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Antique DOLL Collector January 2012 Vol. 14, No. 12

January 2012 Vol. 14, No. 12 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

THERIAULT’S PREMIERE 2012 THREE DAY MARQUIS AUCTION WEEKEND OF EVENTS

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Ask a doll collector why a particular doll was chosen to enter one’s house and a myriad of reasons will be given: the quality, the rarity, the beauty. But more than all other reasons is this simple statement that recurs over and over again: “The doll just spoke to me”.

It is the special privilege of the antique lover to hold in one’s hands not only the physical object of one’s delight, but also its particular past place in other people’s lives. For the collector of antique dolls that sense of personal connection to the past is especially intense, a doll sometimes seeming to radiate the very spirit of the child who cherished it in other times. Simply put, to speak.

Theriault’s three-day weekend of extraordinary doll auctions in Newport Beach, California on January 13, 14, and 15, 2012 pays homage to this concept with a 500 lot auction of antique dolls entitled “Other People’s Lives”. Their January auction gala has become a classic event in the world of antique doll collecting, a must-go, must-see event offering the world’s most exceptional dolls and childhood ephemera. This year’s splendid offerings include fine French dolls from original French chateaux as well as private American collections, automata, and rare German characters, dollhouse shops and rooms including milliner’s shops from the famous Landsberg Museum of Germany, to begin to name the treasures.

The antique doll auction takes place on Friday evening and all day Saturday, January 13 and 14. A 160 page full color catalog of the antique dolls, “Other People’s Lives” is available for $59 including priority shipping.

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Theriault’s Sunday Auction Of Vintage American Dolls The Sunday, January 15 auction will feature a fine collection of vintage American dolls from the golden 1950s, highlighted by a collection of more than 50 Cissy fashion models, rare and mint early Elise dolls, and including such rarities as the early Rosamund Bridesmaid. Of note is a collection of 12 Alexander dolls in their original Ice Capade costumes as created in the Ice Capades studios. Also included in the auction are 1950s vintage lady and child dolls from other firms including Miss Revlon, Toni, Sweet Sue, Betsy McCall, Harriet Hubbard Ayers, and Mary Hoyer. A catalog of the 1950s dolls titled “A Child’s Dream Come True” is available for $49 Including priority shipping. In addition, a Discovery Day auction of still more antique and vintage dolls will be held on Sunday. For more information about attending the auction, special group rates or ways to bid absentee, or to order catalogs visit www.theriaults.com, call 800-638-0422, or email info@theriaults.com.

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Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. - 2. 13" RARE Tete Jumeau With Keywind Sleep Eyes, magnificent bisque, br. gl. eyes, luscious lashes, fabulous orig. mohair wig w/wraparound braid & orig. pate, orig. silk dress (melted) w/an extra dress, orig. cape, orig. "signed" shoes, undies, ant. Fr. hat & orig. "signed" body & marked head. Tremendous presence w/very rare sl. eyes w/key in back of her head to open & close eyes.

OUTSTANDING!!! Great cabinet size!! $6200.

1-2 3. - 4. 11" JDK #237 Hilda Toddler, bl. sl. eyes, mint bisque, 2 upper teeth, orig. mohair wig & plaster pate.

Wears magnificent ant. ribbon lace dress, orig. undies, matching ant. bonnet & orig. shoes. On her orig. fully jointed Toddler body & is the smallest size Hilda Toddler made.

Absolutely ADORABLE!!!

5. - 6. 26” S&H #1279 Character, mint bisque, HUGE br. sl. eyes, 2 upper teeth, fabulous curly mohair wig, orig. pate, wears magnificent ant. lace dress w/silk underlining, orig.

5-6 7 undies, orig. leather shoes & the most incredible Fr. ant. pink velvet & lace hat. On great orig. S & H body. Incredible deep modeling w/dimples below eyes & chin. Crisp modeling, first out of the mold!!

The BEST EVER!!!! $6775.

7. 11" JDK #211 "Sammy" Character Baby, open/closed mouth, beautiful light blue sl. eyes, orig. mohair wig, Kestner pate, wearing a darling batiste ant. baby gown. On orig.

Kestner bent limb baby body. Incredible modeling & perfect mint bisque. Absolutely adorable!!! And only…$750.

8. 13 1/2" K * R 117N Flirty, br. flirty & sl. eyes, immaculate pale bisque, orig. auburn mohair wig & pate. ALL FACTORY original cotton & lace frilly dress, orig. undies, hat, shoes & socks. On GREAT orig. K * R body. She is an 9-10 absolute DARLING!!! Only…$1575.

9. - 10. 24” Rare DEP Jumeau #749, huge bulging blue threaded p/w eyes, immaculate bisque, 6 upper teeth, gorgeous vintage long HH wig, wears Fr. style dress, matching hat, all of ant. silk, crocheted socks & ant. leather shoes. On orig. chunky body w/ Bebe Jumeau label. GREAT presence. AMAZING face. From the rare 700 series & Incised DEP with mold number for Jumeau & the Fr. market. EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL. $3400.

11. - 12. 19" K * R 117A Mein Liebling Cl/Mo., perfect bisque, blue sl. eyes w/orig. hair lashes & painted upper & lower lashes, cl/mo. pouty, orig. mohair wig & pate, wearing a darling ant. cotton dress, ant. Fr. velvet & lace hat, ant. undies, orig. shoes & crocheted socks. On GREAT orig. K * R body, wonderful full pouty mouth & the most soulful expression. She will melt your heart!!! A great Mein Liebling at a great price of…$4550.

13. - 14. 12 1/2' Au Nain Bleu Steiner Fire A Boy, mint pale bisque, magnificent blue p/w eyes, orig. mohair wig & pate, his fabulous ALL ORIGINAL Au Nain Bleu boys costume, orig. shoes, socks & fabulous orig. matching hat. On orig. Steiner body, clean, shiny & in unplayed with condition w/white painted Au LAYAWAY AVAILABLE Nain Bleu fingernails. Rare beautiful Steiner boy Member UFDC & NADDA in a darling cabinet size. GORGEOUS face & (Nat'l Antique Doll Dealers Assn.) soulful expression. $7200.

Photos by Vincent Lanza

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Happy New Year!

1 and 4. 20” Super special TeteJumeau, factory Jumeau mariner’s outfit and shoes. The camera loves this girl! $5975.

2 and 5. 12” Rare size for this warmhearted Schmitt bebe, incised “000” with shield mark on head, also marked derriere (slight bisque flaw). $11,900.

3 and 6. 18 1/2” Jumeau E8J, factory Jumeau mariner’s outfit and hat, orig. chestnut mohair wig, stunning beauty! $7650.

Exhibiting: January 28 - Verdugo Hills Doll Club Show and Sale, Glendale CA, Civic Auditorium

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1. 10-3/4” Bebe Jumeau marked 1 over EJ – unusual, due to her “early portrait” look. Details include perfect bisque, pretty blue paperweight eyes with spiral threading, pierced ears and a darling original skin wig.

On an 8-ball-jointed body with the original finish and Jumeau stamp. $9500.

2. 22” SFBJ 230 bebe, with perfect bisque, blue paperweight eyes, molded brows, an open mouth with teeth, and a fantastic original blonde mohair wig. Her fully-jointed composition body retains the original paint finish and she is beautifully attired. A darling French child in “from the family” original condition. $2900.

3. 19” factory-original Bru Bebe Teteur with a gorgeous perfect bisque head and shoulderplate, deep brown paperweight eyes, her original curly mohair wig, and pierced ears. Her Chevrot body, in spectacular condition, is complete with an intact paper label and features the carved wood arms.

(Offered for a very short period.) She wears her original three-piece bebe ensemble of white cotton faille. $18,500.

4. 31” of sheer beauty is this fabulous Portrait Jumeau Fashion with a perfect head and shoulder plate, expressive brown paperweight eyes, pierced ears and a flattering original mohair wig. On a leather body with normal wear and some scattered patching, this doll’s presentation is beyond impressive. $14,500.

5. 21” E.9.D for Emile Douillet (a founding partner in Jumeau et Cie) with perfect bisque, deep blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, and a wonderful auburn mohair wig. On a fully-jointed composition body in excellent condition (possible scattered re-touching) she is dressed to the nines in taupe satin with rich accents in dusty pink. $6200.

6. 19” Bebe Phenix impressed *90 on her head, with exceptionally lovely bisque, an antique mohair wig, and extra-beautiful blue paperweight eyes. The jointed composition body bears a few areas of in-painting and refreshing to the hands. Classic lines abound in her lovely bebe dress of taupe and dusty pink striped iridescent silk. $3900.

7. 18” Wigged China with a black-painted spot on top of the perfect shoulderhead, she wears a marvelous mohair wig in an elegant style secured by a lace snood. On an old leather body in good condition, she wears a glorious ball gown – an exquisite creation in cream silk with black lace and yards of garnet silk ribbon. $3200.

8. 16-1/2” poured-wax shoulderhead with amazing modeling, early threaded blue glass eyes, and an incredible original mohair wig. She retains her original pearl bead jewelry, and an ormolu hair comb with matching pearl decoration! On a stuffed cotton body with wax-over limbs, she “wears” yellow, high-button, molded boots, and her original gown of natural gauze and lace. A one in a thousand doll! $4950.

9. 20” circa 1840, carved wood shoulderhead lady with marvelous facial features, she has exceptional carved hair details that include a coiled bun.

The paint in front is entirely original, although paint on the reverse has seen some refreshing. On her original leather body, (patching and front of leather feet replaced) it is fitted with carved wooden arms. A true rarity which could be easily confused with a papier-mache. $4700.

10. 7-1/4” Kestner All Bisque with a perfect swivel head, blue glass sleepeyes, gorgeous painting, and a remarkable long blonde mohair wig.

Her body is perfect (save for a repair to the right bent arm) and features detailed hands and wonderfully detailed boots. An all-bisque that guarantees sweet dreams. $3200.

11. 9-3/4” Kestner All Bisque with pale gray, paperweight-like sleep-eyes, lovely painting and an auburn human hair wig. The 5-piece body is in perfect condition (normal flakes at the stringing holes), and features a clenched fist upon the right hand, and darling bare feet. Costumed in pink silk, the matching bonnet is adorable. $6800.

12. 22” Simon & Halbig 719 with perfect bisque, blue paperweight eyes in even eye-cuts, pierced ears, and a fabulous mohair wig worn in long curls. On a chunky jointed wood and composition body with straight wrists, it bears the original paint finish showing normal wear and scattered repairs. Her couture clothing is “a la Français.” $3200.

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MISS ROSE PERCY by Donna C. Kaonis Our own national treasure raised over $20,000 at the recent fund-raising dinner in Gaithersburg, MD.

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THE BEAUTIFUL ONE HAS COME

A VISIT WITH HELEN WELSH GASTALDO

ETRENNES… HAPPY NEW YEAR!

by Donelle Denery Dolls in elaborate presentations were a popular New Year’s Day gift in France.

by Kathy Embry Carl Halbig likened the legendary beauty of Nefertiti to the classical profile of the company’s 1160 mold.

by Donna C. Kaonis A great collection is artfully displayed.

About The Cover

Rudy, a superb, all original 150 model by Simon Halbig, enjoys the quiet solitude of the beach. He is one of numerous dolls and miniatures belonging to Helen Welsh Gastaldo. You’ll enjoy this look at her fascinating and diverse collection. Photo by Keith Kaonis

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Photographed at the United Federation of Doll Clubs National Convention by Keith Kaonis

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PATTY CAKE: HELEN TROWBRIDGE’S LAST DOLL by Don Jensen

This talented dollmaker would eventually retire to her life as a society matron.

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by Myra Fay Graubard The legend of Salome was captured in Lenci’s sensuous depiction.

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19-1/2” Stunning SFBJ 247 Character – tender heart-shaped face with a flush of blush and a dewy sheen, rare and impish flirty eyes, long French curls and jointed toddler body. A dear! $1750

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23” Luxurious Eden Babe – ca 1890 by Fleischmann and Blodell, Paris. Careful details of quality, oily sheen, blue PW’s and two tone mouth are combined to create a luscious parfait! $2000

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12” Unusually Small Chase – fresh, bright colors, deeply stippled hair, sateen covered body, original romper, all well preserved! $450

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25” Factory Original Kestner 162 Lady – rare size and mint from wig and pate to the heeled leather shoes w/shapely lady body beneath fancy factory chemise with matching undies – all so pristine! $2250

26”Grand Size 1159 Halbig lady – splendid mint example featuring shapely lady body in a rare size, gorgeous bisque, hip length antique wig – she awaits your own special costume! Just $1795

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Mint McLoughlin Paper Dolls – the 2 dolls and their 12 costumes with hats – all are still uncut in the book – brilliant color! $150

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20” Paris Genre Fashion – so elegant from her mint factory hang curls to leather shoes, closed mouth and regal vintage attire with gold mesh threading and matching bag!

Stately! $1495

23” Simon Halbig 1279 Character – breathtaking describes this unusually Halbig with her round eyes, “fly away” brows and deep dimples; mint original wig and elaborate antique clothes – a must! $1800 18” Rare 1840’s KPM – one of the prettiest complexions on a KPM with finest details too - very deep dark yet brown hair, exposed ears molded breasts, original body/ arms, silk clothes with important bonnet and flat sole antique boots. This is the one! $4500

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An American Master – from the early 1800’s comes this 22” historic, privately held oil painted rag recalling early American gallery portraits. All the original paint – no cleaning or touch-ups, and the original clothes make this doll unique, important and thrilling. $4000

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12” Pierced Ear Lady – original body and delicate porcelain limbs w/ flat sole shoes $425 16” 1850’s Pressed China – Greiner hair, brown eyes, orig. body and limbs as above, vintage clothes. $895

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Exquisute KPM – see #5 14” Bru Face Belton – rare jointed version of the Circle Dot Bru, luscious modeling, delicate dewy bisque, classic full pout, huge PW’s, early jointed body and attic original clothes! $2800

Gbr. Heubach Winter Rarities – the two iconic Heubach Edwardian “muff” figures – 13” example housing her kitten from the cold; the other 12” shielding her face.

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12” Scarce G. Borgfeldt Toddler – fine quality, clever closed mouth ‘250/248’ with intaglio eyes, molded tongue and double chin! $575

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1. 30" S. & H. #1249 - This lovely "Santa" is completely original from head to toe. She is a beauty with a very slight hairline (can only be seen with a light) This doll is very reasonably priced at only $950 2. 22" E.J. - This is a spectacular doll with huge blue eyes & original early 8 ball body. She is marked on her head, body & shoes. This doll is dressed in lovely antique clothes & very unusual marked red Jumeau shoes. $8950 3. 17" Kathe Kruse #1 - This very rare doll is in excellent condition. She has her original shoes & chemise. The little coat was added but looks adorable on her. $4500 4. 15" Kathe Kruse look alike - This cute German boy is all original & in excellent condition. $850 5. 14" J.D.K. Baby - This sweet little baby is in very good condition. She is nicely dressed in antique clothes $450 6. 8 1/2" S. & H. #1078 - She is a cute little girl with original wig & nice clothes. $485 7. 18" J.D.K. #260 - This fantastic character doll is in excellent condition. She has her mint, original fully jointed toddler body & flirty eyes. This is a charmer nicely dressed in antique clothes. $1250 8. 6 tiny dolls - They range from 1 1/4" to 2 1/2", all in good condition. $50 each 9. 8" Steiff yes & no bear - He is in very good condition. $450 10. 7" Steiff with button - Excellent condition $285 11. 8" German Baby - This is a very sweet little character baby in excellent condition. $485 Cradle is also nice. $250 12. 15" K * R #717 - She is a very nice celluloid doll in great condition. $325 13. 10" Kestner #257 - Twin babies in great condition in this nice cabinet size. They are little cuties with original wigs & nicely dressed. $650 each 14. 4 1/2" Kestner # 189 Googlies - These adorable little triplets are in excellent condition. They are all bisque, fully jointed with swivel heads. $750 each 15. 5 1/2" Kestner #189 Googlies - These twin little Googlies are fully jointed with swivel heads. They have original wigs & are in excellent condition. $1150 each 16. 5" All bisque babies - Three cute little all bisque babies with original wigs & handmade clothes. $285 each 17. 8" J.D.K. #260 - She is a very cute little toddler with original wig & nice old clothes. $550 18. 10" J.D.K. #260 - This little toddler is just adorable. She has her original wig & very cute clothes. $850 19. 5 1/2" Kestner # 402 - This is a very sweet little all bisque doll. She is fully jointed with swivel head. $850 20. 4 1/2" All bisque Kestner #164 - This is a very rare little Kestner with bare feet. She is in excellent condition. $1250

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French “Loterie” game complete. 13” tall x 16” wide. $1950.

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Interesting bird carving from Maine 17-1/2” tall x 15” wide. $295.

Early watercolor “Keeper of the Doll”. The frame is 8”x8-3/4”, the watercolor itself 5” x 4”. $3500.

Early English watercolor with birdseye frame 9-1/2” x 8”. $995.

German room box - complete. 13” tall x 22” wide. $795.

German room box - complete. 11” tall x 21-1/2” wide. $895.

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n early American clockwork toy, the “Automatic Sewing Machine and Girl,” featuring a parian head doll with metal hands and legs seated in a painted cast iron chair and operating a treadle powered sewing machine, with the original box, 9” x 8”, realized $23,000 at Noel Barrett ‘s November 18 auction.

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he seldom found closed mouth version of this mold incised Sie B 5, and in red script, “Steiner BTE SGDG Paris Bourgoin Succ,” 24-1/2 inches, brought $21,850 at James D. Julia’s November 30th auction.

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his lovely poupee by Huret & Lonchambon, circa 1875, with articulated wood body by Anqueulle, with the original leather band with label by Huret, 18 inches tall, and wearing the original dress and chemisette by Mademoiselle Bereux, shoes by Maison Brasseur-Videlier, sold for approximately $23,000 at François Theimer’s November 26 auction in Paris.

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arianna,” an important George II English wooden in the original court costume, c. 1747, brought approximately $91,000 (with premium) at the recent Bonham auction in Knightsbridge.

Underneath the silk sack back dress, a coordinating cream silk underskirt, another layer in white cotton, a pink linen pannier with a pair of elaborate free hanging pockets, and yet another underskirt, long white cotton socks and pink silk shoes with ribbons and ties, with the original wooden box and handwritten note, “a doll given to Grandmama Marianna Davis in Paris when she was three years old …”

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27” Tete Jumeau #12 size on blue stamped Jumeau body, brown PW eyes, pierced ears, orig. HH wig & cork pate, antique undergarments, socks, EJ Depose shoes $5900 10” 1920’s Steiff Bear, golden mohair, beautiful, felt pads, 1 replaced eye $950

25” Kestner #171 original body, mohair wig & pate, brown sleep eyes, o/m with teeth, peaches & cream complexion, small invisible hairline by right eye, antique underwear, special price $410 7” Bisque painted eye Googlie, Goebel P12-0 with molded curl and blue ribbon, 5 pc. Original body with Steiff bird $725

Kewpies 2.5” Turned shoulder head #926 8/6 stamped made in Germany, top of right wing as is $200 4” Crawling Kewpie on tummy, Rose O’Neil, great coloring $295 4.5” Kewpie, eyes to the right $135 2” Seated Kewpie, salt shaker with rabbit in basket, eyes to the left $220 6.5” Kewpie, eyes to the left, Kewpie heart on chest, Rose O’Neil paper tag on back, great expression $195

1910 Hertel Schwab & Co. 20” LWC 152/11 Baby, blue sleep eyes, great molding $525 15” 1950’s Steiff mohair bear, squeaker in body, does not work $295 7” 1920’s Steiff bear, mohair Sold

10” S & H 739 Af. Am., brown stationary eyes, mohair wig, orig. jointed leg body $950

18.5” S&H 1039 w/early high forehead, brown sleep eyes, pierced ears, momma strings in body, great molding $625 6” All bisque Chubby in molded sleeper w/ buttons up back, adorable expression, chip on top knot $195

17” RD (Rabery & Delphieu) Size 0, brown PW eyes, early ST wrist, 8 pc ball body, antique clothing $3250

16” S&H 1078 Af. Am. All original in regional costume, orig. black mohair wig, brown st. eyes $1250

16.5” Patti Jo, after cartoon character by Jackie Ornes, Terri Lee Patent Pending, tagged dress $1050 6.5” & 4.5” Steiff Molly dogs, US Zone Germany tags, Steiff buttons in ear, jointed heads, original ribbons $265 pair

26” CM Tete Jumaeu #12, brown HH wig, brown paperweight eyes, stiff wrist Jumeau blue stamped body, pierced ears $4150 7” Googlie #240 A & M on fur covered 5 piece body, blue intaglio eyes, molded hair, sweet doll $350

20” Alexander Cissy in tagged 1956 golden yellow satin cocktail dress & swing coat, yellow lace slip & panties, black shoes (elastic as is) $895 Adorable 24” K Star R #126, flirty brown eyes, HH wig, original baby body, some paint touch up, white cotton lace antique baby doll dress $625 Steiff mohair Possy with chest tag & button, glass eyes $67 Steiff velvet Bambi, chest tag & button, black glass eyes, really cute $75

Baps Dolls by Edith von Arps, Germany, 1940s–1950s - cloth hand painted well detailed faces, felt covered armature bodies, lead feet 5” Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs ( 3” dwarfs) $250 4” Hansel & Gretel, adorable set $95 4.25” Little Bo Peep w/3 2” sheep $150 4.25” German Parents w/2 3” children $150

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17” Gotz Sasha Series, red head, grey eyes, all orig. in brown cord. dress, pants, brown leather shoes & white socks $1050 7.5” Norwegian Ronnaug Pettersen cloth doll w/blond mohair wig $110

18” Raggedy Ann by Molly 193537, re-dressed in vintage dress, great face, back of hair a little sparse $795 19” Georgene Raggedy Ann w/ black outline nose, orig. dress, tagged body, some soiling $325 13” 1940’s Two-faced awake/ asleep Georgene Raggedy Andy (asleep face as is)signed by Kim Gruelle 1999 $260 5” Schuco German perfume bottle bear, mohair legs are worn, was $275 now $225

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A Visit with

Helen Welsh Gastaldo

by Donna C. Kaonis

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t the tender age of six Helen Welsh Gastaldo already knew the meaning of mint and boxed. On shopping expeditions her mother would buy her a Barbie with extra clothing, shoes and accessories. Helen valued her Barbies so much she wouldn’t play with them nor could any of her friends! “I would put a new outfit on the Barbie and then carefully wrap it back up in the original plastic cellophane wrapping.” A couple of years ago she finally parted with her original childhood Barbies at top prices.

As a little girl she also collected ceramic horses and international dolls. Then like most of us other interests took hold, her marriage, jobs and two daughters, Kris and Heather, occupying every spare moment. About fifteen years ago with her daughters grown, she rediscovered dolls with a passion. Since then there has been no stopping her.

Above: Although extremely difficult to find in good condition, Helen has managed to acquire an impressive collection of early Steiff velveteen animals.

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A small unmarked French fashion with lovely gray eyes.

Far left: Lenci’s chubby faced series are among Helen’s favorites. The girl holding the rooster, circa 1930, is from the desirable 1500 series.

Left, Series 110/64 Lenci, c. 1927 with unusual leather shoes; circa 1930, this toddler in red has her name “Lusi” appliquéd on her pocket; rare winking model 264 from 1926.

Below: The Lenci in pink is from the 1500 Grugnetto series, in blue, the 300 series; the Lenci miniatures, also known as mascots, are circa 1933. The one in red has floppy legs.

Right: This rare back doll is Series 112, and was made during the first years the company was in business.

Below: Although Lenci concentrated on child and boudoir dolls, they did make a few babies with curved legs beginning in the 1920’s.

Today Helen lives in a beautiful suburban home with her husband John, a prominent neurosurgeon, and their cats, Gus and Caesar.

John is a proficient pilot and while the rest of us suffer the indignities of commercial flying, they rent a plane at a nearby airport for their vacation travel as well as doll shows and auctions. On a personal note, I am fortunate to have Helen as a neighbor and good friend.

Each morning, weather permitting, Helen runs by my house at approximately 5:30 am. I take her word for this as I am always sound asleep. She is passionate about her running and very disciplined. Just two weeks from now, she and John will be running in a half marathon at Disney World in Orlando.

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Small French dolls are easy to display and perfect for pairing with accessories.

Shown here is a first series Portrait Jumeau and a Bru Brevete.

Far right: The Jumeau automaton was purchased during a trip to Nice with her husband John. It shares the shelf with an E. J. 8 and a brown-eyed portrait Jumeau.

Dressed in red, an F.G. bebe with a leather covered body (formerly in the Dorothy Dixon collection) and another chubby cheeked F.G. bebe.

The beautiful Scottish lass is an all original Bru Jne, purchased from a local family who were the original owners of the doll. To her right an all original Tete Jumeau.

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Steiff character dolls. The gentleman with the pipe was purchased from last year’s Steiff auction conducted by Christies of London.

Looking serenely beautiful is this E. J. 8.

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This lovely Jumeau came from the sale of the Mary Merritt Doll Museum.

Door of Hope dolls taught young Chinese girls important skills and gave them a renewed respect for their heritage.

A special shelf is reserved for Asian dolls including this impressive standing Simon Halbig 1329, 243 Kestner, 353 Armand Marseille and on the far left, an all bisque Kestner.

A darling character by Swaine in the original outfit. This same doll was pictured in the book, “Rare Character Dolls” by Maree Tarnowska.

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Once Helen decided to collect dolls she took a mail order class in repair and restoration followed by a hands on course that taught her how to recognize repairs, hairlines, repaint and how to string dolls.

“I wanted to be informed when I started buying dolls,” she said.

Helen’s intent was to resell dolls but she found it was difficult to part with them and in no time at all, she had a sizeable collection.

Greiners followed by chinas were her first loves, then German and French bisque and cloth dolls, especially Lencis, Kathe Kruse Victorian purses led to paintings on ivory which and Kamkins. Lately her focus has turned towards German bisque led to brooches, pins and mourning jewelry.

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Hans, K * R’s 114 mold with the cover doll, an all original Simon Halbig 150 named Rudy.

Kammer and Rheinhart’s mold 101, “Marie” and 114, “Gretchen.”

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A darling Kammer and Reinhardt bridegroom.

A pensive looking Kammer and Reinhardt character 101 (left) and a 109 are best friends.

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painted eye characters. “When I first started collecting, I thought I had to have one of everything, every Kestner mold for example.

Finally I started to focus on what I loved the most, the characters.

It is the face that attracts me and draws me in. If I see a doll and I can’t stop thinking about it, I have to go back and buy it. I think every collector knows when they have to have that certain doll.

John can tell if a doll is going home with us just by my body language.”

Where to look first! Dolls are displayed in virtually every room. The dining room houses Lencis and a wonderful collection of small velveteen Steiff animals.

More of these are paired with dolls in other cases throughout the house, along with Victorian “fairings,” doll furniture, all bisques and toys. Rather than just lining her dolls up in a row, she tries to make her displays interesting by adding these interesting go-withs. Guests always notice something “new” each time they visit.

In the living room, French and German bisque dolls, Steiff and Door of Hope dolls and in the Great Room more Lencis and Bings share space. Upstairs an antique wardrobe was cleverly converted into a giant baby house, each room a total delight, populated by small bebes and all bisques, miniatures and accessories. Another guest room is home to Helen’s early dolls, the Greiners and chinas that first claimed her interest. The master bedroom holds many of her favorites, an impressive collection of Kamkins and Kathe Kruse dolls and several German painted eye characters, including the cover doll Rudy, an all original Simon and Halbig 150.

A massive wardrobe was outfitted with shelves and divided walls and turned into a baby house. Looks like the Heebee Sheebee is in charge of the two leather babies.

This tiny papier mache is busy preparing the evening meal.

A cozy fireplace warms up the living room for this A Steiner and seated, a Bahr and Proschild Belton.

A group assembles in the parlour. Seated in chair is Kestner 143 as is the doll in front of the curio cabinet Kestner. A little all bisque us seated on the sofa and the larger dolls is an all original Belton. Creating and furnishing this baby house was very satisfying for Helen.

The mignonettes are in charge of bathing the youngsters.

Standing, a Limbach glass eyed character and on the bench, a tiny Motchmann Baby and a dimunutive Kestner.

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All bisques and bathing beauties share a built in cupboard in the master bath.

Somebody loves Kamkins! This is just the tip of the iceberg!

Amazingly this brother and sister Kamkins pair were purchased separately.

These Kathe Kruse dolls are as mint as they can be.

Helen has other collections as well – souvenir tape measures, match safes, Bilston Battersea patch boxes, Victorian handbags, mourning and friendship jewelry.

Poignant reminders of this highly romanticized era, the “Victoriana” is beautifully grouped and hung in large, deep set frames. Every purchase is carefully photographed with purchase price and details, carefully ensconced in plastic and stored in one of numerous binders.

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When Helen first started collecting dolls, she gravitated to the Greiners and papier maches.

toys? These belong to her four grandsons – Sean, Julian, Ellis and Asher – the oldest five years old and all a handful. Three days a week Helen joyfully baby-sits for her daughters who have busy careers. Like other children raised with valuable antiques, they are totally respectful of the dolls.

Helen cites her close friends Becky and Andy Ourant as having the biggest influence on her collecting. They invited her to assist with the cataloging and sale of the

Seated is an all bisque jointed knee Kestner.

Her friend is a lovely Sonneberg doll.

Standing is an early Sonneberg child doll and seated on a candy container sofa a Bebe Francais Jumeau and a diminutive Kestner Bru.

Hertwig made these tiny bisque animals dressed in crocheted clothing.

Mary Merritt Doll Museum which closed its doors December 31st, 2005.

“Working on that sale I learned more than I could reading twentyfive books on dolls. There were so many categories of dolls, toys and miniatures. It was a hands-on experience where I learned how to evaluate and grade the condition of items.” The Merritt sale, consisting of two dolls auctions and one toy auction, took place in 2006 and 2007 and involved a year and half of cataloguing and photography. The prices achieved were nothing short of phenomenal.

Helen has a longing to play with her antique dolls but just as she didn’t play with her Barbies as a youngster, she resists the urge. Instead she buys American ball-jointed dolls and has fun changing their clothing and accessories weekly. She also enjoys making wigs and small jointed teddy bears.

Her advice to new collectors is based on years of experience. “Buy what you love and live with it for a while. Study and learn and gradually go from there. In the beginning few people have the knowledge to be that discriminating. Your collecting will evolve over time.”

This big girl by Gaultier measures about 31 inches. Her antique chair originally came from a Victoria’s Secret window display.

Helen holds a rare Lenci Marietta, originally seen in the 1926 catalog.

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The Beautiful One Has Come

by Kathy Embry Marked S&H over 1160-0, 10in tall cloth body with leather arms, human hair wig with braids that wrap around her head. Closed mouth, single stroke eyebrows, long black eye lashes, fixed blue-grey eyes. She has a sweet serene face. Carole Miley Collection.

The former villa of Carl Halbig.

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t was in 1869 that Wilhelm Simon and Carl Halbig founded their porcelain factory in the peaceful village of Grafenhahn. I know it is a very peaceful place since I was lucky enough to have visited there several years ago. I saw the large tall villa, where Carl Halbig once lived on the wooded hillside that overlooked the meadow where the porcelain factory once stood. I will always remember this small village as having the friendliest people in Germany.

The porcelain factory began making doll heads in 1869 which were said at the time to be made of “bisquit” porcelain. The Simon & Halbig factory was very successful until the beginning of World War I in 1914. This was when American importers stopped buying German dolls. If you look in The Artful Aspect by Jan Foulke, you will find three pages of mold numbers

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Simon and Halbig, #1160, 12” tall, wearing a silk Gibson Girl style bridge dress. She has feathered eyebrows, accented lips, long eyelashes, pierced ears, original wig, and hinged leather body with porcelain arms. Costumed by Ann Cummings; Collection of Ann Cummings.

that were produced by this first class porcelain factory.

According to Cieslik’s German Doll Studies, 1875 was the year for their trademark registrations. For his toy factory, Wilhelm Simon chose “Child with Little Sheep” and for the porcelain factory Simon & Halbig chose “the Sitting Chinaman” as their trademark. They were known all over the world and exported to all of Europe, North and South America, Java and East India. They supplied many dolls for the French market. The first shoulder heads were not always marked, some had size numbers; they had artistically modeled hair with ribbons, and painted or glass eyes. These models were typical of the Northern Thuringia region.

One of my favorite dolls produced by this porcelain factory was made in 1894 and is mold 1160. Described

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as: Face of child, shoulder head, closed mouth (in the United States known as “Little Women”). One of my favorite doll stories about this model and maker came from reading Mary Krombholz’s book, The Story of German Doll Making 1530-2000. According to the Dorfmuseum brochure, where the doll head was on display, it states “Carl Halbig was known to be an enthusiast of classical art, and his partner Wilhelm Simon preferred the playful Rococo style.” Halbig thought the doll heads, which were mainly manufactured for export, were tacky. He longed for a classical profile for a doll head.

Soon a shoulder head that doll collectors refer to as the “Little Women” type emerged from the hands of a Simon & Halbig sculptor. Halbig said, “It looks like Nefertiti!”

The brochure continues, “The name (Nefertiti) made the

This 8-inch marked 1160 shows molded strapped boots with heels, elaborate style wig with long dark eyelashes and one stroke eyebrows.

An 1160 as a nursemaid with bent arms to hold a baby. She has a very slim waist and large bosom.

This marked 1160 is 8.5 inches tall in original ethnic costume, sold as a souvenir doll. She has a cloth body with composition arms and legs with molded boots.

rounds in the factory and the workers, mainly young porcelain painters between the ages of 14 and 18, asked Halbig the question, what does Nefertiti mean?” Halbig returned to the factory the next day with an encyclopedia under his arm, so that he could explain to his workers. A few days later one of his workers added a “Nefertiti-styled” headdress to the shoulder head. Now the doll actually resembled the early 14th Century Egyptian Queen. The shoulder head sat on Carl Halbig’s desk for a short time, and then he gave it back to “the lady porcelain painter who kept it safe,” according to the museum brochure. Today, this historical 1160 shoulder head is on display at the Dorfmuseum, complete with Egyptian headdress. Descendants of the “lady” porcelain painter donated the head to the museum.

Nefertiti was remembered by Carl Halbig because she was a legendary beauty, long before Cleopatra, the first woman to hold absolute power in the ancient world. At fifteen she married Pharaoh Akhenaten. They had six daughters. Nefertiti invented her own make-up using the Galena plant. She shares her name with a bead, called nefer and was often wearing it. Her name translates to “the beautiful one has come.”

Evidence of her political importance is seen in the large number of carved scenes with her husband in all aspects of life. But she and Akhenaten were unpopular. They forced the people to worship only one god, the Sun God Aten also called Aton-over all others.

After their deaths, the couple was all but removed from history. It was only after the discovery of Nefertiti’s limestone bust that her story began to be uncovered. It is said that even in the ancient world her beauty was famous. Increasing numbers of archaeologists are convinced she survived her husband and ruled alone for three years after his death in 1338 BC.

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The classic elaborate Rococo hair style originating in the 18th century.

Sweet face with brown glass eyes, one stroke eyebrows and long eyelashes.

Unusual marked shoulder head: S&H over 1160-1, 2 3/4in tall by 2 1/2in wide. Fixed blue glass eyes, open mouth with carved bisque teeth, feathered eyebrows and long eyelashes. Rare and lovely.

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The very popular 1160 model was made over a long period of time, from production in 1894 into the late 1920s. She was produced in a number of sizes, from 14 inches to 6 inches, the smallest sizes being very popular as dollhouse dolls. Sizes vary due to the homemade bodies that were sewn for the shoulder heads that were sold separately.

If purchased as a complete doll, her shoulder head came on a body of cloth or leather or a combination of these with a shaped waist and lower bisque or leather arms and legs (usually with molded boots).

The shoulder head is marked on the back: S&H over 1160 and sometimes on the front or back with a size number. They were also costumed in a variety of different ways to depict various styles and origins, including exotic and ethnic costumes to be sold as souvenir dolls. The 1160 shoulder head is known to be found with fixed glass eyes (brown or blue), usually a closed mouth (but also found with an open mouth and molded teeth), fashion wig of mohair or human hair (some with a rococo style that designated whimsical fashion), delicate painted eyebrows and long lashes with a serene sweet face. Apparently Mr. Simon’s influence showed through with the ornate style of the elaborate wigs that were made for this model. These dolls received their name “Little Women” because of their small size.

They are a prize in any size.

They weren’t just produced as females either. There were “Little Men” too. The “Little Couple” were sometimes used on top of wedding cakes and certainly used as dollhouse

dolls. This doll is easily collected today due to their popularity, many being available and the price range acceptable for all collectors looking for an antique doll. Due to her many varieties she is fun to find and admire.

Doll collectors should be happy that Nefertiti was remembered and favored by Carl Halbig and found his approval in the classic shoulder head we now know today as the “Little Women” series.

References: Wikipedia, “Nefertiti.” UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2003.

German Doll Studies, by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik, Simon & Halbig Dolls The Artful Aspects by Jan Foulke, Simon & Halbig Dollhouse Family: “Little Man” is 6.5 inches tall; “Little Woman” is 6.5 inches tall. They both wear Edwardian hair styles. He has large brown eyes, painted mustache on top of his upper lip and long dark eye lashes.

The Story of German Doll Making 15302000 by Mary Gorham Krombholz in collaboration with Cynthia Musser

Painted limestone bust depicting Nefertiti. It was found in the workshop of the famed sculptor Thutmose.

Her graceful elongated neck balances the tall, flat top crown which adorns her sleek head.

Carl Halbig saw a resemblance to Nefertiti in the classical proportions of mold 1160.

Berlin Museum

All photos and dolls from the Embry Collection except where noted.

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Miss Rose Percy I

by Donna C. Kaonis

admit to being a little star struck when I first saw Rose Percy and her spectacular wardrobe in person. After all, she is arguably the most important doll in American history, first brought to our attention in this magazine by Ann Coleman who as a child enjoyed visits to the Red Cross Museum where Rose was residing at that time.

Readers of Antique DOLL Collector are no doubt familiar with the story of Rose and how the young ladies of Mrs. Sarah Ogden Hoffman’s School for Girls contributed Rose Percy, a 23-inch poured wax doll along with an elaborate trousseau and accessories, to raise monies for wounded Civil War soldiers at the 1864 Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York City.

The second modern day fund-raising occasion to celebrate Rose’s 150th birthday took place in conjunction with the Gaithersburg, MD doll show.

The Maryland Doll Club hosted the event for 153 registrants at the Wyndham Hotel the evening of December 3rd.

Attendees enjoyed cocktails while they selected among a wide choice of helper items and placed bids for the silent auction. When the doors opened for the gala dinner, we were greeted by a transformed banquet room aglow with red, white and blue, Rose commanding center stage wearing her skating costume (one of twenty-one dresses) and Gunther furs.

Rose and her impressive original trousseau including coats, hats, purses, nightgowns, undergarments and an array of personal items including Tiffany jewelry made exclusively for Rose, was a sight to behold. As caretakers of Miss Rose Percy, Michael Canadas and David Robinson have the responsibility of transporting Rose and her belongings to fund-raising venues. Miss Percy’s

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choice of charitable institutions continues to be organizations who care and assist wounded veterans. Over $20,000 was raised at the December 3rd Rose Percy event.

Following dinner, Michael Canadas presented a program where we learned more about the Sanitary Commission, its role in helping wounded soldiers as well as prisoners of war, and the 1864 Metropolitan Fair where Rose made her first public appearance and raised the estimable sum of $1200. Exquisite rose centerpieces were auctioned to the highest bidder at each table, Andy Ourant conducted a live auction and helper prizes were distributed. We all left with a bag of goodies including a box of Tiffany & Co., doll sized stationery with paper and envelopes, a copy of Rose’s very own. The best was saved for last, a beautiful hard cover book entitled, “The Remarkable Rose Percy . . . Duty’s Most Faithful Child,” written by Michael Canadas and David Robinson. Rose’s astounding documented provenance is but part of the story. The history of the Civil War, the work of the Sanitary Commission, the grandeur of the 1864 Metropolitan Fair, and of course Rose in all her glory, modeling her numerous costumes and accessories are complemented by contemporary photographs, fashion engravings, paintings, even a photograph taken of Rose Percy in 1919. A book to treasure, it is only available to attendees of a Rose Percy event. Many purchased a set of Rose Percy paper dolls, her dresses meticulously and artfully rendered.

For the doll community, Rose has quickly become a national treasure, a traveling ambassador, who in her quiet and unassuming way, reminds us of the sacrifices that continue to be made to ensure our freedom and safety.

Miss Rose Percy dressed for the winter weather in her skating costume and furs from the New York furrier C.G. Gunther & Sons. As you can see Rose does not travel lightly. We are so fortunate that her magnificent trousseau has survived the passage of time.

Miss Rose Percy will be coming to the historic Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday, May 19, 2012. For more information: Email: pegoberbeck@gmail.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Barbara Spears • P.O. Box 126095, Ft. Worth, TX 76126 Phone (Home) 817-249-2069 (after 8:30am & before 10:00 pm CST only please) • E-mail: barbarasdolls@barbarasdolls.com 1

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1. 10” “Blue Boy”, dressed by last owner, cute bisque head and hands, painted eyes, very nice cond. Straight limbed kid body $95 2. 25” K*R, Simon Halbig, brn flirty eyes, orig. hh long curls, white silk dress, ant. shoes, flapper body, 1 finger broken, big toes have some damage $650 3. Darling and very nicely made Oriental doll house family, leather hands and shoes, silk faces w/painted features, from 3” father to 1 ½” smallest child, circa 1920’s-30’s $125 4. Gorgeous 21” Alexander Cissy, tagged navy taffeta dress w/watch pinned to waist, tagged Alex faux fur shrug, Alex petticoat, tagged Alexander navy blue lace teddy, hair in orig. set, beautiful face color $450 5. Darling 25” life-size baby, Heubach-Kopplesdorf #267, clothes incl. lovely white organdy dress with pink ribbon in insertion at waist, lots of lace appear orig., bonnet old but not orig. Brn sleep eyes, dimples, 5-pc compo. baby body $350 6. Gorgeous Kestner 152 (harder to find mold #), 21”, brn sleep, hh wig, lovely organdy dress is newer, red bow in hair, red shoes, bj body has normal wear $395 7. 21” very early 1900’s heavy compo boy by Elektra NY, painted blue eyes, swivel wrists, dressed in cute blue knit suit and matching cap, little paint flaking on lips $125 8. What a cutie! The always popular SFBJ 236 “Laughing Jumeau” toddler as a boy, blue eyes, hh wig, ant suit, and his “so French” red beret, 19” tall $850 9. Pair of lovely Sasha dolls, Cora and Caleb, both have wrist tags/boxes with a few “dingies”, she also has outer box sleeve, $175 each 10. Beautiful 27” unusual bisque head girl, marked only 60 and a scratched “X”, French-type bj body, hh wig, blue sl eyes, lovely pale pink cotton batiste fancy dress $495

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11. Lovely 17” marked Emma Clear “Coronation” lady, molded white w/ gold accents “crown” w/molded blue & gold pin, molded blue earrings, molded 3-strand beads, beautiful black dress $295 12. Sweet little 11 ½” Shoenhut baby face on “walking” toddler body.

Antique white dress & slip, orig 1-pc undies and black stockings (holey), orig nailed on wig, body “walks” when you hold her hand and pull her along, face has orig. finish with an outer paint chip on cheek and a paint crack on forehead, usual to Shoenhut dolls $650 13. 2 gorgeous Simon-Halbig 1160 “Little Women” heads only, both have orig wigs, blonde has 2 long curls w/cluster of braids in back, blk eyes, and is 2 ½” inches at $100, and the other is an extra large 2 ¾” w/blue eyes, side curls w/cluster of braids in bun on back head, and she is $150 14. 21” AM Floradora mkd A 11 M Floradora, usual beautiful AM bisque, molded eyebrows, blue sl eyes, old white dress with a blue ribbon at waist and one under eyelet on skirt, mohair wig w/blue bows on each side face $225 15. Loveliest of the lovely 21” Emma Clear in china, spill curls w/molded blue and gold band across hair, mkd Clear ’41, orig old clothes, dress shows some age wear $350 16. Adorable little 14” BSW baby, blue sl eyes, mohair baby wig, old white batiste dress trimmed with lace and pink ribbon, hat old but is pink $125 17. Beautiful and serene, Parian lady with molded blouse top w/blue luster trim on tie, ptd blue eyes, antique cotton print dress has fading, parian type lower arms and legs, legs have boots w/blue tie on stockings $550

We accept VISA, MC and Discover, checks and money orders. Layaway is available. Layaway dolls are not returnable unless a crack or chip in bisque head not described is discovered. Dolls purchased with credit card are subject to a 5% fee if doll is returned, except if the doll has crack or chip in bisque or china not described.

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The former original owner received this charming presentation box in 1903. The 10inch bisque doll has over fifteen original items of clothing plus many accessories still tied down.

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or many of my doll collecting years I’ve been fascinated by dolls in elaborate presentations. In 1999, Theriault had an auction titled “Etrennes – French Nineteenth Century Holiday Dolls and Playthings”. The wonderful book published for this auction talks about how one person consigned to them a collection of 300 Etrennes catalogs from 1877 to just after World War I. The catalogs pictured the holiday offerings of leading French stores. Items depicted in the catalogs were found and offered in the auction along with the catalogs. Many of the items were elaborate presentations including dolls, doll related items or toys. These catalogs showed gifts called Etrennes. An Etrennes was a gift given for New Year’s Day. This tradition was only celebrated in France, where New Year’s was the big gift giving day. Started in the Roman-Gallo times with simple gifts of food of honey or sweets, the tradition was celebrated well into the 20th Century and evolved into luxury gifts for loved ones – especially children. The French department stores, such as Au Nain Bleu, competed for business by showing their items in elaborate catalogs. How lucky we are that these catalogs survived. While dolls made in France were sometimes used in these elaborate presentation boxes, often dolls of German origin were used, even during the World War I. What originally sparked my interest in presentation boxes was finding a German doll dealer at a doll show that had purchased the entire collection of a very elderly friend. In this group was a presentation box that the original owner received as a child during the holidays in 1903. As is typical with many of the presentation boxes, the box is made of paper covered wood with a colorful lithograph of children on the lid. This particular box, which measures ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Circa 1905, this box is home to a 7” Simon Halbig 890.

16-1/2” wide by 15” long by 4-1/2” high, has an unusual shape in that it has a curved bow at the front. Inside is a 10” bisque head doll on a composition body. Made by an unknown German firm, the doll’s head is marked “1902” with a size mark of 12/0. Her inset blue glass paperweight eyes confirm that German companies often made dolls for or to compete with the French market. The box includes over fifteen articles of clothing, a 2 -1/2” all bisque doll and retains the extensive number of items still tied in to the lid such as the handkerchief, brush, comb and lamb shown here. It is interesting to note that all the laces on the clothing match and that each dress has an identical pleated crinoline under skirt sewn in. What a lucky little girl to have received this holiday gift!

Etrennes with a single doll and extensive wardrobes were quite popular. Many German manufacturers supplied the French Etrennes market. Simon and Halbig was one such company. Shown above is an all bisque 7” Simon and Halbig 890 in a paper over wood box which measures 9-1/2” wide by 6” long by 6” high. Some of these boxes had elaborate hinging. On this particular box, the lower front side folds down and has multiple articles of clothing and accessories including a pink clutch purse. This box was made c. 1905 and contains six outfits, two hats, a bonnet, extra underwear and accessories such as a powder puff and sachet.

Once again, all the laces, ribbons and string to tie the items down match. In recent years, a large In this Patissier there are over thirty-five original confections!

The lithograph on the box lid matches the costume the 5-1/2 inch doll is wearing.

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number of supposedly original presentation boxes have come on the market which have been put together. In examining several of these, many of the components (clothing, accessories, etc) appear to be vintage or antique but have been assembled together to try to appear to be an original presentation. One good indicator of originality is to look for the such things as ribbons, lace and fabrics to be matching and antique.

Themes were popular for the presentation boxes. Shown here are two themed boxes, one is a French Pastry Shop (Patissier) and a bathing box. Made c. 1915, the Patissier is a 7” square by 3” high paper over wood box with a 5-1/2” all bisque doll.

Over thirty-five original confectionaries are contained in the elaborately hinging box (top and two sides). A good indication of originality with this box is that the lithograph on the top of the box shows a girl with an outfit which matches that of the doll in the box! Although in the style of the popular Etrennes of the era, the bathing box was made for export to an English speaking country as a Christmas gift. The 8-1/2” octagon box is embroidered fabric over wood with a lithograph of a sweet child which reads “God Bless Your Christmas.” While the German dolls I’ve found in most of the French Etrennes appear to be for the French market and generally of high quality, the 4-1/2” all bisque doll in this box is a painted eye stone bisque with a stiff neck. Also made c. 1915, when compared to the doll in the Patissier this doll is of a lesser quality leading me to believe some exports were considered to be lower-end. Still, this is a charming box with the doll fitted in its crystal bath tub with everything needed for a proper toilette. The only replaced items in this box are the binoculars – they obviously don’t fit in the string holding them in and the necklace - neither of which serve a bathing purpose! Being a purist, I’ve left them in the box since they came in the box when I purchased it.

Etrennes sometimes served a functional purpose such as the millinery box, art set and tea set. The extensive collection of millinery supplies is housed in a box with a label on the top

Made for an English speaking country, this box displays the doll in its crystal bathtub, surrounded by items for the toilette.

Offered in a 1901 Etrennes catalog, this box features an extensive collection of millinery supplies.

which reads “Mademoiselle Lili Modiste” and two metal clasps embossed “F & Cie Paris”. Purchased at the Theriault’s 1999 Etrennes auction and pictured in one of the antique catalogs sold, the description of the item in part reads: “This manage was presented in the 1901 Etrennes catalog of Aux Classes Laborieuse at a price of 8.90 francs.” The beautiful art set is on a 24” easel which reads “Prix de Rome.” Prix de Rome was a scholarship for art students awarded by the French government between 1663 and 1968. Winning artists went to Rome to study. As part of his official patronage of the arts, King Louis XIV established an art academy in Rome called the Académie de France.

A maker’s label on the inside of the box reads “Maison A. Giroux, Paris, Bronzes, Fantaisies.”

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An elaborate art set was sold at Maison A.Giroux, Paris.

A setting for six contains everything for dolly’s tea.

The Germans also sold boxed sets such as this Kestner doll with multiple heads.

of art including doll related items such as furniture for Huret. Was this art set made to inspire young artists? The third functional box is a tea set for six with a hinged front side which holds napkins and spoons.

Although likely not made for the French Etrennes market, the German’s also had a small number of box sets. My favorites are the boxes which had multiple heads and one complete doll. The most popular of these multi-head box sets was made by Kestner. The Kestner boxes, made c. 1910 – 1915, came with a doll in one of three different sizes ranging from 11” – 18”. Each box had a lid stuffed with excelsior and an end label which read “Kestner Character-Doll, No.__ Made in Germany.”

There was a unique number stamped in ink on each box.

The box often had three heads from Kestner’s character series (this box has painted-eye heads incised 178, 184 and 185, sometimes glass-eye versions are found) and one dolly-face (in this box, a 174 but 171’s have also been found). The complete doll often came in a chemise, shoes and socks and the box set had instructions and a metal tool to aid in changing the heads.

Although these wonderful, original boxed sets are fairly rare, surely they were treasured as so many are in unplayed with condition! We are indeed fortunate that Theriault’s was able to document and bring to market a diverse collection so that we can enjoy them today!

Reference: Etrennes – French Nineteenth Century Holiday Dolls and Playthings, Gold Horse Publishing. ISBN is 0-912823-82-8

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Binney, from about 1918, had neither arms nor legs. More a small huggable pillow than doll, Horsman marketed Binney for babies.

elen Fox Trowbridge was done. For a dozen years she had created faces for Horsman dolls. But now it was over. Patty Cake was her last doll.

Trowbridge had been recruited by E.I. Horsman Jr. in 1909. Junior returned from the annual Leipzig toy fair enthused by the new German character dolls. He was anxious to find a sculptor who could capture a similar, but distinctively American look for the composition dolls produced in his father’s factory.

By chance, one day, he spotted several three-dimensional plaques of children’s faces sculpted by a young woman artist.

They caught just the look he was seeking. He hired Helen Trowbridge, a just-married, classically trained sculptress to design a new kind of American composition doll.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Trowbridge’s first smashingly successful doll sculpt was the Campbell Kid, her three-dimensional clay rendering of Grace Gebbie Drayton’s soup ad drawings.

In some respects, Patty Cake, her last doll, was rather like her first – cute, cheerful, sweet-looking, but seemingly a little vulnerable. But the doll was all cloth, not composition, a difference that demonstrated Trowbridge’s transformation as a doll designer over her 12-year career with Horsman.

During the first eight or nine years as the doll firm’s chief designer, she modeled countless faces that Horsman produced and sold as composition dolls.

Helen Trowbridge as a young woman.

PATTY CAKE: HELEN TROWBRIDGE’S LAST DOLL

BY DON JENSEN Drawings and descriptions of cloth doll designs are from Helen’s sketchbook (Courtesy of her granddaughter, Helen Hoffman.

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Arguably it was Helen’s work that ended the longtime reign of the dolly-face German doll and created something new and distinctively American. In 1916, the “New York Evening Sun” wrote: “If all doll babies don’t look alike to you, thanks are due to (this) woman sculptor.”

But her doll modeling interest had begun to wear thin.

In 1918, she told a New York newspaper reporter, “What I want to do is get back to my real work, (the classical sculpting) I left to do this; the work that is better and more worthwhile and what I started in the first place to do.”

Sculpting, for Helen, was creating artistic likenesses of real people, not the seemingly eternal tweaking of similar and, to her, increasingly boring doll faces that Horsman kept demanding.

It is notable that her last doll sculpture in 1921 was of a real child, the seven-year-old film star, Jackie Coogan. Though by all accounts, a remarkable likeness of Coogan as the young waif in Charlie Chaplin’s hit movie, she had been too realistic for Horsman executives. The Kid looked “too shrewd and too old” to be pleasing to other children, they said. The likeness was changed to produce the composition doll. That did not sit well with the artist, who never again sculpted a doll face.

But things had started changing for Helen Trowbridge five years earlier. By then she’d modeled hundreds of doll faces for the Horsman company. In earlier years the work had been interesting for the young woman who wanted to be a stay-at-

home Mom. She had been able to do it from a small studio in her modest suburban Long Island home, as her own child -- and later, children -- played at her feet.

By 1918, her husband’s career as a corporate attorney was advancing nicely. They moved to an upscale home in Upper Montclair, NJ. Increasingly she was required to leave her home and children to work in Horsman’s studio in New York City.

Sculpting prototype dolls wasn’t as satisfying anymore.

Besides, there was more competition, a new star was appearing on Horseman’s horizon, a young sculptor named Bernard Lipfert.

Always a fan of women’s handicrafts, Trowbridge turned from clay to cloth. Even as a child, she had made her own rag dolls.

Helen, by her own description, “always a designing fool,” began making fabric dolls with painted faces.

Happily, this course change coincided with the Horsman company’s own plan to revive its longtime but languishing line of cloth Babyland Rag dolls. In the late “Teens,” Helen’s creative spark gave new life to the cloth doll line Horsman first introduced in 1893.

She also created new cloth products for Horsman. Binney, for example, was an odd-looking, armless, legless pillow-like doll for infants to hug.

Helen Trowbridge was intrigued by the challenges of making cloth dolls. Looking back on her transformation some years later, she told a magazine writer: “It is very funny, but I like to maintain that I am the only woman who at one time earned a living by not knowing how to sew.

“I began to work on the rag doll design and hadn’t the faintest idea how to cut a sleeve. I had to design it so simply that it was no effort for the operators to turn out, consequently, it was most successful.”

Perhaps a more complex design would not have slowed Horsman’s skilled production workers, but Helen had another project in mind, one that involved young, amateur seamstresses.

Trowbridge had become involved with author Edith Wharton’s World War I charitable causes. The expatriate novelist, since 1914, had been involved in organizing, administering and raising relief funds to aid French and Belgian women and children made homeless by the war.

In her New Jersey community, Helen recruited high school girls to cut and sew the cloth baby dolls she designed. Many hundreds of dolls were made and sold, the profits going to Wharton’s charities.

Horsman came on board as well, donating a portion of its Babyland Rag sales to the same cause. In gratitude, after the war, Trowbridge designed a new cloth doll with yarn hair and a painted face with side-glancing eyes, rosy cheeks and a cupidbow mouth.

On Oct. 18, 1921, she applied for a design patent for the doll that would be called Patty Cake. The U.S. Patent office granted her Pat. No. 60,970 on May 16, 1922. She promptly gave her patent rights to E.I. Horsman and Aetna Doll Co., Inc., the cumbersome name by which the firm was then known.

Well into the ‘20s, Horsman would sell Patty Cake, and several variations, Baby Patty Cake and Pat-A-Cake, which allowed a little girl to insert her hand in the back of the doll to make her clap in delight.

Helen Trowbridge, though, retired to the life of Society matron, corporate executive’s wife and stay-at-home mother to her six children, who then ranged from just-born Cornelia to 12-year-old Mason Jr., who once had been her model.

She designed no more dolls, but retained her interest in home handicrafts. She began making doll house accessories, small tables and chairs, mini-potted plants and dolly-size food items. Briefly, in the mid-1930s, she sold them in a small Manhattan shop. In later years, she donated her crafts to charity bazaars near West Cornwall CT, where she and her husband, Mason then lived.

There, on July 27, 1970, Helen Fox Trowbridge died at 87.

Patty Cake was the last doll designed by Helen Fox Trowbridge.

Patent drawing of the doll that became Patty Cake.

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Marion Maus

Specializing in Dolls and Miniatures Ellicott City, MD Phone 443-838-8565 mmausantiques@gmail.com Member NADDA, UFDC Back Row: Kestner X, mold 136 and Bebe Louvre Front: Two Kestner’s, center, F.G. Please call for details.

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Theriault’s January Auction Gala in Southern California, January 13-15, 2011 Created by Prevost during the Renaissance of the French doll movement in the early 20th century, this Huret successor doll owns an extraordinary original couturier costume.

A splendid bebe

by Thuillier in original ice blue silk frock and bonnet, with signed A.T. shoes

The extremely rare K*R character 107 is a highlight of the January auction; of handsculpted composition the doll is a prototype of the K*R doll presumably created by Marian Kaulitz.

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The Series B model of Jules Steiner is virtually impossible to find. The January 14 auction features this exquisite model in original costume.

Among the rarest of the Heubach sculpted-hair characters is this model, 7958, in 19” size; the larger size of the doll enhances the fine modeling.

sk a doll collector why a particular doll was chosen to enter one’s house and a myriad of reasons will be given: the quality, the rarity, the beauty. But more than all other reasons is this simple statement that recurs over and over again: “The doll just spoke to me”.

It is the special privilege of the antique lover to hold in one’s hands not only the physical object of one’s delight, but also its particular past place in other people’s lives. For the collector of antique dolls that sense of personal connection to the past is especially intense, a doll sometimes seeming to radiate the very spirit of the child who cherished it in other times. Simply put, to speak.

Theriault’s three-day weekend of extraordinary doll auctions in Newport Beach, California on January 13, 14, and 15, 2012 pays homage to this concept with a 500 lot auction of antique dolls entitled “Other People’s Lives”. Their January auction gala has become a classic event in the world of antique doll collecting, a must-go, must-see event offering the world’s most exceptional dolls and childhood ephemera. This year’s splendid offerings

Rare black complexioned bebe by Jumeau has flawless bisque and complexion, fine antique costume.

include fine French dolls from original French estates as well as private American collections, automata, and rare German characters, dollhouse shops and rooms including milliner’s shops from the famous Landsberg Museum of Germany, to begin to name the treasures.

Two beautiful A.T. bebes by Thuillier are presented, a rare bebe “H” by Halopeau makes her presentation, a Bebe Mothereau with the rare J.M. markings is included and the offerings by the French firm of Bru range from a classic and stunningly beautiful Bru Jne to the very rare Bebe Modele and deposed two-faced bebe. Of particular note is a superb gathering of bebes from Jules Steiner, including a gorgeous mulatto complexioned bebe, two early models including Series A-4, each in fine couturier original costumes, and the very rare Series B model, size 2 in original costume. Classic beauties from Emile Jumeau abound, each impeccably attired in original or period costumes, and highlighted by the extremely rare Spanish bebe in original silk couturier costume, several exquisite portrait bebes, petite size 1-3 models including premiere and Paris Bebe with black ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Emile Jumeau catered to the international exotic tastes of Parisian travelers. Only two examples of this Spanish gentleman with original costume are known to exist.

An oil painting of a Parisian toy store of the 1885 era is included in the auction and is shown here along with a medley of playthings and dolls to be sold in the January auction.

and white complexions, and a very rare ebony-black complexioned bebe. The French poupees or lady dolls include a petite browncomplexioned lady signed G.P. with old trousseau, beautiful Rohmer poupee with signed body and fine antique costume, gorgeous Jumeau lady in her original walking suit, and several other poupees with trunk and original trousseau. Of particular note is the unique art poupee by Prevost for Huret, created during The Renaissance of the French Doll Movement, with an extraordinary trousseau, as featured in Theimer’s “The Huret Book”.

Lovers of German character dolls will delight also in the auction, including an extremely rare art character doll, the K*R 107 model attributed to the studios of Marian Kaulitz. There are rare bisque characters, too, including a rare 700 model pouty girl, the 7958 model of Gebruder Heubach in very rare 19” size with superb sculpting of hair, rare glass-eyed Heubach boy 8682, the mysterious 128 character girl, and others. Collectors of early Simon and Halbig models will find two examples of the rare 908 model as well as the sought after petite child dolls with twill-over44

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The rare mystery doll, 128, is presented in a most captivating petite size, with antique costume.

wood and hollow twill bodies. A litany of glass-eyed character models from K*R range from a trio of 12” petite-sized, 101,114, and 117, to a rare 30” 117 model; Googlies include a dandy 11” model 221 by Kestner, and other character children include K*R 115, SH 1279 in both grand and small sizes, the mystery 128 child in petite size, Dolly Dimple, and two superb Hilda babies by Kestner in outstanding costumes.

Automata include an extremely rare and all original Magician, circa 1860, with 16 different “surprises”, delightful and all-original Roullet et Decamps automaton featuring a pretty young girl seated on her traveling trunk, her watch in hand, impatiently tapping her feet as she awaits the train, and the wonderful clown with disappearing head by Roullet et Decamps with original Magasin des Enfants store label. A fine small collection of mechanical pull-toys are highlighted by an early gentleman model with sculpted-hair man by Simon and Halbig, and a wonderful bisque-head pull-toy Polichinelle, and there is a fine Zinner and Sohne hand-wind toy of dancing children. The auction features

“Will the train be on time?” The automaton by Roullet & Decamps features a young girl impatiently tapping her feet as she looks – and then looks again – at the watch she holds.

The mechanism and music are hidden within the trunk she is seated upon.

A stunningly beautiful mulattocomplexioned bebe by Jules Steiner is presented in her original costume, along with an additional original costume.

A fine mid-19th century milliner’s shop by Christian Hacker is amply furnished with hats, supplies, and accessories. The Hacker stamp appears on the underside.

fine cloth dolls ranging from folk art to salon ladies, and notably fine early examples by Kathe Kruse. There are rare all-bisque mignonettes, early porcelain dolls, all-original composition dolls, a fine collection of maitrise model doll furniture, and numerous other rarities.

Collectors of miniature shops, kitchens and doll rooms will find special treasures, too, highlighted by a collection of 20 rooms from the Landsberg Dollhouse Museum of Germany. Of significance in this collection are the large number of pieces bearing the signature of the sought-after work of Christian Hacker, most notably two fine milliner’s shops, and Moritz Gottschalk. Also presented is a large collection of TynieToy dollhouse furnishings.

For the makers of antique dolls the costumes were certainly of equal importance as the doll itself. Yet antique doll costumes have become more and more impossible to find. The auction features more than 50 lots of fine 19th century costumes, accessories and shoes. To complete the doll’s world are also rare doll-sized

Store card of antique miniature dolls and toys is centered by the bisque-head storekeeper.

A mid-19th century well-fitted grocery bears the stamp of Christian Hacker and is one of 25 groceries, shops, kitchens and rooms presented in the auction.

furnishings including several mid-19th century pieces bearing the luxury shop label. Collectors on the search for “something different” will find wonderful choices ranging from a fine wooden cabinet with needlework sample cards, to a collection of antique silver baby rattles.

The antique doll auction takes place on Friday evening and all day Saturday. A 160 page full color catalog of the antique dolls, “Other People’s Lives” is available for $59 including priority shipping. Sunday will feature a fine collection of vintage American dolls from the golden 1950s, highlighted by a collection of more than 50 Cissy fashion models; a catalog of the 1950s dolls, “ A Child’s Dream Come True” is available for $49 including priority shipping. In addition, a Discovery Day auction of still more antique and vintage dolls will be held on Sunday. For more information about attending the auction or ways to bid absentee, or to order catalogs visit www.theriaults.com, call 800-638-0422, or email info@theriaults.com.

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Blackberry Studios Margaret Gray Kincaid Tel. 410.323.0373 Cell: 646-709-4340

Margaret.kincaid@gmail.com Member NADDA and UFDC

Bru Jne, a lovely transitional model with Bru Modele Face, 19 inches, $23,000, holding a 4 inch mignonette, $600. A nicely stocked armoire, $550; on top a French wicker basket, $150 and a French hat box with dolly hat, $500.

Outstanding Bebe Modele, perfect, 18 inches, $35,000, Steiff dog, $95.

Foreground, French tea set, $195 and two ďŹ ne French porcelain baskets, $300.

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Kestner #172 Gibson Girl with Original Labeled Body - $1600; Simon & Halbig/Handwerck $550; French Bisque Bebe SFBJ - $1900; Sonneburg/Belton-type - $2100; Century Baby w Celluloid Hands & Replaced Body - $400

Billye Harris • 723 NC Hwy 61 South, Whitsett, NC 27377 • (336) 266-2608 www.rubylane.com/shops/ashleysdollsandantiquities.com • Billyehb@aol.com All major credit cards welcome: Amex, MC, Visa, Discover • Generous Layaways • UFDC Member

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First Row, L to R 1. Wonderful Kathe Kruse boy, series I. Original finish, outstanding clothes, marked KK right foot / number left.

Nicest I have ever seen! $5500 2. 11” Steiff teddy bear, circa 1905/1910, no button, great expression, $1450 3. Beautiful German hand carved hiking bear with backpack and inkwell, $345 4. 6” Steiff walking panda, circa 1950, $245 5. Dutch boy and girl, approx. 10”, all original and in mint condition, circa 193-40, $125 pair 6. 13” Denamur bebe marked E4D. Perfect bisque, original body finish, great cabinet size, $3450

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7. Beautiful Kamkins, circa 1925, original hat, coat, dress and undergarments. $3300 8. 7-1/2” set of Dionne Quintuplets by Madame Alexander with bed, excellent condition, one bib missing. $1150 Second Row, L to R 1. 11” K * R 102 “Marie”, ball jointed body with original finish, perfect condition. $1800 2. 18” Alabama Baby, blue eyes, very nice condition. $2750 3. 18” Swiss Linden wood doll, all original, side braids, circa 1900, clean, $875 4 8” black bisque head child doll with ball jointed body, original wig, sleep eyes, excellent condition, $475 5. 13” compo Shirley Temple by Ideal, tagged original

outfit, original wig, great condition, $545 6. 21” Nippon “Hilda” look a like, excellent bisque, nice condition, $895 7. Kestner Hilda with exquisite bisque, original wig, wonderful condition, approx. 22”. A great example, $2900 8. Phenomenal Bru Brevete Bebe! 1879-80. Perfect hands, good body, flawless bisque head, wonderful outfit, $18,500 9. Rare half doll art deco period, beautifully dressed, perfect, 9-1/2” overall, $345 10. HEbee SHEbee pair, all original, perfect condition, probably a wedding cake topper, $695 pair

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Antique Competitive Exhibit 2011 • Anaheim, CA • Part III Photographed at the United Federation of Doll Clubs National Convention by Keith Kaonis Enjoy more Blue Ribbon winners from the 2011 antique exhibit. Parts I and II can be found in our October and November 2011 issues.

CLOTH – European commercial, painted molded face with firmly stuffed supporting body.

Left, Shelley Chapman, Lenci. Right, Martha Simmons, La Francia

CLOTH – American commercial, molded or needle sculpted face.

Sherryl Shirran, doll by Dorothy Klinghorn Wilson

BISQUE HEAD DOLL Made in Japan – Margaret Hein

BISQUE HEAD DOLL NOT MADE IN GERMANY OR FRANCE – Top left, Tish Lehman Left, Jackie Willman Above, Nancy Jo Shreeder

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ALL BISQUE – Jointed at shoulders and hips, swivel neck, glass eyes, wigged, up to 5”.

Left to right: Barbara Close Margaret Kincaid Linda Vines

ALL BISQUE – Jointed at shoulders and hips, swivel neck, glass eyes, wigged, over 5” to 8”.

Left to right: Julie Blewis, Orsini Judy Henry Lynne Shobloom

ALL BISQUE – Painted eyes, wigged, some jointing, up to 5”.

Left to right: Evelyn Rutledge Nancy Jo Shreeder

ALL BISQUE – Painted eyes, wigged, some jointing, over 5” and up to 8”.

Mary Olsen

ALL BISQUE – Rigid neck, jointed at shoulders, glass eyes, wigged, up to 5”.

Left to right: Antoinette Winder Alicia Carver ALL BISQUE – Rigid neck, jointed at shoulders, glass eyes, wigged, over 5” to 8”. Barbara Close

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ALL BISQUE – Molded hair, some jointing, up to 5”.

Left, Julie Blewis, Right, Trudy LaFlamme

ALL BISQUE – Molded clothing, up to 5”, some jointing, excludes googlies.

Marina Tagger

ALL BISQUE – Molded clothing, over 5”, some jointing, excludes googlies. Julie Blewis

ALL BISQUE – Googly, painted eyes, some jointing.

Left to right: Marina Tagger Linda Vines

ALL BISQUE – Molded hair, some jointing, over 5” to 8”.

Above, Barbara Close Right, Faye Miller

ALL BISQUE – Googly, glass eyes, some jointing.

Left, Sherryl Shirran Right, Linda Vines

ALL BISQUE – No jointing.

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ALL BISQUE – 8” and over, some jointing, excludes babies and googlies.

Left, Darlene Lane Right, Judy Henry

ALL BISQUE – Dolls of color.

Left, Linda Vines. Right, Antoinette Winder

SNOW BABY – Single or multiple figures.

Linda Vines PINCUSHION HALF DOLL – Bust only, arms and hands away.

Left to right: Barbara Cleveland Rose Merrill

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BISQUE OR CHINA PINCUSHION HALF DOLL – Bust only, both arms molded or to body or returning to body.

Margaret Hein

BISQUE OR CHINA PINCUSHION HALF DOLL – Bust only with special features.

Margaret Hein

PINCUSHION HALF DOLL (not bisque or china) – Bust or complete assemblage.

Left, Brian Mogren Below, Joyce Patterson

BISQUE OR CHINA PINCUSHION HALF DOLL – Complete original factory assemblage.

Left to right: Margaret Hein Norma Ridgeway

BATHING BEAUTY – Nude, molded costume or factory original fabric costume. Left, Sue Temblader Right, Helen Ramsey

KEWPIE – Bisque. Some jointing. Julie Blewis

DOLL REPRESENTING AN ELDERLY PERSON – Left, Gloria Osborn, S & H 1303. Right, Marina Tagger.

AUTOMATON – Key wound. Michael Canadas

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AUTOMATON – Hand operated or pull string.

Left, Susan Rose Below, Linda Vines

PAPER DOLL – European commercial. David Robinson

COSTUMED BY EXHIBITOR – A dressed child for a holiday event pre 1920.

Jackie Westfell

PAPER DOLL – Advertising, celebrity person or animal. Carole Correll

COSTUMED BY EXHIBITOR – Lady or gentleman dressed for a holiday event pre 1920.

Patricia Hauser

COSTUMED BY EXHIBITOR – All bisque doll, under 9”, dressed for a holiday event pre 1920.

Judy Henry

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enci’s early all-felt doll, Salome, circa 1920’s, has quite the reputation. They took her femme fatale legend and ran with it, creating a sensuous, sassy, swivel-hipped doll that leaves nothing to the imagination.

My sixteen-inch tall doll features articulated arms. When posed opposite her unusual swivel hips, she creates the illusion of her dancing the “Dance of the Seven Veils.”

One focuses on her alluring left side-glancing eyes and heart-shaped face, with painted open mouth. A knotted rope-like headdress, attached to maroon and blue short felt strips, crowns her head. Further enhancing her ensemble is ornamental white beading, cascading down her blue bolero vest, as well as on long maroon and blue strips which comprise her ankle-length skirt. Round circles of the same material, in two shades of green, intertwined with several white beads, hang from the bottom of the skirt, augments the costume weight as well as adornment. If sandals graced her feet at one time, I am unaware of them. My Salome dances barefoot.

The Hebrew name, Salome, is derived from the root word Shalom, which means, peace. Alas, accounts of her life were anything but peaceful.

First mention of Salome was in Flavius Josephus, ‘Jewish Antiquities.’ She was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas and the daughter of Herodias. He gave reference to her name and details of her family relations. The legend of ‘Salome’ is derived from two Biblical accounts, passages in Mark and the Gospel of Matthew. She is not mentioned by name in Mark’s reference, but called either ‘Herodias’s daughter’ or ‘the girl.’ Salome danced before Herod on the occasion of his birthday. In the original Gospel story, Salome was depicted briefly as an amoral adolescent, who shockingly demands John the Baptist’s head on a charger, fulfilling her mother’s vengeful request. An aside must be mentioned here: Salome of legend is not considered the same person as Salome the disciple, who witnessed the Crucifixion of Jesus as cited in Mark 15:40.

The Biblical story resonated with renowned painters.

Titian’s version contrasts the brutally severed head of John the Baptist with the innocence of her girlish face.

Gustave Moreau depicts Salome as the poster girl for decadence and vice.

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he nineteenth century afforded us two bizarre and scathing interpretations of her story, sprinkled with more than a pinch of literary license, through Oscar Wilde’s play (1896), and Richard Strauss’s one-act opera (1905). The Salome of Wilde’s play takes a perverse fancy for John the Baptist. When he spurns her affections, she causes him to be executed. In the shocking finale, Salome embraces John’s severed head and kisses it.

Richard Strauss’s opera is famous for Salome’s “Dance of the Seven Veils.” Stauss expanded Wilde’s concept, depicting the dynamics of the Scripture’s most dysfunctional family.

Here a psychopathic Salome demands the holy man’s decapitation as revenge against her shamelessly spurned immoral propositions. Her stepfather, Herod, continues to make incestuous innuendos.

Herodias delights in the prize of the disembodied head.

Salome sings in delirious triumph while sweeping it up in her arms, then sensuously kisses the Prophet’s dead lips!

Wilde’s Salome inspired a 1923 silent film which stared Alla Nazimova. The 1950’s film ‘Sunset Boulevard’ showcases the principal character, Norma Desmond, writing a screenplay for a silent film treatment of the legend of Salome. She performs one of the scenes from her screenplay after going insane.

A myriad of films, ballets, and songs, too numerous to mention, were inspired by the legend of Salome. Was she motivated by revenge, adolescent lust or a victim of parental incest and court intrigue? This is a matter of personal interpretation. One thing we can agree on: We are fortunate to have Italy’s Lenci doll, Salome, to stir our imaginations and bequeath us artistic pleasure.

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he automata collection of Candy and Aaron Spelling was featured at the recent Theriault auction in New York City. This remarkable musical automaton, “Clown Musicians on Stage” by Vichy, 30 inches tall, with detailed synchronized movements, sold for $75,000.

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arked A 8 T, this 12 cm bisque head by Thuillier, the body articulated, but not original, sold for approximately $34,000 at Galerie de Chartre during their December 3 auction.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation: Bonham’s, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London SW7 1 HH. www.bonhams.com Galerie de Chartre, 10 re Claude Bernard, Za du Coudray BP 70120 28003 Chartre Cedex Email: chartre@galeriedechartre.com Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions, www.noelbarrett.com. Phone: 215-297-5109.

François Theimer, 4 rue des Cavaliers 89130 Toucy, France www.theimer.fr Theriault’s, P.O. Box 151, Annapolis, MD 21404.

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Do You Have a Mystery Doll ?

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rsula Mertz added more information to the wooden mystery doll seen in our last issue. “The doll was advertised in Playthings, July 1926, and may have been available as early as 1925. The doll is also listed in “Scouting Dolls Through The Years,” by Sydney Ann Sutton and Patsy Moyer, Collector Books, 2003. The doll can be seen there with 2 illustrations and the following text: “In 1929 a wooden flexy doll was shown in the Girl Scout National Equipment Catalog.

The ad reads: “A painted wooden Flexy Doll Suitable for G.S. Window displays when dressed ‘in uniform’. Also for hospitals and Christmas trees. K - 901 $0.15.” A friend of mine has this doll in her scout uniform.” Ursula

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eggy writes, “I purchased this doll from a friend who thinks it dates from the 1940’s. The doll is 15 inches tall, with a slim cloth body, leather shoes, and no markings.

Does anyone recognize her?

Peggy Email: pvisk440@aol.com

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www.sarabernsteindolls.com www.sarabernsteindolls.rubylane.com Perhaps there is a doll in your collection that you and others have never seen before.

Send us a high resolution photo and any information you have to antiquedoll@gmail.com (you may also send a print photo to Antique Doll Collector P.O. Box 39, East Petersburg, PA 17520). If you can identify a mystery doll, write to us at the address or email above.

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by Kathy Patterson toysintheattic@sympatico.ca Ph. 705-489-1046

Rare Toddler marked BII - 17 1/2”, blue sleep eyes, open /closed mouth, caracul wig, side hip jointed toddler body. Unusual face with deep modeling. Perfect bisque $1100. Call 215-794-8164 or email alloyd@nni.com . Member of UFDC and NADDA. Others may be seen at RubyLane.com/shops/anntiquedolls.

Victorian Retreat Antique Dolls Quality Dolls at Reasonable Prices Lynne Shoblom 928-445-5908 or 928-713-1909 cell email:

victorianretreat@msn.com Member UFDC Credit cards and Paypal accepted Generous Layaway Plan The most incredible Bru Belton you will ever find! This gorgeous Circle Dot Bru look alike is one of a kind! She stands 19” tall with amazing and huge blue spiral glass paperweight eyes, closed Bru type mouth, pale beautiful bisque and exceptional painting. This beauty is on a fabulous marked EG wood and composition body. Her outfit is a work of art! Placed next to a Bru you can barely tell the difference! Email or call for more details. $4295

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Gaithersburg Antiques Doll Show

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Calendar of Events

Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or Email: adcsubs@gmail.com.

If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

Ongoing

10/5-3/11 Paris, France. Exquisite Ephemera. Musee de la Poupee. 01 42 72 73 11. boutique.musee@noos.fr. www.museedelapoupeeparis.com.

10/15-4/9 Basel, Switzerland. Eyewear Exhibition. Doll’s House Museum. Laura Sinanovitch. +41 (0)61 225 95 97. www.puppenhausmuseum.ch.

The 157th Eastern National Antique to Modern Doll & *Toy Show 2012 January 2012 Established 1972

11/26-2/12 Basel, Switzerland. Victorian Christmas Special Exhibition. The Doll’s House Museum Basel. www.puppenhausmuseum.ch.

Present-1/23 Paris, France. Toy Display. Grand Palais.

In association with the Musee des Arts Decoratifs.

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12 Miles North West of Washington DC (I-270) Exit 10 to red light, turn left, follow fairgrounds signs.

Hotels: HOLIDAY INN 301.948.8900 HILTON 301.977.8900 Ask for special rates for Bellman Doll Show. Book hotel 30 days before each show

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8 Anaheim, CA. Dolls & Bears & Jewelry Annual Clearance Sale. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. 831-438-5349.

DollFestival@aol.com 13-15 Newport Beach, CA. Theriault’s Premiere Marquis Auction. Westin South Coast Plaza.

410-224-3655. www.theriaults.com 14-15 San Diego, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Al Bahr Shrine Center. Crossroads. www.dolls4all.com.

14 Waco, TX. Doll Show. Lion’s Den. Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

15 Cambridge, IL. Estate Auction. Collectors Hall. Stenzel Auction Service Inc. 20-21 Naples, FL. Doll Show & Sale. Moorings Presbyterian Church-Moss Hall. Naples Doll Club. Myrna Eby. 239-947-3394 or 574-892-5866. dothagman@centurylink.net.

21 Mesa, AZ. Dolls & Friends Doll Club of AZ 18th Annual Doll Show & Sale. Best Western Dobson Ranch. Vicki Lafferty. 480-464-2899. clectro@cox.net.

22 Dedham, MA. Doll & Teddy & Toy Show. Holiday Inn. Drummer Boys. 978-535-4811. www.bornsteinshows.com 22 Hauppauge, NY. Doll & Teddy Bear & Collectible Toy Show. Sheraton Long Island Hotel. Patchogue Doll Fanciers Club of L.I. 631-543-3499.

22 Lisle/Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show.

Wyndham Hotel. Karla Moreland. kmorela@ais.net.

815-356-6125.

26-29 Orlando, FL. Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. Teddy Bear & Friends, Doll Reader. Tina McDermott.

800-437-5828.

27-31 Frankfurt, Germany. Christmas World Show. Messe Frankfurt, Hall 11.A31. Visit Ino Schaller Bayern. +49(0)9568.5869. info@inoshaller.de.

28 Columbia, SC. Knight Doll & Bear Show. SC State Fairgrounds. www.KnightShows.com. 803-783-8049.

28 Glendale, CA. Annual Doll Show & Sale. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Verdugo Hills Doll Club. 310-398-5052. csemple94@eathlink.net.

28 Scottsdale, AZ. Winter Auction. Chaparral Suites Resort.

Frasher’s Doll Auctions. 816-625-3786. frasher@aol.com.

February 2012

4 Columbia, SC. 14th Annual Antique Toy & Comic & Collectible Show. Jamil Temple. colacollectorscom.webs. com. Mark. 803-358-0444.

4 Leesburg, FL. Annual Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale.

Leesburg Venetian Gardens Community Bldg. Orange Blossom/Hills & Lakes Doll Clubs. jsundeen@comcast. net.

4 Paris, France. International Prestige Auction of Animated Figures & Automatons & More. Ambassador Hotel. Francois Theimer. (0033) 03 86 74 3176.(F) (0033) 03 86 74 32 13. www.theimer.fr.

4 Vallejo, CA. Nancy Jo’s Doll Sales. Vallejo Fairgrounds.

Nancy Jo Schreeder. 925-229-4190. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

4 Westampton, NJ. Dolls & Disney at Auction. 700 Highland Drive. Sweetbriar Auctions. 410-275-2094.

SweetbriarAuctions.com 4 Yuma, AZ. 25th Annual Yuma Doll Club Doll Show & Sale. Yuma Civic Center. Bill or Geri Shaw. 928-726-9646. houseofshaw@localnet.com.

5 Bellevue, WA. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Red Lion.

Teresa or Leone. rivertoncottage@hotmail.com.

425-413-9516. rivertoncottage@hotmail.com.

11 Ft. Myers, FL. Annual Doll Show & Sale. Araba Temple.

Cape Coral Doll Guild & Ft. Myers Doll Club. Marilia.

239-540-8628. marilia@infionline.net.

11 Melbourne, FL. Doll Show & Sale. Wickham Park Senior Ctr. Florida Space Coast Doll Club. seafern@mac.com.

772-475-1251.

11 New Braunfels, TX. 20th Annual Hill Country Doll Show & Sale. New Braunfels Civic Ctr. Dorothy Meredith.

830-606-5868. www.dolldr.com.

11 Pensacola, FL. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. First United Methodist Church. Pensacola Doll Study Club. Paula.

850-292-6074. Perpleprsn@aol.com 11 W. Covina, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Elk’s Lodge. Rowbear & Friends Doll Festival. 831-438-5349. dollfestival@aol. com 18 Ft. Worth, TX. Doll Show. Lockheed Martin Recreation Association. Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

18 Jacksonville, FL. Knight SE Doll Show. Ramada Conference Ctr. Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com 18 Largo, FL. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Minnreg Building.

St. Petersburg Doll Club. Ilene Delk. 727-347-7556. rdelk2@tampabay.rr.com.

18 Lighthouse Pt., FL. Pompano Beach Doll Club Doll Show & Sale. St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church.

954-783-2158. mphp1@bellsouth.net.

18 Phoenix, AZ. 34th Annual Doll & Bear Show. No. Phoenix Baptist Church. Sunbonnet Doll Club.

Lee Mendez. 480-419-0246.

18 Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Kliever National Guard Armory. Dorothy Drake. info@dolls4all.com.

19 Mounds View, MN. 31st Annual Dolls In Winter Sale.

Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. Carol Benson. 507-864-3073. www.CPromotionsPlus.com 19 Strongsville, OH. Northern Ohio Doll & Bear Show.

Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon. 440-396-5386.

25 Palms Springs, FL. Doll Show & Sale. St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Gold Coast/Sunshine Doll & Study Club.

Donna Sypniewski. 561-965-9460.

25 Pasadena, CA. Antique & Collectible Doll Show & Sale.

Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young. Sandy Kline.

818-368-4648. sandykline@socal.rr.com

March 2012

3-4 Gaithersburg, MD. 157th Eastern National Doll Show.

The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 410-357-8451. infoDOLLS@comcast.net.

3 Punta Gorda, FL. 28th Annual Antique & Collectible Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Charlotte Harbor Event Center.

Port Charlotte Doll Club. Merle Romer. 941-286-1446.

4 Oregon, IL. 6th Annual Doll & Toy Show. Oregon Historical Coliseum Bldg. Joann’s Dolls. 815-234-8332.

JoannLG@comcast.net.

10 El Paso, TX. Doll Show. Holiday Inn Airport. Sun Country Doll Folks. 915-637-3438.

10 Fairhope, AL. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Fairhope Civic Center Auditorium. Eastern Shore Doll Study Club of Alabama. Ruth Ann Brett. 251-980-5958.

10 Grand Rapids, MN. Doll Show. Sawmill Inn. Grand Rapids Doll Club. 218-326-6447.

10 Myrtle Beach, SC. Doll Show. Lakewood Conference Center. Knight Southeastern Doll Shows. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com.

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• Toys • Miniatures • Doll Molds • Supplies •

Nancy Jo’s DOLL SALES

2012 VALLEJO, CA

FRIDAY, JAN 20, 2012 1pm-5pm SATURDAY, JAN 21, 2012 10am-4pm

Vallejo Fairgrounds

February 4 Saturday 9 am

May 6 and 7

791 Harbour Drive - 1 block west of US41 NAPLES, FLORIDA

Friday 12 noon Saturday 9 am

For information send SASE (2 stamps) to: Nancy Jo Schreeder, 305 Robinson St., Martinez, CA 94553 Phone 925-229-4190 Fax 925-229-5369

Website: www.nancyjodollsales.com

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10 Santa Barbara, CA. 50th Anniversary Doll Show & Sale.

Earl Warren Showground (Warren Hall). Santa Barbara Doll Club. 805-733-1261.

11 Lansing, MI. Doll Show. DeWitt Banquet & Conf. Ctr. Sandy Johnson Barts. SJBbetsys@comcast.net.

269-599-1511.

11 Maquoketa, IA. 30th Annual Doll & Toy & Bear Show.

Jackson County Fairgrounds. Dora Pitts. 563-242-0139.

17-18 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Puyallup Fair & Event Center. Dorothy Drake. info@dolls4all.com.

22 Houston, TX. Spring into Summer 2012 “April in Paris”.

Marriott Hotel. Bay Area Doll Club of Texas.

281-614-0077.

24 Hendersonville, NC. A Dolly’s Holiday with Half Dolls & Cynthia Lee Orgeron. The Cedars. Barbara Green.

828-693-1102. bgreenware@morrisbb.net.

24 Nashville, TN. Doll Show. Holiday Inn Airport. Knight Southeastern Doll Shows. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com.

24 Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Dolls & Bears & Collectibles Show & Sale. Amara Shrine Temple. YoungAt-Heart Dolls. Karen Monahan. 561-304-9581. youngatheartdolls@comcast.net.

25 Dedham, MA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Drummer Boys.

David Bornstein. 978-535-4811. www.bornsteinshows.com.

25 Ft. Wayne, IN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. The Lantern.

B&L Promotions. 419-228-4657. rmangold@woh.rr.com.

25 Houston, TX. Doll Show & Sale. Hilton Houston Hobby Airport Hotel. Bluebonnet Bebes of Houston Doll Club.

713-283-5900.

25 Omaha, NE. Doll Show. Fireman’s Union Hall. Elaine’s Dolls. 712-889-2154.

31 Alexander, NY. Fairland Doll Show & Sale. Firemen’s Rec. Hall. Sue Spink. 585-591-2841.

31 Holyoke, MA. Doll Show & Sale. Holyoke Hotel & Conference Ctr. Maven Company. 516-627-8804. www.mavencompany.com.

31 Roseville, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Dorothy Drake. info@dolls4all.com.

Karla Moreland Presents

Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show Antique • Vintage • Collectible

Sunday - January 22, 2012 WYNDHAM HOTEL

3000 Warrenville Road – Lisle/Naperville, IL Directly off I-88 – Go North on Naperville Rd. Turn Right on Warrenville Road

9 am – 3 pm

DOOR PRIZES FREE APPRAISALS ONSITE RESTRINGING Admission $5 12 & Under Free

Contact Info: (815) 356-6125 kmorela@ais.net

106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859-289-3344 Open by Appointment in January and February

April 2012

4-6 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn Nashua.

Withington Auction Inc. 603-478-3232/478-3233 Fax. withington@conknet.com. www.withingtonauction.com.

14-15 Bethlehem, PA. PA’s Largest Indoor Show. Lehigh University Fieldhouse. www.AntiqueCityShow.com 800-225-1007.

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SONDRA KRUEGER ANTIQUES

Sherman’s Antiques & Doll Hospital

Buying and Selling antique doll furniture, dollhouses, antique toy china, accessories.

www.sondrakrueger.com Ebay Store: Sondra Krueger Antiques phone 530-893-5135.

Email: sondkr@sondrakrueger.com

155 E. Haines Blvd., Lake Alfred, FL 33850 We specialize in antique and collectable toys and dolls and also deal in all types of antiques. Our doll doctor has over 20 years experience with all doll services performed on site. We make as well as restore teddy bears too. Our doll doctor can make wigs, clothes or any service your doll may need. We are located in central Florida and opened year around seven days a week. Monday thru Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm. Call 863-956-4333 or 863-221-4035. Email: Jerry@Shermansantiques.net Website: www.shermansantiques.net Member of UFDC

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SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS 10 Sami Court, Englishtown, NJ 07726 Phone 732-536-4101 Email: santiqbebe@aol.com www.sarabernsteindolls.com www.rubylane.com/shops/sarabernsteindolls

FRIZELLBURG ANTIQUE STORE A quality group shop specializing in dolls, toys and holidays. Visit our website today!

www.frizellburgantiques.com

Laura Turner, proprietor, 1909 Old Taneytown Rd., Westminster, MD 21158. Open ThursSun 11-5 We also carry a quality line of antiques, textiles, furniture and jewelry.

30 years of experience where you can buy or sell with confidence.

Call us with your wants, we have an everchanging inventory.

410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850

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ANTIQUE DOLLS – French and German Bisque, All Bisque, Chinas, Limited Ed. Doll Plates. SASE. Ann Lloyd, 5632 S. Deer Run Road, Doylestown, PA 18902.

215-794-8164. Email: alloyd@nni.com RubyLane.com/ shops/anntiquedolls Member NADDA, UFDC

Please visit our website for a fine selection of antique dolls, dollhouse dolls, dollhouse miniatures, teddy bears, all bisque dolls, bathing beauties, kewpies, dresser boxes, snow babies, half dolls, and doll accessories at www.thedollworks.net

ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810-4351.

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Tete 15 - Remarkable! This amazing and statuesque beauty is dressed in pink and ecru antique ensemble of filmy point d'espirit lace with bonnet! She wears her signed Jumeau shoes and has a beautiful antique human hair wig that goes nearly to her waist. Gorgeous bisque, huge pools of spiral threaded eyes, full closed lips and just about as wondrous as one can find! $7400

Schmitt Bebe - Enchanting Bebe with a hypnotic gaze through brilliant blue spiral threaded eyes. She stands 16.5" and has pale flawless bisque. Bebe is well marked with the classic Schmitt shield on neck and body and wears a lovely antique sea foam colored dress with bratelle sleeves, antique ecru lace bonnet over her skin wig and lovely pale blue antique shoes. $13,800

E11J - Oh be still my heart! This is a face that could surely launch a thousand ships! This stunning E11J stands 23.5 inches, garbed in original antique eyelet frock and matching bonnet. Please call for additional details! $7950 F4G - Precious little Block Letter F4G. At twelve inches Bebe has a mighty presence. Slight tip of tongue, very full lips set in truly pale creamy bisque, huge blue spiral threaded eyes, antique skin wig and adorned in pale antique ensemble with leather shoes. $6700

French Candy Container - What a lavish little prize!

Velvet and gilt embossed decor with ormulu style handle and cabichon ivory toned embellishments at each side over sturdy wood and papier mache. Open to reveal the Victorian greeting! Perfect for that tiny all bisque or as an accessory for Bebe-8x4x4.5" $725

Empress Eugenie - This is one of the most beautiful 15 inch Empress Eugenie dolls we have seen! This poupee has larger spiral threaded blue eyes, and superb bisque. She is dressed in completely original hand stitched clothing from head to toe.

Original blonde wig is gracefully braided and still retains the nails into pate. Resides on excellent kid body.

Head and shoulders marked 'C'. $4995

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Now comes a lovely presentation box replete with lots of goodies for the tiny all bisque bebe inside. Marked 178 and thought to be a Kestner made for the French market. She even has a tiny carriage and little all bisque doll. The box is marked Au Bon Marche Paris and the top has a lavish design. $4800

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32” K&R 117 “Mein Leibling” character doll, excellent original condition with blonde mohair wig, Russian style cotton dress and a chunky child body. $4800

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VILLAGE DOLL & TOY SHOP 8.5 “ All bisque wrestler, original blonde mohair wig, beautiful handmade outfit in antique silk and lace, unusual yellow boots. $3450 5.5” All bisque wrestlertype, stationary neck with jointed arms and legs, silk outfit, and unusual gold boots. $650

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