Franz Goebel, one of the owners of the fabricator, saw huge potential in handcrafting high-quality figurines and made an ...

Goebel created Hummel figurines based on the drawings of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, ... These collectibles are widely available on Ruby Lane, ranging in price from $25 to $95, ...

Life-size reproduction of a Hummel figurine, "Merry Wanderer", at the entrance of the Goebel company in Rödental, Germany. (photo: Image Credit: Störfix, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) ...

While many types of Hummel figurines are valuable, the Disney connection certainly helped in this case. | Courtesy of coco-1580, eBay. Before selling the Hummel brand in 2009, Goebel partnered ...