SML-13 & SML-14
CORONADO, MYLES STANDISH & CORONADO'S SEÑORA


SML-13 & SML-14  Coronado & Coronado's Senora

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reference numbers SML-13: Coronado (no title) (AL)
SML-13A: Coronado (title in base) (M)
SML-13B: Miles Standish (title in base - may be "Myles" (AL)
SML-14: Coronado's Senora (title in base) (M)
SML-14A Coronado's Senora (no title)
description small figures depicting Coronado and his señora
dimensions SML-13: height = 2 7/8 inches; SML-14: height = 2 3/4 inches
topics and series Topics: Couples-2 Figures  Famous People  Military & War  Pilgrims
Pioneers & Old West
Series: None
related or similar items SML-383 (couple on a single base)
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-13: 1939-1945/-
SML-13A: 1946-1958/-
SML-13B: 1953/1958/-
SML-14: 1946-1958/-
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity not applicable
era first introduced. Arlington
value range SML-13: 50/80
SML-13A: 50/80
SML-13B: 70/90 (revised 2003)
SML-14: 50/80
SML-14A: 50/80
auction notes none
comments/observations Values of Marblehead era items tend to be somewhat less than values of the same items from the Arlington era.

GENERAL INFORMATION.  Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1510-1554), Spanish explorer, reached New Mexico in 1540.  From there he journeyed in the Texas panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas.  In 1554, Coronado was dismissed from his governorship of Nueva Galicia in Mexico and lived the rest of his life in obscurity in Mexico City.
     In 1953, in response for a Miles Standish to accompany John Alden and Priscilla (SML-5 & SML-6), Baston inscribed Standish in Coronado's base and outsold the "new" design "five to one" until both were discontinued in 1958.  In 1980, Baston mounted the man and woman on one base and introduced them as "Coronado and Senora" (SML-383).

From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.

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