July 31st We bought this beautiful “Fred Tickner” ventriloquist figure that we immediately fell in love with.
He was offered in a UK auction without the origin or history of the ventriloquist.
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July 31st We bought this beautiful “Fred Tickner” ventriloquist figure that we immediately fell in love with.
He was offered in a UK auction without the origin or history of the ventriloquist.
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Had a great time chatting and sharing the history of some of our figures and the wonderful stories of how they were acquired. Tune in to our youtube channel for a peak. |
Want to learn the history of the ventriloquists, builders and figures that are in our collection? We are happy to say that you can follow some of the collections within our collection on their own websites while we work to add and update more information on all of our figures.
Here are link…
Continually Searching and Continually finding.
The questions most frequently asked:
Q: Why do you own so many figures?
A: My answer is simple. I don't own even one.
Q: How did you find so many?
A: Some I find and some seem to find me.
I know my answers sound elusive and ma…
Special Thank you to Peter Glidden (The Grandson of Dorothy Rankin) who has allowed this wonderful collection
of her life to become part of our family. We are so extremely happy and honored.
We have developed a website in her name and we are constantly updating.
www.dorothyrankin.com
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Hi Friends,
The Collection has officially grown and it is beyond time for us to update, and rework the website.
We've taken thousands of pictures of our new additions and past residents that we've never before shared.
There is Excitement in this house.
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Welcome Gregory
This little guy has joined the family this week. His name is Gregory and his original partner was Lionel A. Hunt. During the “60’s” Lionel conducted children’s evangelism rallies across North America and Gregory worked along … |
The stories of the lives of vents and their figures are my passion and my mission is to find, secure and preserve the collections and histories of the ventriloquists and figure builders who originally bought these great characters to life.
We're heading to Vent Haven This Year to make new friends, connect with old friends and of course search for more vintage ventriloquial figures to join our vent family.
We're looking for Vintage/Antique Figures Only in any condition and this year (for the Vent Haven Convention Only) we are also w…
Those who know me know that I have admired this happy go lucky little fellow for years . He's a 1930's 11 movement Zauberkling of Austria, Vienna
and he was previously owned by my good friend and world renowned collector Alan Ende who described him as "an EXEMPLARY example of a VERY RARE an…
"The Misfits" is based on a group of specialty characters whose mission is to teach others just how deceiving appearances really are.
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