It is not uncommon for the same figurine to be reproduced over 1500 times. That very high number makes it a risk as an investment. A quick perusal of Ritchie's catalog of 329 lots plus eight pages of addenda with approximately 128 other lots revealed some figurines accompanied by at least two other clones. Ritchie's personnel carried the pieces carefully on trays from the display cases to tables at the back of the auctioneer's podium. Anxious collectors watched every move.
Male collectors tend to go more for character jugs than figurines.
Women go more for them. Heirs don't appreciate Doulton figurines or don't know what to do with them, so they auction them off. Kaiser had anticipated a large turnout for the Doulton figurines. Perhaps because of the Air Canada pilots' strike, most American buyers chose instead to stay at home. Also designed by Davies, Old King Cole ran from 1963 to 1967, a significantly short time span.