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French Marionette Theatre
French Marionette Theatre

French Marionette Theatre

Located in New Orleans, LA

EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH MARIONETTE THEATRE WITH "STAGE" AND 17 MARIONETTES.

Category

20th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Iron, Wire

Italian Marionette #2
Italian Marionette #2

Italian Marionette #2

Located in San Francisco, CA

Brilliant Sicilian marionette with original rod.

Category

19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Mixed Media

19th century Italian Marionette
19th century Italian Marionette

19th century Italian Marionette

Located in San Francisco, CA

Italian marionette from Sicily.

Category

19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Mixed Media

Folk Art Articulated Horse Marionette
Folk Art Articulated Horse Marionette

Folk Art Articulated Horse Marionette

Located in Boston, MA

Wood carved articulated horse marionette with black painted stand with metal supports.

Category

1940s American Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Paint, String

Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin
Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin

Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin

Located in Palermo, Italia

Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin: Palermitan school pupil, in richly arabesque alpacca with copper inserts, packaged for dismantling, 95 cm high, painted with oil paints, built...

Category

1950s Italian Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Alpaca

A set of 8 French marionettes

A set of 8 French marionettes

Located in Summerland, CA

Delightfully hand-made from scraps, these folf art marionettes capture expressions which are uncannily human

Category

19th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Iron

19th Century Wooden Marionette Theatre Backdrop
19th Century Wooden Marionette Theatre Backdrop

19th Century Wooden Marionette Theatre Backdrop

Located in Hudson, NY

Early 19th century painted backdrop for a Marionette theater.... probably for a "traveling" one Italian provenance, painting is wonderfully preserved and retains brilliant coloring.

Category

1830s Italian Romantic Used Marionettes

Materials

Alkyd

Albumen Print of Black Minstrel Marionette
Albumen Print of Black Minstrel Marionette

Albumen Print of Black Minstrel Marionette

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Very cool, spooky looking, albumen image of Negro puppet strumming a banjo. Frame appears to be original, although "opened" by someone in the last 25 years.

Category

19th Century American Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood

(2) pair of marionette puppet heads
(2) pair of marionette puppet heads

(2) pair of marionette puppet heads

Located in st. helena, napa valley, CA

male and female puppet heads, string pulls the tongue out. in queue to become bedside lamps. please call immediately if you are interested as statue / sculpture.

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Burmese Used Marionettes

Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century
Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century

Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century

Located in Retie, BE

Antique toys - antique tin toys - celluloid dolls - marionette dolls - puppetry

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Used Marionettes

Materials

Metal, Other

Early 1930's Folk Art Marionettes (Pair)
Early 1930's Folk Art Marionettes (Pair)

Early 1930's Folk Art Marionettes (Pair)

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Pair of great marionettes of a bullfighter and a bespectacled older gentleman.

Category

1930s American Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Fabric, String

Antique Pierrot Theater Doll Head, Marionette Head
Antique Pierrot Theater Doll Head, Marionette Head

Antique Pierrot Theater Doll Head, Marionette Head

Located in Retie, BE

Antique Theater doll head, Marionette Head of Pierrot. This Street Theater Head has a very realistic expression, it looks like a real head and has a great patina.

Category

Mid-20th Century European Arts and Crafts Used Marionettes

Materials

Other

Folk Art Pair of Hound Dogs Marionette, circa Mid-Late 1800s
Folk Art Pair of Hound Dogs Marionette, circa Mid-Late 1800s

Folk Art Pair of Hound Dogs Marionette, circa Mid-Late 1800s

Located in Seattle, WA

This is a one of a kind, hand-painted 19th century Folk Art pair of hound dogs marionette children's toy.

Category

Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Leather, Wood

From the Life of the Marionettes 1980 Italian Due Fogli Film Poster
From the Life of the Marionettes 1980 Italian Due Fogli Film Poster

From the Life of the Marionettes 1980 Italian Due Fogli Film Poster

Located in New York, NY

Original 1980 Italian due fogli poster for the film From the Life of the Marionettes (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten) directed by Ingmar Bergman with Robert Atzorn / Christine Buchegg...

Category

1980s Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper

Artist's Model Mannequin
Artist's Model Mannequin

Artist's Model Mannequin

Located in San Francisco, CA

wooden female drawing model inset brass neck and waist articulated pelvis and chest brings an anatomical awareness to this marionette suspending in boxed metal cage

Category

Early 20th Century French Used Marionettes

"Hillside" Sculpture by Le Roy Benjamin
"Hillside" Sculpture by Le Roy Benjamin

"Hillside" Sculpture by Le Roy Benjamin

By Leroy Benjamin

Located in Pasadena, CA

Le Roy Benjamin (1917–1997) was the sculptor and manipulator of the marionettes as well as the voice impersonator for a vaudeville and television act called the Le Roy Brothers Mario...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Plaster

Joan of Arc Night Light
Joan of Arc Night Light

Joan of Arc Night Light

Located in Seattle, WA

A marionette has been reconsidered here, lashed to a stake and mounted over a lighted pile of sticks with a low-watt glow bulb and faux flames which flicker when plugged in.

Category

20th Century American Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride
Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride

Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The first fairgrounds featured cinematographs, ghost shows and marionettes booths which were replaced by novelty booths, ghost trains, dancing girls and boxing academies.

Category

1960s English Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Fiberglass

Dream Man
Dream Man

Dream Man

By Earle K. Bergey

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Bergey frequently explored the theme of men as women's play things, depicting them as marionettes, cut out silhouettes, and, as seen here, paper dolls hanging from a string.

Category

1930s Art Deco Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raffaele Frumenti Oil on Canvas, 1922-2002
Raffaele Frumenti Oil on Canvas, 1922-2002

Raffaele Frumenti Oil on Canvas, 1922-2002

By Raffaele Frumenti

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

(Rome 1922-2002) Born in the ancient Roman papal suburb of Borgo Pio, painter by vocation, Frumenti exhibited artistic and expressive ability since his boyhood, when for pure fun he ...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas

Teaching Baby, 19th Century Dutch Oil on Board Genre Paintings by Jan Walraven
Teaching Baby, 19th Century Dutch Oil on Board Genre Paintings by Jan Walraven

Teaching Baby, 19th Century Dutch Oil on Board Genre Paintings by Jan Walraven

By Jan Walraven

Located in Atlanta, GA

The painting on the right, is situated indoors and shows his grandmother gently looking over him while he is determined to grab the small marionette that his mother is moving around....

Category

19th Century Dutch Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Comedian Jesus "Palillo" Martinez Marionette
Comedian Jesus "Palillo" Martinez Marionette

Comedian Jesus "Palillo" Martinez Marionette

Located in Mexico City, DF

The stage was his venue and because of his outspoken views, it was often closed down by the authorities and "Palillo" whisked off to prison time and time again. This marionette in ...

Category

1970s Mexican Used Marionettes

Materials

Clay

"Teddy Roosevelt" Japanese Marionette Head, circa 1906
"Teddy Roosevelt" Japanese Marionette Head, circa 1906

"Teddy Roosevelt" Japanese Marionette Head, circa 1906

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Originally part of a satirical but oddly expressive marionette puppet representing U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Used Marionettes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Vintage Antique Italian Elephant Marionette Puppet
19th Century Vintage Antique Italian Elephant Marionette Puppet

19th Century Vintage Antique Italian Elephant Marionette Puppet

Located in Atlanta, GA

This elephant marionette really makes a great decorative art accessory piece!

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Rope, Wood

Vintage Hand Puppet Dolls, Marionette Dolls, Germany, 1950s
Vintage Hand Puppet Dolls, Marionette Dolls, Germany, 1950s

Vintage Hand Puppet Dolls, Marionette Dolls, Germany, 1950s

Located in Retie, BE

Cute looking 1950s hand puppet dolls. These handmade Marionette dolls have very detailed stitched features.

Category

Mid-20th Century German Used Marionettes

Materials

Fabric, Felt

Lot of 7 Hand Painted Hand Carved 18th Century French Marionette Wooden Heads
Lot of 7 Hand Painted Hand Carved 18th Century French Marionette Wooden Heads

Lot of 7 Hand Painted Hand Carved 18th Century French Marionette Wooden Heads

Located in Plymouth, MA

Fabulous and somehow creepy set of 7 very diverse hand carved 18th century French Marionette heads. Each with it's own very unique personality. 5 have forged iron rods coming from th...

Category

18th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Iron

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Used Marionettes For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used marionettes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and metal, all used marionettes available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of used marionettes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Used marionettes made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many used marionettes are appealing in their simplicity, but Jane Knight and Milos Kasal produced popular used marionettes that are worth a look.

How Much are Used Marionettes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,200, while they’re typically $80 on the low end and $18,000 highest priced.