Here’s a video showing the restored “Lucky Charlie” a Frank Marshall ventriloquist figure.
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Ventriloquist Central Collection Video Series – “Woody” a Frank Marshall Figure
Here’s a video showing “Woody” a Frank Marshall ventriloquist figure. Woody was used by Walter Walters Jr.
Know What You Are Buying
It always surprises me when I hear from someone that they made a purchase and after receiving the item they find out that something is wrong or it is not what they expected it to be. Sometimes it ends up in buyers remorse. This happens so often with ventriloquist figures that I almost can’t believe it.
I have been asked how come this doesn’t happen to me. Unfortunately that is not the case. I have purchased many figures that when they arrived I found out they were not what I thought I was buying. One example that stands out in my mind was that I was contacted by a record store that dealt in old records.
They went to a home to purchase records and when they were there, the owner had an old ventriloquist figure that the record dealer also purchased. He contacted me and sent me pictures and said the original card was inside the head and it said Frank Marshall. I was excited and paid a health price for him and failed to ask any questions. I went totally on the pictures because of my excitement. The package arrived and I got scared because it was about 12″ square.
Chuck Jackson From Ben Veenkamp
Ben Veenkamp from “down under” sent in his thoughts about his Chuck Jackson ventriloquist figure:
Hi Dan,
I wanted to send you a short email for your blog.
I have a beautiful ventriloquist figure made by who I consider to be a design genius Chuck Jackson. I refer to him as a design genius because in my experience of owning several of today’s modern ventriloquist figures he really was. Perhaps that’s a big call to some of your readers, but I’ll explain.
