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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 10385419, member: 308&quot;]Interesting. I rather agree with Komo that the prices seem outrageous but an edition of 30,000 doesn&#039;t necesarily mean that 30,000 were actually produced. The factory would only have produced as many as they thought they could reasonably sell and may have adjusted the run at any point once they got a feel for the market. It&#039;s also an unusally large figurine for Hummel which may explain the desirabilty. Regardless, there appears to be a healthy secondary market since there are a number on eBay that have already sold. I&#039;m not sure the XXXXX would affect the value one way or the other. XXXXX could represent a second, as mentioned above, but it could also mean the figurine was produced outside the original run. Let&#039;s say they did produce all 30,000 and found they needed more. These additional fiurines may carry the XXXXX mark since it would confuse things if they changed the 30,000 to a higher number or listed the figurine as #30,001 in a run of 30,000. Sometimes, emphasis is put on the lowest numbers in a run because of a belief that the mold is crisper and details wear down in the mold as time goes on. Whether this true or not, or really matters much to a collector, I can&#039;t answer. </p><p><br /></p><p>Setting a price is always difficult in this business but, if it were mine, I think I would average the sold listing prices and start there. If you wanted a quick sale, I would price it at the low end of the sold listings. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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