Precious Moments figurines -- where to sell?

I bought a store last year and we had SO many of them here. I tried eBay and sold a couple but I finally offered a bulk deal on Marketplace and someone came for them.

I'd probably try to list them on eBay (search and see if any sold recently that are just like yours and see if it's worth it). And maybe try a lot sale. I don't think there are too many collectors left. The woman that bought all of mine was very sentimentally attached to them as her mother used to collect.

Good luck!

There's probably no "best" place to see them in terms of maximizing value. They simply don't bring much any more. You might want to think instead of what's the "easiest" place for you. Do you already have an account on any on-line selling site? Use that. If you ever hold a garage sale or know a friend who's having one, put them in there. Or if you want the easiest of all, drive them to the nearest charity thrift you support and drop them off as a donation.

I would think eBay, Etsy or Marketplace would be the best options but don’t expect to get a lot for them. Most of the “vintage” ones I’ve seen are being listed for about $7-10. 

I donated mine. Kept only my nativity set and ornaments

Here is a page that shows some that have sold and how much they sold for. It might help you make a decision about what you want to do.

www.mercari.com/search/?itemStatuses=2&keyword=precious%20moments

I'd agree with the others--they just don't have value anymore. I don't know that the signed ones will have much more value, either. We stopped by the PM Chapel near Branson a few years ago and the artist was in the gift show and would sign anything you wanted and much of the stock was signed.

(My kids thought the chapel was super cheesy, but it brought back so many memories of my grandmother and MIL, who were really into PM. I enjoyed the visit.)

Just thinking out loud here but I'm wondering why collectibles have lost all their value. My parents were really into antiquing back in the 80s & 90s and they would see so much stuff from their childhoods going for big bucks at antique shows - toys, everyday kitchen
items, Roseville, Bakelite, Little Golden books, all that kind of stuff. Things like Precious Moments, Hummels, Stieff and Longaberger baskets were pricey at retail level but people bought them. Now, no one cares.

I think it's true that sentimentality pushed lot of it but I also wonder if stuff will come back into popularity again some day. I remember when vintage cookie jars were worthless, then Andy Warwhol died and his collection went up for auction and suddenly cookie jars were worth thousands. Now they're back to $20 -$50. I think ebay contributed to it, too, though. Stuff that had been hard to find was now easily available and as a result it drove the prices and demand down. If PMs suddenly become all the rage again people will be kicking themselves for throwing them out, LOL.

I had a curio full of PM that the ex bought me.  I kept 2-3 that meant something to me and donated the rest.  I looked at the paltry amount they were going for and decided it just wasn’t worth the effort to try and sell.  I donated mine with no regret 

I think the explosion of sheer volume in what we mean when we say mass produced now vs what mass produced meant in the past is part of it.

Like, if something was “mass produced” in the 50s there’s relatively few of them compared to the number that was produced in the 90s through now when something is mass produced.

The difference is also things that are produced as “collectibles” versus things that become collectible because they stand the test of time. The examples you gave (toys, kitchen items) weren’t produced as collectibles.

I like watching the social media channels of thrifters who shop to resell. Every single one of them says if it was produced as a collectible, no one wants to collect it, leave it on the shelf. They frequently show PM and Hummel as examples. The shelves are literally just lined with them.

Agree with all of the above, but there are of course exceptions. My daughter was just telling me that American Girl Dolls are going for high prices. She has Samantha? which is apparently worth a couple thousand bucks. I'm trying to remember which others were actually worth something.

I agree with you that the OG AGs can go for high prices.

BUT it’s because they WEREN’T made and sold as collectibles, so I don’t see that as an exception to what people are saying on this thread.

They were made and sold as toys that people actually played with and now those kids who played with them are grown and will pay for what they remember playing with from their childhood.

Very, very few AG dolls are going for that kind of money.  I've read this so much lately that it's beginning to border on urban legend.  Don't trust those really high sold prices you see on eBay for any collectible.  Most of those unrealistically high prices are money laundering.  Tell tale signs include a seller with 0 (or very few) feedback and just 1 or 2 bids.  If there is a 2nd bid, it is the 1st bidder going in with a higher bid to block other bidders.  

The AG dolls worth the most (those $2,000 and up prices) will be in a signed doll, New in Box (or very gently played with w/original box), original clothing, accessories & book.  Adding more outfits and furniture to go with the doll will increase the price, as will being a retired doll.  They will also be made by Pleasant & Company, preferably from 1986-1990  Mattel bought the company in 1998, so any doll made after that is not worth much.