LUCITE

Commemorating deals isn’t new. From coins struck to mark ancient trade agreements to marble plaques on banking hall walls, financial transactions have long been recognized in physical form. But it wasn’t until the 1960s that Lucite—clear cast acrylic—changed how that recognition looked.

At first, Lucite was used simply: printed deal announcements were embedded in small, solid blocks. They were clean, durable, and easy to display. But in 1973, something shifted. Burnham & Co. marked its acquisition of Drexel Firestone not with an ad or plaque—but with a block of Lucite containing a pair of brass balls.

There was no text. No logo. Just a statement: We got this deal done, and we had the brass to do it. That piece didn’t just commemorate the transaction—it told a story. And that moment marked the real beginning of the modern deal toy.

Since then, Lucite has remained the most popular medium for creating these tangible markers of achievement. Why? Because it does something no spreadsheet, press release, or closing dinner can: it makes the moment real.

At Polaris, we’ve spent decades mastering Lucite from the inside out. Our pieces aren’t mass-produced—they’re small-batch, cell-cast acrylic built by hand and refined by experience. We've embedded pharmaceutical vials, biotech molecule models, first strike oil droplets, product replicas, custom metal castings—you name it.

We know what works. We know what won’t. And we know how to make each piece feel like it means something.

Bottom Line: We don’t just cast Lucite—we help you tell the story behind the deal.