Name: Andree Bollin

From: Germany

How long have you been collecting? 20 years

How many pins do you own? 1000

I collect Olympic bid pins and years ago I saw a special Chicago 2016 pin on eBay but I missed the end of the auction as I was in hospital.

As I had never seen this pin before I was very frustrated, because the auction price was very cheap.

Three weeks later a pin collector friend of mine phoned me up, and we were talking for a while and I told him about the pin. He laughed and said "I bought the pin!" As he knew that I collect 2016 pins, he told him, "I sent you the pin as a present for free!" - What a joy!

So now to end of the story of why this pin is a special pin for me, the collector friend died in China at the Expo 2010. So this pin is always a little reminder at my collector friend – 'the Pin doctor'.