The pice de rsistance of this building, however, is a beautifully laid out Worlds of Puppetry museum which opened in 2015 following a 14 million buildout. Come on!” But the donor stayed with the bidding, buying the pair for $368,000. The Center for Puppetry Arts contains a research library and theater which screens puppet-filled films and performs fully-staged shows for fans of all ages. Explore AJC Guide to the Center for Puppetry Artsīids rose above $300,000, and Schiavo thought, “There’s no way our donor will go that far. She knew that a certain Atlanta individual had an eye on the puppets, with the goal of lending them to the center. You can touch air and see what puppetry does to water, fire and earth - the main elements of everything we see. The museum's main exhibition starts from the very beginning. Rethink everything you know about the Center for Puppetry Arts.
The theatre aims to offer high quality and diverse visual theatre and puppetry to all ages.
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The selling price was expected to be $150,000 to $250,000.īeth Schiavo, executive director of the Center for Puppetry Arts, got updates from the auction as the bids went up. NUKU theatre & museum is the country’s only professional puppet centre. Kevin Kriess of Time and Space Toys in Zelienople, Pa., acquired the figures, had them restored, and sold them to a collector who put them up for auction this year on Nov. In 2006 a nephew of a Rankin/Bass employee brought two battered but surviving stars - Rudolph and Santa - to the experts at the PBS production “Antiques Road Show,” and they were judged to be genuine, and worth $8,000 to $10,000. Center for Puppetry Arts Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring Street NW at 18th. No one imagined then that the figures would become treasures. One crew member gave about a half dozen to the children in her family, who played with them harshly. Rudolph, Santa, Hermey the elf, Sam the Snowman, Bumble, Clarice (Rudolph’s crush) and others, were scattered. After the production wrapped, the filmmakers handed out the poseable figures as souvenirs. Now it’s producing 600+ performances a year, offering 50+ types of educational programs, and is home to more than 5000 puppets and artifacts. But while the film has lasted, the puppets that starred in it haven’t. Opened by Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson in 1978, the museum has come a long way.
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