Collectible Figurines Value (buy, price, equipment, item)
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Speaking as someone who spent four hours yesterday wrapping Hummels and other small figurines in newspaper before packing them in boxes to move from my Aunt's home to mine, if you can't find any information on the WWW for them, how collectable can they be?
Look closely at their bases with a magnifying glass for identifying marks, and if none exist, start looking elsewhere on them, maybe even inside if they are hollow and have a hole in the base. If no luck, maybe describe them on an online search, or take them to a dealer who specializes in this type of stuff. If they are more than thirty or forty years old (or older), maybe try an antiques dealer, or posting a photo of some representative samples on this forum may help you get them identified. Are you looking to sell them, or just grade them for insurance purposes? I plan to do this myself once my Aunt's are safeguarded, and I'm going to look for books to help me in the task. If they are truly collectable, someone has written a buyer's guide on them.
Of course anything can sell but the market has tanked on this kind of stuff. Yeah some are desirable, but many times with this kind of stuff it's larger sizes and rare varieties.
I constantly see Hummels in thrifts. And they are always smaller sizes.
LLadro is something I look for. Again, larger sizes. I had a sad clown LLadro and the women who bought it loved it.
Toby Jugs are another oddball that can do well.
A lot of this stuff has more popularity in Europe, and Asia. Compared to those places the market is drastically reduced in the U.S.
Speaking of figures it wasn't a figure, it was a large porcelain Parrot, and one of it's wings was broken off. Probably a $60 piece although the makers name escapes me at the moment. Saw it in the thrift store today. It looked like it was damaged in the back. Although some dope could have dropped it in the store.
I'd talk to someone who deals in them. An antiques dealer. However they might not know anything about it, either. Where was the item made? (What country?)
Ebay is a poor predictor of something's value. Many people who list things on Ebay simply list the highest possible price they can believe they can get. Often the listings remain for weeks, months or years and nobody bids on them.
LLadro is something I look for. Again, larger sizes. I had a sad clown LLadro and the women who bought it loved it. :
You've seen Lladro in thrift stores?
I used to be into Lladro but it was so expensive to buy them new. I have about 3 or 4 of them. I may sell them at some point, I'm not sure. I am slowly getting rid of things I don't need or use anymore. I wouldn't sell it online, only person to person. Such as Craigslist.
I used to be into Lladro but it was so expensive to buy them new. I have about 3 or 4 of them. I may sell them at some point, I'm not sure. I am slowly getting rid of things I don't need or use anymore. I wouldn't sell it online, only person to person. Such as Craigslist.
Not only have I seen it, over ten years ago when I was a total newbie I passed on it. Just picked it up, looked, and moved on.
What got me into this was my quest for Stereo Equipment, and Records. Everything including getting back into cycling was secondary over the first two.
You need to know the maker, and then go from there. The market on a lot of this stuff tanked years ago, giving it marginal value. Go to a good library and look for books on collectibles.
If you want to check ebay, you need to just look at Completeds. Don't bother looking at what's listed that hasn't sold. Just Completeds or even Solds. In Solds, you can get an idea of the ratio of what was listed to what actually sold.
Books often give an inflated price. After all, they want people to think things are valuable and then buy their book.But books will give you good pictures and descriptions and some idea of price.
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