60s Rare Boxed American Character Cricket Ballerina Doll, Tressy’s Cousin, Toots
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:909544 | Doll Size: 9.5" |
| Brand: American Character | Era/Year: 1960s |
| Doll Type: Fashion/ Character Doll | Features: Vintage |
Very beautiful, rare boxed ballerina Cricket doll.She is the American version of Toots by Palitoy - Tressy’s little sister. In the US the license for Tressy was held by American Character and their young 9.5” doll is called Cricket, Tressy’s sister.She has a really beautiful face sculpt and paint - nicer than Toots in my opinion.
This doll is unplayed with and has gorgeous minty face and hair. Her face paint is bright and perfect, no fading or damage.
Her hair is ...in it’s original factory setting, with the original hair pins in place. A kind of light brown with honey tones, lovely and shiny.These earlier 60s Crickets had a really nice style setting to their hair, compared to later Crickets & Toots that had much looser less styled hair.
She came in her box, unplayed with, and I never ended up with the room to display her. The lid is unfortunately missing from the box, got torn off at some point before I had her. However, she has been stored inside in the plastic bag she came in, so she has stayed clean and fresh.
Her ballerina outfit, the white leotard and tutu are in perfect clean, minty, crisp condition.So is the white shiny belt around her waist that holds her key that lengthens and shortens her hair.
She also comes with her original stand, that her feet slot into.
The only faults I can find with this doll, is that she has a blue mark down the back of one thigh, high up starting under her tutu - (see photos). It looks as though somehow, some of the blue dye from the box got onto her at some point, really not sure how. Unless this is an ageing issue these dolls had?Other than this fault, her body is like new.
See photos for condition of box. As noted the lid is missing, and damage around the top where it was torn.There is also some fading to the white print areas of the box, but the images of cricket are still lovely and pretty intact, overall the main part of the box is in fairly good condition - sturdy & firm.
From Non smoking & pet free home.
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Postage is by Next Day Special Delivery as only this service insures the full cost of the item.Postage given to the US/Canada & France ( as an example for European country). Please ask for other destinations.My dispatch time is at 3 days at the moment, as I am often having to visit my elderly parents to support them. But I aim for next day when possible.
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