SML-156 Cleopatra
SML-156 CLEOPATRA
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| reference numbers | SML-156: Cleopatra
(M) SML-156A: Cleopatra (Version 2 - "Liz Taylor") (M) SML-156B: Cleopatra - SMCS membership - 1989 (Lance 4886) SML-156C: Cleopatra (synthetic wood) |
| description | Cleopatra standing next to sphinx |
| dimensions | height = 3 1/4 inches (SMCS version slightly higher) |
| topics and series | Topics: Couples-2
Figures Famous
People Literature
in England Royalty
SMCS Series: Shakespeare |
| related items | SML-155 (Marc Antony) |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-156:
(1950/1975/-) SML-156A: (1963/1975/-) SML-156B: (1988/1989/DF 1989) SML-156C: (mid-1960s) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | SML-156B private issue for SMCS |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | SML-156: 200/230 SML-156A: 170/200 SML-156B: 25/35 SML-156C: 170/200 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | SML-169A "Synthetic wood" version used a process & material called Repron to achieve a wood-like effect. Some figures were also painted in brown to enhance this effect. I was used for a limited number of figurines during the mid-1960's. |
GENERAL INFORMATION. Baston created Shakespeare's lovers (Anthony and Cleopatra, 1607) as part of his Shakespeare Series. He put a Queen Nefertiti-type headdress on Cleopatra.
When the movie Cleopatra was released in 1963 amid great publicity and hoopla, Baston changed the Egyptian headwear to black hair as worn by Elizabeth Taylor in the movie.From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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