#58

Very Rare Shirley Temple at the Organ in Petite Size
Live Auction

$2,500
sold
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Description
37" (94 cm.) h. 16"w, 19"d. 16" doll. Composition head, torso, arms and lower legs, firmly stuffed muslin legs in bent seated pose, sleep flirty eyes, lashes, four teeth, blonde ringlet mohair curls, embedded screws in hands designed to accommodate to fittings in the faux-organ. The doll is seated at a wooden faux-organ with tall gilt pipes and double tiers of piano keys, and with an open back which is designed to fit to a table top record player. When the organ is plugged in, the doll sweeps her hands across the keys. Condition: restoration to finish of doll, a costume is included but is not original, organ has original painted finish and works willfully, record player not included. Manufactured by Pipe Organ Doll Display of Fairfield, Maine, and promoted by Ideal which exhibited the piece in their New York show room.