"DOPEY BUBBLE GUM" SIGN & PREMIUM VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY PROTOTYPE ORIGINAL ART PAIR.
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$236.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #221 - Part II
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Item Description
Dopey Gum was issued in 1938 by Yankee Doodle Gum Co. Offered here is 16-7/8x20.25" sheet of onionskin paper w/lead pencil prototype original art for "Dopey Bubble Gum" store sign promoting Dopey Ventriloquist Dummy premium. Hand-lettered text read in part "Get Dopey The Ventriloquist Dummy - 18 Inches Tall - Complete With Funny Dialog - Also Ventrillo Mustache That's Easy To Wear." Sign has small penciled name of "Dietz Gum Co." Great art at left shows boy wearing Ventrillo Mustache and operating Dopey Dummy. Three horizontal fold lines and one vertical fold line at center, but art remains clean and VF overall. Comes w/11x20" sheet of thin cardboard w/crayon/colored pencil prototype original art for the Dopey Ventriloquist Dummy premium. Dummy is nicely depicted and sheet contains separate piece w/Dopey's eyes/mouth to be cut out and attached to back of dummy. Small pencil instruction illustration below this. Top right corner has Ventrillo Mustache. Bottom center has pencil illustration of boy wearing mustache while operating dummy pasted onto surface. Hand-lettered instruction text throughout. Horizontal fold across Dopey's waist as the production dummy would have. Upper left has small penciled "Copr. 1938 Walt Disney Ent." text. Sheet is evenly aged and VF overall. An exceptional unique pair for gum and Disney collectors. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold and comes with LOA.
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