#445

Pair,American Composition
Live Auction

$700
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Each is all composition,with socket head,brown sleep eyes,lashes,painted features,open mouth in smiling expression,row of teeth,original human hair wig,jointing at shoulders and hips with elongated limbs of older child. Condition; generally excellent. Marks: Deanna Durbin Ideal Doll. Comments: portrait doll of the celebrity film star,Ideal,circa late 1930s. Value Points: the wonderfully-preserved pair appear as twin sisters in their matching original costume,each with flowered pink rayon long dress,undergarments,shoes and stockings,one with light brunette hair and lavender rayon jacket,the other with dark brunette hair and matching pink rayon jacket.