Beatles - Original vintage 1968 Yellow Submarine 'Ringo Starr' Goebel Figurine - 1968

One mega rare original vintage Beatles Yellow Submarine
'Ringo Starr' Goebel Porcelain Figurine.

Beatles original Yellow Submarine 'Ringo Starr' porcelain
figurine made by the Goebel Corporation in Germany 1968.
Numbered 307

One of the rarest (and most expensive) of the original
1968 Yellow Submarine merchandise items
were the porcelain figurines of John, Paul, George and Ringo
made by Goebel in West Germany,
which were manufactured specifically for the US market.

Purportedly no more than 100 sets were made at the time
(with one set going to each of the four Beatles,
and a set each to Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall).

A much larger edition of replicas was produced in 2005,
but this Ringo Starr figurine is a 1968 original!

The figurine stands 21.7cm(8.8"inches) and is in Very Good(Plus) condition.
Both feet have been restored.
Unfortunately, the same shade of gray was not used.

The finish retains its original glaze and the hand applied
paint is bright and fresh.
With the original imprinted marks in the foot bottoms
("bull 307" on the right, "1968" on the left),
and the Goebel Stylized Bee Three Line mark from
the 1960s also on the left.