#226

Wax Portrait Doll of Carole Lombard for The Art Shop of the Ambassador Hotel
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$250
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Description
18"(46 cm.) Wax shoulder head with painted facial features,blue side-glancing eyes in deeply-set sockets,closed mouth with row of teeth,blonde mohair wig,armature-wrapped body,original net costume with silver paint detailing,and yellow and green paper orchid-shaped base. Condition: generally excellent,nose dent. Marks: Miss Carole Lombard State of Columbia's No More Orchids (original paper label). Comments: circa 1932,portrait doll of Carole Lombard,star of the 1932 sound film,created exclusively for The Art Shop of the Ambassador Hotel. Value Points: beautiful doll with apt portrayal and hair style.