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VERY RARE pair 16" antique Mme. Alexander "Susie Q" & "Bobby Q" 1938 cloth dolls

$ 683.75

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Brand: Madame Alexander
  • Features: Antique
  • Condition: Very good overall condition with some light age spots on Susie, no holes or tears, no damages or repairs and no odors as they are from a smoke free home.
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Doll Size: 16in.
  • Doll Gender: boy & girl
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Material: cloth
  • Type: matched PAIR

    Description

    For your Collecting pleasure,
    FABULOUS
    matched
    pair
    of
    large
    ,
    16" tall, "Susie Q" and Bobby Q",
    labeled
    , stuffed cloth character dolls by
    Madame Alexander
    from the
    1938 comic strip
    . Susie still has her complete sewn-in label on her clothing:
    "Susie Q"/Madame Alexander, New York.
    They each have huge, painted
    blue
    , side-glancing (googly shaped) eyes glancing to each other and matching
    red
    , white and
    blue
    felt and cotton outfits complete with matching felt shoes with spats. These sweet faced, early cloth dolls each have their original yarn hair, (
    Susie
    has black hair with scalloped bangs and long braids and
    Bobby
    has curly brown hair). They each have comical expressions, molded pug noses, long eyelashes and rosy cheeks. They also have molded flat feet to stand and mitt-shaped hands with separate thumbs. Susie has red striped legs and Bobby has blue striped legs. She wears her
    red
    and white polka dot printed dress with attached white petticoat and panties and pleated organdy collar beneath her fitted blue felt jacket and Bobby wears similar blue felt jacket over his red and white polka dot shorts with attached white cotton shirt, undies and red and white tie. Both wear their white felt spats with three button closures over their black felt shoes. They are in very good condition with no stains, very minimal fading to Susie's dress and no odors as they are from a smoke free home.
    For reference: 16th Blue Book of Doll Values-Jan Foulke lists their value at 00 on page 207. (loc A) Last photos show additional early cloth, classic Madame Alexander, Susie Q labeled dolls, (not included) listed separately. Also see, "Antique Doll Collector" magazine, Dec. 2018 issue for additional photos (last photo).
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    (usually with some signs of wear due to usage and previous storage). We do our very best to describe and photograph them for you and do not repair, restring, repaint or enhance them in any way as most collectors prefer to find them in their original state. Please use the zoom feature on our photos as they are an important part of the description.
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