Autographed Auctioneer Ralph Wade Figurine with Black Jacket and Blue Jeans

Missing hat. INFO FROM AN AUCTION HOUSE. Ralphie, first ever Auctioneer doll, chants an auction bid call. Made in US in the image of world and international champion livestock auctioneer, Ralph Wade. lifelike features, dressed in Wade's trademark clothing. Press his championship buckle and he'll auction for you in his own clear voice. Made by world's foremost artist Alice Welpley of Fruita, CO. 25 inches tall. Made of vinyl with a porcelain like finish, hand painted eyes, eyebrows, teeth and hair, dressed in pleated tuxedo white shirt, satiny black bow tie. Tuxedo jacket hand sewn with satin like collar and lapel. Denim is used for western jeans, hand painted belt buckle, leather belt, exact replica of Wade's championship buckle won at the World Championship Contest. black western boots also vinyl. Called world's best bid caller. He began his career in New Bloomfield, Missouri, when at age 11, he realized he had a natural, God given talent for bid calling. He listened to and practiced with the best auctioneers in the business, won the coveted World Title in 1974 at the World's Fair in Spokane, Washington and is the reigning International Livestock Champion Auctioneer, which he won last summer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada during the Calgary Stampede. Wade was lead auctioneer for the world's largest livestock market, Oklahoma City National Stockyards.