#61

Italian Felt Character "Uncle Scrooge" by Lenci
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$2,400
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All-felt character with white felt face,applied celluloid disc eyes,applied felt features including brows and yellow and orange beak,spectacles,large orange felt web feet with blue felt spats,white four-finger duck hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci,Torino,Made in Italy (paper label,penciled AW 58 on reverse). Comments: Lenci,late 1940s,the comic figure depicts Uncle Scrooge (marketed as Dagobert Duck in Europe),as created by Carl Banks in 1947 for Walt Disney. Value Points: wonderful characterization of wealthy Uncle Scrooge from the Donald Duck family,wearing original red felt jacket,black top hat,and carrying cane and a sack of money.