Due to legal reasons, a pending lawsuit, and copyright infringement, Vanmark is not allowed to sell the "Spirit of America", and has to destroy whatever has not been shipped out already. As a result of what's happened with the "Spirit of America" Sculpture, Vanmark is making a new Sculpture called "Image of Hope". The new Sculpture will be available in January / February 2002. For those of you who are on my list for one of these Sculptures, your name will be carried over onto our "Image of Hope" list. As the photographer who took the "Spirit of America" photo finds out about people replicating his photo, he is pursuing legal action against them for violating his copyright. As my order of  "Spirit of America" was being shipped out, this is when everything happened, and all orders were stopped from shipping. You will find a few people selling these items illegally on eBay, at full retail or a higher price. Evidently these people want to make as much money as they can from this unfortunate event.  If you have any questions, please email or call me, and I will provide you with more information as I receive it from Vanmark. 

Thank you!