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George Pinxy Larsen Punch Judy Puppet Set

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
George Pinxy Larsen Punch Judy Puppet Set
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Phenomenal and rare set. Made by George Pinxy Larsen. Most of these sets are in institutional collections, and this is the first we have seen ever offered on the public market. Do not miss out on this chance to own a piece of puppetry history. George "Pinxy" Larsen acquired his famous nickname while touring the vaudeville circuit as a magician and ventriloquist with his wife. The duo was known for carving their own ventriloquist dummies, and they attracted so much positive attention that in 1914 they decided to do it full-time. They were among the first performers to appear on early experimental television broadcasts in the 1930s; at the time of a December 1939 profile in Popular Science Pinxy was one of only two professional ventriloquist dummy carvers in America.