This original vintage 1950's Slo-mo-shun IV button sold for

$3,527.77

on Ebay this week, March 22,2001. I have it from an excellent source who has a button collection of over 4000 pieces( who chooses to remain anonymous)that there are only 5 other originals he knows exist.There have been duplicates made over the years so don't get too excited if you stumble upon one in your local antique store. I bought one on ebay for $13 dollars (a fake of course) The real thing is very hard to come by.

We believe that Stan Sayres had them made for his sales team, if they reached a certain sales quota, but we are not positive about the origin of this button or how many were produced. Anybody out there who has another version of the story let me know.

Dick Carroll

Thanks to Dan Dolson for this great photo of our
boatyard. He took the photo March 23 and emailed me a copy. We are located on the north side of Portage
Bay,in Seattle Washington, For scale, the three white decks you see in the water in front of our building are more then 40 feet in length. And yes, as you can see we are directly across the street from the brand new University of Washington, Oceanography building.

Come on over for a visit

Dale Chihuly is creating a unique glass installation to honor the memory of Anchor Jensen
World famous glass Artisan Dale Chihuly has offered to create a very unique glass installation to honor Anchor. We are currently in the very early stages of working out what the installation will be and where it will be located in the city. Let's just say that Dale's initial concepts are incredible and will be a marvelous contribution to the people of Seattle. We have a long way to go and we want all the people of Seattle to feel the same way about this installation that the Seattle community felt when Slo-mo-shun IV conquered the world. We will need your encouragement and support to accomplish this and I will keep everyone up to date on whats happening.
To See some great work visit www.chihuly.com

Dick Carroll

Photo: Phil Webber -Courtesy Seattle PI

Slo-mo-shun IV is back at the
Museum of History & Industry
After 10 years Slo-mo IV returned to the Museum of History & Industry on Wednesday the 18th .The Museum is creating a new display for her, which will be ready in the near future. We would like to thank all the volunteers from the Hydroplane Museum who were extremely helpful in getting the boat safely safely back in place. And all the staff at MOH&I for making this possible.

You can see the boat even though she is not officially on display. Simply ask one of the staff at the front desk and they will arrange to have someone take you back for a visit.

Heck, there is plenty to see at the Museum, if you haven't been there in a while come for a visit. For additional MOHI info call 206-324-1126 or visit www.SeattleHistory.org