Rare Moomin mug sells for €46k
Rare Moomin mug sells for €46k Rob Beschizza 10:29 am Thu Sep 24, 2026 Image: Moomin.com If you like Tove Janssen's Moomin, with its nearly perfect charm-disquiet ratio, you'll surely love the above "Diving with Shells" mug with Moomintroll enjoying a dip. The €46,023 sale price, though, set a record at Muumimukit rahaksi, a website specializing in Moomin rarities. The site reports that it's been trading in Moomin collectibles for 14 years and "can say quite confidently" nothing has ever fetched a higher price.
- ▪Rare Moomin mug sells for €46k Rob Beschizza 10:29 am Thu Sep 24, 2026 Image: Moomin.com If you like Tove Janssen's Moomin, with its nearly perfect charm-disquiet ratio, you'll surely love the above "Diving with Shells" mug with Moomintroll
- ▪The €46,023 sale price, though, set a record at Muumimukit rahaksi, a website specializing in Moomin rarities.
- ▪The site reports that it's been trading in Moomin collectibles for 14 years and "can say quite confidently" nothing has ever fetched a higher price.
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Rare Moomin mug sells for €46k Rob Beschizza 10:29 am Thu Sep 24, 2026 Image: Moomin.com If you like Tove Janssen's Moomin, with its nearly perfect charm-disquiet ratio, you'll surely love the above "Diving with Shells" mug with Moomintroll enjoying a dip. The €46,023 sale price, though, set a record at Muumimukit rahaksi, a website specializing in Moomin rarities. The site reports that it's been trading in Moomin collectibles for 14 years and "can say quite confidently" nothing has ever fetched a higher price. Yle reports that the buyer is a "longtime Nordic collector" who wishes to remain anonymous. The 'Diving with Shells' mug resembles the more widely produced 'Diving' version, which was released in 2006, but the former has additional shell and coral motifs.
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