Hummel, Joyous News with Lute. This piece has a certificate stating that it was bought from the Goebel archives. It is one of 43 Expressions of Youth pieces made in TM 7 and never released by the convent. It is one of 2 or 3 in existence. Hummel measures approx. 2 1/4", TMK-7, Hum 1/38/0. No chips, cracks, crazing or repairs. No box. See our other auction lots for more rare large and small M.I. Hummel and Goebel figurines. Provenance: From the estate collection of Donald Deeks (1931-2020) of Venice, Florida, who assembled what is purported to be one of the most important collections of rare Hummel figurines in existence. Blackwell Auctions has been commissioned by his family to sell the entire collection of about 2,000 pieces, many of them either unique or nearly so.

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