Lot Essay
A 5 royalty fee of the retail price was paid to the Muffin the Mule Syndicate. An estimate 50,000 puppets were manufactured. But, they do not often survive in good boxed condition.
Details
A Moko Muffin the Mule Junior hand-puppet
cast-metal fully articulated character, cream and black painted with red and gold saddle and bridle, string tail and four operating strings with finger rings, in original illustrated box --7in. (18cm.) high, circa 1952 (VG, box F-G)
See Colour Plate 10
cast-metal fully articulated character, cream and black painted with red and gold saddle and bridle, string tail and four operating strings with finger rings, in original illustrated box --7in. (18cm.) high, circa 1952 (VG, box F-G)
See Colour Plate 10