Getting a seat at the Masters is notoriously difficult, with tickets to the golf tournament only available to the public through an online lottery that has to be entered a year in advance. But the Masters may have an even more exclusive offering than attendance: a limited edition garden gnome potentially worth thousands of dollars.
In 2016, Augusta National, the Georgia golf course that hosts the Masters every year, released the first gnome of what is now a coveted set of ten. Each year, the gnome sports a different outfit. Sometimes it’s a golfer, sporting a set of clubs and a sweater vest. Sometimes it’s an attendee, flexing its badge and a signature Masters snack like a peach ice cream sandwich. The new gnome for 2026 is rocking khakis, a puffer vest, and a functional umbrella that it can hold folded up or open overhead.
As TikTok user Madison Hall shared in a video showing off her family’s collection of all ten gnomes, the figures frequently sell out early in the day. “My mom gets in line for this every year,” Hall said. “Crack of dawn, she will be there.”
What makes these gnomes so special? They’re not particularly expensive to buy firsthand, going for $49.50 at Augusta National. But each gnome has a very limited run, only sold in person during the Masters and with a strict limit of one gnome per customer. That makes it the perfect collector’s item, and resellers have given the less-than-luxury figurines a luxury price tag.
Tiny statues with massive mark-ups
Though resale markets will always hike up the prices of limited edition goods, the going rates for Masters gnomes are particularly egregious, with merchandise that originally sold for $50 or less now fetching hundreds and even thousands of dollars on secondhand markets like eBay.
Thus far, the most treasured gnome is the original from 2016, with two current eBay listings offering it for $9,499.99 and for $12,999 (the latter gnome is still in its box, hence the $3,500 jump in price). Last summer, one 2016 gnome sold for $10,195 at The Golf Auction after a bidding war. The auction sold nine Masters gnomes in total for $13,101, with four of those gnomes going to the same collector.
The gnomes are even more valuable as a set. One eBay seller is offering all nine gnomes released from 2016 to 2025, still in mint condition in their boxes, for $39,900.
