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No. 2798 | Art & Antiques

Eppli Auktionshalle, Heilbronner Straße 9-13, DE-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen  

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Completed | Physical auction

Catalog number: 3 / Lot number: 1090639

DAKIN lebensgroßer Plüschgorilla, 1985

Starting price 260 EUR
Estimated price: 260 EUR - 300 EUR

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Result:
260 EUR

Sitzender, braunfarbener Plüschgorilla mit einer grauen Katze in der rechten Hand, Polyester, Brustschild der Fa. Dakin, Sitzhöhe 83 cm. Leichte Altersspuren.
Die Fa. Dakin gewann bezüglich des Plüschtieres einen Rechtsstreit um den Namen 'Koko' mit der Fa. Steiff. Das Plüschtier ist eine Nachbildung der Gorilladame 'Koko', aus dem Zoo von San Francisco (1971-2018), Wissenschaftler brachten 'Koko' ca. 1000 Zeichen einer Form der amerikanischen Gebärdensprache bei, um mit Menschen zu kommunizieren. 'Koko' kümmerte sich liebevoll um Katzenbabys, daher die Katze in der rechten Hand des Plüschgorillas.

| DAKIN life-size plush gorilla, 1985, Replica of the gorilla lady 'Koko' who lived in the San Francisco Zoo (1971-2018), seated, brown plush gorilla with a gray cat in her right hand, polyester, breastplate by Dakin, seat height 83 cm. Slight signs of age.
The Dakin company won a legal dispute over the name 'Koko' with the Steiff company regarding the stuffed animal. Scientists taught the real female gorilla 'Koko' about 1000 characters of a form of American Sign Language to communicate with humans. 'Koko' lovingly cared for kittens, hence the cat in the plush gorilla's right hand.

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