Salt Lake City trophy shop owners discuss awards

What services do you offer?

Scott Bennett: "We focus on high-end awards. We do a lot of crystal, optical-leaded crystal and custom coins."

Nate Burton: "We make trophies, medals, plaques, custom medals, pins - any awards, glass or acrylics."

Craig Benson: "Awards, trophies and corporate recognition plaques mechanically or laser engraved."

What's your most popular service?

Scott Bennett: "We do a lot of glass followed by custom coins and jewelry."

Nate Burton: "Our niche is youth sports trophies and plaques."

Craig Benson: "The corporate awards."

Why should people choose you over an online company?

Scott Bennett: "We focus on the custom, high-end products so it's beneficial to see what you're buying."

Nate Burton: "It's hard to tell the size of a trophy from a photo. I recommend they get an idea online, then come in and confirm it's what they want."

Craig Benson: "I believe websites will give you a fair representation but when you come in, you know there will be no hidden suprises."

What are some of the options for figures on top of trophies?

Scott Bennett: "We'll do custom figures but don't have set options. We did a glass shape of a running man holding a globe once."

Nate Burton: "There's figures for everything from archery to microphones to horse shows to billiards."

Craig Benson: "Virtually anything they want. There are trophies for every sport from snowboarding to female volleyball."

Are trophies becoming more or less unique today?

Scott Bennett: "More unique. We customize everything; we offer a very specialized product."

Nate Burton: "More unique. They're making them more modern looking - like the basketball players have longer shorts now."

Craig Benson: "They're continually changing. There's always new designs, new features and new mediums."

How do you charge for trophies?

Scott Bennett: "There isn't an average since each one is a high-end custom. We get a budget and tell them up front if we can accommodate their wishes."

Nate Burton: "It's by style, meaning if it's single-post or double-post or triple-post. A regular-sized youth-sports trophy is typically between $7 and $10."

Craig Benson: "There's no formula since they're all custom. I'd say the typical customer pays $20."

Have you ever made any trophies or awards for anyone famous or any famous sports teams?

Scott Bennett: "We did a custom coin for David Copperfield. It was stolen from him in a Las Vegas hotel."

Nate Burton: "I made five trophies for the 2008 Olympic Speed Skating team and Apolo Ohno was a name on one of them."

Craig Benson: "All the time. I just engraved plaques for Karl Malone and John Stockton listing their career accomplishments."