Goebel Hummel #182 Good Friends Figurine, Girl with Goat, TMK-6
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A Hummel girl and her goat, painted in 1980
Goebel Hummel #182 Good Friends is an M.I. Hummel figurine of a country girl in a polka-dot head scarf, sitting on a grassy mound with a small bunch of flowers in her lap while a young white goat leans in beside her. Its German name is "Gute Freunde." Dealers credit the sculpt to Arthur Moeller, one of Goebel's master sculptors, and most date it to 1946. One seller calls it a 1948 design. Either way it was in production early: a copy listed in October 2026 carries an incised crown and a "U.S. Zone Germany" stamp, a mark Goebel used only from 1946 to 1948.
Like every Hummel, it comes from the drawings of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel (Berta Hummel, 1909–1946), a Franciscan nun at the Siessen convent in Bad Saulgau whose pictures of country children sold as postcards. Franz Goebel got sole rights from the convent to turn them into figurines, shown at the 1935 Leipzig Trade Fair. If 1946 is right, Good Friends was sculpted in the last year of her life. She died of tuberculosis that November, at 37. The maker, W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik, was founded in 1871 by Franz Detleff Goebel and his son William in Oeslau (now Rödental) near Coburg, and it made Hummels until September 30, 2008.
Good Friends came in one size, marked plain "182." In 1953 Moeller also used the figure on a table lamp, Hum 228 "Good Friends," made only in a 7½-inch size. The figurine stayed in the line for decades: October 2026 listings show copies with every mark from the 1940s crown to the 1990s "Germany" mark.
This copy has the blue TMK-6 "Missing Bee" mark, "Goebel" over "W. Germany" with no V or bee, used from 1979 to about 1991. From 1979 Goebel's painters also added the year to their initials, and this one is signed "EL 80," so it was painted in 1980, early in the TMK-6 run. A torn price sticker sits beside the mark.
Reading the bottom of a Good Friends
The figure stayed the same, so the mark under the base dates a copy. Mark years are from Antique Trader's trademark guide. Asking prices are from 111 live eBay listings checked October 29, 2026.
| Version | Mark under the base | Tells | Asking now |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMK-1 Crown 1940s | Incised crown over WG; one listed copy also has a black "U.S. Zone Germany" stamp (1946 to 1948) | Some are "double" marked with a crown and a full bee; one listed copy shows incised 182 and a vent hole in the center of the bottom | About $70 |
| TMK-2 Full Bee About 1950 to 1959 | Bee inside a V, incised or stamped | Bee gets smaller and lower in the V after about 1956 | $20 to $65 |
| TMK-3 Stylized Bee 1958 to 1972 | Flat, stylized bee in a V with "W. Germany" | "W. Germany" beside the bee on early ones, centered below on later ones | $12.99 to $75 |
| TMK-4 / TMK-5 1964 to 1979 | V and bee with three lines of text, then "Goebel" with a small bee in a V over the b | Painter's initials with no year | $12.66 to $39.95 |
| TMK-6 Missing Bee This copy, 1979 to about 1991 | Blue "Goebel" over "W. Germany," no V and no bee | Painter's initials plus the year, like "EL 80" | $11.95 to $75 |
| TMK-7 1991 to 1999 | "Germany" with no "West" | Often boxed | $59 |
- One size only. The incised number is plain "182." On this copy the number isn't legible in the bottom photo; a faint impression shows above the mark.
- Goat, not lamb. The kid has two small horn buds, upright pointed ears and a short tail. Sellers still list it as "girl with lamb" more often than not, so search both words.
- Signature. "M.I. Hummel" is pressed into the edge of the base below the goat on genuine copies, this one included.
- Vent hole. This copy has a pinhole in the grass under the goat. The 1940s crown copy has its hole in the center of the bottom instead. Seen on one copy each.
- Lamp. Hum 228 "Good Friends" is the same girl and goat on a 7½-inch lamp base, not a figurine.
A girl in a polka-dot scarf beside a white goat kid
Hummel 182 shows a little girl seated on a grassy mound. She wears a red-orange head scarf (soft tomato red) with white polka dots, tied under her chin with a matching neckerchief, and a curl of blonde hair shows at her forehead. Her white blouse has full sleeves marked with small blue crescents, under a dark brown bodice and a pale blue skirt crosshatched in dark blue. Orange-red shoes peek out from the hem, and she holds a small bunch of orange-pink flowers in her lap.
The goat kid stands close beside her, on the left as you face it. It is white with gray shading, with small horn buds, upright pointed ears, blue-gray eyes, a smiling mouth and dark hooves. The grassy oval base is pale green and brown, glazed on its edge, with the M.I. Hummel signature pressed into it below the goat. The figures have Goebel's matte, hand-painted finish.
- Front: girl facing forward holding flowers, goat's head turned to the viewer.
- Back: the polka-dot scarf knotted at the back of her head, brown bodice and the goat's back and tail.
- Base edge: incised "M.I. Hummel" signature below the goat, with a pinhole vent in the grass.
- Bottom: flat glazed white bottom with fine crazing, the blue Goebel W. Germany mark, black "EL 80" and a torn paper price sticker.
- This copy: dust and lint in the crevices, heaviest on the goat's back, light crazing on the base and bottom glaze, and the torn sticker. No breaks show in the photos.
Bottom (this copy): Goebel W.Germany EL 80 Base edge: M.I.Hummel (incised)The Goebel mark is printed in blue; "EL 80" is handwritten in black. The sticker shows only a handwritten "1" and a torn edge.
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- Hummel Good Friends TMK6
Copies for sale right now
A pick from 111 live eBay listings of Hummel 182, checked October 29, 2026: TMK-6 copies like this one, plus each other version for comparison. Asking prices, not sales. eBay's sold prices need a sign-in, so they aren't here. The middle asking price was about $25.
Goebel Hummel Germany Porcelain Hand Painted Girl w/ Lamb 182 Good Friends TM6
TMK-6View on eBay ↗
Goebel Hummel HUM 182 "Good Friends" TMK6 no box
TMK-6View on eBay ↗
Hummel Goebel Figurine 182 Good Friends 4in TMK5 Girl With Lamb West Germany
TMK-5View on eBay ↗
GOEBEL HUMMEL "GOOD FRIENDS" (182) TMK 3 GREAT CONDITION
TMK-3View on eBay ↗
Goebel Hummel Figurine 'Good Friends' #182 TMK6, 4.5", No Box
TMK-6View on eBay ↗
Vintage Goebel Hummel Figurine 182 Good Friends Girl & Lamb TMK-2 Full Bee 1950s
TMK-2 Full BeeView on eBay ↗
GOEBEL HUMMEL #182 GOOD FRIENDS TMK6
TMK-6View on eBay ↗
Hummel "Good Friends" #182 TMK 6 Excellent Condition
TMK-6View on eBay ↗
HUMMEL FIGURINE "GOOD FRIENDS " HUM 182 TMK 7 EXCELLENT GORGEOUS NIB
TMK-7, boxedView on eBay ↗
Vintage HUMMEL "Good Friends" #182 Double TMK 1 Crown & Full Bee EXC!
TMK-1 Crown, U.S. Zone stampView on eBay ↗About the Hummel #182 Good Friends
Who made the Hummel Good Friends figurine?
W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik of Rödental, Germany, made it from the art of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel. Dealers credit the sculpt to Arthur Moeller and most date it to 1946. A copy stamped "U.S. Zone Germany" shows it was in production by 1948.
Is the animal in Hummel 182 a goat or a lamb?
A young goat. It has small horn buds, upright pointed ears and a short tail. Many sellers list it as a girl with lamb, and a few call it a fawn.
What does EL 80 on the bottom mean?
EL is the painter's initials and 80 is the year the painting was finished, 1980. Goebel painters added the year from 1979 onward.
How old is my Hummel Good Friends?
Check the mark under the base. A crown is 1940s, a full bee in a V is the 1950s, a stylized bee is 1958 to 1972, a V and bee beside Goebel is 1972 to 1979, Goebel W. Germany with no bee is 1979 to about 1991, and Goebel Germany is 1991 to 1999. This copy is TMK-6, painted in 1980.
How tall is Hummel 182 Good Friends?
Sellers measure it at about 4 to 4½ inches. It was made in one size, marked plain 182.
What is Hummel 182 Good Friends worth?
On October 29, 2026, 111 live eBay listings asked $7 to $75, with a middle price of about $25. TMK-6 copies like this one asked $11.95 to $75, most under $30. Crown-mark copies asked about $70. These are asking prices, not sales.
- Owner's photos of this copy, including the TMK-6 mark, "EL 80" and the incised signature
- Antique Trader: How to identify Hummel trademarks, for the TMK-1 to TMK-7 years, the 1946–48 U.S. Zone mark, double marks, the painter's year from 1979 and the 2008 end of Goebel production
- Antique HQ: Hummel table lamps, for Hum 228 Good Friends, by Arthur Moeller in 1953, 7½ inches, using the Hum 182 figure
- Etsy: early Good Friends listing, a dealer crediting Arthur Möller in 1946, with a height of 4 inches; other listings repeat the attribution
- eBay: TMK-2 listing calling it a 1948 design, the one seller who dates it to 1948
- eBay: crown-mark copy, bottom photo with incised 182, incised crown, a "U.S. Zone Germany" stamp and a center vent hole
- Wikipedia: Maria Innocentia Hummel, for her life, Franz Goebel's rights and the 1935 Leipzig fair
- Iowa State University Museums: F. & W. Goebel, for the 1871 founding in Oeslau-Rödental
- eBay search for "hummel good friends 182", giving the 111 single-figure listings, seller heights, the lamb and fawn names and asking prices on October 29, 2026