I taught painting of ZIMS nutcrackers 20-25 years ago. Until they retired, boo hoo, (Germany), they were an Excellent Company to work with.  They had wonderful products and marvelous quality control.  They had a line of paint yourself, but most of their products were sold finished.  From their finished collections, I fell in love with these darling elves and thought they would look great in my wine rack and China cabinet.  They were placed in their homes and not touched all these years.  Near mint condition.  We are now downsizing, and our elves and nutcrackers need new loving homes.

Elves are 11-12 inches.  Wine Hugger has been standing by his bottle for 23 years.

SAVE ON SHIPPING

Thanks for visiting my store.  Many of my items are light weight.  The post office has a minimum charge for a package - no matter what the weight... If you wish to purchase multiple items I can save you money on your shipping charge by letting me invoice you.  Add an item to your cart but continue shopping.  When you are done and at the "Check out" Page, instead of going to payout - "request total from seller" (ME).  I receive this information and can weight everything you bought and alter the shipping for you - sometimes this is very significant.  I send you an invoice with the revised shipping, when you get it you pay and off it goes in the mail to you.  If this was totally not helpful let me know and I can maybe make it clearer.  Again thanks for shopping.