Today in the United States, we celebrate Labor Day. According to Wikipedia, “Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers. It also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, parades and athletic events.”
Now a lot of people have this day off from work since it’s a holiday. The figures in the Ventriloquist Central Collection are always on display and ready to be seen.
I am not a huge buyer of paper concerning ventriloquism but every once in a while I am able to pick up some interesting paper item and I like to share it with everyone. Such is the case today. I was able to purchase a few items that were from Frank Marshall and among this lot was a very nice type written list of ventriloquist figures, punch and Judy puppets and marionettes that were all used and refurbished by Frank.
We received the following email from Bob Steininger about the Ventriloquist Marketplace:
I am not so happy with the site I contacted several of the people on this site to see about selling the product and no response then I am finding that they are advertizing on ebay I dont know if it is a game there playing to see if they can get more then what they are asking for or if they have others motives I follow your site daily I am a vent and also collect vent dolls I was thinking about thinning the herd and was going to place ads on your site but I am having second thoughts.
Here was my response:
I know it sounds redundant but I must put out the call to everyone that Ventriloquist Central is looking for more figures for the collection.
It does not matter to us if the figure that you may have is in poor condition, missing parts or in pristine condition.
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This is an original vintage Frank Marshall catalogue from 1931. It is in very nice condition and still shows Frank’s 837 N. State St address.
Most of these catalogues you find will have this original address covered with a sticker showing the 5518 S Loomis Blvd. address.
