Timeless: From Movies to Melodies

Lot #30:

Walton & O'Rourke Spare Puppet Parts.

Walton & O'Rourke, 1930s-1960s, Walton & O'Rourke. Collection of (75+) spare parts and collected elements from the Walton & O'Rourke puppetry workshop including other puppeteer's components. In the long life and career of Walton & O'Rourke, like many other entertainers, they collected pieces and mementos from their professional lives and travels. This bin of parts represents some of the finest craft of the internationally famous puppeteers as well as a few components from other friends in the business. Here you'll find spare heads, arms, legs, torsos, shoes, feet. Some jointed assemblages. Most unpainted. The story of puppet creation and articulation is all here for the interested collector. Ranging in size and contained in a 23.5 x 17 x 13 in. plastic bin. Lovingly preserved by the legendary family and fully operational. In varying states of vintage condition.