Rene Old Man Ventriloquist Figure

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Webmaster

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I was very excited to acquire another very rare and early Rene figure and wanted to share him with you.

Rene’s figures today are made of neoprene with a molded head stick but back in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s he used wood for the head stick and also used plastic wood.

This figure is one of those early styles. It was on eBay and I was an under bidder and it went to Las Vegas, then it was resold and went to Florida and then it was resold again to me and is now a part of the Ventriloquist Central Collection.

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Ventriloquist Central Collection Video Series – 1950’s Frank Marshall Nosey Headstick

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Webmaster

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Last week I showed you a video of a nice little 1950’s Frank Marshall Nosey ventriloquist figure (click here to see that video).

Since then, I’ve received some emails wanting to see this little guy’s headstick, so here you go…

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Birth Of A (Ventriloquist) Dummy

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Webmaster

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Back in 1938 a magazine was on the news stands called Focus. This was a pictorial magazine much like the magazine Life. It brought pictures of stories and gave some information but left it up to the readers to for their own conclusions.

The April 1938 edition carried on the cover the story title “Birth of a Dummy” and the story inside is a showing of pictures of a builder of both marionettes and ventriloquist figures by the name of Remo Bufano who was from New York in Greenwich Village to be exact.

I myself have never found one of his figures but according to the article he produced figures from $100.00 to $400.00 and the more expensive figures had clockwork mechanics in both the head and body.

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When Ventriloquist Mike Robinson Visited Ventriloquist Central Collection

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Webmaster

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This past week I had the pleasure of spending some time on the phone with ventriloquist Mike Robinson. He was home in between cruises and it made me think of this video we did when he visited the Ventriloquist Central Collection a few years ago.

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Charlie McCarthy Radios

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Webmaster

With the huge radio popularity of Charlie McCarthy in the 1930’s the Majestic Radio Corporation released radios with the unforgettable character Charlie sitting on the front.

These radios were made of Bakelite, an early plastic, and came in two colors. They were made by the thousands but today are rather scare and are now very collectible.

Here are a couple pictures for you to see what they looked like.

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