Antique Small Wood Carved Figurine – ANRI-Like - Italy

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING SHIPPING INSURANCEPLEASE READ!!!!If you are interested in bidding on any of my items, please be advised that insurance is now required. The good news is that I will pay the first 75 cents and the buyer shall pay the balance for full insurance coverage should the item be lost or damaged. I regret having to add one more cost to the ever-rising shipping costs, but after receiving my first and unfair negative feedback from a single buyer, I feel that I must protect my good reputation as a trusted seller. I have never received negative feedback after more than 800 satisfied customers and earning 100% feedback during the last 7 years. Because of this truly unjustified negative feedback, I feel it is necessary to protect myself as well as you, my valuable customers, by making insurance required rather than an option. Thank you! ITEM DESCRIPTION Up for consideration is a small Anri like small carved man or troll. I say Anri-like because I sold about 5 others similar to this one several years back and I got them all at the same estate sale, but this was the only one not marked Anri. I cannot completely read the stamp on the bottom, but I think it says “…… Italy”. This little hand carved man stands just less than 3 ½ inches tall. The hand-carved details are incredible. He needs a new home so I am putting up for auction. I’ve included some additional information and history about ANRI. I am starting the bidding at $6.75. ANRI – Additional Information obtained from “At home individual craftsmen carved traditional figurines and sold them to ANRI. Their carvings depicted farmers or concentrated on bottle stoppers. The subjects were entirely and intricately hand carved and varied from carver to carver so that no subject looked like the other.Alois Riffeser1872-1912As a merchant he travelled to the major European cities to sell the figurines and toys which were bought from the different farmers of the Gröden Valley.Homework productsJosef Anton Riffeser1912-1945In 1912 he founded the ANRI Company which he named using the first two letters of his first and last name.After World War I, w he was prisoner of war camp in Siberia, he formulated his plan for a woodcarving company. He created his own models which he distributed successfully and mainly in the Alpine region. Carolina Riffeser1912-1945She ran the company during the difficult years of the war and the absence of her husband. Especially her formative influence for social aspects was well accepted and gained the confidence of the home workers. She also inaugurated the first canteen of the region.” TERMS OF SALE Please read before bidding!!!! • All Payments must be made through Paypal as of 2009, per eBay’s new policy. • Buyer shall pay all shipping costs;• I do not inflate shipping charges for profit!!! I do charge a $1.00 Handling fee thanks to eBay’s new DSR (Detailed Seller Rating). • I mail all packages through USPS (United States Postal Service).• Insurance is required on U.S. packages and required or included on international packages if shipped by USPS Priority;• I will combine shipping if possible. I will make every effort to combine items if t is no risk of damage to the items. • If you won more than one item, please do not pay at the end of the auction until I send an invoice. I need some time to repack and recalculate shipping costs. I will send a revised invoice within 24 hours. • I now charge a $1.00 handling fee of which 75 cents will be applied to insurance which is now required – for a detailed explanation for this new fee, please read the information below in Shipping and Handling Charges;• Please do not email me after the auction to purchase this item if does not sale. BID NOW, otherwise you will have to see if I list it again. I usually do not re-list items if they do not sell and I WILL NOT sell an item to anyone once the auction has ended. SHIPPING & HANDLING CHARGES Because o... read more

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