10" Spanish cloth character doll by Klumpe for Effanbee with endearing provenance

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All cloth with armature body, caricature painted features with "O" shaped eyes and mouth, inverse-shaped brows, wearing original doctor's costume and carrying doctor's tools, with original paper tag "I am a Klumpfe doll, distributed by Effanbee". Included with the doll is a handwritten note that relates a story of its original owner, "In the spring of 1953 I was ill. The first doctor my mother called gave me some pills. When I continued to get worse my mother called again. The nurse said he was out of town. They gave my mother some other names to call...we went to the office of Dr. Rob. Lurie who diagnose me with meningitis and immediately put me in the hospital...he didn't think I would make it. When he came to the hospital he brought me this doll." She was told to talk to the "little doctor" until Dr. Lurie returned. When he returned, she found his patient talking to the doll and recovering. The doll was never out of the box since. LEASE NOTE: ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS. The lots have been viewed for visible damages and is so noted when possible to aid in your bidding, but the bidder is reminded that any condition notes in the description do not override the general caveat emptor that all items are sold as is. Please call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com if you have specific inquiries about this lot.