SML-123  SANTA CLAUS (Making a Wish)

     
SML-123  Santa Claus  SML-123A (various signs)  SML-123F - "discovered" October 2004

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reference numbers SML-123: Santa Claus (M) - Macy's Department Store version
SML-123A: Santa Claus - Cleveland issue - various signs (M)
SML-123B: Santa Claus- 1980 Issue - Blair's (L)
SML-123C: Santa Claus - 1981ornament  (Lance 2214)
SML-123D: Santa Claus (Lance 6222)
SML-123E: Santa Claus on music box (M)
SML-123F: Santa Claus - tape measure 
description Santa by lamp post with young girl on lap.
dimensions height = 4 1/8 inches high
topics and series Topics: Christmas  Commercial
Series: None
related items PF-54 (pewter version - no lamp post)
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-123: (1949/1975/-)
SML-123A: (1955/1955/-);
SML-123B: (1980/1980/-)
SML-123C: (1981/1981/-);
SML-123D: (1976/-/-)
SML-123E: (unknown)
SML-123F: (unknown)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity SML-123A PI Halle's Department Store - 400 made
SML-123B 1,000 made; SML-123C 5,000 made
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-123: 40/60
SML-123A: 300/350
SML-123B: 60/80
SML-123C: 25/30
SML-123D: 20/30
SML-123E: Rare
SML-123F: Rare
auction notes none
comments/observations none

GENERAL INFORMATION. The movie "Miracle on 34th Street" appeared during the 1947 Christmas season and, when it reappeared during the 1948 season it had become a classic.  Macy's Department Store, featured in the film, asked Baston to design a Santa.  The design sold briskly for many years
     In 1955, Halle's department store asked for a Santa without the lamp and replaced with the street intersection of Euclid and Huron.  They bought 400 pieces.  In 1980, Blair's commissioned a Santa with the year "1980" lettered on the lamp and then sealed.  Finally, in 981, Gift Creations, a retail purchasing and cataloging center in St. Paul, Minnesota, asked for a Santa with a wire hook in the pole to serve as a Christmas tree ornament hanger.

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

Note on SML-123F: In October, 2004, the tape measure version showed up on an eBay auction. It was validated by Prescott W. Baston, Jr. as a 'legitimate' Sebastian originally created by his father.

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