The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I

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Lot 299

Three Vaudeville Carved and Painted Wood, Leather and Cotton Ventriloquist Dolls

Lot 299

Three Vaudeville Carved and Painted Wood, Leather and Cotton Ventriloquist Dolls

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $700 - $900

Estimate$700 – $900

Status

Closed

Three Vaudeville Carved and Painted Wood, Leather and Cotton Ventriloquist Dolls

Circa 1900

set in an iron mounted wood travel case.
Height of figure on stand 33 1/2 inches.

Created by the man who owned Strawberry Farm, Ann Arbor, Michigan, which later became the site of the University of Michigan football and baseball stadiums. Acquired from the daughter who said her father used these in Vaudeville. He referred to them as his "Jennys."

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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Ben Fisher

Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

[email protected]312.447.3270

Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I

Three Vaudeville Carved and Painted Wood, Leather and Cotton Ventriloquist Dolls

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