BRENDA STARR CARTOONIST CREATOR DALE MESSICK “STARR TWINKLE” PROTOTYPE ORIGINAL ART FOR DOLL BOX.
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Auction #201 - Part II
Item numbers 1409 through 3152 in auction 201
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Item Description
c. 1970s. 5.5x8x15.5” tall overall thin cardboard has applied sheets of thin drawing board applied on 4 sides. Front image features Starr Twinkle doll with Brenda in bkg. Box back has panel art showing Starr in various activities ending with young girl playing with doll with text “Starr Twinkle Will Be Happy In Her New Mommy’s Arm.” Left side panel has art with Brenda on giant skateboard carrying doll box with baby on her back and happy dog running alongside. Before cartoonist Messick retired, Brenda finally married the mysterious Basil St. John whose eyepatch and black orchid serum had been a regular plot staple. Shortly thereafter, Brenda had Basil’s baby and named her Starr Twinkle St. John. Image areas have tanning from cellophane tape which held artboards in place. Trace of lt. dust soil here and there but overall VF. Doll was never produced. Unique item with choice graphics.
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