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| Charlie by Heidi Ott, made in Switzerland in 1997, recently arrived brand new, never removed from his original box. |
While browsing eBay for Heidi Ott auctions, I stumbled upon this boy that I had seen recently in a photo shared by another happy collector who recently acquired him. At that time and still now, I marveled at his face because he reminds me of my brother. Lucky for me, the price was very reasonable and the auction was a buy it now; so I did just that.
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| Charlie has been released from his box. |
Charlie is from Heidi Otti's 1997 handmade "Little Ones" series. He is 12 inches tall and has a natural-textured human hair wig, vinyl head, arms and legs, and a stuffed cloth body. A small area of his upper arms and upper legs is stuffed cloth.
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| Charlie has hand-painted brown eyes and a beautifully sculpted face. |
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| He is wearing a mushroom color genuine suede vest, a green and tan plaid hooded cotton jacket, red knit short sleeve shirt and dark green pants. His feet are bare. |
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| Charlie's red sleeveless shirt is worn underneath his green/tan/red plaid cloth hoodie. |
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| He has a nonremovable handkerchief in the mock pocket of his suede vest. |
Charlie is marked on back of his neck, "Swiss Design Heidi Ott." He is a welcome addition to my collection and has now met the others that are here from this series.
Meeting the Others
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| Charlie met Tom #1 first. Tom was purchased during the late 1990s shortly after he was released to the market. |
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| Next Charlie met Leonie. Leonie, also from the late 1990s, arrived in 2017. |
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| 8-inch Baby Harry was introduced to Charlie next. |
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| Finally, my other Tom and Saddie, who arrived with Tom #1 during the late 1990s, met Charlie. |
All the barefoot little ones joined together to take this final picture before returning to their separate areas of display or boxes. Tom #1 and Saddie remain on display. I do still have their original boxes. Baby Harry returned to his original box. Tom #2 (a gift from a doll friend) and Leonie are kept in Tom #2's box. Charlie will probably remain in his original box, too, unless he desires to spend some time on the shelf with Tom #1 and Saddie.
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