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Restored Wade Gollies
We
would like to warn all Wade Collectors about the restored Wade Gollies
appearing for sale, especially on ebay. The first golly shown on the
left is restored, while the one below it is the original. The gollies
appearing on sale are dug-up from the old Wade Car Park. The pieces
are chipped or unfinished and then are restored. Most of the restoration
is done poorly. The easiest way to tell
which is original is to look at the eyes. Whoever is restoring these
figures cannot figure out how to do the eyes correctly. The restored
figure has oval eyes with the same thickness of white around a black
pupil. The original golly has eyes that are decals and perfectly round
- the pupil is lower in the white areas.
Make sure you know that the Golly you are buying is in
original condition. On ebay they are making false claims and selling the
restored figures "as original and not the restored pieces selling all
over ebay." Be careful as one seller on ebay is a porcelain restorer
that is selling these very poorly restored items!
Another example of two different Golliwogs is shown below. Once again notice their eyes. The Golly on the left has the original Wade decal eye style while the one on the right has a completely different eye type. The eye type on the right is not original. You can see that it looks
to be painted and the eyes do not appear to be the same as a decal would
be. The pupil is also much larger on the piece. I would like to thank
Josie for allowing me to use this photo!
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