American Composition "Charlie McCarthy" by Effanbee in Original Box, Autographed

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20" (51 cm.) Composition head with sculpted brown hair in a neatly side-parted style, painted brown eyes with black outline, feathered brows, red eyeliner, fringed brows, accented nostrils, hinged jaw with painted teeth, wire monocle, cloth stitch-jointed body with composition gloved hands and feet with sculpted black shoes, wearing original black woolen formal suit with silk lapels, shirt, vest, bow tie, and Charlie McCarthy celluloid buttons. Condition: excellent, unplayed with. Marks: Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy an Effanbee Product (head). Comments: Effanbee, circa 1940. Value Points: superbly-preserved condition of the celebrity doll, autographed by Edgar Bergen, the Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist, "To Billie, Edgar Bergen" on his vest hidden under his jacket, with original box having illustration of Bergen and McCarthy, and autographed on the box lid. Ex-Collection Billie Nelson Tyrell.