This ad ran in the fall of 1998 to announce new products from Jan Van Hoesen, available from WASCO. The text from this ad is reprinted below:

Claw Your Way to the Top
With new products from World Champion Taxidermist
Jan Van Hoesen

Introducing 16 New Small Mammal Mannikins demonstrating Jan's unequalled ability to capture the essence of animal personalities.

COYOTE, Curious, RT
4" x 36 1/2" x 18"
Sitting, foot up, head tilted.

COY54 (C.M.) . . . . . . 69.50
COY74 (O.M.) . . . . . . 69.50

BLACK BEAR CUB, Looking Up, Straight
2 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 12 1/2"
Sitting up on hind legs, front paws out, head tilted up, straight. Eye size 12mm.

BBC51 (C.M.) . . . . . . 52.50

RED FOX, Running, Straight
2 3/4" x 23 1/2" x 13"
Right front foot down.

RFX53 (C.M.) . . . . . . 44.50
RFX73 (O.M.) . . . . . . 44.50

RED FOX, Standing Uphill, Left Turn
3" x 28" x 13 3/4"
Standing with front feet elevated, head turned sharply to the left. Eye size 16mm.

RFX54 (C.M.) . . . . . . 52.50

LYNX, Lying, LT
2 1/8" x 36 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Lying on side, left turn.

LNX53 (C.M.) . . 79.50

RACCOON, Sitting, LT
1 3/4" x 21" x 16"
Sitting on rump, slight left turn. Eye size 12mm.

RC54 (C.M.) . . . . . . 41.50

RACCOON, Lying
2 1/4" x 25" x 19"
Lying on limb, left turn.

RC55 (C.M.) . . . . . . 44.50

BOBCAT, Leaping, RT
1 5/8" x 27 1/2" x 15"
Left rear foot down.

BC63 (C.M.) . . . . . . 44.50
BC73 (O.M.) . . . . . . 44.50

Plus additional new Bobcat, Coyote, Pine Martin, & Red Fox Mannikins. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED ON SOME MANNIKINS.

Jan Van Hoesen's Competition Earliners
The finest earliners on the market include all inner ear detail and the secondary aurical cartilage. See the WASCO Spring 1998 Catalog for info.

Jan's Photo Reference Sets
Improve your work with these outstanding close-up photos of live reference from Jan's menagerie of live animals. See WASCO's Spring 1998 Catalog.

Two New Videos From Jan Van Hoesen
World Champion Jan Van Hoesen reveals her award-winning mounting and casting techniques in these excellent new videotapes recorded in the WASCO Studio. These procedures will help you to achieve outstanding results in your own studio!

Carcass Casting Video
Join Jan in the WASCO Studio as she demonstrates the complete procedures for creating original mannikins from carcass casting.

VHS267 . . . . (2 hours) 19.95

Bobcat Mounting Video
From skinning to finishing, all of Jan's award-winning mounting techniques are revealed for the first time in the WASCO Studio.

VHS268 . . . . (2 hours) 19.95

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