HUGE VINTAGE ANRI ULRICH BERNARDI STABLE~CRECHE~MANGER NATIVITY WALTER BACHER For Sale

This is a ONE OF A KIND RARE Stable~Manger~Creche for Nativity by Anri /Walter Bacher with a Thorens Movement Music Box that Plays Silent Night~also has light attached~ This was made by Anri .This is One of a Very few to exist. It is Huge!! I believe it would fit to size 12" Nativities. The opening of the actual Manger is approx 14" Where Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus would be. The overall Dimensions are approximately 26" tall at tallest point, 43" long and 19" Deep. The music sounds wonderful and has a great glow to it when lit up. Please message me with any questions. This is heavy and is so big and will require a lot of packing and boxing so it will be costly to ship...A little about artistBorn on September 19 th , 1908 in Vahrn near Brixen ( South Tyrol), Walter Bacher apprenticed the well-known sculptor Alexander Dejaco in Brixen, to whom -- he said -- he owned much of his professional knowledge.In 1931 he moved to Munich and attended two years of art school and four additional years at the Academy of Art. In 1937 he returned to Brixen and worked as an independent sculptor.Calledup during WWII, he was taken prisoner by the Russians in 1943, and after five long years in Prisoner Of War Camp in Tula ( Russia ) he was able to return home. On December 9, 1950 he married his former Masters' daughter, Luise Dejaco and settled in Innsbruck ( Austria ) where he lived for the following ten years.He died on November 24 th , 1960 of a persistent illness contracted during his captivity. Most of his works were created during these last years.His creations, mainly religious motifs expressing his deep faith, can now be found in churches, museums and private collections all around the world. Especially of mention are his Madonna with Child, putti, madonnas, crucifixes and his crèche set. One of his famed works of art is the popular Bacher Nativity scene, reproduced and distributed exclusively throughout the world by the ANRI Company.WILL BE PACKED AND SHIPPED WITH INSURANCE BY OUR LOCAL UPS STORE. LOCAL PICK UP IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED.. WE MAY MEET FOR PICK UP WITHIN AN HOUR FROM KANSAS CITY MO. ASK QUESTIONS !!! WE WILL WORK WITH YOU !