Set Reminder2023-04-20 12:00:002023-04-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock: The Curious Collection of Robert Hess Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-the-curious-collection-of-robert-hess-part-i-21932 This was the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects included original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, and archives of letters.
Prices RealizedPotter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Sherlock Holmes figurine. [Japan: ca. 1940s-1950s]. A rare and unusual rubber-latex compound [?] figurine of Holmes, with hand-painted features (gray deerstalker hat and suit, black shoes, pipe, cravat, and facial features, and Caucasian skin-tone for the face). Comes with a silver-painted cardboard magnifying glass with a metal handle. There is no concrete information about this strange item, but it is supposed that it was cheaply produced with materials available to artisans in postwar Japan.