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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned Directors of Enesco Group, Inc. whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Anne-Lee Verville, Jeffrey W. Lemajeur
and Charles Sanders, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign an annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Anne-Lee Verville
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                                 Anne-Lee Verville
                                 Chairman of the Board and Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Donna Brooks Lucas
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                                 Donna Brooks Lucas
                                 Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ John F. Cauley
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                                 John F. Cauley
                                 Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ George R. Ditomassi
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                                 George R. Ditomassi
                                 Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Eugene Freedman
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                                 Eugene Freedman
                                 Founding Chairman and Director
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March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Judith R. Haberkorn
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                                 Judith R. Haberkorn
                                 Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Homer G. Perkins
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                                 Homer G. Perkins
                                 Director


March 26, 2001              By:  /s/ Thane A. Pressman
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                                 Thane A. Pressman
                                 Director