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Nutcrackers > Ulbricht > Tour Birds
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Since 1997 these delightful bird nutcrackers have been issued in limited quantities
during Ulbricht's U.S. signing tour. A handful of shops are selected each year to
host a signing event with Gunther & Steffen Ulbricht.
2025 will mark the twenty-seventh consecutive bird design to be released in this series
having missed two years due to the Worldwide Covid Pandemic. Both U.S. Tours were
cancelled in 2020-2021 Gunther Ulbricht has already released images of a "Cracking Bird"
for this year - See the Flamingo below designed by his son, Steffen Ulbricht, also a
certified Master Wood Turner.
The series began with the "Woodpecker" in 1997, an actual replica of a 1933 nutcracker,
originally designed by Otto Ulbricht, Gunther's grandfather. He created this
Cracking Bird to commemorate the birth of his son Christian Ulbricht in that same year.
These delightful miniature bird nutcrackers are highly sought after and typically sell
out during the signing events, perhaps because they are not as seasonal and look
great sitting on display throughout the year.
Below you'll find that we have a few of the older Tour Birds from previous years that
are still available. The 2024 Bird is a Flamingo, while the 2023 bird was an Osprey.
You will find our Ulbricht nutcrackers organized within these twelve groups...
NEW 2025 Ulbricht Nutcrackers l Ulbricht Natural Nutcrackers
Classic Ulbricht Nutcrackers l Limited Edition Ulbricht Nutcrackers
Ulbricht's Nutcracker Ballet l Tour Birds l Ulbricht Santa Nutcrackers
King Arthur - Camelot Nutcrackers l Halloween / Day of the Dead Nutcrackers
Small Ulbricht Nutcrackers l Very Large Ulbricht Nutcrackers
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UL32-478
Flamingo - 2024
Ulbricht Tour Bird Nutcracker
Early pictures just revealed this week...
This Flamingo will become the twenty-sixth addition to this series
of annual tour "cracking birds" that the Ulbricht firm has
created. The series started in 1997 and has been released each
year except in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.
Typically this tour bird nutcracker is released in conjunction
with a visit from Gunther & Steffen Ulbricht to our shop in
November - We have these two artisans scheduled to meet with
collectors on Friday, 15 Nov 2024.
Made in Germany by
Holzkunst Christian Ulbricht
Limited Edition - Designed by Steffen Ulbricht, a fourth
generation Certified Master Wood Turner.
4 x 5-1/2 x 12-1/4 Inches (w x base x h)
10,0 x 14,0 x 31,0 cm
This Tour Bird is dated 2024, Pre-Signed by Steffen Ulbricht
and personalized, "Viel Gluck!" (Much Luck in German)
Pre-Order: We anticipated these arriving sometime in December,
however production issues have delayed their arrival.
UPDATE: The Birds left Germany at the end of March and arrived
into the U.S. warehouse on the West Coast last week! They are
being shipped to our store finally and we expect to have them in
our hands by Monday 5 May....
We'll begin to ship immediately after they arrive which will take
a few days for sure! You will receive a UPS tracking notification,
and Thank You for being patient!
Regular Price $169 - Pre-Order Pricing... $149
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$149.00
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UL32-477
Osprey - 2023
Ulbricht Tour Bird Nutcracker
This Osprey will become the twenty-fifth addition to this series
of annual tour "cracking birds" that the Ulbricht firm has
created. The series started in 1997 and has been released each
year except in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.
(No Tour....No Bird!)
Typically this tour bird nutcracker is released in conjunction
with a visit from Gunther & Steffen Ulbricht to our shop in
November - We had them meet with collectors on 10 Nov 2023.
Made in Germany by
Holzkunst Christian Ulbricht
Limited Edition - Designed by Steffen Ulbricht, a fourth
generation Certified Master Wood Turner.
4-1/4 x 3-1/4 x 6-5/8 Inches (w x l x h)
11,0 x 8,3 x 16,8 cm
This Tour Bird is dated 2023, Signed by Steffen Ulbricht
and personalized, "Viel Gluck!" (Much Luck in German)
In Stock!
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$149.00
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UL32-474
Loon - 2018
Ulbricht Tour Bird - Nutcracker
This year's Magical Loon will be the twenty-second addition
to this series of annual tour "cracking birds" that the
Ulbricht firm has created. The series started in 1997.
This tour bird nutcracker is released in conjunction with a
visit from Gunther Ulbricht to our shop on Friday, 9 November
2018 and at a handful of other select retail shops across the
United States that will also be hosting Ulbricht signing
events.
Made in Germany by
Holzkunst Christian Ulbricht
Limited Edition
5-1/8 x 8-1/8 x 5-7/8 Inches (w x l x h)
13,0 x 21,0 x 15,0 cm
This Tour Bird is dated 2018, pre-signed by Gunther Ulbricht
and personalized, "Viel Gluck!" (Much Luck in German)
Dated 2018 & Signed by Gunther Ulbricht
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$119.00
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UL32-468
Partridge - 2012 Tour
Ulbricht Cracking Bird
The Partridge is the sixteenth addition to this series of
annual tour "cracking birds" that the Ulbricht firm has
created since 1997.
This tourbird nutcracker was released in conjunction with our
visit from Gunther Ulbricht to our shop on November 9th 2012
and at a handful of other select retail collectibles shops
across the country hosting Ulbricht signing events.
Made in Germany
Limited Edition
5-3/8 Inches - 13,6 cm
This bird is Signed & Dated 2012 by
Gunther Ulbricht.
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$109.00
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UL32-450
Woodpecker - 1997 Tour Bird
This was the first annual special event nutcracker created
by Christian Ulbricht, and it was available Only
during signing events across the country during Christian's
1997 United States tour.
We were privileged to host our first visit from Christian on
the 7th of October 1997 but no longer have this nutcracker
available.
If you would like to be invited to our signing event in the
future, please send us an e-mail.
Made in Germany
Limited Edition - 1997 Retired & Signed
5-1/2 Inches - 14,0 cm
Sorry - Retired & Out of Stock!
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$195.00
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