Celebrity Bobbleheads 1

by Sarah Loft

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Celebrity Bobbleheads 1

Artist

Sarah Loft

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Photograph - Photograph With Digital Enhancement

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These bobblehead dolls were in a window display on 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York. They include John F Kennedy, Donald Trump, Albert Einstein, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.

Note: The row of bobbleheads behind the Hillary doll are produced by the Royal Bobbles Company, used here with permission. Check out their website at http://www.royalbobbles.com/.

Per Wikipedia: A bobblehead, also known as a nodder, wobbler or bobble head, is a type of collectible toy. Its head is often oversized compared to its body. Instead of a solid connection, its head is connected to the body by a spring or hook in such a way that a light tap will cause the head to bobble, hence the name.

During the seventeenth-century, figurines of Buddha and other religious figures called "temple nodders" were produced in Asia. The earliest known Western reference to a bobblehead is thought to be in Nikolai Gogol's 1842 short story "The Overcoat", in which the main character's neck was described as "like the necks of plaster cats which wag their heads". During the nineteenth-century, bisque-based bobbleheads were being made in limited quantities for the US market. Many of the bobbleheads in the US were produced in Germany, with an uptick in imports during the 1920s and 30s. By the 1950s, bobbleheads had a substantial surge in popularity, with items made of either plastic or bisque.

By 1960, Major League Baseball had gotten in on the action and produced a series of papier-mache bobblehead dolls, one for each team, all with the same cherubic face, and a few select players over time. The World Series held that year brought the first player-specific baseball bobbleheads, for Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Willie Mays, still all with the same face. Over the next decade bobbleheads were also created with ceramics. Within a few years, they would be produced for other sports, as well as cartoon characters. One of the most famous bobbleheads of all time also hails from this era: The Beatles bobblehead set, which is a valuable collectible today.

Note: The watermark will not appear on the print you purchase.

Featured in the Arts Fantastic World group, June 2017.

Featured in the Mannequin Statue Doll Sculpture Gallery, June 2017.

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June 9th, 2017

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