#3009 • ARTIST DOLL (S).

Part of Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls | Day 1 | October 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $70.00

Status: Sold

Pair of MINT dolls created by Greek artist Xanthos Kontis. (He was the first artist to make national souvenir dolls for UFDC in 1953.) 9" "Father Knickerbocker" was the last doll created by Kontis as a national souvenir in 1958, New York City. 8 1/2" "Benjamin Franklin"?. Kontis lived in Pittsburgh, PA and passed away on October 31, 1994.