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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2011 Sep 25 @ 11:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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DESCRIPTION: Original Bozo the Clown Sericel
SIZE: 9 x 12 inches (sericel) / 15 x 17 inches framed
YEAR: CIRCA 1992
EDITION: Limited to 5,000 by Harmon Pictures.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT
RETAIL/GALLERY PRICE: $550
Bozo was created for a series of Capitol children's records in 1946, with Vance "Pinto" Colvig, the voice of Walt Disney's Goofy, providing the clown's voice.
Several years later, according to a 1996 Associated Press story, Harmon answered a casting call for a clown to make personal appearances to promote the Bozo records. After landing the job, he took over as the voice on the records and then bought the rights to the character.
Harmon launched the first Bozo children's show on KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles in 1959, with Pinto Colvig's son, Vance, playing the role.
From there, Harmon began franchising Bozo, and the bulb-nosed clown with the big feet became an iconic children's show character around the nation and the world.
Harmon trained more than 200 men to portray the carrot-topped character on TV, including future "The Today Show" weatherman Willard Scott and Los Angeles television weatherman Johnny Mountain.
In the mid-1950s, Harmon launched Larry Harmon Pictures Corp., which turned out animated cartoons featuring not only Bozo but also Popeye, Mr. Magoo, Dick Tracy and Laurel and Hardy (Harmon acquired the rights to the comedy duo in 1960.)
His company continues to license the names and characters of Bozo and Laurel and Hardy worldwide.
A Harris poll once recognized Bozo as the world's most famous clown.
"Bozo is a combination of the wonderful wisdom of the adult and the childlike ways in all of us," Harmon told the Associated Press in 1996. "Bozo is a star, an entertainer, bigger than life. People see him as Mr. Bozo, somebody you can relate to, touch and laugh with."
In 2004, Harmon and Bozo were in the news when the International Clown Hall of Fame in Milwaukee announced it was revoking its Lifetime of Laughter Award given to Harmon in 1990 as Bozo's creator, and posthumously inducted Pinto Colvig as the first Bozo
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California Residents - 8.75% Applicable Sales Tax
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| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| CA |
8.75% |
CA sales tax |
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| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
10% |
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