LC-38 Infant of Prague
LC-38
Infant of Prague
LC-38 Infant of Prague
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| reference numbers | LC-38: Infant of Prague (M) |
| description | child |
| dimensions | to be completed |
| topics and series | topics:
none series: none |
| related & similar items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
(1967/1967/-) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | (quantity of 6 or 7) |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | Rare |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. A stranger came to the Marblehead studio and discussed the appeal of an American-made "Infant of Prague," a highly popular icon in Roman Catholicism. Baston agreed to a design of "about $300 worth." The man paid him in cash and left.
Baston sculpted an original and cast six or seven prototypes. A few months later, a detective came to Marblehead and said he had traced the stranger's activities. The money Baston had been paid had been stolen in a spectacular Plymouth, MA postal robbery. Baston asked if he could keep the money. "Certainly," the detective replied, "You've earned it."From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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