#510

Two American Composition Celebrity Dolls,Fanny Bride and Mortimer Snerd,by Ideal
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$700
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Each has composition flanged head with sculpted hair and painted facial features,wooden block torso and feet,flexy metal body designed to pose in infinite ways,composition hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Ideal Doll (heads). Comments: Ideal,1930s depicted are Fannie Brice in her signature comedic role as Baby Snooks with wide grin,curly hair with ribbon loop and original costume; and Edgar Bergen's Mortimer Snerd with goofy grin,two buck teeth,original brown flannel jacket and striped pants. Value Points: rare bodies,finest original condition,and original identification tags touting them as "doll of a thousand poses".