by MONTI » Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:05 pm
Very Nice Sample of Dick's work with the MILL's QT Sweetheart!
While Frank Polk in 1950 was approached by Character Manufacturing Company in Reno, was the original creator of Carving Figures for slot machines, mostly the Mill's High Tops I believe, stuck with pretty much a Western Theme, Cowboy's Indians, Etc. Dick and his son Todd would do anything that was either asked of them as custom work or that came to their mind, very versatile in their creations!
Bill Harris of Royal Bell out of Arvada, Colorado had carvers working for him as well, Dale, Tom and Rick if memory serves me correctly and produced many figures that were sold by Royal Bell, LTD. Bill and Rosanna Harris did quite well with them I believe during the 80's and possibly into the 90's, not sure when their business ceased to exist!
Frank Polk's figures however seem to bring the best at auction being the original creator of the figures!
So there are a lot of figures out there carved of various types of wood and they come up once in a while!
But Olive Oil is a Cutie for sure!
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