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 ...
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 ...