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Luckey's Hummel Figurines and Plates: Identification and Price Guide (12th Edition)

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I have quiet a few Hummel books, but Luckey's Hummel Figurines and Plates, 11nd Edition is my favorite. The book did educate me in the different Trade Marks on the bottom of the Figurines, The Authors explanation is simple and clear. I purchased many Hummel figurines at Internet Auctions and found that the "Current Value" prices of Mr. Luckey's book are very conservative and very closed to the final Auction prices! I do recommend this book, it is the "real" thing!

I was hesitant to purchase Luckey's 12th Edition Price Guide because I have always relied on Robert L. Miller's No. 1 Price Guide in the past. However, curiosity got the better of me and I'm glad it did. It's a great reference, and a very good companion to Miller's guide. The main advantage Miller's 10th Edition No. 1 Price Guide has is all figurines are now shown in color... but the images are smaller than in previous editions. Since Luckey's guide (updated by Dean Genth) is presented in a larger format, it has larger images and text, which makes it easier to read. It also displays more images of the older trademark figurines to show the differences between the older figurines and their current production versions a bit better. This was important to me because I generally prefer to collect the older, more rare figurines.

Figurine pricing is now essentially the same between the two guides, which isn't surprising considering Dean Genth owns Miller's Hallmark in Eaton, OH, the home of Robert Miller.

For the average collector, or one that usually tends to purchase the newer released items, Robert Miller's guide is now more up to date. However, for the truly serious collector, Luckey's guide has more or different information on some of the more rare figurines such as those made in white overglaze and sold only in Belgium in the early days. Since I own several of these figurines, I found the information contained in Lucky's guide very useful.

Highly recommended for both the novice or serious collector... but don't forget to purchase Miller's book too.

A absolute must have resource - well organized, descriptive, and easy to use. It has served me exceptionally well each time I have had to use it!

This book is very helpful if you are buying or wanting to know the retail price of a hummel or if there are any markings you should be looking for. Luckey's does give some extra information on some hummels that Miller doesn't have in his book. One thing that would be helpful is to have color pictures of the figurines since many times a figurine's color determines it's age.

I had just accumulated 30 some hummel figurines and not knowing the price, I was in a fix. I was worried that I might give more than they were actually worth. Now that I have the price guide, I found out that I made out like a bandit. I've learned a lot about the hallmarks and how to date some of the items. And a whole lot of knowledge that I didn't have before.

THIS BOOK IS JUST WHAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO ESTABLISH THE VALUE OF A HUMMEL ITEM THAT THAT PERSON IS LOOKING AT TO BUY OR SELL. IT IS EASY TO USE, AND FOR AN OLDER PERSON , HAS GOOD BOLD TYPE TO READ. THE PICTURE OF THE FIGURINES, PLATES AND PLAQUES ARE EXCELLENT. I WOULD RECOMEND THIS BOOK AS A GOOD REFERENCE OR LEARNING TOOL FOR SOMEONE NEEDING THIS KNOWLEDGE.

This book holds all the information any collector will need. I found it to be very useful.