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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 2506894, member: 51"]Thanks for the thoughts. Do you think mohair on the base? That and the glass eyes got me thinking it might be a bit older like 60's, but everything else looks newer. The mouth is some kind of hardened foam, not papermache or anything. I don't think a cat died for this, but a rabbit might have. Guessing that the rabbit meat was eaten, though, the fur being a byproduct.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here I'm a vegetarian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Appreciate the tip about avoiding plastic covering.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cat is hollow (paper? cardboard?) in fact I can hear something lightly rattling around inside, I don't think deliberate though.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned, purchased it thinking excellent Ebay prop for Halloween. And just went on Ebay, Halloween things are flying off the shelf so now is the time to list it would seem. It really has a decent Halloween vibe, a bit scruffy as if it got in a fight, a "Don't mess with me" look.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of me is tempted to write a elaborate back story to this guy to generate interest. (Don't worry, I <i>probably</i> won't for the auction.)</p><p><br /></p><p>"We put the cat away in a box, and when we woke up, it was back in the living room!</p><p><br /></p><p>100% true: "Another woman was carrying this around at the estate sale, but later the cat was back on the table!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually Halloween is the only holiday that won't be impacted by Covid 19 (masks) so people are probably looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 2506894, member: 51"]Thanks for the thoughts. Do you think mohair on the base? That and the glass eyes got me thinking it might be a bit older like 60's, but everything else looks newer. The mouth is some kind of hardened foam, not papermache or anything. I don't think a cat died for this, but a rabbit might have. Guessing that the rabbit meat was eaten, though, the fur being a byproduct. And here I'm a vegetarian. Appreciate the tip about avoiding plastic covering. The cat is hollow (paper? cardboard?) in fact I can hear something lightly rattling around inside, I don't think deliberate though. As mentioned, purchased it thinking excellent Ebay prop for Halloween. And just went on Ebay, Halloween things are flying off the shelf so now is the time to list it would seem. It really has a decent Halloween vibe, a bit scruffy as if it got in a fight, a "Don't mess with me" look. Part of me is tempted to write a elaborate back story to this guy to generate interest. (Don't worry, I [I]probably[/I] won't for the auction.) "We put the cat away in a box, and when we woke up, it was back in the living room! 100% true: "Another woman was carrying this around at the estate sale, but later the cat was back on the table!" Actually Halloween is the only holiday that won't be impacted by Covid 19 (masks) so people are probably looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]
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