Here’s a video of a rare ventriloquist figure. The early Maher figures are rare to find today and “Tiny” is possibly the rarest of all of the original catalogued Maher figures.
Madeleine Maher was the builder of the figures early on and like some of the builders of today the were conversion figures. She used the Dummy Dan figures as a base and did some re sculpting and added movements.
Click here to see more of this Rare Early Maher Figure
Dan
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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
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Dan:
I was extremely interested in the video that you did of Tiny being a conversion figure. I am a beginner figure maker and conversion figure maker. Could you perhaps tell me what size is the wig for tiny that you showed?
James the wig is a size 16 doll wig.