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Description
16"(41 cm.) Composition shoulder head with sculpted bobbed brown hair. painted facial features
with grinning expression,blue eyes with black upper eyeliner,closed mouth with modeled
teeth,muslin stitch-jointed body,composition hands,wearing over-sized costume in the style of
his film persona "Big Boy". Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1920s,portrait doll of
Big Boy Sebastian,who played the role of "Big Boy"in 30 silent films from 1924-1930,the over-
sized costume being his signature style. Value Points: rare doll with well-preserved original
finish,autographed "to Billie,Big Boy"on the back shoulder plate,along with two studio
photographs of him also autographed "To Billie from Big Boy",with original celluloid photographic
pin.