I want to sell Precious Moment figures, does anyone know how to find the value of them without their boxes? Is there a website?
By Kat from PA
If you are looking at a price at which you paid for it, not going to happen. I am one of those out there adding to my snowbaby collections etc. I just picked up 'new' boxed stuff at a garage sale for $4 per item that I know were $30+. I watch online too. It is important when you collect things to think forever when you buy them. Same thing back in the 80s when people bought these plates, sold as get your money back when you resell them. Not. So they go for a buck or two at garage sales, ebay. What one person considers a treasure, another might think dust magnet.
Unfortunately there are just too many Precious Moments out there so I don't think they are that valuable. I suppose they are worth about as much as someone is willing to pay and that may not be too much :-( I too have quite a few that I don't care about now and wish I'd never collected. Ebay is great but with it came lots of competition for selling collectibles. There is just a big glut in the market now.
I went on retiredpreciousmoments.com and it lists the value, and their sale price. I have not compared them to closed e-bay auctions yet.
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I have this figurine and I cannot find information on it. I am trying to research the value of this item so any assistance would be greatly appreciated. This is what is on the bottom of the figurine and I have attached a photo. On the bottom it states, "Precious Moments by Enesco 2001 Precious Moments Inc. Lic. Enesco Group inc 952966.
Thanks again.
Back in 1979 Enesco introduced the orignal 21 figurines. Yours is not one of them. There is a site who sells the original 21 figurines and it appears they go for around $85 to $150 each. I can give you another site to help you identify your figurine and determine the value of the figurine.
If I remember right, his name is "Your Heart is so Fairy Colorful". He was 2001, should have a box and tag inside that ID him.
He should have a bag with him attached to the bottom of the piece--I can't remember if it was cello or fabric or ceramic.) The bottom of the photo blurs a little so I can't see if he is all intact.
I have not seen one sell in ages. Someone has him listed in eBay for $39.99. If you watch that auction and it sells, that will be his value if yours and the one for sale are in the same condition, have the same box and paperwork.
I have seen these called rare, but I have seen 3-4 out there so that means they are not rare. People tend to use RARE in their listings when they don't know what they are looking for and can't find it the way they are searching!
Sadly the value of PM has dropped as many collectibles have since the big market crash of 2008 and the Marie Kondo craze of recent years. There are just too many on the market.
Post back how your sale goes!
I did not locate this exact figurine for sale but since the average selling price was less than $15 I did not look any further (and so many were sold for under $5).
New ones are still being made so they are still popular - just not a good item for selling to make any profit. Most will sell for less than the original price and may take years to sell - or maybe someone will be lucky and sell in a short period of time - this is our Internet sales of today.
I did see this item listed on Amazon for $15.99 (no picture).
Here are the sold listings from eBay for the past several months.
We have just inherited approximately 100 figurines still in the boxes. I have no idea what they are worth. I have been told a lot are rare and limited edition items.
We live in Independence Kansas. There are 3 totes full, 5' long X 18" deep X 14" H. Is there anywhere I can take them for appraisal?Precious Moments are all over the board in value. Some appreciated, some not. Having the box and original packaging adds to the value.
The free way to check value is to do a search on eBay completed auctions for each piece. Be sure to match exact size, condition, and box staus.
Only use sold auctions as that gives you current market value. Value is selling price + postage (knowing buyer pays postage). Never use asking price, only sold as it tells you what people will actually pay for an item.
The search goes quickly, just type precious moments into the ebay search and keep it clicked on sold. Then you just chnge the figurine name.
Set up a simple list with name and selling price and shipping and use that as a reference if you're planning to sell on them.
With as many as you have, you could call out the high value ones and sell on their own, then sell the others in lots that add up to less than $50, which is how much insurance you get with USPS priority mail.
If you are planning to insure, ask your rep if you need an appraisal. I did a yellow pages search below to help you find a good appraiser:
www.yellowpages.com/
I hope this helps get you started in valuing the collection.
You have a treasure trove of lovely figurines but to assess their true value will be a very time consuming feat. Most of the figurines will probably sell for under $25 but you may also have a more valuable one in the bunch so you will have to make up your mind about either checking value of each one or blindly listing them in lots of 25-50-100.
as far as taking them for appraisal it never hurts to try going to an antiques dealer or vintage toy shop to see what they say. A cursory online search for a place does not show me much.
According to this article, shops are not interested in these things www.thestreet.com/
HOwever there are still people who love and value these things and want to acquire them. The best way to find them is to become an ebay seller
If your idea is to monetize them, thank your relative for giving you an instant ebay store. YOu now occupy a very specific niche.
If you want to actually resell them
