PLAYING SANTA ($450)
This 17-inch OOAK Santa is entirely hand-sculpted right down to the fingernails and smile lines. He's a barbershop quartet tenor in the off season, but he loves playing Santa for the kids at Christmas. His green-striped cotton shirt and plaid bowtie and vest make him a natty guy, even when he's wearing his red velvet suit with hand-knit white "fur" and a snappy black belt. He's getting ready to put on his beard and then he'll buckle up. This unique, charmingly portly Santa is a must for collectors. Polymer clay head, hands, and boots; soft, stuffed body over wire armature; blue glass eyes; mohair wig and beard, removable wooden stand.