File puptcrit/puptcrit.1004, message 103


From: BobBrownPuppets-AT-aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:03:44 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Baird Puppet on ebay


I worked on Man in the Moon.  The  Man in the Moon marionette had  painted 
shadows for eyes as opposed to the typical black dots with a space  cut out 
for a highlight and the marionette seems to have been  recostumed.
     bob brown.
 
 
In a message dated 4/9/2010 9:26:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
syrotiak-AT-comcast.net writes:

Wow!  Great figure. One of these days I'd love to own a  Baird Figure.  
Beautiful!


Sincerely,

David J.  Syrotiak
syrotiak-AT-comcast.net



On Apr 9, 2010, at 1:29 PM,  Widerman-AT-aol.com wrote:

> I sent a message privately that was  replied to publicly on Puptcrit. 
Since  
> that seems a little  unfair, I would like  to clarify by describing the  
>  original message for the benefit Puptcrit regulars.
> 
> Recently,  an important Bil Baird figure appeared on ebay at a rather  
>  substantial starting price. You can see the auction listing, now ended 
with  no  
> bidders, at the following link:
> 
> 
>  
_http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250608160610&ssPageName>  ADME:B:WNA:US:1123_ 
>  
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250608160610&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123)  
> 
> I thought something appeared amiss but could not put my  finger on it. I  
> shared the listing with a colleague who had  worked for Baird who was 
familiar  
> with the entire Baird  collection. He pointed out that eyes had been 
painted 
> where there  probably were no eyes in the original. This puppet's eyes 
are  
>  clearly not in Baird's signature style of pie sliced pupils and look 
very  
> wrong.  Also, the puppet appears to have been  re-costumed.
> 
>     -Steven->
> 
>  .
> 
> 
> 
> 
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