Category Archives: Dummy Collecting

A Superb Marionette

I am a collector of ventriloquist figures but every so often items come and so it was with this Marionette. I am going to tell you I have no idea as to the maker of this marionette but it is … Continue reading

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Ventriloquist Figure Video Collecting Series – A Brian Hamilton Female Figure

Remember this picture? It’s the picture of Brian Hamilton with a female ventriloquist figure’s head that is on the main page of my Hamilton Collection. Here’s a video of this wonderful female figure.   [flashvideo filename=http://ventriloquistcentral.com/dan-collecting-brian-hamilton-female-015/dan-collecting-brian-hamilton-female-015.flv /]   Click here … Continue reading

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To Paint or Not to Paint ??

Our good friend Ony Carcamo, from the Philippines, contacted me the other day and asked a very good question about a Ken Spencer Figure. He recently purchased this ventriloquist figure and now it’s become an integral part of his show. … Continue reading

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A Wonderful Frank Marshall Figure

It is so nice when I am contacted by folks wanting to have their Marshall figures join the Willinger collection.and this was the case with Robert Echols. Robert is an antique dealer in CA and he deals in Old Darby … Continue reading

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Random Notes on Ventriloquism

              Some of the threads that are talked about all the time on the different vent lists are choosing a suitable figure, right kind of movements in the figure, breakage of string that control … Continue reading

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