Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Why Hummel Figurines Are Pretty Much Worthless Now


Why Hummel Figurines Are Pretty Much Worthless Now

Prices, [antiques expert Terry] Kovel says, have "gone to hell." "If we have a Hummel whose book value is $325, they are now bringing about $50, sometimes less," wrote estate liquidator Julie Hall, the author of The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff, in an email. On eBay, ultra-rare Hummels still occasionally fetch big bucks -- 'Adventure Bound' recently sold for $1,135 on eBay. But that's the exception. Many other Hummels don't sell at all -- or sell for less than $50, a once unheard of price for Hummels. ...

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