Precious Moments figurines value
Most Precious Moments figurines sell for a few dollars to a few tens of dollars, often less than their original price. Early pieces, retired or limited editions, rare marks and perfect boxed pieces are the exceptions.
Reviewed October 15, 2026
Key facts
| Maker | Enesco, from artwork by Samuel J. Butcher |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1978 |
| Year marks | Small symbols under the base indicate the production year from the early 1980s on |
How to identify yours
- Turn the figurine over and find the title, inspiration and year symbol.
- Early pieces may have no year symbol; early symbols include a triangle and an hourglass.
- Check for chips, especially on hands and wings.
- Note whether you have the original box.
Which ones are worth more
- Early production pieces
- Pieces from the first years, including those with no annual mark, are more sought after.
- Retired and limited editions
- Smaller production runs can sell for more.
- Errors and variations
- Some known production errors interest collectors.
What most are worth
Common figurines with later marks usually sell for little, often in groups.
Tips before you sell
- Photograph the base mark clearly.
- Keep pieces in their original boxes.
- Sell common pieces as a lot to save time and fees.
Why so many of these exist
Precious Moments figurines began in the late 1970s and were produced in enormous quantities through the 1980s and 1990s, sold through a structured collector club with annual editions, retired pieces and membership exclusives. The marketing explicitly framed them as collectables with future value, and a very large number of people collected them on that basis.
The secondary market did not follow. The generation that collected them is downsizing, the pieces are arriving at charity shops and estate sales in volume, and there is no incoming generation of collectors to absorb them. Most pieces now sell for a few dollars, and complete collections frequently cannot be sold as collections at all.
A small number of pieces retain some value: the earliest production years, identified by the mark on the base, pieces produced in genuinely limited numbers, documented errors, and a few sought-after early figurines in their original boxes. Even these trade well below what the same pieces reached when the club was active.
What condition means here
- No box, any year
- The common case. Without its box a figurine is worth very little, and shipping costs often exceed the sale price.
- Boxed, later production
- Complete with box and paperwork but from the high-production years. Sells, slowly, for modest sums; the box roughly doubles a small number.
- Boxed, early mark
- One of the first production marks with its original packaging. A genuine collector market exists here, though it is much smaller than it was.
- Limited edition or documented error
- Pieces with a genuinely restricted production or a catalogued manufacturing variation. The narrow top of the category, and the only place with meaningful prices.
Traps specific to this one
Every well-known collectable attracts its own fakes and its own misunderstandings. These are the ones that come up again and again with this item.
- Reading the club literature as valuation
- Retirement announcements and suggested values from the club were promotional. They do not describe any market that exists now.
- Ignoring the production mark
- The symbol on the base identifies the production year. It is the main thing separating a piece worth looking up from one that is not.
- Shipping without immobilising extremities
- These break easily in transit, and a breakage usually costs more than the figurine was worth. Many sellers lose money by posting them at all.
- Paying for an appraisal
- The fee will exceed the value of all but a handful of pieces. Completed sales answer the question for free.
- Assuming the whole collection sells together
- Collections assembled over decades are usually worth less as a set than the owner expects and are harder to move than individual pieces, because a buyer has to want all of it and find room for it. Charity shops now routinely decline them. Splitting out the few early-marked and boxed pieces and donating or recycling the remainder is frequently the realistic plan, and deciding that early saves months of unsold listings.
How to read the sold listings
Look at completed sales rather than listings, because this category has an unusually high proportion of items listed hopefully for years. Search by the piece's title and its production mark together. Note how many comparable items are currently for sale as well as what they sold for: in a category with far more sellers than buyers, the number of competing listings tells you more about what you will actually realise than the last sale price does.
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Common questions
How do I date my Precious Moments figurine?
Look for the small symbol under the base. Each symbol stands for a production year.
Are Precious Moments going up in value?
For most pieces, no. Supply is large and prices have softened over the years.
Do I need the box?
It helps. Boxed pieces sell more easily and for more.