A search for German Nutcracker on Aug 16, 2009 brings up 39 listings, but only 23 are actual auctions. The rest are store listings. Six of them have bids.
The most popular item is from an estate sale in is one of the more old time looking items offered. There are seven Steinbach's and 1 Christian Ulbricht.
A seller from Texas is offering two German Nutcracker barstools. That is not something I have seen before. Since his starting bid is $1,000 I am guessing they will not sell.
In other words, the market at this time is slow and prices are on the low end. There are always a few optimists who put on a very high BIN price of course.
I will return and post in a few weeks since it will be interesting to see how things change, if they do, in the weeks after Labor Day.
