Elf Collection | Heirloom Condition | Extremely Rare Signed Design by Robert Simpich
HoHum is ready for a nap. Or maybe two.
He's mid-yawn — eyes shut, mouth wide, one grey mitten come up too late to cover it — after a long day out in the forest doing whatever it is that tuckers an elf out so thoroughly. His soft black cap is already sliding toward sleeping position, his navy coat and plaid scarf are still on, and the strong impression is that he may not get all the way to bed before sleep finds him. His name is the sound he's making.
He's a rare design in his own right. But turn this one over and he becomes something more: one boot sole carries the gold Simpich shop label with his name, and the other carries the ink signature of my grandfather Robert "Bob" Simpich. Bob very rarely signed the elves — he did it only when a collector asked him to, which means someone once cared enough about this particular sleepy fellow to put him in the sculptor's hands and request it. Signed examples of any elf almost never come to market.
Cast from Bob's design, then hand-painted and dressed in hand-sewn clothing in the Simpich doll shop.
Elf Collection | Heirloom Condition | Extremely Rare Signed Design by Robert Simpich
HoHum is ready for a nap. Or maybe two.
He's mid-yawn — eyes shut, mouth wide, one grey mitten come up too late to cover it — after a long day out in the forest doing whatever it is that tuckers an elf out so thoroughly. His soft black cap is already sliding toward sleeping position, his navy coat and plaid scarf are still on, and the strong impression is that he may not get all the way to bed before sleep finds him. His name is the sound he's making.
He's a rare design in his own right. But turn this one over and he becomes something more: one boot sole carries the gold Simpich shop label with his name, and the other carries the ink signature of my grandfather Robert "Bob" Simpich. Bob very rarely signed the elves — he did it only when a collector asked him to, which means someone once cared enough about this particular sleepy fellow to put him in the sculptor's hands and request it. Signed examples of any elf almost never come to market.
Cast from Bob's design, then hand-painted and dressed in hand-sewn clothing in the Simpich doll shop.
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