I have what I believe is a Gulliver's World figurine. Puppy Love. But it has no markings, signature, or plaque
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I'm not sure but I believe it would have a signature/plaque if it was a true Gulliver's World by Armani .
It appears the company made these in several different material/colors but I did not see any with any colors even similar to yours.
When comparing several of the signed figurines - it looks like it was named 'Puppy Care'? - they all look much more refined than your piece.
I believe you have what is commonly called a 'knock-off' and companies made these when these figurines were selling for high money years ago - 80s-90s.
Some copies/fakes were as nice as the originals and very difficult to verify but most of those also used a fake signature.
Maybe other members will have other opinions.
This one is very puzzling as, cybergrannie, you are right that this one has odd coloring and is not as refined as the true pieces (the hands are really odd), but there are many levels of this brand (see link) and it is possible that it is real and just a lower level piece but it should have a mark on it somewhere: 2-clicks-collectiblefigurines.com/
Original poster--are there any marks on it anywhere--even tiny ones that could represent the artist?
If it was mine, I would be hesitant to sell it until I had it authenticated--for two reasons--1. is eBay or Etsy or Facebook can revoke your selling privilege's if you try to sell a fake (even if it is not intentional) and 2. if you did sell it and the seller had it authenticated and it was a fake, they will be unhappy and it could result in #1.
Not sure where you are located, but if have any art auction houses (real auction houses--not people who sell on eBay as a consignment business) where they have authentication services, I would have that done if you are intending to sell it. The challenge here is the cost to authenticate may be as much as people are selling it for (asking is in the low $100s and I have not seen one sell in a while).
It is kind of a catch 22 situation here.
If it is a fake, they will destroy it, rightly so.
I feel bad that you are in this situation. If you had the box or any other paperwork that would help with the process, that would be a different story. When I sold these pieces when I worked at Hallmark we always told buyers to save the boxes. Now, all these years later, I am sad so many people did not, as it makes it so much easier to validate what is what. Sellers who have all of the original paperwork, box etc. do realize more than people who don't also.
Post back what you learn! Thanks for sharing your mystery piece with us!
Giuseppe Armani figurines have Giuseppe Armani's signature, a blue Neapolitan "N" with crown mark (the mark of Capodimonte), a metal tag with the word Florence imbedded on it or a metal plate with name Giuseppe Armani, original box, Certificate of Authenticity (available for limited edition pieces). The "N" with crown mark can change because there is no trade mark restriction for this, the plate/box/certificate can be absent, the Giuseppe Armanis signature can be different - from simple initials to the full name, but the signature cannot disappear, since it is engraved in porcelain.
It looks very similar to this one on ebay:
www.ebay.com/
I believe you are correct about Gullivers.
This one looks similar...but is signed on the base:
www.etsy.com/
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