We owe an apology to every mom, grandma, aunt, and sweet old lady whose devotion to collecting Precious Moments figurines we have ever questioned. Yeah, they’re adorable, but we just never quite ...

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 ...

Note: This story originally appeared on Redbook. After production began in 1978, Precious Moments took the gift-giving industry by storm. With a design for every occasion, collecting each ...

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 ...