Onsite
Highest Bidder
$18,500
Sold
sold
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- Estimate
- $18,000 / $24,000
Gold Horse ListingDescription
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head with elongated slender face, painted blue eyes in deeply set socket, one-stroke tapered brows, distinctly shaped nose, closed mouth, full lips have shaded and glazed finish, impressed dimple at philtrum, blonde mohair bobbed wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 150 S&H 4. Comments: Simon and Halbig, from their rare 150 art character series, this model designed as an older lad. Value Points: very rare artistic model with especially fine detail of sculpting achievable only in this larger size, enhanced with finest bisque and painting, original wig, body, and body finish, antique mariner costume.
Stuart's Take
One of my quiet favorites within the collection. With so many rare characters in this 600 lot event, it is easy to at times lose perspective. In any other auction this would be a top highlight doll. It deserves that here as well. His presence is breathtaking in person and stands as one of the most artistically rendered portraits by Simon and Halbig.