$800
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Description
12" (30 cm.) head circ. Solid domed bisque head with flanged
neck,tinted baby hair and brows,brown glass sleep eyes,painted
lashes and feathered brows,closed mouth with wide center
line,muslin baby body,celluloid hands. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: copr. by Grace S. Putnam made in Germany (head)
(body also signed). Comments: Bye-Lo,designed by the American
artist and made in Germany under commission from Borgfeldt,1923.
So successful was the doll that in its first year it became known
as The Million Dollar Baby. Value Points: the signal doll has
original body,and is wearing fabulous antique gown,and is enclosed
in a lavish embroidered tulle and lace bunting with aqua silk
ribbons.