This was my father's and probably from the 1940s. There are no markings on the bottom.
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No markings on these often mean they were those made to imitate Hummels and Erich Stauffer pieces. Both of these brands were typically marked on the bottom in a way that cannot be removed.
The imitation pieces often had paper tags or no tags which makes them almost impossible to identify today unless someone has the exact piece and was the original purchaser. Since this was a 1940s piece that is going to be harder and harder to find people with that good a memory :).
The subject matter (cowboy) is still quite popular among figurines, but since even the brand name pieces never recovered in value from the 2008 market crash (there is a very rare Hummel Cowboy on a horse that used to sell in the high hundreds "back in the day" that now resells in the $50 to $120 range), the unmarked pieces may sell, but average $10-$15 each on the high end, and some times as low as $1-2.00.
He is super cute! If you are trying to sell him, you can always start him high and take best offer, knowing it may be a low one.
Thanks for sharing!
I have one very similar, different pose. It is marked Japan, ESD.
If you can't find any type of marks on this it is impossible to identify the piece and give you any type of information about it at all. Normally figurines from well-known companies mark the bottom with an etching or something that can't be removed.
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