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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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2019s a golfer, sporting a set of clubs and a sweater vest. Sometimes it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
As TikTok user Madison Hall shared in a video showing off her family\u2019s collection of all ten gnomes<\/a>, the figures frequently sell out early in the day. \u201cMy mom gets in line for this every year,\u201d Hall said. \u201cCrack of dawn, she will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n What makes these gnomes so special? They\u2019re 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\u2019s item, and resellers have given the less-than-luxury figurines a luxury price tag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 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.<\/p>\n Thus far, the most treasured gnome is the original from 2016, with two current eBay listings offering it for $9,499.99<\/a> and for $12,999<\/a> (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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n The gnomes are even more valuable as a set. One eBay seller<\/a> is offering all nine gnomes released from 2016 to 2025, still in mint condition in their boxes, for $39,900.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nTiny statues with massive mark-ups<\/h2>\n