Collecting Vintage Josef Originals Figurines

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Fan

About Josef Originals:

Josef Originals are designed by artist Muriel Joseph George who is the creator of Josef Orignals back in 1945. These figures are created with the utmost attention to authenticity, including the detailed ceramic construction and 24K gold paint for character accents. Cute animals, charming dolls, delightful Christmas characters.

Some of the more popular lines created by Muriel for Josef Originals:

Dolls of the Month Series–A doll for every month of the year
Days of the Week Series–Dolls for every day of the week
Little Pet Series–Children with pets
Birthday Girls Series–Dolls for every year from newborn to 21
Birthstone Dolls Series–Girls with dresses the same color as birthstones
Career Series–Showing careers such as teachers and nurses
All sorts of Christmas figurines

There is a story behind the name “Josef Originals.”

The name was supposed to be spelled “Joseph,” but the printer made a mistake on the first set of labels that were ordered. It was too late to change the labels. The orders were in and the ceramics had to be shipped. So, “Josef Originals” was born.

Today, Josef Originals figurines are gaining in popularity and prices are starting to go up. When you are looking for these figurines be sure that they retain their sticker labels and if they are birthday girls they should retain their poem tags….this makes their value higher. Ebay, Etsy, Antique Shops, Thrift Stores are where you can find these cuties. The doll figurines can be had for $14.99-$50 and the older figurines with black eyes and black labels can go as high as $75+. The Christmas figures too are going for approx. $45-$75 on average. How many Josef Originals do you have in your collection?

Do You Collect Josef Originals?

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Fan

It was about a year ago that I first came across a little 6-year-old birthday girl angel figurine. I was out product sourcing when I found this little figurine. I noticed that when I turned the figurine upside down she had “Josef Originals” incised. I had no idea at this point what a Josef Originals was but was glad the figurine was marked as items that are marked or signed tend to sell faster and for higher prices then un-marked or un-signed items and the price tag on this little figurine was well within my budget.

I got the little figurine home and opened up my MAC to begin a bit of research on “Josef Originals” and sold her that evening! Well, it turned out that buying this little figurine was indeed a good investment as she sold right away for more than 4 times what I snapped her up for. I now know that there are many collectors of Josef figurines and the Birthday Angles are just one of many series of figurines that were created by the company. Since I had not known about Josef Originals until last year, there are perhaps others that don’t as well so I thought the below might be helpful as the world of Josef Originals is a highly-sought after market.

About Josef Originals:

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Vintage Josef Originals Figurines

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Fan

I recently added a post about my antiquing jaunt in Aurora, Oregon and want to show you some of my neat finds. I was able to score a couple of really pretty vintage Josef Originals figurines! Here is a Josef Originals November “Topaz” birthday figurine and a June “Pearl” figurine along with a rare 4th of July Josef Originals Patriotic bell figurine and all have the much saugt after “black eyes”. I listed these cuties in my EBay and Etsy stores and am already receiving so much interest. There are a lot of Josef Originals collectors out there as doll collecting is apparently a huge collectibles area led of course by women.

About Josef Originals:
Josef Originals are designed by artist Muriel Joseph George who is the creator of Josef Originals back in 1945. These figures are created with the utmost attention to authenticity, including the detailed ceramic construction and 24K gold paint for character accents. Cute animals, charming dolls, delightful Christmas characters.

Some of the more popular lines created by Muriel for Josef Originals:
* Dolls of the Month Series–A doll for every month of the year.
* Days of the Week Series–Dolls for every day of the week.
* Little Pet Series–Children with pets.
* Birthday Girls Series–Dolls for every year from newborn to 21.
* Birthstone Dolls Series–Girls with dresses the same color as birthstones.
* Career Series–Showing careers such as teachers and nurses.
* All sorts of Christmas figurines.

The name:
Yes, there is a story behind the name “Josef Originals.” The name was supposed to be spelled “Joseph,” but the printer made a mistake on the first set of labels that were ordered. It was too late to change the labels. The orders were in and the ceramics had to be shipped. So, “Josef Originals” was born.