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Title: Goebel price crash...
Post by: bigwull on June 08, 2013, 06:30:30 AM
hi all, it would appear that the price of Goebel....has hit rock bottom...on some ornaments...we got this on ebay....last week, £6 inc postage...its in pristine cond, date marked 1972...
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: wendy177 on June 08, 2013, 07:10:46 AM
I just read something about new Hummels coming out on the market same figurines but all BLACK, anyone herd anything?? can't find the info now  >:(   Will keep looking!  I would say you are correct Bigwull  rock bottom on most Goebel!  Cute bird  ;)
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 08, 2013, 07:12:41 AM
No surprise. Hummel's been crashing for the last few years as well.
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: wendy177 on June 08, 2013, 07:19:14 AM
Ok found the info!!  
http://www.kovels.com/2013060512727/news-news-news/hummel-figurines-in-a-new-color.html?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Hummel+Figurines+in+a+New+Color&utm_campaign=Kovels+Komments%3a+Top+20+Antiques+and+Collectibles+Searches+for+May+2013  

I've got a couple Merry wanderers and Goose girls, A little flat black paint and I could have the same new look on my shelf for free  ;) 
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: sapphire on June 08, 2013, 07:49:55 AM
Good lord!!  $640 for the Merry Wanderer in black?? Sorry, but that just doesn't float my boat  :P  Price aside, it's the color and detail that attract me.

My kicker was finding a Beswick pheasant at my little hole in the wall here. Picked it up every time I dropped in and for some reason just kept putting it back.....even though I really loved it. Well I should have grabbed it the first time I had my hands on it. They keep the 'better stuff' in a china cabinet behind doors, so if you want a good look over you have to pull things out. It got pulled out once too often and someone whacked the tail end on the fixed center window and broke it off. A staff member glued it back together and they were just putting it back in when I was there.  Took him home that day because I just couldn't see anything more happening to him.  Wasn't till I got home and looked him up that I realized he would have brought a few more $ (not $$$   ;) ) if he'd been in the original condition I'd first found him in.

Wullie, for me it's the personal appeal.....though the checking if often fun and satisfying (or the opposite). I've had pieces pass through my hands that I could have kicked myself for (Roseville and others) dollar wise.........but aside from the monetary value they didn't touch my sense of appreciation. A shame really as I know they were bought specifically and treasured for what they meant.....just not for me.

Here's my feathered friend.........flaw and all I absolutely love him.


Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: Ipcress on June 08, 2013, 08:21:17 AM
You can buy that Merry Wanderer for a couple of hundred Euros online. $640 is a joke.
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: bigwull on June 08, 2013, 09:36:55 AM
May i make a suggestion Wendy.....take one of these then get yourself a tin of Plasti-kote black satin..spray .paint......only you will know its not real.... ;D......cos after all...who,s to say...they have,nt done that.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Merry-Wanderer-Hummel-Figurine-Goebel-TMK-7-LTD-Edition-117-of-200-/300914252782?pt=UK_PotteryPorcelain_Glass_PotteryPorcelain_China_SM&hash=item460fe31bee
Title: Re: Goebal price crash...
Post by: mart on June 08, 2013, 08:06:59 PM
I just read something about new Hummels coming out on the market same figurines but all BLACK, anyone herd anything?? can't find the info now  >:(   Will keep looking!  I would say you are correct Bigwull  rock bottom on most Goebel!  Cute bird  ;)

Yes !! I think Kovels had a mention of the new ones !!  And some outrageous prices !!
Title: Re: Goebel price crash...
Post by: rockandrollrods on June 09, 2013, 11:52:58 PM
I know what I'll be selling for people in about three years for $20 each...