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Yes, this 6-foot-4-inch Betty Boop statue is content and intact. That’s because I decided to spare you the sight of the famous decapitated Betty Boop statue now being auctioned off on Ebay. (That is, until the jump. I am sensitive to cartoon community standards!)

Anyway, back in 2005, someone made off with the statue of Betty Boop that sat outside of Cool and Eclectic Furniture in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was found on the side of the road with her noggin missing-in-action. Despite national publicity and an appearance in the comic strip “Zippy the Pinhead”, her face was never found. (This link takes you to the Zippy strip.)

(Eerie coincidence: In the Betty Boop version of “Snow White”, the Queen orders Bimbo and Koko to behead Betty!)

The famous vandalized vixen is currently for sale on Ebay. CLICK HERE to bid!

Opening bid is $1299. It’s been up there a while and the price started at $1979.99 and keeps dropping so you may want to wait. If you’d like a headed Betty, the one above is available for $1099 .

Just last Friday, Cool and Eclectic Furniture got some more press as they reported the theft of an Elvis statue. (Hmmm…bad luck or publicity stunt?)

See the pathetic sight of headless Betty after the jump…

Boop boop a oops!

To cheer up, watch Betty in “Snow White”:

—Anne D. Bernstein