Hummel figurines

Please tell me she collected beanie babies too!

Hummels were huge in though about the 90s. Now their value has gone way down. They may have a comeback. Unlike beanie babies.

Hummels are still worth money... especially the older ones

My mom worshiped her Hummels

I just love Hummel figurines!!!

My Aunt's 1950's era Hummels sold at her estate sale for $25 each, that was about 5 years ago. I kept 2 and they remind me of her and I enjoy them.

They are definitely a complete bust today though, and the pool of collectors is dropping by the day.

They are not as popular as they were but they still sell. I was at an estate sale before the virus and there was a large collection that went fast.

Gratefully, my mother only had one. I now have if but I can live with just one.

Dad got a hummer and mom got her Hummel.

Funko Pops are where it's at now.

My mom would labor over The Antique Trader for hours looking for Hummels. When my dad got home from a road trip, she'd sweet talk for a while about something she found (she knew what buttons to push, how to manipulate him). When he didn't respond enthusiastically to spending his hard-earned money on trinkets, she'd blow up at him, screeching that he got all the goodies while she 'dressed in rags'!'. Eventually he gave in.

I think she thought they'd be a ne$t egg if he ever divorced her.

I remember the ads for collectible plates - sorry I don't remember the name - that included the disclaimer that they would buy them back if they didn't increase in value! I still see them at flea markets once in a while. Damn, I'm old.

I had an aunt who had a china cabinet full of Hummels. She worked at a Famous-Barr warehouse in St. Louis, putting price tags on everything. She stole a lot of different things, but Hummels were her favorite. When she got caught after years of stealing, she admitted how long she'd been doing it (I believe ten years or so, I was a teenager at the time so wasn't all that interested). She hurried home that night, packed up her Hummels and brought them to our house for "safekeeping". The company agreed not to press charges as long as she signed her pension away, back to the company. She was always afraid they would come to her house and search for stolen items, so, afraid of bringing them back to her house, she had my dad put an ad in the paper to sell her beloved figurines. I think they all went for $20 to $30 each, although she swore they were worth far more. I remember the prices because I was astounded people would pay so much for what was, to me, rubbish. This was in the late 80's.

My grandmother had a few (little girl with her umbrella blown inside out perplexed me). My husband’s family kept a few of MIL’s and there’s a fancy thrift shop here that has a few.

I don’t think they’re excessively trashy, like Precious Moments or Funko Pops, but not as upscale as Staffordshire animals.

If you recall in the 1980's the big craze was Cabbage Patch dolls. Where's that market I might ask. It's all just mass produced crap anyhow.

If you want a few of these to remind you of a deceased relative or just because you like the look of them, that's one thing. Anyone collecting this stuff with an eye to making a fortune via future resales is delusional. The only reason other vintage toys and figurines are worth money is because not many survived in mint condition (the early Star Wars figures are a good example). Ones that were made with an eye to the collectible market were produced by the hundreds of thousands and many of them survive in good shape. They'll never be worth much.

R12 That's one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.

Hummels, you magnificent bastards!!!