Lladro Angel
Lladro Angel
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 LLADRO An Angels Wish 6678  US $75.00
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 Lladro 3 Angels w Violin Lyre Tambourine w Boxs Booklets Retired Mint US $275.00
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 Lladro Angel Laying Down figurine US $100.00
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 Lladro Figurine Angel Praying Angel Orando 01004538 US $79.00
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 Lladro 4542 Group of Angels Glazed Finish Retired US $189.95 |
 Lladro 4541 Angel Reclining Glazed Finish US $109.95 |
 Lladro angel US $18.88
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 Lladro 4540 Angel with Flute Glazed Finish US $109.95 |
 Lladro 4539 Angel Thinking Glazed Finish US $99.95 |
 Lladro 4538 Angel Praying Glazed Finish US $89.95 |
 MY GUARDIAN ANGEL GIRL PINK BY LLADRO 8549 US $223.95
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 Retired Lladro Angel Figurine 4537 US $6.29
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 Lladro Angel Navidad cantante 5719 NIB US $149.95
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 LLADRO ANGEL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS SET OF 3 1988 1604 NO BOX US $85.00
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 Lladro Mime Angel 4959 MINT US $69.99
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 Lladro 4539 Angel Mint US $44.99
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 Lladro 6149 Young Angel Boy 11 Inch Tall Figurine US $199.99
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 Lladro Figurine 2184 Angel and Friend US $295.00
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 Lladro Figurine 2214 Seaside Angel w Box US $250.00
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 Lladro Angel w Horn Retired Porcelain Figurine US $72.00
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 LLADRO 6498 Angel Ornament HEAVENLY MUSICIAN MINT US $105.00
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 Lladro Porcelain Figurine Little Angel With Violin 6529 US $120.00
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 BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE LLADRO LARGE ANGEL CHERUB FIGURINE US $121.49
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 LLADRO Group of Angels 4542 MINT US $150.00
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 Lladro My Guardian Angel Blue New in original box 06961 US $219.95
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 Lladro Angel 4538 Cherub Angel Praying Figurine US $49.99
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The Birth of the Willow Tree Collection
I recall only too well my first introduction to the Willow Tree collection. I was visiting Enesco, our top supplier for gifts and collectables. Every year I pay them a visit early in the New Year to see what they have for us that is new and exciting. As distributors for Border Fine Arts, Lilliput Lane, Breed Apart, Franz Porcelain and many other successful collectable ranges, it’s important that I devote a solid couple of days perusing their amazing showrooms. Popping onto their stand at a trade fair is never enough.
So, it was January 200 and the Managing Director of Enesco, John Hammond asked me to come and see something new. He forewarned me, “You won’t have seen anything like these before. You probably won’t understand them, let alone like them, but we believe they have a chance of being the collectable phenomenon of the new century. What an odd build up to a new product launch. Not a conventional sales pitch. But then John Hammond isn’t a conventional man. More than anyone else in our industry, John has been responsible for revolutionising the collectables industry. It was he who realized and developed the use of polyresins in the manufacture of figurines. He understood that you can achieve incredible detail with resin that just isn’t possible using traditional ceramic materials.
John took me into a side room annexed to the main Enesco showroom. There, on a low table in a poorly lit corner of the room was a collection of figurines and angels, each about five or six inches in height. At first glance, they all looked the same, pale beige in colour and pretty non-descript in appearance.
My first reaction was along the lines of, “OK John. But why show these Willow Tree figurines to me now? They’re not finished. They haven’t been painted and they haven’t even got any faces yet.” “Ah,” he retorted, “they most certainly are finished and they’re not supposed to have faces. And I’ll tell you something else,” he continued, laughing. “You’ll buy them and your customers will collect them …. By the hundred” I found it hard to credit. Where was the appeal in these dull, anodyne figurines? Without facial features, they looked, at best, incomplete, at worst, positively spooky. Still, John is a good chap, and more importantly, a good judge, certainly a better one than me. So I did what I was told and placed an order, admittedly a small one. And so began, what for us has been arguably the biggest collectable phenomenon our industry has ever seen.
The first order arrived in February of that year. I remember the day well. I recall unpacking the delivery myself and gingerly putting these strange new Willow Tree figurines and angels out on display. The staff thought I’d gone crazy. “We’ll never sell these in a month of Sundays.” Deep down inside I shared their trepidation, but I put on a brave face. “Let’s be patient. You never know.” Within two days, I had placed our first repeat order and the rest is history.
To explore our range of Willow Tree collectibles further, please visit our website at http://www.theukgiftcompany.co.uk
About the Author
Church's China, one of the United Kingdom's longest established China and Glass Retailers was founded in 1848 by a wheelright and carpenter, Thomas Church. He set up his business in Maryport Street in the sleepy market town of Devizes in Wiltshire.
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Collecting Lladro $24.99 Featuring more than 600 color photographs and 2,000 listings, the 2nd edition of this full-color price and identification guide provides a comprehensive and beautiful look at Lladro porcelain, an elegant, romantic, hand crafted, fine porcelain instantly recognizable in its shades of blue, cream, gray, and brown. Peggy Whiteneck returns to provide names and serial numbers to help readers identify specific items in their collection; information on various marks which enables collectors to estimate the age of a piece and authenticate it; and information on what makes a given piece valuable in the secondary market. In addition to the 100 new photos and listings, this revised and updated guide features an index, organized by title and number, a new chapter on "un-catalogued Lladro," frequently asked questions, and much more. |
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Angel $25.99 Angel |
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An Angel $10 An Angel |
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Angel-A $5.99 Angel-A |
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Not An Angel $8.99 Not An Angel |
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No Angel $6.49 No Angel |