Valuable Vintage Easter Decorations That Could Be Collecting Dust in the Basement

Even though this decoration is only made out of paper and wool, it is worth a small fortune on the secondhand market. To be fair, there is no denying the fact that these little chicks are rather adorable. A few years ago, a similar set sold in Japan for a whopping $150, which far outweighs the value of the actual materials. The decorations come in a variety of colors, including turquoise, pink, and pale yellow – in other words, the traditional pastel colors closely associated with Easter. 

This Easter Bunny blow mold perfectly captures the spirit of the holiday with its classic pastel colors, signature eggs, and sweet white rabbit figurine. Though it’s still a fairly young antique, having been made in 1996, it’s actually quite rare, which makes it all the more valuable. You might not think it at first, but it’s estimated to be worth just shy of $300! Anybody who owns one in good condition could make a lot of money selling to a collector.

Decorative trees aren’t just for Christmas! This sweet ornament tree is the result of a collaboration between ceramics manufacturer Lenox and marshmallow confectioner Peeps as part of an Easter collection. It’s designed to be displayed on a table or shelf, with beautiful little charms hanging from its branches. It helps to bring the wonder of the outside indoors, featuring rainbows, flowers, and butterflies, capturing the charming nature of Easter.

Vintage ceramics are always a huge hit at auctions, so this Relpo planter featuring a pixie dressed as the Easter Bunny is a very valuable ornament. The planter takes centerstage, designed to look like a hatching egg, with room for a real plant inside. With many people turning towards a greener lifestyle, there’s a definite audience for this type of ornament. Relpo is known for its gorgeous pottery, so the time put into the design definitely contributes to its value of $202.50.

You can’t go wrong with a porcelain ornament because they’re so timeless and classic, and this Herend porcelain Easter bunny is no exception. Herend has been making high-quality porcelain products for a long time, and some of their best designs are now vintage. This particular bunny was purchased at a private estate sale and then sold online for the very respectable price of $177.50. Its sweet pose with one raised ear doubtless appealed to collectors.

One of the best things about Easter has got to be the food, and it doesn’t have to be served on a boring plate! This vintage Deviled Egg Party Platter is the perfect antique to add to an Easter celebration. As well as looking cute, with a sweet hatching chick design, it’s also functional, though some may prefer to keep it for display purposes only. Many collectors know the value of antique crockery, so $199.99 is a fair price.

While you may not expect inflatable Easter decorations to sell for much, you would be surprised by just how valuable these vintage items are. Of course, not all inflatable decorations are priced the same. However, this set, in particular, was made between the 1960s and 1990s, making them a classic for many Easter enthusiasts. In our opinion, they offer a sense of nostalgia, which may be why they are so popular. 

Wreaths are another popular ornament usually seen at Christmas, but Easter is proving that they can work for any holiday. In fact, Easter decorations used to be even bolder in the decades past, particularly the 1960s, when this handmade wreath is estimated to have been created. We’re not quite sure where to look! It’s incredibly eye-catching, with brightly colored eggs, massive smiling bunnies, and a variety of shiny decorative details, including tinsel.

This lovely trinket box is so small that it could easily be missed if not for its eye-catching Easter design. It shows a duck sitting amongst a pile of Easter eggs, and the entire thing is hand-painted and finished with a glossy shine. Despite its age, the latch, which is shaped like a chicken, still works well, so the box can be opened up and used to hold trinkets should the owner wish. But it’s great to look at regardless.

If you prefer ‘cute’ Easter decorations, this Vintage Tilly ‘Niles Never Late’ figurine may be exactly what you are looking for. Valued at $150, the decoration is essentially a stuffed Easter bunny designed by the popular Tilly company. More so, this model, in particular, was a limited edition, making it rare and highly collectible (which is why it is valued so highly). The Tilly company wanted to ensure that replicas of the decoration could not fool customers, which is why the figurine is so detailed. 

Not every decoration needs to be high-class and subtle. After all, what screams “Easter” more than a large chick popping out of an egg? This vintage Easter blow mold is the epitome of the holiday, promoting color, celebration, and joy. It features bright colors and a playful design that both children and adults can appreciate. Ardent collectors have long been collecting all sorts of fun decorations, and this chick in an egg absolutely fits the bill.

When collectors can see intrinsic value in an item, they’ll bid fervently to be the one who gets it. That’s what happened during an auction when this vintage Bunny Rabbit ornament was bought for the massive price of $280. It’s quite sweet to look at, designed to resemble an egg-shaped house with three expressive bunny residents. It was created over 50 years ago in Japan and seems to have been hand-painted by the artist, whose identity is unknown.

These ornate vintage egg ornaments simply look expensive. For this reason, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that they sold for an impressive $150 on the secondhand market. They include so much intricate detail and craftsmanship that we honestly would have expected them to cost a bit more. More so, they are one-of-a-kind and open at the center, serving as a sort of box. In our opinion, they look very similar to those hand-painted enamel boxes that people often collect.

If we had to guess an animal that an ornament could depict being ridden like a horse, we’d never have considered a chick. However, there’s something fascinating about this Easter Bunny Boy decoration that makes it the perfect addition to any Easter-themed collection. Though it’s technically not vintage, being made in 2015, it still deserves its place on our list due to the time and talent required to produce such a unique and wonderful ornament.

One of the best things about Easter is how charming all the decorations are, so any fan of the holiday will see the appeal of this vintage ceramic ornament. It has an adorable design featuring an expressive rabbit painting a giant Easter egg, and it looks as good as new despite dating back to 1960! It was created by Napco, a company whose ceramic figurines are regularly sought after by collectors.

We’ve had Bunny Boy, but there’s also a Bunny Girl! This $189 ornament is a lot older, hailing back to the 1950s, but it is still in mint condition today. The white porcelain is clean and smooth, though there are some minor cracks under the glaze, which is to be expected given its age. But even if the damage was noticeable, this rare Lefton Bunny Girl would still spruce up any mantlepiece with her fun expression and giant rabbit ears.

Not all gold items sell for a lot of money, but there are some hidden gems that the right collector will fall in love with. This vintage gold easter egg charm is one such item. It’s tiny and made of nine-carat gold, so it’s not the most valuable piece on the market, but its charm speaks for itself. Any Easter fan will adore the miniature chick concealed inside, as well as the egg-shaped design.

Easter eggs and candles are not two things you’d think could go together, but these vintage decorations by Gurley look amazing! They feature tiny Easter characters, like ducks, lambs, and rabbits, carved out of candle wax and displayed inside waxy eggs with wicks poking out of their tops. Gurley Novelty was founded in 1939 and no longer exists, so the Animal Panorama Candles are incredibly valuable, especially if they’re in the original box.

Die-cut decorations are impressive because they’re so intricate and well-crafted. This rare Easter Bunny decoration is actually sculpted from paper mache, though it looks far more complicated than that. It’s one of the bigger collectibles on our list, measuring two feet and designed to be mounted on a wall in pride of place. The sack of colorful eggs and plaque branded with “Happy Easter” makes it an undeniably festive decoration.

Bethany Lowe has produced some of the most festive Easter designs and figurines, and it’s exciting to know that there are multiple variations of each design! Similar to the Bunny Boy, Bethany Lowe has also created a Bunny Girl, with a 10-inch tall porcelain design that any collector would fawn over. This particular figurine was sold for $194.50, so hopefully, the buyer managed to scoop up some other Bethany Lowe designs, too.

Though we don’t want to believe it, 1994 is now over 20 years ago! And that makes this Lighted Union Easter Bunny decoration even more vintage. Its blow mold design is simple but effective, conveying a sweet bunny delivering Easter eggs in a basket cart. We predict that several people may have purchased this decoration or something very similar in the 1990s, unaware that they’re now worth roughly $195 each!

Peter Rabbit is the oldest licensed fictional character, originating in a magical children’s book written by Beatrix Potter in 1901. Given how beloved the character is, it’s not surprising that millions of people collect Peter Rabbit memorabilia and other merchandise. Though these die-cuts are more cartoonish than the illustrations in the book, they’re still a great decoration that fans will love. They’re also highly valuable, dating back to 1936 and costing over $200 nowadays.

There are so many vintage plush toys out there that it may seem like a saturated market, but many have retained their value. This interesting-looking plush was sold in an estate sale for $230.27. It’s almost two feet tall and designed to look like the Easter Bunny, though with a very human face. Though some may think it looks strange, it’s undeniably unique, which actually has a lot of appeal for collectors.

Paper mache is something fun we only do at school nowadays, but in the last century, it was a very popular material used to create decorations. This paper mache Easter egg is an authentic antique, originally produced to contain candy, which children could enjoy during the holiday. At a glance, it may appear nice but nothing special, but it actually dates back to the 1940s and 50s. There are plenty of lookalikes produced nowadays, so the real thing is very valuable.

One of the best things about owning a collectible is knowing that it will retain and potentially increase its value over time. This vintage Boardwalk Originals wooden bunny decoration is highly valuable due to its one-of-a-kind handcrafted design and the signature of the artist, J. Buller. It consists of two vintage parts: the bunny, painted in 1993, and the basket, created in 1991. Together, they make a charming two-foot wooden ornament for a lucky collector to display.

Any handmade ornament has incredible value, let alone one made with real eggs! These vintage diorama decorations are an example of how creative some designers can be, as shown by the hollowed-out eggshells with their intricate beading. They fully achieve the purpose of a diorama, too, with tiny, handcrafted Easter scenes and characters, including the Easter Bunny, chicks, and ducks, hidden inside. They also capture the spirit of the holiday with plenty of bright colors.

Any vintage porcelain ornaments are likely to sell for a hefty price. However, you may be surprised by just how valuable these rare Easter decorations are on the secondhand market. Depending on their condition, you can receive upwards of $150 for a single ornament. If you have the entire set to sell, you will earn much more. Made by the Herend Company in Hungary, these fine porcelain collectibles date back to the 1980s. This particular set included a red-eyed bunny, a patterned bunny, and a pair of bunnies sharing a piece of lettuce. 

We can’t imagine how long it must have taken to finish this massive set of handmade Easter ornaments. Each separate diorama displays a different Easter-themed figurine safely encased inside a real eggshell. The scenes range from imaginative portrayals of the Easter Bunny and egg hunts to religious representations. This set of 43 ornaments is estimated to have been made in the 1940s or 1950s, so it’s a perfect antique.

You don’t have to be a reader to appreciate how gorgeous these brass bookends are. They’re perfect for an Easter collection but also subtle enough that they’d look great displayed on a shelf all year round. These heavy brass bunnies are perfectly preserved, showcasing their durability. They speak to the 1960s when many decorations were made of solid brass, yet they’re timeless and look just as good in a modern home or office.

It seems unlikely that something so small could come from the Victorian era and still be in great condition today, but this milk glass pepper shaker has really stood the test of time. At not even three inches tall, it’s one of the smallest but sweetest items on our list. Back when it was first produced, it was a working pepper shaker, as shown by the holes dotted across the chick’s head. Now, it’s more for looking at than using.

Beistle is known for creating colorful party decorations, though most of its current products are Halloween or Christmas-themed. That’s why this vintage Easter decor, dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, is so valuable… and rather colorful and interesting. This impressive collection features various-sized egg cutouts, paper bunnies, garlands, streamers, and centerpieces. They’re all in their original sealed packaging, which greatly increases their value by proving that they’re brand new and unused.

This representation of what is presumed to be the Easter Bunny is pretty terrifying to look at, but that hasn’t affected its value! The 36-inch-tall ornament features an elaborate ruffled outfit, fur inside the ears, and a rather sinister expression. It carries a basket of flowers, not eggs, as you’d expect. The materials used, which included satin and velvet, must be luxurious because the decoration is worth a shocking $250.

We may usually not look twice at painted eggs because they’re so heavily associated with Easter celebrations, but these vintage Cloisonne enamel decorations are particularly beautiful. Interestingly, they don’t depict traditional Easter themes but scenes of nature, including flowers and butterflies. Each egg is individually painted by hand, with a unique design and soft color palette. The Cloisonne technique uses colored-glass paste to achieve such a gorgeous shape and design, giving the ornaments an edge over cheaper materials.

Roly-poly toys are a perfect example of vintage toys that everybody loves. Many of them have gone on to become very valuable antiques in modern times. Despite only being four inches tall and yellowed by age, this Viscoloid Easter toy is still worth a whopping $249.99! Its quaint design, showing a rabbit sitting atop a giant egg, was almost definitely painted by hand. It still stands up perfectly, so it can be showcased in a collector’s home.

Who said decorations have to be small? This decorative Easter quilt hangs from the ceiling to the floor, creating a special sort of feature wall that is guaranteed to turn heads. But most of its value comes from the fact that it’s entirely handmade! Though it features tiny patterns of eggs and bunnies, the quilt is not explicitly Easter-themed unless viewed up close. This increases its appeal to a wider range of collectors while also maintaining an intricate Easter design.