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French Marionette Theatre
Located in New Orleans, LA
EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH MARIONETTE THEATRE WITH "STAGE" AND 17 MARIONETTES. DATED 1908. H
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20th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Iron, Wire

Italian Marionette #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Brilliant Sicilian marionette with original rod.
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19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Mixed Media

19th century Italian Marionette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian marionette from Sicily.
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19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Mixed Media

Folk Art Articulated Horse Marionette
Located in Boston, MA
Wood carved articulated horse marionette with black painted stand with metal supports.
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1940s American Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Paint, String

Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin
Located in Palermo, Italia
Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin: Palermitan school pupil, in richly arabesque alpacca with
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1950s Italian Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Alpaca

A set of 8 French marionettes
Located in Summerland, CA
Delightfully hand-made from scraps, these folf art marionettes capture expressions
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19th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Iron

19th Century Wooden Marionette Theatre Backdrop
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century painted backdrop for a Marionette theater.... probably for a "traveling" one
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1830s Italian Romantic Used Marionettes

Materials

Alkyd

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.
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19th Century American Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood

(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

Early 1930 s Folk Art Marionettes (Pair)
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Pair of great marionettes of a bullfighter and a bespectacled older gentleman. Very nice patina on
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1930s American Used Marionettes

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Wood, Fabric, String

Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century
Located in Retie, BE
Antique mechanical marionette theatre toy by CK made in Japan. A clockwork tin - metal swing with
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Used Marionettes

Materials

Metal, Other

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
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Mid-20th Century European Arts and Crafts Used Marionettes

Materials

Other

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
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Leather, Wood

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
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1980s Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper

"The Devil Made Me Do It" Mephistopheles Black Forest Marionette, 19th Century
Located in Redding, CA
Fantastic piece for the right collector, not typical of our line of merchandise but, "The Devil Made Me Do It."
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Late 19th Century German Used Marionettes

Artist s Model Mannequin
Located in San Francisco, CA
anatomical awareness to this marionette suspending in boxed metal cage
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Early 20th Century French Used Marionettes

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
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20th Century American Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
first fairgrounds featured cinematographs, ghost shows and marionettes booths which were replaced by
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Fiberglass

Raffaele Frumenti Oil on Canvas, 1922-2002
By Raffaele Frumenti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ability since his boyhood, when for pure fun he used to built some small marionette theatres (subsequently
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas

Dream Man
By Earle K. Bergey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
women's play things, depicting them as marionettes, cut out silhouettes, and, as seen here, paper dolls
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1930s Art Deco Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Teaching Baby, 19th Century Dutch Oil on Board Genre Paintings by Jan Walraven
By Jan Walraven
Located in Atlanta, GA
determined to grab the small marionette that his mother is moving around. The pendant - companion piece
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19th Century Dutch Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Comedian Jesus "Palillo" Martinez Marionette
Located in Mexico City, DF
"Palillo" whisked off to prison time and time again. This marionette in his likeness is from the 70's or
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1970s Mexican Used Marionettes

Materials

Clay

"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
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Used Marionettes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Vintage Antique Italian Elephant Marionette Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Definitely a fun find! A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings
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Late 19th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Rope, Wood

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
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Mid-20th Century German Used Marionettes

Materials

Fabric, Felt

Devil Marionette by the Master Puppet Maker of Prague, Milos Kasal, 1940s
By Milos Kasal
Located in Antwerp, BE
"Devil "marionette by the Czechoslovakian master puppet maker Milos Kasal. Originally a
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Mid-20th Century Czech Used Marionettes

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
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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.