In 1996, in celebration of their 125 years in business, goebel produced the friar clock as seen in #12 (right). The bottom has the inscription, “Collector Classics 1996” and is 57 422 20. Candy dish or ash tray in picture #13 (left)? The ZF 43/0, ZF 43/I and ZF 43/II […]
We all know Friar Tuck, the roly-poly monk who kept Robin Hood and his Merry Men on the straight and narrow especially in keeping their drinking to a minimum.. Goebel issued a series of approximately 125 different items forever immortalizing the good Friar Tuck. Other than their Hummel series, this […]
Picture #12 begins a fantasy world with an elf 077 and a hungry looking ladybug 006 who may just be eyeing the elf’s mushroom hat. Picture #13 gives us toys to play with when we get tired of hunting for our treasures. We have a drum 028, a soccer ball […]
I have always asked my readers to contact me and let me know what they would like to read about. Several banks collectors did just that sothis month we will discuss Goebel banks. Goebel made hundreds of different banks going back to at least the 1920’s, but almost all of […]
In 1978, goebel began an annual ornament series with the year of issue in relief somewhere on the figurine. Pictures # 12, # 13 & # 14 show the twelve years of ornaments. 1978 is Santa, 1979 an angel, 1980 Mrs Claus, 1981 a nutcracker. This nutcracker can also be […]
Since it is well into July and we are sweltering under the hot summer’s sun, what better way to cool off than to think about Christmas! So I am presenting you with many of the festive season’s products made by goebel. Picture #1 begins with figurines of that jolly ole […]
In pictures 11 and 12 we have the “Bavarian Bunnies” which have rabbits doing various sports and other human activities. Often we can find both boy and girl bunnies playing the same sport. Of course, they are always appropriately dressed. Most of these are quite hard to find and you […]
Last time we talked about various animal figurines. This month let’s look at more goebel animals, but of the cutesy variety. The first series is the eight piece goebel “Barnyard Band”. The numbers are 33 130 through 33 137. Picture 1 shows a big bear playing the bass. The elephant […]
The Goebel King’s Column produced for The World Collectors Net by Matt a.k.a. “The Goebel King” To make up for the mice, I present you with bambi, 522, his friend with no number, and a unicorn found in three different poses in picture eleven. Picture twelve presents you with a […]
Many people collect Goebel dogs, cats, rabbits or birds. I know a collector who has over 600 different Goebel items that are either cats or figurines with a cat on them, and there are hundreds more that she doesn’t even know about yet. Many of her pieces are functional pieces […]
