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FIGURINES & STATUETTES • WALLACE & RUSS BERRIE • M — Z

One of the leading producers of novelties since 1963, Russ and Wallace Berrie's line of commemorative figuries was one of their most popular products produced during the 1960s and 1970s. (Second only to the Troll Dolls, which are still being produced to this very day.) These hard plastic resin statuettes typically depicted a cartoonish or caricaturistic figure on a base that bore a salutation or witty saying. Although the most popular were those skewed towards holidays, birthdays and personal achievements, Berrie & Company also kept their foot in a decidedly more adult market with the production of more risqué figurines. (Today, these hold the highest demand among collectors, and thus more valuable.) Variants exist for a great many of these figurines--different colored plastics were used for different pressings, molds were altered or inscriptions changed as time went on, or a particular model was produced in a variety of different sizes--making it a seemingly impossible task to index the entirety of their catalogue. Additionally, some were produced with non-resin accoutrements that were attached after-the-fact (and which, Berrie collectors are aware, are often broken or missing when these figurines do surface). A very popular last-minute gift in the 1970s, these figurines are now getting fairly hard to come by.

"Merry Christmas" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Mom... You Make Everything Nicer" Figurine (1971) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #841 [3" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "My Mom Is the Best" Figurine (1978) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9233 [3¼" x 3" x 5½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Nothing Serious... Just a Little Chat with the Boss" Figurine (1970) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 2¾" x 5½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "One of Us Has to Say It... I Love You" Figurine (1971) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #849 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Sue the Bastards" Figurine (1970) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "To a Hulluva Guy" Figurine (1975) UNAVAILABLE Wallace Berrie & Company #9205 [3" x 3" x 5½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Tomorrow I've Got to Get Organized" Figurine (1974) UNAVAILABLE Wallace Berrie & Company #9099 [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Very Fine. "When You Love Them Someone... Tell Them" Figurine (1970) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9092 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Fine. (Mild scuffing to back of base.) "Whom Do I Love? Youm... That's Whom" Figurine (1970) $4.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #814 [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Very Good. (Nice save for dark brown stain on back.) "Whom Do I Love? Youm... That's Whom" Figurine (1970) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #814 [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Work Hard, Be Faithful... You'll Get Your Just Reward" Figurine (1969) UNAVAILABLE Blue screw variant. Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 5"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Work Hard, Be Faithful... You'll Get Your Just Reward" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "Work Is a Four Letter Word" Figurine (1971) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #843 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Father" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #857 [3" x 3" x 4½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Father" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Rare variant with blue plastic award still attached. Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Friend" Figurine (circa 1970) $4.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9094 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Good. (Some brown staining on back.) "World's Best Husband" Figurine (1971) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9027 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Mother" Figurine (circa 1960s) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 5"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Mother" Figurine (1968) $4.00 Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Fine. (Several small stains on back of head.) "World's Best Mother" Figurine (circa 1960s) $6.00 Gold trophy variant. Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 5½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Mother" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Roommate" Figurine (1971) $10.00 Russ Berrie & Company #9041 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Best Secretary" Figurine (1971) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #827 [3¼" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Athlete" Figurine (1971) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9025 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Bowler" Figurine (circa 1960s) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 5"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Bull Shipper" Figurine (1968) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 5¼"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Grandpa" Figurine (1970) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Grandpa" Figurine (1975) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company #793 [3¼" x 3" x 5½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Grandpa" Figurine (1970) $7.00 Rare blue variant. Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Mom" Figurine (1973) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9064 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Mother-in-Law" Figurine (1972) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company #9075 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Student" Figurine (1970) $7.00 Rare black rubber hat variant. Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's Greatest Tennis Player" Figurine (1973) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9078 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "World's World Fisherman" Figurine (1972) UNAVAILABLE Russ Berrie & Company #9051 [3" x 3" x 6"] Figurine is Near Mint. "You Make Me Feel Naughty and Nice" Figurine (1972) UNAVAILABLE Russ Berrie & Company #9055 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine save for missing original trident. "You're an Animal in Bed" Figurine (1975) UNAVAILABLE Rare orange variant. Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #7536 [2" x 2" x 2½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "You're Lovable... Weird, Maybe... But Lovable" Figurine (1973) $5.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9096 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine save for missing flower. "You're Lovable... Weird, Maybe... But Lovable" Figurine (1973) $6.00 Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9096 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "You're My Prisoner of Love" Figurine (1979) $6.00 Russ Berrie & Company [3¼" x 3" x 5"] Figurine is Very Fine. "You're the Greatest Dad in the Whole World" Figurine (1971) UNAVAILABLE Russ Berrie & Company [3" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine. "You're the Greatest Mom in the Whole World" Figurine (1971) UNAVAILABLE Wallace & Russ Berrie & Company #9017 [3¼" x 3" x 6½"] Figurine is Very Fine.