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Description
9" (23 cm.) Solid-domed bisque socket head,painted black hair in short boyish bobbed fashion
with detail of stippled hair at the forehead,painted brown side-glancing eyes,black one-stroke
wavy brows,closed mouth with impish smile,five-piece paper mache body with painted shoes and
socks,cotton costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 31-12/0. Comments: inspired by
the storybook character,Max,first popular in 19th century Germany from the books by Wilhelm
Busch,and re-popularized in America during the early 1900s from the comic strip series The
Katzenjammer Kids. Value Points: rare little fellow with well-modeled features and hair,original
body and factory costume.