In the interest of creating consistency in how secondary market terms are used to describe Wee Forest Folk pieces, this essay will present definitions for various 'levels' of specialness one might find when collecting Wee Forest Folk and photographic examples for each of those levels from actual Wee Forest Folk creations. It should be noted, however, that actual WFFs may not have evolved in ways that totally conform to one category. The WFF line grew and evolved; it did not follow a blueprint or master plan. True art never does.

And it should be noted that the listing used here is not meant to suggest an ordering by value. 'Value' is a perceived construct, not a rule-governed perception. Some collectors seek out mistake pieces as their preferred OAKs, whereas other collectors prefer to take advantage of customization activities or search for color changes as ways to obtain one-of-a-kind pieces.

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL ONE UNDISPUTED OAKS—the only piece that looks like this in existence

Calling a WFF piece an UNDISPUTED one-of-a-kind means no other sculpture exists with the exact elements used to create the piece in question. It is a totally original work that has never been replicated in form or decoration. Not even once.

Please note, however, that this distinction puts a WFF piece in a class entirely by itself, but it does not guarantee value because being singular doesn't necessarily make a piece desirable. Many other variables influence perceived value, and perceptions differ significantly from one collector to another.

Probably the most special and unique of all the OAKs in the Master List is called simply Early Mouse, EA-1. It has never been replicated, nor will it ever be. According to the Petersens (from personal conversations), this is the first mouse piece Annette Petersen sculpted, fashioning it from bread dough after carefully studying a real (dead) mouse for several days. It has the ears and the eyes and maybe even the nose of later WFF mice, but it is resting on the bark base, not sitting or standing; it is unclothed and unpainted; and it has a really long pipe-cleaner tail. The owners of this piece (Donna and Willy Petersen) have the only EA-1 in existence and the chances of it being replicated are zero.

Prototype OAK Mouse Made from Bread Dough

In this case, the value of the piece is based on its significance for WFF® as a company and Annette Petersen as an artist and entrepreneur. For those reasons, it's priceless. But, sitting on a shelf in an antique store or listed on ebay with no provenance, it wouldn't sell for much, if at all, ever.

There is, no doubt, some number of OAK pieces from the very first days of Annette's work as a sculptor that never will surface in public. It is fairly common knowledge that she created (and often only partially finished) numerous pieces that never made it into the actual 'line' of WFFs for sale as she worked out the details for how she wanted a specific piece to look. Sometimes it was a case of moving a shopping basket from one side of the piece to the other or changing the bow on the hat or adding/subtracting accessories to a piece. Other times a piece might have changed from two mice holding a broom to two bunnies sitting on a stool. By definition, those early prototypes, probably long gone, were OAKs. And many gradually evolved into the pieces that are listed for sale in the earliest promotional material for the WFF line.

One mouse that appears to have gone through several prototypes before being retired entirely is Wood Sprite. In the very earliest catalog of pieces dated 1978 (see https://weeforestfolkclub.org/catalog/), Wood Sprites appear in three forms: a, b, and c. In version a, her hands are out to the sides, she is holding a flower in her left hand and she is facing one side of the leaf under her mostly invisible feet. In version b she is holding the flower between her hands out in front of her, there is more definition to her face and her eyes are larger, and she is once again facing the side of the leaf. In version c, her hands are up to her face and she is looking upward, not straight ahead.

Two pieces have been located (and included in this Master List) that are almost certainly early prototypes for the three versions that ultimately made it to market. Both have a different orientation on the leaf from the three 'official' versions and both have hands that hang down, empty. Both appear to have elements of one or more of the three versions offered in 1978 (ears, head position, body shape, leaf base, large eyes, simple mouth expression) but neither one is an exact match. Both are considered UNDISPUTED OAKs.

Prototype Wood Sprite OAKs

Other versions of Wood Sprite in this ML suggest several prototypes were created before Wood Sprite actually entered the WFF line-up. The versions below are all slightly different. If we assume the Mini version (pictured below) is a tiny reproduction of an actual finished version of a regular line Wood Sprite, can you tell which of the possible Sprites shown below probably served as the model for that piece?

Mini Wood Sprite

Can you tell which of the pieces below are versions a, b, and c described above?

Various examples of Very Early Wood Sprites

Given that all of these mice were hand-sculpted, hand-painted (there were no designated color combinations or specified colors for them), and hand-finished (note that some have white pipe cleaner tails and some have thin leather tails), it's reasonable to assume that no two pieces were exactly alike in 1978.

Another mouse that may or may not be a true OAK is called Miss Neighborly Mouse in the Master List. It has no known ID number and is listed under the fabricated number M-000b. It does not appear in any of the early literature and/or piece lists that have been located to date.

Two possible prototypes are pictured in this Master List. The clothing is different between these two pieces, one has an apron pocket and the other doesn't, and tilt of her head is slightly different. This piece is considerably larger than most mice created in her presumed timeframe (note the tiny mouse that was constructed in approximately the same timeframe in the corner of the first photo).

Nonetheless Miss Neighborly Mouse is clearly an Annette Petersen creation and is, no doubt, considered extremely valuable by her current owner(s). Quite possibly owners of both the Neighborly Mouse in red and yellow(?) and the one in red and white would (and probably should) argue that their pieces are one-of-a-kind, even if there are only slight differences between them.

Miss Neighborly Mouse in two versions

LEP-1, the male Leprechauns, also illustrate some of the issues with so-called UNDISPUTED OAKs just discussed.

Three Different Male Leprechauns—OAKs?

The one on the far left was made public first and its owner was certain he had been given the only version of this very special piece in existence, a True and Undisputable One-of-a-Kind. However, that turned out not to be the case. Two more variations have since been identified, as shown in the photos above. Not only that, female Leprechauns have also been discovered and added to the Master List! The WFF collection continues to grow from the addition of new pieces AND the discovery of very old pieces which complicates the search for 'all' of the OAKs.

While all three of the male Leprechauns have many similarities, each one is different from the others. The boy in blue and the one in maroon have black dots for eyes, as do the vast majority of WFF mice. The blue hat appears to be somewhat larger than the maroon and green hats (although this difference might be related to the fact the figure is leaning a bit more forward than the other two), and his clasped hands seem to be just a little smaller and less defined than the red-hatted piece. The boy in green and red is different from the other two in several ways. His hat is decorated with maroon dots and his clothing is enhanced with maroon bands. His fingers are less detailed, as are his toes. Perhaps the biggest differences are on his face. He has eyes and eyebrows! And very pink cheeks. And a wider, more defined smile. His hair and the petals on the base appear to be gold and the entire sculpture appears to be attached with a whiteish glue to a clear pedestal. Neither of the other two pieces have pedestals. Finally, the green jacket has sleeves and cuffs, the pale green jacket may be slightly different, and the maroon outfit has a pink jacket with short sleeves.

So...questions you may want to ask yourself: are these all LEP-1 variations of the same piece or is the one in the middle too different? Do the differences make each one an UNDISPUTED OAK in their own right? Or are they all the same piece finished in different ways, making each one a variation of the same Leprechaun? Do the distinctions really matter with pieces this rare?

It's very likely that more prototype pieces will continue to be revealed as more time passes. Sale sites such as eBay and Amazon create awareness for collectors that can lead to discoveries that otherwise might never be made. When a person discovers that the very old mouse sitting on a shelf in the spare bedroom is, in fact, a sculpture someone else would consider a treasure, that old mouse is often listed for sale.

Consider, for example, the piece pictured below. It's difficult to tell from this photo, but the owner claims it is another piece that was made from bread dough in the 60s. Given that we don't have much information about this mouse, it's likely that clay versions of her are in homes in New England waiting to be discovered. The transition away from bread dough would be the first thing that makes this piece special, as well as the pieces that may or may not have followed between Annette's construction of Lady Mouse with Basket (for lack of a better name) and other older mice in the line. Were there other prototypes between this piece and other lady mice with bonnet hats and umbrellas? Time will tell.

Finally, there are several OAKs 'out there' that were given as gifts or prizes over the years that started as the same basic piece. One unfinished piece of whiteware (pictured below) was a gift from the WFF factory at two (and possibly 3) of the events (Fairy Tales, Folktoberfest, and possibly Mouse Expo). The lucky winners were given the opportunity to work with an official WFF painter to have the piece finished to his/her specifications (clothing style and colors, types of cupcakes (or maybe even something other than cupcakes), paint colors for base items, etc.), and the promise made was that the piece would be unique and never replicated and/or entered into the WFF line. This author has never seen one of the finished pieces.

Even if three of these whiteware pieces exist in form, having a unique piece that literally was never in the line, has no factory-assigned WFF number, and was painted to the owner's exact specifications (or not in conversations with a Wee Forest Folk painter/designer would probably qualify as an UNDISPUTED OAK for most collectors.

Unfinished Mouse 'prize' at WFF Events

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL TWO MODIFIED OAKS—unique pieces created by changing the greenware and/or accessories used for an existing piece

WFF pieces that fit into this category are probably limited in number and frequently are created to be OAK gifts, charity auction donations, or prizes. A mouse in the WFF line can be used as an example of how greenware and/or accessories can be altered to create similar pieces or, if only applied to one piece, to create OAKs.

Consider the Flower Babies boy mouse holding a tulip on the right side of the lineup below (FB-1). He is basically the same as the regular line mouse called Homegrown Stars and Stripes (FB-5a), where he is depicted holding a US flag. Both pieces are in the regular WFF line and neither is considered an OAK. However, FB5a has been modified several times by changing the clothing and the flag the mouse is holding: a pirate flag, a yellow flag with a lion’s head, a floral flag, a pink flag, and several others. Those other pieces are considered OAKs not because the mouse has changed significantly (his hands and feet are in exactly the same place, his facial expression is the same, and his face has the same shape) but because his accessory (the flag) and his clothing have changed for just one piece.

Even if the face and hands stay the same, a simple change in clothing from green overalls to a sparkly marching band uniform could make this same piece an OAK girl mouse holding a baton just as it turned a $54 regular line piece (Mouse) to a $5000 charity auction treasure (Homegrown Stars and Stripes holding a pink flag covered in sweet treats and wearing overalls with similar cupcake decorations on a cupcake base).

Three different pieces based on FB-1 and FB-5a:

Confectionary Pride, Fairy Tales OAK	Regular Line Homegrown Stars & Stripes	Flower Babies Mouse

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL THREE CUT-AND-PASTE OAKS—unique pieces created by changing elements of the scene composition and/or occupants

Early WFF pieces were mostly individual mice and other animals sculpted as the centerpiece of a WFF piece surrounded by various types of accessories. As a result, at this point in time, the WFF line contains molds for an incredibly long list of possible scenes that can be created re-using those accessories: wildlife literally from A (angelfish) to Z (zebras); a wide variety of animals (dogs, squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, bunnies, chicks; birds that can be painted a dozen different ways based on size and shape; flowers and plants including cacti and a Venus Flytrap) in every possible color; and even fish and a bat ray.

Also useful for creating pieces would be furniture used in WFF designs, vehicles (including pick-up trucks, cars, airplanes, motorcycles, and even hot air balloons), and the wide range of other accessories (baskets, sporting equipment, beach gear, sleds, skis, toys, strollers, musical equipment and much, much more). And, of course, the wide variety of bases that have been created over the years offer many starting places for setting the scene for an OAK (tiled interior floors, flower gardens, sandy beaches, beaches covered in shells and sea glass, rocks, wood, grass, rugs, circus rings, and even a flying magic carpet).

Once an idea is conceived, there are scores of ways that idea can be brought to life by repurposing items from other WFF pieces already in the line. If the resultant WFF pieces are made only once, they are OAKs regardless of how many previous pieces contributed to the overall design.

For example, Mom's Garden pictured below is an event piece created for Folktoberfest. It does not appear in any WFF catalog because it was offered for sale only in conjunction with Folktoberfest and appeared in promotional literature for that event. In the Master List it is named and numbered as a Folktoberfest event special, and at least 125 of these pieces were made and sold. It is definitely not an OAK.

Key elements in this piece are two mice (Mom wearing a floral sunhat holding a watering can and child holding a potted plant), a fence, a bag of plant food, some flower pots on the ground, and numerous ground flowers in a variety of bright colors.

Mom's Garden

A gift piece was created by the Factory based on the elements of the original piece and only one of this gift WFF was created. The revised version contains the same two mice located in the same positions but they are dressed differently. The bag of plant food is gone and between them sits a small dog (that happens to be a match for the owner's actual dog). To the right a sign announcing "MOM'S GARDEN" has replaced one of the flower pots from the original piece (and that pot was moved behind Mom). All of the flowers on the ground are now painted in colors that are different from how they appear on the event piece. No other changed version of Mom's Garden exists, making it a very desirable, treasured CUT-AND-PASTE OAK because the changes are significant and only one of these was made. It will never be repeated.

Cut-and-Paste Transformation

There are numerous examples of this type of OAK piece, in large part because Mouse Expo, Fairy Tales, Folktoberfest, and store events were given the opportunity to run charity auctions with special pieces sent directly from WFF as OAKs for that purpose. Many of those pieces are considered cut-and-paste changes but, when only one exists in some specific altered version, that piece is a CUT-AND-PASTE OAK.

Pictured below is a mash-up between two different types of watercraft: Breezing Along (a sailboat), a piece in the regular WFF line that collectors were able to customize (creating OAKs), and Finding Treasures (a Pirate ship), an event piece created for Folktoberfest.

Breezing Along	Finding Treasures	Finding Treasures	Breezing Along
Customized Heart Sailboat OAK	Customized Halloween OAK	Original Folktoberfest Piece	Regular Customizable Piece

Notice how elements from the regular line and event pieces have been changed and merged to create the two CUT-AND-PASTE boats: the Customized Heart Sailboat and the Customized Halloween Pirate Ship.

For the Heart Sailboat (which was designed to be a custom piece for a breast cancer charity) the sail from the Pirate Ship was raised and mounted to a combination of pieces from both the sailboat and the Pirate Ship. The smallish console holding the Pirate Ship mast at the front of the boat was replaced by a refitted version of the console holding the sails for the OAK Breezing Along piece, only positioned in the back of the boat instead of the front. You can see the console portholes in front of the mice in Breezing Along and it is turned around and placed behind the pirate in Finding Treasures, with the original rail still in place for the parrot.

Clearly meshing structures from these two very different boats was a feat of both artistic vision and thoughtful engineering. The resultant Heart Sailboat earned $5000 for a breast cancer charity and the addition of pumpkins, a canon with cannonballs, a raven, and a pumpkin flag converted a $490 event special to a $2000 CUT-AND-PASTE OAK for another charity.

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL FOUR COLOR CHANGE OAKs—same piece, different color choices

OAKs of this type are created when a piece in existence is changed by a modification of the colors selected for that piece as it originally appeared in the line. A girl mouse may be transformed to a boy mouse by simply changing clothing and accessory colors. A University of Michigan Marching Band (maize and gold) can be disguised as a Michigan State Marching Band (green and white) with a change of uniform colors and logos. The pieces in the “new” color are considered OAKs if only one such piece is painted in those colors.

Ironically, COLOR CHANGE OAKs may be relatively easy for WFF to make and simultaneously the most elusive to find. There is no reason for the Petersens to make one piece in a color different from the regular line pieces unless it's a gift for a specific purpose or person. However, that can happen. Annette would sometimes send regular line pieces painted in different OAK colors to people she knew as goodwill gifts or Christmas presents or simply gift them to friends at the factory. Obviously, those OAKs are extremely valuable to the recipients.

Wouldn't an OAK Singing Star in lavender or yellow be great??

Although color changes may not seem dramatic, they can, in fact, be transformative, as in the case of the Clown Car below. The car was part of a Carnival/Circus-themed Folktoberfest event. The original color was yellow and a significant number of the pieces were sold because who doesn't love a Clown Car? Also created for that event was a color change for that piece which created a stunning purple OAK in the process.

Event Special Yellow Clown Car	OAK Purple Clown Car

COLOR CHANGE pieces make up the bulk of sets of pieces that basically are the same piece with only color as a modification. But, because scores of those pieces are made for the regular WFF line they are not OAKs.

Examples that can be found in this Master List include Zeldas, April Showers pieces, Yummys, Sunday Drivers, and Little Devils. Many of these pieces that have been created in multiple colors also have been painted as OAK COLOR CHANGE pieces with EMBELLISHMENTS, like the highly decorated April Showers piece below, the Fun Float that is a combination of COLOR CHANGE and EMBELLISHMENT, and the Yummy in unique colors EMBELLISHED with the face of a Cow. These three pieces go beyond a simple COLOR CHANGE and they are the only pieces painted in these colors with these embellishments. They are not now and never were pieces in the official WFF line.

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL FIVE CUSTOMIZATION AND EMBELLISHMENT OAKS—something for everyone!

An extremely popular way of attaining OAK Wee Forest Folk pieces is through CUSTOMIZATION events either offered by the WFF factory or obtained at WFF special events like Mouse Expo, Fairy Tales, Folktoberfest, store events, and Annette's 100^th Birthday Party. Another type OAK occurs when a piece is EMBELLISHED by a Petersen and/or a WFF painter, another form CUSTOMIZATION.

The actual CUSTOMIZATION options differ significantly but the idea is the same: collectors have an opportunity to make decisions about what the pieces they would like to purchase will look like. The choices they make differ by event but every customization event piece is a bona fide WFF collectible OAK at the end of the process because the probability any two customized pieces would be exactly the same is slim to none.

Early on, stores and WFF events were able to invite painters to attend those events as representatives of WFF. They signed autographs, gave presentations about various aspects of the production process, taught attendees how to paint mouse eyes to perfection, and, if attendees were lucky, they embellished pieces on the spot. At one event attendees could purchase April Showers in a variety of colors and guest painters would embellish little sailboats and other small designs on the pockets. Those sailboat embellishments transformed regular line pieces into CUSTOMIZATION OAKS. At a Fairy Tales event attendees could ask to have specific pieces from the Peter Pan set embellished. At a Folktoberfest event attendees created a fall accessory piece with dogs, cats, birds, bunnies, rakes, and grass bases covered in fall leaves. At another Folktoberfest event attendees selected paint colors for a tiny WFF mouse by chatting one-on-one with painters on a Zoom call during the event. Mouse Expo attendees created beautiful fairy pieces from an assortment of fairies, small creatures, and other bits of decoration on a woodland base that could also be customized.

Auction items for events were frequently embellished at the Mouse Factory in various ways to make pieces unique and OAK. For example, pictured below is Traveling Mouse as he appeared in such an auction at a WFF-sponsored event. Although the basic colors for his clothing remain the same as the piece in the regular line, his baggage is heavily embellished to establish his extensive travel experiences. The fact those embellishments were added at the Mouse Factory by WFF painter(s) makes him an EMBELLISHED OAK and significantly increased value for the charity auction.

The beautifully embellished sofa for the Sweet Snuggle piece is an OAK based on two characteristics: the detailed painting on the sofa and the substitution of a little dog, brownies, a book, and one of Annette’s favorite collectibles, a Raggedy Ann doll. Those changes from the regular line piece plus changed clothing colors (used only for this WFF) transformed this piece into something that looks totally different from the original, making it a factory CUSTOMIZED AND EMBELLISHED OAK.

Traveling Mouse OAK	Sweet Snuggle with dog and Raggedy Ann OAK

One of the earliest opportunities for customization by the factory was the creation of a piece called His and Her Creature Comforts. Beds from the regular WFF line were offered in two colors and collectors could choose from a list of 25 stuffed animals to position around and on the bed to create OAK versions of this piece. Everyone who chose to customize one or both of the beds was able to create wonderfully imaginative bedroom scenes too complex and unique for any two beds to turn out exactly the same, giving everyone who participated a CUSTOMIZED OAK.

Some of the WFF events took the experience up a notch by using accessories not available on the 'regular' order sheets to create an accessorized bedroom scene, including the piece pictured below. Instead of stuffed animals, Fairy Tales added to their 'sweet' theme by using candy and cookies and a Raggedy Ann doll to accessorize their Her Creature Comforts auction piece, as well as several embellishments: cupcakes painted on the stool and a gingerbread quilt with gingerbread sheets, creating an exceptional CUSTOMIZATION AND EMBELLISHED OAK.

Her Creature Comforts Customized and Embellished

Another factory-initiated customization piece involved choosing which toys to put under a Christmas Tree. A WFF retailer, Small World, held several customization events over the years during which time attendees designed several Coaxing Kitty with Kibble rooms and the inside of an ice cream shop. Yet another customization allowed collectors to create their own version of a Halloween table. This activity was also available at Folktoberfest using a different Halloween-themed tablecloth and different Halloween items. For both events participants selected from a page full of items and placed them inside a scene with a trick-or-treater mouse holding a flashlight, creating CUSTOMIZATION OAKs.

Folktoberfest Halloween Table	Old World Wee Mousey's Coaxing Kitty with Kibble Room

Many many OAKs in existence are the result of customization opportunities. The Breezing Along sailboat discussed earlier was able to be customized; every WFF event and many stores have offered customization opportunities. However, some of the most special customized pieces were created at Annette's 100^th Birthday Party.

Everything about the Birthday Party was special, but the activities that ended with party goers creating special OAKS were exceptional.

For starters attendees could select WFF minis available ONLY during the event to place in curio cabinets painted in colors only available at the event. Both those minis and the special color cabinet retired on the last day of the event, making their entire time in the line just 3 days. Attendees could choose cabinet color, which minis they wanted to use, which regular size mice to put in front of the curio cabinet and where to place the minis and the larger mice in the scene. The number of minis available times 3 colors of cabinets, multiple colors for both the Momma Mouse and the child mouse, the inclusion or exclusion of the stool, and at least 15 possible locations for the minis and a half dozen places to locate the larger mice is the equation for figuring out how many possible OAK pieces could be made. The likelihood that every design is an OAK is very high.

Special Minis in a blue Curio Cabinet	Grand Prize Curio Cabinet designed by the Factory	Special Minis in a green Curio Cabinet

Attendees also were able to create embellishment choices for Icing on the Cake from a wide range of possible embellishments, as well as ideas from their own imaginations: Raggedy Ann dolls on pockets, elaborate floral arrangements on aprons, candles on the cake, mouse faces on the cake and apron pockets, and writing on the cakes, and, no doubt, much more.

Icing on the Cake has also been used as OAK specials for other WFF events.

Icing on the Cake Variables: Cake color (yellow, strawberry, chocolate, white), cake frosting colors, decoration on top of cake (candles, words, mouse face) clothing colors, clothing embellishments, pocket embellishments, apron embellishments

ONE-OF-A-KIND LEVEL SIX MISTAKE PIECES—accidental differences

Handmade items are wonderful because, well, they are made by hand: no assembly lines, no machine-applied decorations, no 3-D printed components. When something goes ever so slightly 'wrong' with a handmade item, that enhancement can be a pleasant surprise.

What can go wrong? For example, a painter may pick up the wrong shade of pink for hair ribbons. Or maybe an embellishment is supposed to be a heart on a pocket but the painter draws a flower instead. Or perhaps a bird that should have been painted as a crow is accidentally turned into a cardinal or a bluejay. Mistakes happen. And, when they do, they create accidental OAKs that are sought-after by collectors who treasure these OAK 'mistakes' as much as deliberately customized pieces.

Of course, photographs of mistake pieces are difficult to locate because often mistake collectors keep the pieces they find a secret AND because, quite frankly, WFF painters rarely make mistakes.

In the small number of circumstances when they do, the finishers at WFF almost always catch and repair mistakes before they leave the factory. But, then again, nobody is perfect...

CONCLUSION

Another essay in this series talks about types of Collectors. Some want them all. Some select pieces that evoke memories. Some use WFF pieces as actors in scenes and others go a bit further and place WFF pieces into dollhouses to 'live their mousey lives'. The types of Collectors discussed did not include those who seek out the rare and special pieces because wanting something rare just might be a universal trait for Collectors of all things. Wanting 'one of each' does not preclude wanting 'something rare and wonderful'.

There are many ways to acquire OAK Wee Forest Folk and not all of them require spending thousands of dollars. The trick is to stay engaged and aware. Page through this Master List and take note of all the OAK pieces listed here. You'll be surprised.

Take advantage of customization opportunities sponsored by WFF. You can rest assured that the end result of your decision-making will be something rare and wonderful.

Communicate with other WFF Collectors in person if you can. Do other WFF Collectors live near you? Maybe set up a meet-and-greet lunch to make new friends who share your love for the WFFs?

Do you follow the Official Wee Forest Folk Facebook page and their web page? Don't miss an opportunity to participate in a customization activity if the Factory releases a piece you can customize. Do you follow other social media sources of information such as The WFF Museum announcements, the WFFCC web page and Facebook pages, store websites, and selling sites like Amazon and eBay? Collectors do offer OAK pieces for sale sometimes.

In short, the opportunities are there. If you'd like to add one or more OAKs to your collection, be ready to take advantage of an opportunity when you find one.