For some, it was Beanie Babies. For others, it was Precious Moments figurines. In the 1990s, those were the two big camps you could fall into as far as collectors’ items were concerned. If you happen ...

Time to start digging through some of your family's specially kept items, there could be a beloved collectible in there worth some unexpected cash. Collectible figurines from Precious Moments, a ...

There was a certain era when every birthday or gift-giving holiday gained you some type of collectible, no matter if you actually asked for the item or if you just knew you'd be unwrapping one from ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

Sam Butcher, the soft-spoken artist whose doe-eyed, pastel-hued porcelain Precious Moments figurines ignited a global collecting frenzy and made him a wealthy man, and whose Christian faith spurred ...

Sam Butcher sometimes struggled to explain why Precious Moments figurines, his signature artistic creation, became such a cultural phenomenon. Half a million people joined special collectors’ clubs to ...

His childlike porcelain characters thrilled and inspired generations of collectors. They also made him a millionaire. By Penelope Green Sam Butcher, the soft-spoken artist whose doe-eyed, pastel-hued ...