Our housekeeper broke my wife's Hummel figurine that her Grandmother
gave her.  It's estimated to be from the 1950's - 1960's era. 
However, the housekeeper broke it, threw it out, then left us a note,
so we have no idea what it's called.  I've been on Google, and various
Hummel sites and forums to no avail.  My Wife and her mother believe
98% that it is Hummel.

The description is a little boy and little girl sitting on a bench. 
The boy, girl, and the bench are all separate and I believe the wooden
bench is possibly wood or plastic.

Looking for avenues to buy this figurine to replace it for my wife.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 17 Oct 2006 16:54 PDT

Hi x6xfactor,

There's an ad in Craigslist for Hummel Figurines(1950-1960)
One is described as girl and boy on a bench.

Here's the ad with the phone number.
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/clt/215764384.html

You could call and see if it's the same one your looking for.

If it is, just let me know and I will post the information as your official answer.


Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 17 Oct 2006 16:55 PDT

Sorry for the typo, it should be:

You could call and see if it's the same one "you're" looking for.

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 18 Oct 2006 16:07 PDT

Hello x6xfactor-ga,

Have you considered buying a catalog of Hummel figurines so you can
browse through it and see if you can recognize the figurines you're
looking for?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=&author=&select-author=field-author-like&title=hummel&select-title=field-title&subject=&select-subject=field-subject&field-publisher=&field-isbn=&node=&field-binding=&field-age=&field-language=&field-dateop=before&field-datemod=0&field-dateyear=2009&chooser-sort=rank%21%2Bsalesrank&mysubmitbutton1.x=0&mysubmitbutton1.y=0

Have you browsed through the Hummel website?

http://www.mihummel.com/home.asp


I've only found two figurine groups that include a separate wooden
bench. Were your figurines part of these?

http://www.mihummel.com/search_detail.asp?link=1&Keyword=bench&ItemID=125
http://www.hummelsatadiscount.com/nimfinwwoodb.html
Hummel Nimble Fingers W/Wooden Bench 
Hummel Reference Number 155009
Hummel Figurine Number 758 

http://www.mihummel.com/collection_detail.asp?link=1&ItemID=796
Love in Bloom-Item 151185/Hum 699 4.75"
Practice Makes Perfect-Hum 771 4.75"
Heart's Delight-Item 151184/Hum 698 4.75"
Wood bench 7.00" long $650

The three sitting figurines in this group are also sold separately. I
also found some additional sitting figurines that might have been part
of your group.

http://www.hummelsatadiscount.com/tokeepyouwar.html
Hummel To Keep You Warm W/Wooden Chair Hummel Figurine 759
Hummel Reference Number 155049
Figurine Number 759


Here are some Hummel figurines with a boy and girl on a bench but
these are all one pieace -- not separate pieces for the boy, girl and
bench.

http://www.fritzgifts.com/browseproducts/Smart-Little-Sister.html
http://www.fritzgifts.com/browseproducts/Storybook-Time--Backorder.HTML

Please let me know if this information will meet your needs and
suffice as an answer.

I look forward to your clarification.

~ czh ~

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 20 Oct 2006 07:32 PDT

Any update?

id you ever speak to the people at Craig's list?

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 31 Oct 2006 14:34 PST

Hello  x6xfactor-ga,

Can we help you further? Please post the picture your wife found. Here
is a free service that will help you share the photo with us. Thanks.

http://www.photobucket.com

~ czh ~

Go to the garbage and get it!  Take a picture of it, broken, so we
know what we are looking for. How irresponsible to have just thrown it
away and left a note!

I expect that the remains are long gone, if x6xfactor-ga has already
been searching Google for the figurine.

Are you describing that the boy, girl and bench were three separate pieces?
I believe all Hummel figurines are one ceramic piece, and cannot
imagine that a Hummel figurine  - or two -  would have been made to
sit on a bench of another material.
Hummel figurines have been very popular for decades; the style has been copied.

You're right...it might be a copy and maybe why that's why I'm having
a hard time finding it.

I did call the Craig's list ad and left a message.  I'll keep you posted.

Unfortunately, we couldn't get it out of the garbage.  don't you think
we would've done this?  The housekeeper comes the morning of garbage
day and puts it out before they pick it up.

Hi,
Perhaps this site can help you decide if the figurine was really a
"Hummel", it shows the trademarks used over time.

http://nancysgifts.continentalimport.com/hummeltrademarks.html

The "bee" became a mark because "Hummel" in German means bumblebee.

The people copying Hummel's style produced their own very similar type
figurines, not absolute copies.

Cheers

Thanks for everyone's help.  I received an email from Craig's list and
it's not he correct one.  I'm beginning to sense that it's not a
Hummel at all.   Can't really be if you guys didn't find it.

My wife actually found a picture of it, but without the boy for some
reason.  I wonder if I can email that to someone and they can find out
who makes it.  Most likely a long shot I'm assuming.

Upload the image file at Imageshack (it's a free service) and then
post the link here, so we can see the figurine.
http://www.imageshack.us/