Ken Spencer Walking Ventriloquist Figure Redone

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Webmaster

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I purchased this Ken Spencer walking figure from the Bill Boley collection quite a number of years ago just after Bill passed away.

It came to me as Bill had him in some very ratty clothing and the face had been repainted but not detailed. He remained this way until yesterday when I decided to give him his finishing touches and redress him.

The end result is he now looks they way Ken Spencer painted his figures and the new suit I think looks great.

The blending of the face paint and the details were what took the time. Ken Spencer painted the lines and eyelashes on his figures and they were not the quality of work done by Marshall but were very distinctive.

If you look at the other Spencer figures in the Ventriloquist Central Collection which are all original you will see I captured Ken’s style with this walking figure. I hope you agree with me that he is now much nicer to look at!!

Click here to see the redone Ken Spencer walking ventriloquist figure

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

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Ventriloquist Central Collection Series – Conrad Hartz's Mandarin Head in a Box

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Webmaster

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Conrad Hartz as we all know has created some very fine ventriloquist figures over the years and they have that superb vintage feel and look being that they are all each carved by hand in basswood and hand painted. Many of Conrad’s figures are done in the Marshall style and he has captured that look.

Conrad also made some very fine novelty items and one of them is the Mandarin head in the box. The head is also carved basswood and painted to perfection.

 

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I am sure you will agree Conrad knows his way around a piece of basswood with a carving knife.

Click here to see more of Conrad Hartz’s head-in-a-box

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Can You Guess This Mystery Ventriloquist?

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Webmaster

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Here’s this week mystery ventriloquist. Can you guess who it is?

 

Last week’s mystery female ventriloquist was indeed, Trudy Stadelman, wife of Paul Stadelman. Thanks for all the guesses.

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Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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New Ceiling at Ventriloquist Central Collection

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Webmaster

I have always professed you need the right tool for the job and so it is true you need the right worker for the particular job.

I hired this fellow Franklin to do the repair of the ceiling and I must admit he is a great plasterer. He cut out more of the ceiling then cut and hung new plaster board and then re plastered the entire ceiling to match the existing ceiling in the other room.

He did a spectacular job and now you would never know that anything had happened to my ceiling.

I also asked Franklin if he worked in the circus because he is an expert at walking on stilts.

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Enjoy the pictures.

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Information From Ventriloquist Marcelo Melison

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Webmaster

Back weeks ago our good friend Marcelo Melison sent in a great story about a Spanish Ventriloquist named Francisco Sanz. This great story was accompanied by some wonderful pictures of the walking figure he used which was made to life like extremes.

We have so much information that comes in to us here at Ventriloquist Central that I just can’t always post as soon as we receive it but I know all you readers are going to enjoy seeing what Marcelo sent in to us for you all to see.

 

Hello Dan:
I’m sharing something with you, it can even interest the readers of your blog.There was a famous spanish ventriloquist named Francisco Sanz. I knew about him because in my research on ventriloquism history in Argentina I found out that about one hundred years ago he visited the variety stages of my country. In his time, he was the greatest, very famous and popular, he even made some records with his different characters. The thing is that last year his family donated some of his figures to a puppet museum in Spain, and they were restoring them for exhibition. Here are some photos of that process. Remember that at that time, european ventriloquists were looking for “the perfect dummy”, as realistic as possible. The heads are more or less the standard type, but the body is really amazing… Most of these figures were standing and walking ones, and the incredible thing is the steel spring coil joining the upper torso to the hip section, I’m assuming the figure was able to move his shoulder section up and down, front and back… A very interesting animation, don’t you think?
Best wishes from Marcelo Melison.

 

 

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Thanks Marcelo for sending in this great information and please keep it coming.

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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