Hard shell bidding takes puppet to £1k
UK: In the days before Lara Croft burst onto the digitalised scene, playtimes revolved around the handmade charms of Mitzi, Chloe, Witch, Dutch Girl and other pine wood beauties from the puppet stable of Bob Pelham.
When a child’s world was a miniature stage, rather than a computer screen, a troop of puppets was th…