Alexander Sturm Problem Fox figurine ( pictures added )

I was informed about a Sturm fox figurine that just sold on Ebay yesterday. I looked at the auction and noticed the lettering is different than those currently known and the finish looks more porous than the others known. Just wondering who ended up with it. Looks like 4 different bidders were on it.

Rick,
Do you have a link to it?
Thanks
Terry

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-3-VINTAGE-CHIHUAHUA-DOG-FIGURINES-ONE-DATED-1941-signed-ALEXANDER-STURM-/292700266268?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137




Rick
You will need to search over at the Chihuahua Collectors dot com forum to find the owner.

Thanks Gary,,
I wish I would have seen this one, great deal if authentic.

Terry

Well looks like the prototype to me.....doesn't look like it is die cast metal....

That one looks like ol Alex made it himself.....way KOOL.....RR

Rod, those are my thoughts exactly. Not necessarily a prototype but maybe the original statuette. I just wonder if it's a pottery type material. I always thought Justin Sturm actually was the one who made them. I've seen other work by him and noticed the similarity. Need to compare signatures.

Do you think the person offering up the items was surprised by the $510 selling price? I'll bet!

jimbo1096 said:

Do you think the person offering up the items was surprised by the $510 selling price? I'll bet!

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Well I am sure it would have brought more if Rick, Terry and a few others had seen it...…

I usually don't search for CHIUWAWA dog statues...ya I know I spelled that wrong :mrgreen: RR

If this is the original or prototype,,, wow. I just hope it shows up for more of us to see it!

contender said:

If this is the original or prototype,,, wow. I just hope it shows up for more of us to see it!

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Ty, what would you think it would be worth if it is the original sculpture?

RPM Enterprises said:

contender said:

If this is the original or prototype,,, wow. I just hope it shows up for more of us to see it!

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Ty, what would you think it would be worth if it is the original sculpture?

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Well I'm not TY but I think "PRICELESS" to a die hard Sturm/Ruger collector such as yourself....I would rather have this than some guns....but that's just me...YMMV...RR

the signature looks really close (Sturm) that is on the fox. This is off a sculpture Justin sturm did.

Rick, like RR,,, I'd think priceless to a few of us die hard collectors.

And I think you may be onto something,,, about the signatures etc. I sure hope it does show up in one of our collectors hands & gets to visit us!

Rick,
I'm not Ty either, :wink:
I don't know if you remember a couple of years ago the one that came up on ebay? It was the only one I have ever seen offered for sale.
He started out as I remember well above 1K and kept coming down with his BN price. I was following it and he got down to 1K, and had no takers so he put it back in the safe,and I did not save his name or contact info and to the best of my knowledge he never offered it again.

Was it worth the 1K ? Yes I think it was but I could not pull the trigger, I held out hoping he would do one more drop in his BN.
That was my mistake sorry to say. If this is authentic which I have no reason to believe it isn't, I would say its value is in the 1.5 K and up. JMHO.

I wish you well and I know if you learn more you will let us know, thanks for sharing this info.
Terry

PS;- As radical has alluded, " Who would have thought to look in the CHIUWAWA section" :mrgreen:

T.A. WORKMAN said:

Rick,
- As radical has alluded, " Who would have thought to look in the CHIUWAWA section" :mrgreen:

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Everyone NOW :roll: :roll: :roll:

I agree that it looks like an original sculpture. It is not hollow metal like the production foxes, it is solid.
I wouldn't worry too much about how the signature looks...it is cut in there while it was wet so if somebody is just making a model prototype for the metal production run, some things were bound to look different.
I can see a 16-year old Sturm or somebody cutting the signature in there as a spur of the moment thing before it was fired.
Chet15

radicalrod said:

Well looks like the prototype to me.....doesn't look like it is die cast metal....

That one looks like ol Alex made it himself.....way KOOL.....RR

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my guess was you bought it!!! Can't believe some one beat you to it.

I know RR didn't buy it. Read his posts!

Hopefully,,, it'll make an appearance here sometime! With more details,,,,!

I believe somebody got a great deal!!
Chet15

Well I made the deal, here are some pics of the group. buyer was disappointed that it was not a chihuahua, I told him it was a fox and not only that it was a problem fox. So I weighed them and the heaviest came in at 1 lbs. 7 oz.. the others came in at 13.1 to 13.0 ounces. The clay sculpture came in at 10.1 ounces. The guy in the middle actually has the original felt bottom. The sculpture looks like the felt pads were added in a later date. In my opinion I believe that the clay sculpture is the original Sturm created and later made the cast metal statuettes from it for the book.