I just purchased 2 Hummel Figurines at an estate sale. Are they authentic?
One has a gold foil sticker on the bottom but is not marked other than that. I found out that he is called "little Hiker" and the other looks like a boy playing the cello. They do not have any of the Hummel markings. Only the "little hiker" has the gold paper sticker that says "Hummel" and some other stuff, it's kinda worn. Also the cello boy looks like it had green felt on the bottom at one time but not any more, and there is a couple of un-readable halmarks maybe on the top of the base by his feet. Any help whould be appreciated. Are these authentic? And how do I determine when they where made?
From your description it is unlikely they are genuine hummels. They should have the Goebel trademark along with an incised model number on the underside of the base. They should also have an incised signature of M.I.Hummel somewhere on the figurine, usually on the back of the figurine base. There are some exceptions to this if the size of shape of the figurine makes it difficult to add these identifying marks, but Little Hiker should definitely have the markings.
Hummels have been copied a lot. Many copies come from the far east. I hesitate to call them fakes because some are intentionally designed as replicas of hummels and do not pretend to be hummels, however some were clearly made to fool the purchaser into thinking they are genuine hummels. Without markings it is almost impossible to be sure of the date or place of origin.
You may want to compare with Erich Stauffer figurines, which are Japanese made hummel look-a-likes.
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