Lot 632
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A STEIFF PROTOTYPE VELVET HEAD-TURNING MICKEY MOUSE, (22H), standing, skinny version, black and white, black glass eyes, white and black felt discs behind, black felt ears, white felt four-fingered hands, red velvet shorts, tail-operated head mechanism, leather tail, orange velvet shoes the soles handwritten 'Mickey Mouse Copyright by Walt Disney', FF button with red cloth handwritten '22H' tag and handwritten chest tag, circa 1931 --8¾in. (22.5cm.) high (some fading)
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A STEIFF PROTOTYPE VELVET HEAD-TURNING MICKEY MOUSE, (22H), standing, skinny version, black and white, black glass eyes, white and black felt discs behind, black felt ears, white felt four-fingered hands, red velvet shorts, tail-operated head mechanism, leather tail, orange velvet shoes the soles handwritten 'Mickey Mouse Copyright by Walt Disney', FF button with red cloth handwritten '22H' tag and handwritten chest tag, circa 1931 --8¾in. (22.5cm.) high (some fading)

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A STEIFF PROTOTYPE VELVET HEAD-TURNING MICKEY MOUSE, (22H), standing, skinny version, black and white, black glass eyes, white and black felt discs behind, black felt ears, white felt four-fingered hands, red velvet shorts, tail-operated head mechanism, leather tail, orange velvet shoes the soles handwritten 'Mickey Mouse Copyright by Walt Disney', FF button with red cloth handwritten '22H' tag and handwritten chest tag, circa 1931 --8¾in. (22.5cm.) high (some fading)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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This head-turing Mickey was never put into production.

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