Kriess hopes will become a national tour. Kriess last July, and the Center for Puppetry Arts signed on as the first booking in what Mr. Walsh returned the roughly five-inch-tall Rudolph and nine-inch-tall Santa to Mr. “I was holding my childhood in my hands,” she said. Walsh said, was getting over her fear of handling the puppets. The broken lead wires in the puppets’ arms and legs also needed to be replaced. There, Robin Walsh, a puppet maker, ordered kid mohair for Santa’s beard, consulted museum restoration experts for the best ways to clean painted wood and grimy wool, and discovered, by freezing frames from “Rudolph,” that Santa’s mouth had once been painted. Kriess declined to reveal the purchase price, but said he had promised the family he would restore the puppets and show them publicly.įor restoration, he turned to another stop-motion studio, Screen Novelties, in Los Angeles. Kriess, the president of and a lifelong fan of the Rankin-Bass films. In 2005, the nephew of the original rescuer found the puppets in a family attic and brought them to be appraised on the PBS series “Antiques Roadshow.” Created for about $5,000 each in 1964, they were valued at $8,000 to $10,000 for the pair. The puppet hero of the 1964 animated childrens feature, 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and his boss Santa have piloted their sleigh to Midtowns Center for Puppetry Arts. Santa’s fluffy white eyebrows and half his mustache vanished. Over time, his glowing red nose was lost and his felt fur deteriorated. She gave them to her children, who fed Rudolph crayons and red Play-Doh. Shortly after “Rudolph” was completed, the tiny Rudolph and Santa puppets were taken home by a Rankin-Bass employee.
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