request to: customerservice@blueskys23.com and we will let you know if it is possible for us to do your requested research. No Order is too big or too small! Please feel free to inquire about any combination of our items or any type of Special Order! Also, make sure to ask about: Special Item Combinations and Pricing: * Coat of Arms & Family Name History ($69.98 + FREE Priority Mail Shipping) * Scots Coat of Arms and/or Scots Clan Badge & Scots Clan History ($69.98 - $87.98 + FREE Priority Mail Shipping) * Irish Coat of Arms & Irish Clan History ($69.98 + FREE Priority Mail Shipping) * Polish Coat of Arms & Polish Clan History ($69.98 + FREE Priority Mail Shipping) Combinations always save you money! The combined price saves you $5.00 on the individual prices added together. Please feel free to inquire about any combination of our items or any type of Special Order! Orders for individual items are always welcome! From the International Association of Amateur Heralds "Bucket Shops? A "bucket shop" is a term used by serious heraldic enthusiasts to describe unscrupulous heraldrymongers who dispense bogus or inaccurate coats of arms by the bucket load. They usually have a large database which contains images of historic and/or bogus armorial bearings. Even if their representations are accurate renderings of historic arms, these heraldrymongers will neglect to tell their customers that there might be anywhere from one to one hundred arms listed under any given surname. Further, when you ask these heraldrymongers "What's my coat of arms?" or "What's my family crest?" they won't bother to tell you that armorial bearings DO NOT belong to all persons of a given surname and may rightfully be borne only by the descendants of the individual to whom they were first granted or allowed, according to the Laws of Arms in the country of origin." (Please Note: This is a general Guide based on English Practice, but Laws of Arms differ considerably, and in some countries Coats of Arms do, indeed, belong to large groups of people with or without the same Surname. And in some Countries, Arms may be assumed by anybody. In Scotland, Coats of Arms are the property of individuals.) "The Association is a diverse assembly of professional and non-professional genealogists, heraldists, historians, and graphic artists dedicated to providing the general public with heraldic information and design guidance at no charge." INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF COATS OF ARMS The Court of Chivalry or The Court of the Earl Marshal is the English Court with jurisdiction over Heraldic Matters. It last met in 1954 and was presided over at that time by Lord Chief Justice Goddard acting as Lieutenant, Surrogate and Assessor for the Earl Marshal, The Duke of Norfolk. In the Case of 'The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Manchester vs. Manchester Palace of Varieties, Ltd.', Lord Chief Justice Goddard drew a distinction between Bearing and Using Arms as a personal Hereditament and displaying them, as on Armorial Souvenirs, etc., he contended that in such circumstances display was not a ground for intervention by that Court or any other. In the British Commonwealth, other than in Scotland and Canada, the Earl Marshal's Court enjoys jurisdiction over Heraldry, and therefore, Lord Chief Justice Goddard's conclusion is the Law. This can only be changed by The Court of Chivalry, itself, or by the UK Parliament passing a Statute. Any other opinion has no Legal validity. A NOTE ABOUT COATS OF ARMS DESIGNS: Some Coats of Arms are fancy, but just as many are quite plain! We cannot change a recorded Coat of Arms because the buyer thinks it is too plain or not colorful enough. We have no control over the original design of the Coat of Arms for any specific name. The shield design is SET IN STONE, as they say. It is recorded with the Heraldic Authorities and may not be altered under any circumstances! (We do use a very fancy mantling to add to the attractiveness of the Coats of Arms we build.) We will email you a description of the Coat of Arms for the name(s) you ask about and you can determine if it suits you. Sometimes there are several Coats of Arms registered for a particular surname - then we leave it up to you to choose which one you would like us to build. Our goal is for you to be happy with your purchase, and proud to display the Coat of Arms. *** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PRINTS!! *** PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN COATS OF ARMS ARE PRINTED ON THICK PARCHMENT TYPE PAPER, THE BEIGE HUE AND ABSORBENCY OF THE PAPER HAVE A MUTING EFFECT ON THE COLORS AND LINES. THE COLORS YOU SEE IN OUR ILLUSTRATIONS WILL PRINT DARKER THAN THEY LOOK IN THE LISTING. THE LINES WILL NOT BE AS SHARP EITHER. HOWEVER, THIS ADDS TO THE LOOK OF AGING THAT IS DESIRABLE IN A COAT OF ARMS PRINT.THE CLIP ART PIECES WE USE TO MAKE THE COATS OF ARMS WERE MADE FROM ACTUAL WOODCUTS THAT WERE USED IN THE DESIGN OF COATS OF ARMS. *IMPORTANT* *IMPORTANT* *IMPORTANT* * * * PLEASE EMAIL US WITH YOUR NAME CHOICE BEFORE PURCHASING!! * * * (Our Heraldry information sources are numerous and huge, but not every name has a recorded Coat of Arms associated with it.) Buy this item, send us the surname you want it for by email, and we will build and color a beautiful Coat of Arms of that name using Photoshop and print it on quality thick parchment paper. The actual print is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches. (It will fit into an 8 1/2 by 11 inch Document or Certificate frame.) This item would make a wonderfully unique and caring gift! Check our feedback and bid with confidence. The pictures below are random examples of Coats of Arms. The one you purchase will be different. ASK ABOUT OUR MONEY SAVING DEALS ON MULTIPLE ORDERS!!! *~*~*WHEN PAYING WITH PAYPAL PLEASE PUT THE NAME THIS IS FOR IN THE NOTE BOX PAYPAL PROVIDES!!! (OTHERWISE WE WILL NOT KNOW WHICH COAT OF ARMS TO BUILD!) PLEASE READ BELOW We spend a good deal of our time, in good faith, to research information that helps us find the descriptions of Coats of Arms that we are asked about. We spend time researching numerous Heraldic Sources to find the recorded descriptions of the Coats of Arms we are asked about. We often spend an hour or more on an inquiry! (At least 50% of our answers to individual inquiries go unacknowledged!) Please let us know that you received our reply. This in no way obligates you to purchase the Coat of Arms about which you are inquiring. We just want to be sure the information we sent you was received. Thank you! Our prices are extremely reasonable when you consider what you are purchasing. The items we sell to you are ONE OF A KIND! They are pieced art work, researched & authored or a combination of the two. We personally research and make or write these for you. This takes a lot of time and effort. We are proud of our work and would never consider selling simple 'computer generated' Coats of Arms and Family Name Histories. We care about our Buyers and want to give you our best effort! BUYERS' FEEDBACK FROM HERALDRY & GENEALOGY ITEMS: Incredible service! Great Work! Highest possible recommendation! Thanks!!! Expert research + outstanding service = The best I have ever encountered! Fast & professional service. An asset to ebay! Happy repeat customer! : ) Outstanding research & service...again! Nicest people I've ever dealt with! AAA+++ Fast & professional service! Awesome research & quality! Asset to ebay!AAAA+++ Items are beautiful! Nicest people in the world 2 work with.Thanks 4 everything!! Great item and super-nice people to work with! Thanks so much! Truly went the extra mile for me - will deal with again! Give this seller 10 triple AAA's! Great service, great product! Thx Wonderful product, very quick shipping! Highly recomended!! A+seller very willing to please, went the extra mile, will buy again, thank you. Beautiful Work! Wonderful heavy paper with superb font and printing! A+++++++ Great transaction. Very satisfied w/ Name Research. Would Buy Again. Thanks! Beautiful item, as described! Fast ship, too. A+ seller; would do biz again! Wow! Awesome job! You guys are the best Ebay! Thanks so much! A+ service! The product awesome. The seller even gave me additional info on heritage! A++++ Easy to do business with, answers all questions. Fast delivery! A+++++ Family history was fantastic to read. Coat of arms very well done. Happy! I ordered 2 coats of arms and they are SUPERB!!! The service is just as SUPERB!! Excellent quality from a very experienced heraldry expert. FAST service! Great Communication! Beautiful work! I'd use seller again! A+! Great product. Most excellent communication & advice !!!!!! Came just as described, looks good, shipped fast, would buy again. Thank you! Great communication, fast reasearch and shipping, great product. cant ask 4 more All of our items come from a smoke free home! Thank you for bidding! See below for bidding and payment procedures. SHIPPING FREE US Postal Service PRIORITY MAIL Shipping in the USA. This includes DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. We ship to PayPal Confirmed Addresses only! IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INFO We will also consider shipping to Canada, Mexico, The UK, Europe & Australia via US Postal Service Priority Mail International. Please email us for a shipping quote (usually between $5.00 and $7.00 USD). Item MUST be paid for through PayPal in US Dollars. INSURANCE Shipping Insurance is STRONGLY advised and recommended. *We CANNOT and WILL NOT be liable for items shipped WITHOUT Insurance!* US Postal Service Insurance Pricing: Price................................Insured Value $1.70 ................................$0.01 to $50 $2.15 ..............................$50.01 to $100 $2.60 ............................$100.01 to $200 $4.60 ............................$200.01 to $300 $5.55 ............................$300.01 to $400 $6.50 ............................$400.01 to $500 PACKING We pack our items professionally and securely using US Postal Service Priority Shipping Supplies, Strong Tape, Assorted Labels, and anything else needed to ensure the Safe Delivery of your item(s). METHOD OF PAYMENT The ONLY FORM of Payment we accept is PAYPAL! We GLADLY ACCEPT Credit Card Payments through PayPal, as well. NO OTHER forms of Payment are accepted! (If you Do Not have a Paypal Account, please email us. Under some circumstances, we are willing to accept United States Postal Service (green) Money Orders. However, you must contact us before choosing this type of payment. We apologize for any inconvenience.) We are PayPal Verified. PAYMENT TERMS Payment is due within 3 Business Days! This item will be shipped within 2 Business Days of receipt of PayPal Payment! (We have to make these and this takes time. Your patience is appreciated.) We ship Monday through Saturday by United States Postal Service! GUARANTEE We stand behind our items. However, items damaged during shipment are NOT refundable. US Postal Service Insurance is strongly recommended. Due to the PERSONALIZATION of HERALDRY and GENEALOGY Items, all Sales on these Products are FINAL. We also ask that if you have any problems, to please email us before leaving negative feedback. We want you to be happy! Our main concern is your satisfaction with your item. FEEDBACK Feedback is posted shortly after we receive your feedback. (We respectfully ask that if you have any problems, to please email us before leaving negative feedback. We try to be thorough in our descriptions, but we are only human and, as we all know, nobody is perfect.) Also, please be sure to leave feedback on OUR shipping performance (how quickly we got the item into the hands of the US Postal Service), NOT how long it took for the US Postal Service to get it from us to you. Thank you! (Please remember that we have to make the Coat of Arms and this can take up to 3 Business Days!) QUESTIONS??? Please feel free to email us with any questions. Click Here: customerservice@blueskys23.com Thank you for stopping by. glitter graphics Our continued existence on ebay depends on you! Please give us Five Stars when you leave feedback so that we can continue to provide you with our Heraldry & Genealogy Knowledge and Experience. Thank you! We truly appreciate each and every person who chooses us for their Heraldry and Genealogy needs. Place a Bid!