#308

Very Rare American Cloth "Oswald the Lucky Bunny"
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$2,400
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Description
13" (33 cm.) 18" including ears. A stuffed flannel figure with applied face having stitched nose and painted facial features,pie-shaped eyes,wide beaming smile has large brown flannel ears with orange flannel lining,carton torso with wire arms and upper legs,cylinder legs,block shaped feet,the entire body covered by black flannel suit with attached orange flannel mittened jacket,simple wind-up device hidden in torso causes him to sway back and forth. Condition: good,surface dust and very slight spots. Marks: Oswald,United Universal Pictures Corp,An Irwin toy (cloth label) Darling Toddler,Wind me up and I will Walk,An Irwin Product (paper label). Comments: circa 1928,designed by Disney for the Universal Studios series; after legal hassles with Universal,Disney went to create his own Mickey Mouse. Value Points: extremely rare early comic film character with original labels.