The trophy maker also was great at making friends Joe Lupacchino ran Hottinâs Trophies for 30 years and ânever met a stranger.â Â Â Joe Lupacchino posed in his trophy shop, Hottin's Trophies, in 1994. His work "was a craft," said friend Peggy Comerford. "It was an art." [ DAMASKE, JIM | St. Petersburg Times ] Published Jan. 25 The chipmunk trophy went to his mom, who caught the rodents in her Pennsylvania neighborhood and released them at a nearby park. For his nephew, Joe Lupacchino made a replica of the Philadelphia Eaglesâ 2018 Super Bowl trophy. And for a 50th birthday, Mr. Lupacchino took a smashed racquet and