#22

Nina Ballerina in Pink Tutu by Alexander,1951,with Fashion Academy Award
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$450
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Description
15" (38 cm.) All hard plastic with socket head,five piece body,large blue sleep eyes,lashes,painted lower lashes,dark eye shadow,closed mouth with red lips,blushed cheeks,blonde hair with center-part waved away from face and captured with a wide barette at the back crown,with snood-captured pageboy curls below. She is wearing a soft pink tutu with satin bodice and bouffant tulle skirt trimmed with rose buds,pink satin panties,stockings,ivory satin slippers,floral coronet in her hair,and carries comb and curler case. Her costume is tagged Madame Alexander and she has gold Fashion Academy Award tag and booklet titled "Ballerina by Madam [sic] Alexander". Excellent condition,beautifully-preserved overall. Alexander,the doll appeared in the 1951 catalog as model 1540.