#21

Two Favorite Toys of Shirley Temple
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$4,500
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) doll. 16" monkey. Including baby doll having composition head with sculpted curls, blue sleep eyes, lashes, open mouth, deeply impressed dimples, smiling expression, muslin torso and upper limbs, composition lower limbs, in original baby costume with matching bonnet, unmarked. American, circa 1930. Along with a felt-faced toy monkey with lush mohair body and long extended tail, brown glass eyes, felt paws. Germany, attributed to Steiff, circa 1930. Both excellent condition. Included is a vintage photograph of young Shirley alongside these two favored toys; the monkey appears in a number of publicity photographs of the young actress.