Early American Wooden Schoenhut Boy with Carved Hair and Rare Schoenhut Books

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16" (41 cm.) Carved wooden socket head,carved hair with well defined forelock curl and side curls,defined eye sockets with narrow aqua-blue eyes that are not outlined,red and black upper eyeliner,closed mouth with center accent line,all-wooden spring-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent,original finish except old touch-up on nose. Marks: Schoenhut (incised on shoulder). Comments: Schoenhut,Graziano era,model 16/202,1911. Value Points: very rare model with most expressive features,original finish,antique costume,and with original rare Schoenhut ankle boots with grommet-edged holes in soles.