Rob Sterling

My grandmother owned a ton of Hummels, and I’ve got a strange soft spot for them - enough so that I actually own a Hummel-related domain at Hummel Trader.

Last week Goebel, the German manufacturer of the figurines, announced that it would cease production, after years of declining sales. I assume the decline has a lot to do with the dying-out of the generations that favored the figurines, like my grandmother’s. Kinda sad. It’s also strange that so many types of kitsch are still selling fine, but yet Goebel was unable to find a contemporary market.

[German Porcelain Maker Halts Hummel Production - Deutsche Welle]

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