February 2013

Antique DOLL Collector February 2013 Vol. 16, No. 1

February 2013 Vol. 16, No. 1 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

We’d Like To Be Considered When You’re Parting With Your Dolls Dear Collector, For more than forty years Theriault’s has been known internationally for auctions of rare and beautiful dolls. Some of the collections we have sold are known worldwide, their owners famous and recognized, their scope immense. Some have been very private, unknown in collecting circles, their owners cherishing anonymity. And still others were quite small, choice, and select.

In each case, when called upon, we humbly accepted the responsibility of handling these collections with detail and care. We listened to your concerns and wants, respected your privacy if that was desired, or created a commemorative auction and catalog for the family to cherish. And, always, attended to the business of realizing the most end-money in your pocket.

During all of that time, I have been appraising and cataloging the dolls that appear in Theriault’s auction catalogues. It has been my privilege to work with devoted collectors, avid researchers, and among the world’s most beautiful and rare dolls. Of course, not each day is so privileged, and not each doll, at first glance, so beautiful or rare. My responsibility then, as I see it, is to keep my eye on the ball, to seek out in each and every doll what makes it special, and to give each and every doll its day.

Until the dolls are finally sold, they are, after all, your dolls. And we never forget that. Never in forty years.

Respectfully, Florence Theriault

If you’d like to discuss the possible closing of all or part of your collection, now or in the future, please call 800-638-0422 to arrange an appointment with Stuart Holbrook, president of Theriault’s.

the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Mar yland 21404 USA • Toll-free: 800-638-0422 • Fax: 410-224-2515 • www.theriaults.com

Joyce Kekatos

Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. - 2. 14 1/2" Early Second Series Portrait Jumeau Bebe, magnificent pressed pale bisque, blue threaded p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, orig. mohair wig & cork pate, wears gorgeous FACTORY orig. aqua wool & batiste dress, orig. matching hat, orig. undies, orig. shoes w/rosettes that match dress. On orig. early 8 ball st. wrist "signed" body. Her expression has the essences of innocence. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

Only‌$9500.

3. 5" Orsini "Mimi" All Bisque, br. glass eyes, orig. long mohair wig & pate. Wears darling orig. batiste & lace dress & matching blue velvet ant. hat on orig. all bisque body, perfect bisque overall, brown 1-2 shoes & high painted stockings. She has the most ADORABLE face. Very SPECIAL!!! $2200.

4. 6 1/2" Armand Marseille #253 Googlie, blue side glancing sl. eyes, flyaway brows, great bisque, fabulous curly lambs wool wig, wears adorable ant. blue romper, ant. hat & orig. shoes. Cutest closed smiling mouth. On orig. jointed compo. body. Has tiny factory bubble on lower cheek, non detracting!!! DARLING Googlie boy with big smiling grin. Great desirable mold number!!!

ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! $950.

5. - 6. 11" S & H #1488 Character, blue sl. eyes, immaculate bisque, orig. mohair wig & pate, ant. plaid cotton dress adorned w/big silk ribbon, ant. French ribbon bonnet, orig. undies, socks & orig. leather shoes. On chunky orig. S & H body. Fabulous modeling, rare & darling tiny cabinet size.

4 An absolutely BEAUTIFUL cl/mo. pouty character!!! $5450.

7. - 8. 16" Tete Jumeau #6 Bebe, perfect bisque, huge br. p/w eyes luscious lashes, fabulous orig. mohair wig & cork pate. Wears orig. pink silk & lace dress, ant.

Jumeau shoes w/rosettes, magnificent ant. Fr. silk & lace hat, orig. chemise & undies. Fully "signed" head, orig. head coil still intact & on fully "signed" orig.

Jumeau body. Rarely found size #6 Bebe. Extremely beautiful with tremendous presence & a 7-8 MAGNIFICENT face! You will love her!!! $6000.

9. - 10. 13" Sonnenberg, huge br. p/w eyes, immaculate early glowing pale bisque & orig. mohair wig. Wears a fabulous complete FACTORY orig. pleated tan & ecru Fr. style dress adorned w/lace & ruching, matching lace hat, orig. crocheted socks, shoes & orig. matching slip & underwear set. On her orig. Belton type fully jointed body with early st. wrists. Absolutely GORGEOUS and a real KNOCK-OUT!!! $3275.

11. - 12. 16" Rare "Open Mouth" Steiner Fire A Bebe, perfect pale bisque, blue lever sl. eyes, early mauve blush under brows, upper teeth, orig. mohair wig & orig. Steiner pate. Wears fabulous FACTORY pink silk & lace orig. Steiner dress (some fraying), ant. matching hat, all orig. undies, orig. shoes & crocheted socks. On orig. early st. wrist Steiner body w/orig. "Steiner label". This particular Steiner is a rare find & is an OUTSTANDING beautiful bebe!!! Only $5400.

I buy dolls and sell on consignment.

2137 Tomlinson Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461 home: 718-863-0373 cell: 917-859-2446 e-mail: joycedolls@aol.com

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17 Loch Lane, Rye Brook, NY 10573 • (914) 939-4455 • Fax (914) 939-4569 Email: poupees57@aol.com • Generous Layaways Accepted Member NADDA • Member U.F.D.C.

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1. 13” SH #949, Sheer delight, fantastic ensemble. $2100.

2. 13” Magnificent Portrait Jumeau, face says it all. $7900.

3. 18” Hauntingly beautiful 1st period portrait, elegance personified. $15000.

4. Top quality presentation set, not only are the clothes to die for, but the french all bisque beauty is spectacular! $5300.

5. 16” Dreamy Series C Steiner. $6500.

6. 19” Much sought after SH #719. $4700.

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7. 16” Outstanding Jumeau the Bebe of your dreams! $5200.

8. 15” K star R #115a unbelievable expressive face, simply adorable. $3000.

9. 7” Rare all bisque wigged Tynie Baby, $2700. Marklin 8” Brass Bed. $500.

10. 13” Rare Kley and Hahn, hard to find mold #549, spectacular character. $3700.

“Please call or e-mail for complete details and additional pictures, we will oblige very quickly.” Evelyn

Please see our website or call for more details, and lots more pictures www.evelynphillipsdolls.com

Photography by Paula Claydon

Nelling, Inc.

P.O. Box 4327 Burbank CA 91503 Cell: 818-738-4591 Home: 818-562-7839

Member NADDA and UFDC

BUYING & SELLING QUALITY DOLLS FOR OVER 19 YEARS

1 - 3. 21” French paper mache w/ enamel eyes, elaborately styled orig. wig, orig. clothes and wonderful leather shoes. $2650.

4 -5. 10 1/2” Milliners model, circa 1840, w/ hairstyle featuring exposed ears and rear braided bun. $1500.

6. 7” Biedermeir doll house secretary in exc. cond. w/ mirrored and detailed desk cavity. $850.

Exhibiting: March 16 - Santa Barbara Doll Club Show, Santa Barbara CA, Earl Warren Showgrounds

Visit us at: www.maspinelli.com • e-mail: nellingdolls@gmail.com

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Carmel Doll Shop

1. 15” F.5.G Bebe, a block-letter model with perfect bisque and pale coloring, blue p.w. eyes, pierced ears, and a blonde mohair wig. On her original leather body with perfect bisque arms, she wears a masterpiece of an ensemble. $6800.

2. 17” 6 over E. J. with perfect bisque, gorgeous coloring and painting, blue p.w. eyes, applied ears, and a beautiful strawberry blonde wig. Her most special feature is her all wood articulated body with the original paint finish intact, plus impressed JUMEAU MEDAILLE D’OR PARIS. Mlle. wears a sweet bebe ensemble in soapy green with pink faille and ribbon accents. A rare opportunity for the advanced collector. $12,500.

3. 20” F. 9. G. - a block letter with perfect bisque, chocolate brown p.w. eyes, pierced ears and an antique mohair wig. On a jointed body with the original paint finish in very good condition, she wears a FANTASTIC ensemble.

Antique leather bebe shoes in her size complete the presentation. $6800.

4. 22” SFBJ 230 9 with perfect bisque, blue sleep-eyes, molded brows, an open mouth with teeth, pierced ears, her original human hair wig, and her composition body retains the original paint finish in excellent condition, and she wears an exquisite dress of dusty pink silk brocade. A gorgeous French bebe at a very nice price! $1995.

5. 11 ½” E 3 J with perfect bisque, dreamy blue p.w. eyes, pierced ears, the original mohair wig, and a classic 8-ball body with the Jumeau stamp. She will arrive at your door wearing a fancy bebe ensemble, one complete with a lovely chapeau. $9500.

6. 17” S.F.B.J. DEP 6 with perfect bisque, blue p.w. eyes, molded brows, an open mouth with teeth, pierced ears and an antique mohair wig. On a French wood and composition body in good condition (hands repainted) she wears an adorable silk dress in palest lavender. $1250.

7. Probably more S.F.B.J. than German is a 20” S&H 129-9 with perfect bisque, blue glass set eyes with original lashes, molded brows, an open mouth with teeth, pierced ears and an antique blonde mohair wig. On a French body in good condition (hands repainted) she wears a darling dress of printed cotton. $1495.

8. 17 1/2” Tete Jumeau 6 with a perfect bisque head, brown p.w. eyes, pierced ears, and her original human hair wig. On a jointed body showing normal wear, she is costumed in a wool plaid dress that could be a product from the Jumeau workshop. $4800.

9. 17 1/2” Jumeau 4 fashion with a perfect bisque head, crystalline blue eyes, pierced ears - even the original blonde wig! On a leather body (light rust on fingers) she retains her original promenade ensemble of navy silk faille with contrasting components. $6800.

10. 10 1/2” Blampoix Teenager with a perfect bisque shoulderhead, painted blue eyes, a well-painted mouth, pierced ears and an antique blonde mohair wig. On a very clean cloth body with leather arms, she is costumed in the enfantine manner. $2600.

11. 16 ½” E. Barrois fashion with perfect bisque, cobalt blue eyes, an expertly painted mouth, pierced ears and her original wig in its fabulous original set. On a leather body in very good condition, the doll is dressed in a magnificent gown featuring late 1860s styling. $3800.

12. 11” F. G. Gaultier Teenager with a perfect bisque swivel head, blue p.w. eyes, pierced ears and her original mohair wig. On a gusseted leather body in very good condition, she is beautifully dressed in an enfantine style jumper dress. $2600.

Michael Canadas and David Robinson (831) 643-1902 Members of UFDC & NADDA • Carmel Doll Shop 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Layaway • Always Buying, Selling and Trading Fine Antique Dolls Please visit WWW.CARMELDOLLSHOP.COM • Carmel Doll Shop can now be found on Ruby Lane – buying has never been easier!

The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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FINDING TREASURE AT THE WORTHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY by Shari McMasters

An exceptional doll by Izannah Walker is among the dolls to be discovered in this charming historic town.

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DOLLS WITH RUBBER LIMBS ARE WORTH SAVING by Ursula R. Mertz Tips on how to restore and preserve these dolls from the nineteen twenties and thirties.

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THE SFBJ EDEN BÉBÉ

by Martha Nichols The author shares the history of this popular doll, originally made for the French doll market by Fleischman & Bloedel.

Upon the death of a benefactor, a collection of dolls was divided between the Shelburne and the Worthington Historical Society. This magnificent doll by Izannah Walker was left to the Old Rectory in Worthington, Ohio, now part of the town’s historical society. Photo by Shari McMasters.

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NANCY ANN STYLE SHOW DOLLS by Jane Foster

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by Margo Delaughter A relatively unknown cloth doll maker is finally gaining recognition.

October 21, 2012

MEET THE ALBRITTONS!

These lovely dolls from the early to midfifties exhibit costuming skills comparable to dolls by Madame Alexander.

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A RARE DOTTY DARLING DOLL

by Sara Bernstein A fascinating quest to discover the link between a doll and the talented artist Rose O’Neill.

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TOLEDO DOLL AND BEAR SHOW

(212) 787-7279 Quality Antique Dolls by Mail P.O. Box 1410 NY, NY 10023

1. More gentle than most, this Gorgeous and Scarce 16” Kestner XI, among the earliest of the closed mouths, has youthful pure bisque with dulcet round eyes, original pate and her pretty uncut wig with its juvenile side part styling; plus the early, mint fully jointed Schmitt type body with “floating balls.” $3500 (see #14) 2. ‘Kiss and Make-up’ – fully signed rare, and also un-separated is this sweet pair of 7-1/2” very unusual and important Glazed Heubach valentines. $495 (see #4) 3. F.G. made this gorgeous quality bebe with her oversize PW blue eyes in the mid1880s. With all its Gaultier quality, this 22” even more Scarce ‘Bebe Charmant’ lays claim to her original, patented jointed body! Luxurious, unusual and vivacious French child! $1800 4. See # 2 5. Rare Body Parisiennes – 15-1/2” GESLAND POUPÉE with stockinet body, bisque hands and lower legs; 15” articulated WOOD BODY BRU with fluid joints. See #’s 6, 7, 9, 10 and 15!

6 & 7. This Rarely Seen Gesland Poupée with her outrageously exquisite F.G. head, ‘par excellence,’ is drenched in both UFDC ribbons and sensational silk heirloom clothes! The epitome of romance, the antique silk bodice with ballooning sleeves gives way to a torrent of rose silk gown with net overlay and a sweeping train surmounted by its matching rose silk bustle bow, complete with all the appropriate underlayers. The ultimate bouquet! $3800 (see #9) 8. 14” Very Early Portrait Face Poupée – this mid 19th century beauty in paneled bustle back couture with pleated flounce, factory wig, elegant posture, perfect kid fingers and original shoes, is a uniquely intriguing fashion with an enigmatic aura. (see # 11) 9. Luxuriant Gesland Fashion (see #6 and 7) 10. Choice Wood Body Bru Fashion from the early period of the 1860’s is earlier than most you see and clearly incised ‘Bru’ on the shoulder! What a pleasure is her delicate complexion, gracious blue PW’s and genteel lady like aspect.

Although lovely displayed as she is in her important leather 2-strap heeled bootines, whether standing upright or graciously seated for tea, who would not want to sew, or at least design, for this richly dramatic figure of a women of legendary Bru repute. $6300 (see #15).

11. Sumptuous Portrait Expression, so evocative of the Simonne era aesthetic has a sultry heavily lidded manner, very long and graceful elongated brows above steady cobalt PW eyes and a uniquely beautiful chiseled mouth. Without compare! $2000 (see # 8) 12. Romantic is the 10-1/2” D & K lady on its rare original full figure assembly featuring the desirable lower porcelain legs with molded pink heeled shoes and mostly original clothes. A small flaw, just $295.

13. “Kitten in the Muff” – this Prized Gbr. Heubach child is one of the most desirable pieces to doll, and cat, collectors! Fully signed, mint and 13” tall complete in every poetic detailed nuance. Rare! $895 14. The Aristocratic Kestner XI elegant in her masterpiece of pleats and lace $4800 book price for only $3500 (see # 1) 15. 15” Unrivalled Wood Body Bru, fully signed, pressed bisque (see # 10) 16. Part Kewpie, part Cupid, this desirable Gbr. Heubach Imp is mischief filled with his open/closed watermelon smile and upturned intaglio googly eyes – amazing details throughout! $495

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Nancy A. Smith Member NADDA

Box 462, Natick Mass. 01760-0005 Phone: (508) 545-1424 E-Mail: nasdoll@comcast.net

18� Simon and Halbig 1358. $7000.

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Auction Gallery

Theriault’s Three-Day Auction, January 11-13

All original characters Max and Moritz

by Kammer and Reinhardt, 15 inches, c. 1913, $50,000.

Pierrot Ecrivain by Gustav Vichy, a rare musical automaton, 24 by 27 inches, all original, $45,000.

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Very few of models of the K * R 104, which was not a commercial success at the time, have survived. This rare, all original example, 20 inches tall, sold for $190,000.

Left, German bisque shoulder head with glass eyes, fancy bodice and molded bonnet, 16 inches, $4,000 and 17-inch glass eyed lady with brown sculpted hair and fancy molded bonnet, $8,000.

Egyptian-themed half doll by Dressel & Kister, 4-1/2 inches, c. 1910, $7,000.

22-inch black character 1358

by Simon and Halbig, $16,000.

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ptly named Stars in recognition of its location in southern California, Theriault’s three-day auction, January 11-13 in Newport Beach, also referred to the women whose doll treasures, some 860 lots, illustrated the diversity of antique doll collecting, from play dolls to rare characters, sublime French bébés and fashions, cloth dolls, rare all bisques, sophisticated automata, half dolls, exceptional chinas, highly decorated so-called parians and 20th century classics. Many of us enjoyed watching Theriault’s Doll Mystery Vignette Series, conducted by Florence Theriault and emailed to those who register on their site. It is a marvelous way to get a personal tour of the auction highlights.

The undisputed “Star” of the auction was the very rare K * R 104, of which only two or three other examples are known. Circa 1910, it came from the original family who emigrated from Spain to Peru in the early twentieth century. They never unpacked the dolls and playthings and so this delightful doll, dressed as a boy, stayed in impeccable original condition. Its selling price, $190,000 plus premium, would have amazed its sculptor Lewin-Funcke who preferred that his name not be connected with commercial doll-making. For additional prices go to Theriaults.com and click on Proxibid.

Prices do not include buyer’s premium Theriault’s, PO Box 151, Annapolis, MD 21404. 800-638-0422, www.theriaults.com

14-inch early cloth doll by Ella Smith, $3700.

Rare Jumeau 203 character from the series Fantastique, 22 inches, with signed shoes, $75,000.

26-inch Jumeau Portrait Bébé, c. 1878, in original couturier costume from the workshops of Ernestine Jumeau, $24,000.

French All-Bisque by Gaultier with bare feet, 8 inches, $3,400.

22-inch, c. 1865, German bisque lady with glass eyes, elaborate coiffure and bodice, $6,750.

19-inch Early Papier Mache Peddlar Doll, early 1800’s, $7,000.

Hertel and Schwab 149 character, 18 inches, all original, $15,000.

Simon and Halbig glass eyed 111, c. 1910, $27,000.

12-inch, size 2 bébé by Leon Casmir Bru with signed Bru Jne leather shoes, $23,000.

Paper mache shoulderhead of an elderly man by Leo Moss, 17 inches, $9,000.

Bisque Bébé H by Aristide Halopeau, 18 inches, $34,000.

All original “Mein Liebling” by Kammer and Reinhardt, 22 inches, $6,000.

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1. 7” Kestner all bisque baby, molded on gown, painted eyes $250 2. 22” blonde curly top china (probably Kling), ant. cloth body, ant. clothes $395 3. 19” Kestner 168, beautifully dressed, h.h. wig, blue sl. $495 4. 23” pink tint Adelina Patti china, body circa l940’s, antique clothes, some hair rubs $495 5. 3 bathing beauties, includes cabana chair, man has one pinky off, man marked 3362 G.G, girls not marked $950 6. 17 ½” mid-l800’s Parian with glazed snood decoration, ant. clothes, gorgeous doll $1050 7. 12” Globe Baby by Carl Hartmann, completely original, silk dress very deteriorated $495 8. 9” all bisque, brn sl eyes, old dress and teddy, molded textured stockings, heeled shoes w/bow on toes, mkd 329/23 $8.50 9. 18” Emma Clear, signed, Humpty Dumpty body w/orig corset, lovely old clothes $250 10. 22” Composition Shirley Temple, dress copy of orig. Shirley dress, o/w all orig. Orig. dress included $350

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11. 17” German fashion, kid fashion body, swivel neck, clo mo., old clothes, ant hat, both thumbs repaired $750 12. 9” AM 254 (unfound mold #) googly baby with mischievous grin, orig. suit, 5 pc baby body $350 13. 28” lovely Kley & Hahn, bj compo body girl, ant. brn wool dress $650

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. WE BUY OLD DOLLS.

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22” S & H 1079 DEP, blue sleep eyes, repainted hands $485.00 Now $435.00 5” Walking Bear (Occupied Japan) in original box (as is), has key and works $49.50 26” CM Bergman #1916 10, blue sleep eyes $395.00 Now $340.00

12” Rare S & H #1304 4 Clown on Jumeau body, pull strings to open and shut eyes, original hat w/ wig, very faint hairline left forehead $3995.00 Now $3095.00

Ginny’s 10 1/2” x 13 1/2” Ginny EZ Do Cabinet #850 with Ginny shoe bag $48.95 Bent Knee Walker 1956 Funtime #6045 Ballerina, red hair, blue eyes, newer shoes, no headband $89.95 1956 Merry Moppets #6033 Straight Leg Walker, 1 chipped eyelid, red plaid dress, blonde hair, blue eyes $95.00 Bent Knee Walker in #7025 1957 brown & white stripped dress & panites, brown hair, brown eyes $99.00 Bent Knee Walker in #7028 1957 black velvet dress & panties, white apron & hat, blonde hair blue eyes $95.00

8” 1930’s Japanese Shirley Temple stone bisque, chip on finger $235.00 Now $195.00 4” Schoenhut Felix the Cat, Pat. Sullivan, pat applied for 1922-24, needs stringing, Felix on chest $192.50

Ginny’s 1952 Strung in #41 Tiny Miss Series, blue & white striped dress, straw hat, brown hair & eyes $155.00 1956-58 Ginnette Surf Raft, Pool & Swim Ring $75.00 Ginnette all original in pink PJ’s and diaper, blue sleep eyes $75.00 Bent Knee Walker blonde hair, brown eyes in 1956 #6064, dress has slices of Crayon melted on it for design, original velvet hat band $125.00 Strung in 1956 #6075 Formal of the Year, black velvet bodice, pink nylon skirt, pierced ears w/ earrings $125.00 Rare Painted Eye, Strung - Miss 2000, tagged outfit, repro hat, blonde hair $495.00

Celluloids 7 ½” Seated girl w/ molded swimsuit, molded legs & arms, molded hair w/ roses and ribbon $50.00 Now $35.00 3 ½” White Rabbit, green eyes, pink outfit $40.00 23” Louis Wolf & Co. #152 on jointed wrist baby 11” Kewpie, jointed arms (loose), body (repainted), brown sleep eyes, HH wig, crack on right side of body $50.00 adorable $450.00 Now $395.00 6” Celluloid Santa with bag on 6” 1960’s Honey Steiff Mohair Bear, glass eyes, back, slight dent, small hole top no button $150.00 of hat, really nice $100.00 Now 14 x 13” Cast Iron Eagle Stove, 4 pieces of $45.00 cookware, handle, missing 1 door & 2 covers 7” Kewpie type with violin Light $145.00 Now $85.00 Fixture, screw on back $100.00 7” All Bisque Kestner #150 – 1, re-glued left knee, Now $60.00 brown sleep eyes, brown mohair wig, molded 4” Baby in Rabbit outfit, seated, blue stockings, black slippers w/ heels $285.00 blue eyes $40.00 7” All Bisque #208, st. brown 14” Celluloid K star R Baby #700, eyes & mohair wig, molded blue blue sleep eyes, HH wig, compo stockings & black slippers baby body $245.00 Now $195.00 w/ heels $275.00

17” Sasha Series All Original in brown corduroy dress, pants, brown leather shoes, brown hair, brown eyes, hand tag $995.00

23 1/2” Kley & Hahn Walkure #250, blue sleep eyes, HH wig, right thumb off $400.00 10” AM 351 baby, blue sleep eyes, original style outfit $225.00

9” Wood jointed and painted Jigger with wire holder $125.00 Now $65.00 9” Steiff Molly Golli & Peg wooden doll 1996, Toy Store Exclusive, w/ box $162.50 9” 1995 Steiff Golli G & Teddy Bear, Toy Store Exclusive, w/ mug & box $195.00 11” Wooden Jointed and painted Jigger with wire holder $125.00 Now $80.00 8 1/2” 1940 Ideal Jiminy Cricket © Walt Disney, wood jointed body, small chip on right upper leg and left hand, sticker on left foot $295.00

16” Adorable JDK #257 Baby, blue sleep eyes, repainted body, slight hairline back of head $245.00 Now $195.00 9” Steiff Mopsy Tagged, swivel head & tag, 1960’s, no button $95.00 9” Black composition Topsy, 24” S & H 109 DEP painted face, floss hair, original Handwerck, blue sleep eyes, dress & diaper, no crazing $85.00 brown mohair wig, pierced 17” R & B 1940 “Little Angel ears $425.00 Now $395.00 Baby” all original, lovely 12” Utick Belgium World War composition, blue sleep eyes, no 1 Soldier with 2 heads, cloth crazing $195.00 Now $160.00 body, compo hands $225.00 16” AM Dream Baby on 5 piece 25” Queen Louise AM #9, body, blue sleep eyes, left cheek brown sleep eyes, honey rub, really sweet $295.00 Now blonde HH wig $325.00 $195.00 14 1/2” x 11” Metal “Empire” Electric Stove, works, some repaint $40.00 16” Maude Tousey Fangel by Georgene Averill 1938, adorable face $395.00 Now $325.00 23” MY #60/4 Morimura Bros Yamati Importing Co 1915 on, brown sleep eyes, $325.00 Now $265.00

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The Old Rectory doll museum in Worthington, OH, dating to 1845.

Sue Whitaker, the curator of the museum, holding the small Empress Eugenie, the doll that started it all when she was purchased by Mrs. Chandler.

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here is a treasure tucked on a side street in the historic town of Worthington, OH, a suburb of Columbus. Most doll collectors in Ohio are not even aware of its existence.

It is a small doll museum housed in The Old Rectory, an 1845 manse built by volunteers of St. John’s Episcopal Church, founded by the pioneers who settled Worthington in 1803.

This Old Rectory is sited in its third location after it was purchased by the Worthington Historical Society in 1978. The parlor and front hall have been restored with period wall paper, original floors and period furnishings from area families.

It is the remaining rooms that make The Rectory so wonderful. Three of the rooms house a collection of dolls, the majority from the collection of Mrs. George Brinton Chandler, who began her collection with the purchase of a small Empress Eugenie at the historic Orange Johnson House, also located in Worthington.

Upon the death of Mrs. Chandler, her daughters chose a few dolls, the remaining being divided between the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and the Worthington Historical Society in 1968. The dolls at Worthington are a varied collection of early chinas, parians, papier maches, wax, tiny peg woodens, French poupees, German dolls and exciting examples of unusual dolls that don’t really fit a category. As the Shelburne Museum pretty much had their choice of dolls representing half the value of the collection, the curator of the Worthington collection was astounded and very excited when the Izannah Walker was left behind, with an early Queen Ann being chosen in her stead.

The most exciting doll in the collection is the Izannah Walker, with spiral curls around the sides and back of her head and all original clothing. She has obviously not been played with, as the only condition issues are due to age. Her lovely painted finish is clean, with bright coloring, although there are fine craze lines and a light rub on her nose. Her all original clothing consists of her white cotton dress with red dots, underclothing, socks and red leather shoes, and she appropriately sits in a red wooden straight-back chair.

Worthington Historical Society

by Shari McMasters

The star of the show, the Izannah Walker, is in incredible condition and is one the most desired examples, with the spiral curls all around her head. Her beautiful coloring defies her age, with pink cheeks and an even flesh tone all around. She retains all her original clothing, making her even more rare and desirable.

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This outstanding early china is a distinguished and very serious lady with her hair in a braided bun in the back, swept back in a looser style known as “spaniel ears”.

Made around 1840, she has striking blue eyes that show vividly in her pink tint coloring. She is so wonderful one doesn’t even mind the crack on her shoulder plate that she has acquired through the years.

A mustache and goatee painted on this attractive gent set him apart from the others.

He has a shorter hair style with soft waves, a pink tint in his complexion, and is sporting the original clothing of a gentleman of his era.

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An all original china has a simple boy’s hair style with a side part and hair cut above his ears.

Made by the Alt, Beck & Gottschalck firm in the late 1800’s, he is wearing his original clothing that looks like parts of two different suits.

This early gentleman made around 1850 is certainly the heart throb of all the ladies.

His soft blue eyes seem appropriate in his pink tint coloring, giving him a softer look. His hair has a side part, being about the same length all around so that it covers his ears. He has one shorter lock of hair that curls attractively on the right side of his forehead, while the rest of his hair has a slight wave.

This stunning glass eyed tinted bisque German lady is truly a show stopper! Her lovely coloring and fine decoration in her face framed by soft curls give her a look of sweetness. She has pierced-in ears of the early dolls, with a braided coronet and soft waves below it in the back. She stands in her underclothing, but truly needs no lovely outfit to make her outstanding.

Throughout the museum dolls are displayed with interesting accessories, in groupings or in attractive vignettes.

The displays in one of the rooms are on a rotating basis, with a few doll houses, some smaller dolls in a wall case that include a Lenci Pan, a Lenci jester, and a Lenci smoking lad as well as bisque dolls in original ethnic costumes, ranging in size from tiny all bisques to quality dolls such as a 12” Kestner and a 10” K*R toddler with starfish hands. One case is reserved for special displays that may be on loan for a period of several months.

Currently there is a special display of Kathe Kruse dolls.

Chinas are arranged sitting and standing, from very early molds to those that are later and more common, and from tiny sizes to larger sizes of 24” to 26”. The majority of these dolls have either original clothing or were dressed by Mrs. Chandler in authentic styles using antique fabrics. Some of the notables include a lady with a braided bun and “spaniel ears” and an equally early gentleman with side part hair that covers his ears. Another china of interest is the gentleman with a painted mustache and goatee, and a shorter wavy hairstyle.

Tiny chinas are displayed with early peg woodens , some with the “tuck comb” style, and are placed around a table with tiny accessories. Period pieces of furniture and other accessories, including a wonderful early sleigh holding two chinas, add to the interest of the display.

Mrs. Chandler obviously appreciated the so-called Parian dolls and Pariantype with tinted bisque. A nice display of this type of dolls includes many with

This Parian-type lady has very pale coloring with bright cheeks. An outstanding feature is her lovely hair with braids and soft waves, dressed with flowers. Her shoulder plate is decorated with beads, ruffles and painted decoration, giving her a fancy look, although she, too is standing only in underclothing.

A German Parian-type lady with very pale coloring and deep pink cheeks is always special when she also has glass eyes. This lovely lady with café au lait hair, has tiny light curls for bangs, with the rest of her hair being held back with a metal clasp with beads. In the back her hair falls in short, soft curls and shows her pierced ears on the sides. She is modeling her original clothing.

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A breathtakingly beautiful French poupee is this lady with a full face, flat unpierced ears and original mohair wig. Her fabulous dress is made of tan silk with white crocheted overlay that makes a very striking combination. The full effect of her luscious dress can only be appreciated when one is able to see the back, with the long train and exceptional detail.

A lovely necessaire contains important items for a fashion doll’s toilette. The label on the underside clearly displays the label of the prestigious shop, Au Nain Bleu.

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fancy hair styles, decorations in their hair or decorated shoulder plates. Doll after beautiful doll stands, each one more interesting or prettier than the last.

This grouping includes a lovely early Simon & Halbig lady with glass eyes and a very serene expression, dressed in original clothing. Most are on cloth bodies with kid arms, some having been replaced through the years. Their clothing ranges from possibly original, to those dressed by Mrs. Chandler.

Exquisite French poupees are elegantly displayed in another area, with authentic accessories such as parasols, wire hoops for skirts, baskets, trunks, small dogs and other interesting items. Some have fabulous original couturier clothing, while one is outďŹ tted in a homemade dress of a more drab colored brown fabric, embellished with lovely detail and a bustle accented underneath with a large bow. They are truly a feast for the eyes, with their sweet faces and lovely fashions.

An early French poupee with pale bisque, highlighted by her pretty cheek coloring, has flat unpierced ears and her original blond skin wig. She is dressed in a tan two piece outfit trimmed with red ribbon and tiny white glass beads decorating all the red ribbon on her outfit, save that at her neck. She is very impressive and seems almost matronly.

A Jumeau poupee is always popular with collectors, and this is a lovely example. She has the serene look typical of this mold and is marked Simonne on her body, and proudly wears her original couturier blue silk dress trimmed with covered buttons and self ruffle on all edges. She has pierced ears with earrings, and her original mohair wig.

This lovely lady was probably dressed at home rather than by a couturier. Her dress is made of a courser fabric in a dark brown. At first glance it isn’t as impressive as others, however upon closer inspection one can see the detail in the design and finishing, with edges of ruffles and the large bow in back finished with silk trim. She has desired bisque lower arms, pierced ears with earrings and her original wig.

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This beautiful bebe is by Gebruder Kuhnlenz, who was very talented in copying the look of French makers. I’m sure this lovely child would have satisfied a young girl who had her heart set on a French doll. Her original clothing is in the French style, completing the desired effect.

What a choice pair of wax dolls! They are reinforced poured wax, and are in their original clothes representing a bride and groom dressed in the manner of the French court or nobility. The bride’s dress is deteriorating in places and she has lost one of her shoes on the way to the altar, but the groom’s clothing seems to have held up pretty well. Their wax has retained the fresh pink color, adding to their appeal.

A 30” early papier mache lady with glass eyes would be a wonderful addition to any collection, especially one with a large braided bun. Although this example has had some touch-up on her face, her hair retains the original paint, making her a very interesting example of this type of doll.

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Several open mouth Jumeaux, including a mulatto child, make their home in a case along with a lovely Gebruder Kuhnlenz bebe and a few other German dolls. A sweet carved hair Schoenhut boy has joined several other smaller German dolls in another setting.

Wax dolls are highlighted by the lovely wedding couple, and include a poured wax baby by Marsh and early English wax dolls, one with wire eyes.

Papier mache dolls are highlighted by a large early lady of 30” with a braided bun hair style and glass eyes, sitting serenely in her case holding a beautiful quilt. Other papier maches are mainly of the type called “milliner’s models”, with detailed molded hair, kid bodies and wooden limbs. Several of these have the scarce and very desirable styles from the early 1800’s. Shown as a grouping, it is interesting to compare the intricate styles and the later more common ones.

More primitive dolls which were hand carved in the manner of milliner’s models are a special grouping, and reside on the shelf above the coveted Izannah Walker, who shares her spot with the

The nice grouping of papier mache dolls known by collectors as “milliner’s models” shows some with intricate hair styles with molded curls and braids from the early 1800’s. There is also one with a Greiner hair style, and one with a braided bun, although it doesn’t show in the picture. The papier mache ladies have graciously agreed to share their case with a hand made wooden lady on the left.

shell peddler, a late English wooden and a papier mache. On the shelf below are a few primitive homemade cloth dolls, a wishbone doll, a Springfield wooden and a Gebruder Kuhnlenz mammy with baby.

A case with a carriage full of Bye-Lo babies and similar infants graces another room. A delightful Kley & Hahn character dressed as a nurse shows off her original trunk and wardrobe of clothing in another case in this same room. An original staircase in the house was enclosed to create a case with a glass front. German dolly face dolls share this space, with an outstanding Handwerck who possesses a steamer trunk of original clothing and accessories. Other dolls of interest in this room are two Lencis, one the Prosperity doll with a painted face, a Shirley Temple, a Volland Raggedy Ann, a Chase lady and a Gibson Girl

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Of course, there are dolls to interest doll enthusiasts who prefer more modern dolls, including a case with lovely Alexanders from the 50’s, a Sweet Sue by American Character, a Toni with her box of hair accessories and a Patsy Ann by Effanbee.

Naturally these dolls all have their original clothing.

The museum also has a small gift shop with inexpensive items of the area and a few dolls or accessories. Here can be found further information on Worthington and other interesting places to visit. If you are planning a trip to central Ohio, it is definitely worthwhile to plan to visit this charming display of dolls.

A petite shell peddler is not only dressed in shells on her clothing, but is selling flowers made of shells. She is a jointed wooden doll known as a Tuck Comb, with a comb at the top of her hair, hidden by her deteriorating hat.

She has lost a number of her shells through the years, but is still an exceptional example of this type of doll.

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Learning About American-Made Dolls

Dolls With Rubber Limbs are Worth Saving

by Ursula R. Mertz

photos by Christopher Partridge

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hese days, one does not see many dolls with rubber limbs in collections.

Yet, in the nineteen twenties and thirties the Ideal Novelties and Toy Company of New York City sold many dolls with rubber components with names like Smiles, Suck-A-Thumb, Tickletoes, etc. Ideal was definitely in the forefront of exploring the use of rubber in doll production, praising the life like nature of this material.

High quality dolls were produced that are definitely worthy of preservation.

Even though the company praised the durability of their product, the rubber limbs did deteriorate over time. Contemporary advertising also encouraged children to wash the rubber limbs of their dolls if they got dirty. Vigorous play and washing would Vanity Flossy Flirt features a tightly waved mohair wig.

19” Vanity Flossy. Her eyes move from side to side and she can hold items with her right hand. She has composition legs, and she was redressed.

Full page ad from Toys and Novelties, dated January 1927, featuring Vanity Flossy.

Flossie’s left arm shows the consequences of being stuffed too tightly.

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Her left arm was filled in with plastic wood and painted to match. This method of repair should not be used.

All four dolls discussed in this article feature this identical construction: composition head, rubber limbs (compo legs for Vanity Flossy) and stuffed cloth body. All four heads are marked with the well-known diamond shape mark: Ideal of USA.

18” girl in all original outfit, including an attractive hat. No flirting eyes, blond mohair wig.

have contributed to the high rate of attrition. Yet, once in a while, one can find such a toy in good condition and even with original clothes. Such an example would definitely qualify to be included in one’s collection. Yet, people have seen too many casualties and are hesitant to take a chance. They expect the newly discovered perfect example to deteriorate eventually.

For this reason, I would like to share some experiences and tips that I have accumulated over a period of about 35 years. Some of them were successful, others not. My first experience with rubber limbs was in 1977. In an antique shop a certain doll attracted my attention. Her eyes rolled from side to side which gave her a very lively expression. Her lower arms were made of rubber, and the four fingers of her right hand were curled in so that she could hold things. The arms were still pliable and in good condition. As I later learned, her name was Vanity Flossy. I gladly took her home and packed her away.

Ten years later, when I re-packed and examined her, I discovered that her left arm had collapsed, but the rubber was still flexible. I carefully removed the arms, stuffed them with fiberfill and reattached. When checking Vanity Flossy a few days later, to my dismay I discovered that her left arm had swollen. Obviously, I had stuffed the arm too tightly, and the fiberfill was exerting too much pressure on the fragile limb. What to do now! Taking the arm off again was not an option. The new glue would not let go that easily.

Luckily, the sleeves of her dress were long enough to hide the swelling a

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For this Tickletoes a more realistic head was designed.

Soft baby features included a wide and flat nose, reminding one of the attributes of an actual child.

21” Tickletoes, all original with flirty eyes.

little. From this incident I learned two things: One must be careful not to stuff too tightly. Secondly, the doll should have been stored in an upright position. That way the arms would have been given a chance to harden in their original shape. Vanity Flossy is still in my collection. The arms have hardened, and after some 35 years, no other changes have taken place.

At about the same time in the late seventies I bought another doll. Her eyes did not flirt, but she was dressed in her original clothes, including a very becoming same fabric hat in addition to original socks and shoes.

She featured both, rubber lower arms and legs. The legs were still pliable, and when pressed emitted a squeak. The arms had hardened, and the left one showed open cracks that had also collapsed. I filled the open cracks and depressions with plastic wood and painted to match. This IS NOT something that I would do today or recommend! In the meantime, the legs have hardened in their original shape, and the arms have remained stable as well.

As we all know, once in a while one gets real lucky and locates an all original doll that is absolutely faultless. For me, such a find was Tickletoes, a toddler featuring rubber lower arms and legs. She was bought some 20 years ago. Her pink organdy outfit looked nice and fresh and still retained its original stiffness. Her rubber limbs had already hardened. Of course, she was always stored in an upright position, and no further changes have occurred.

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Repaired left arm of 21” Tickeltoes. The fabric strip firmly reconnects the separated pieces.

Front and back of package insert.

Paper hang tag, as seen on both Tickletoes dolls.

Just recently, I was able to acquire another all original Tickletoes. For this doll a more realistic looking head had been designed. Soft baby features included a wide and flat nose, reminding one of the attributes of an actual child. With her came valuable information. A yellow streamer pinned to the front of the dress proclaimed: “Second Prize // prettiest doll // Canton Playground 1934 // Waterworks.” A label on the outside of the original box stated a price of $4.94 and that the doll was bought at Hern Department Store. The original package insert certainly expressed Ideal’s pride and confidence in their product. Since such ephemeral materials get lost so easily, I quote in full: 1. IDEAL rubber arms and rubber legs are soft, safe and flexible. They feel warm and life-like to the touch.

2. IDEAL little rubber arms and hands are delicately moulded true to nature. Every finger is reproduced accurately.

3. IDEAL rubber arms are sanitary, waterproof and washable.

4. IDEAL rubber arms have no paint to crack or peal off, as the color is blended through the rubber itself.

5. IDEAL rubber arms never split or break. They are moulded of one piece.

6. IDEAL DOLLS with rubber arms can clasp hands, and the baby dolls can even suck their thumbs.

7. IDEAL arms and legs are made of the very best live rubber and are very durable. They will last for years without deterioration.

SPECIAL DIRECTIONS - When IDEAL rubber arms and legs become soiled from use, just wash them with soap and water, as you do your own hands. This makes them look new.”

This doll had obviously been stored in her original box and the legs had hardened in a somewhat flat state. When

Label on outside of original box.

displayed, this is not too obvious. The wide dress skirt will hide this flaw. Her right arm had partially collapsed and had a hole which I covered with a small cloth patch to strengthen the area. The left arm had been repaired by the previous owner with a band aid which had come loose and the broken off lower arm was now dangling precariously. The edges of the break were frail. The new repair was handled as follows: I cut a strip of cotton material on the bias, covered it on one side with tacky white glue and wrapped it around the affected area, making sure that the edges of both parts matched tightly. When dry, I painted the patch to match the surrounding area, making sure not to overlap at the edges.

Successful maintenance of dolls with rubber components is possible with basic preservation. Most important is for these dolls to always be stored in upright position. Once the rubber limbs have hardened, little or no change can be expected. These dolls do deserve to be saved and appreciated.

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The SFBJ Eden Bébé

by Martha Nichols

An example of the 1890-1899 Eden Bébé whose head was made by François Gaultier company.

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he doll known as Eden Bébé was originally the product of the German doll and toy company founded in 1873 by Fleischmann & Bloedel, and was registered in France on March 31, 1890. The company’s 1891 advertisement suggests that the Eden Bébé was a specialty item made for the French doll market under the auspices of la Société Fleischmann et Bloedel fabricants de jouets á Paris (the Fleischmann and Bloedel company, toy makers of Paris). They advertised a Paris address.

This early Eden Bébé (above) had a porcelain head made by the François Gaultier company (FG), with blown glass paperweight eyes also by French makers, including Danel and Guépratte. The 1890-1899 Eden Bébé had a very French appearance with heavy eyebrows, pursed

The well-marked head of the Fleischmann & Bloedel Eden Bébé.

lips (open and closed mouths, some with lip accents), pierced-through-the-lobe ears, and a narrow rimmed, deeply slanted head-cut with cork pate. The bodies were either an inexpensive pasteboard and composition 5-piece body, which was nicely dressed in sewn-on clothing, shoes, and stockings, or a high quality fully-articulated body made in France, probably by Jumeau. Many of these were sold dressed in a lace-trimmed chemise, black lace stockings, and black shoes. The dolls had wavy shoulderlength mohair wigs. The FG head Eden Bébés are well-known because they are well-marked. The incised mark says: “Eden Bébé, Paris, [size number], Depose (registered).” These dolls were sold mainly to Paris department stores such as Bon Marché, La Ville St. Denis, Au Printemps, or Grand Bazar Magenta.

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The redesigned SFBJ Eden Bébé, size 0 (38 cm, or 15 inches).

The body of size 0.

The head and body marks of the SFBJ Eden Bébé size 4/0.

The author recently purchased this SFBJ Eden Bebe, a size 1 with brown sleep eyes.

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In 1898, Salomon Fleischmann of Fleischmann & Bloedel, was living in Paris and had recently married a French woman. In 1899 he began negotiations to form a “joint stock company” with French doll and toy makers. The Société Francaise de fabrication de Bébés et Jouets, now known as the SFBJ, was formed with the creation of a set of by-laws on March 6, 1899, and included Jumeau, Bru (via the Girard family), Steiner, Danel, Pintel & Godchaux, Gaultier Brothers, Bouchet, Genty, and of course, Fleischmann & Bloedel – 42 shareholders in all.

The registered name, Eden Bébé, was transferred to the new company, and its registration was renewed by the SFBJ in 1905, 1938, and 1953. In 1905, Bloedel died, and Fleischmann was the executor of his French holdings. The Eden Bébé was now redesigned to be less costly to produce by the simple expedient of out-sourcing the heads to German porcelain factories where the bisque could be fired at lower temperatures resulting in a large savings in fuel. Also, in 1905, Fleischmann imported a German body-making press for the SFBJ’s Paris factory so many more bodies could be produced in less time and at less expense.

In about 1905 the SFBJ began selling the new Eden Bébé (above).

Her head was marked only with a size number, and she no longer had pierced ears. She had the redorange German paint color for her lips and dots in the nostrils and eye corners. She continued to have a chin dimple, blown-glass eyes, a molded eyelid line, brown French-style eyebrows, and very fine, dark grey, slanted eyelashes painted on top and bottom. She now also exhibited a small indent under her lower lip (except in the smallest heads), four set-in teeth, and a less-slanted head cut, with a wide rim at the head opening, and a cardboard pate under a wavy mohair wig. The Eden Bébé fullyarticulated body, now made by the SFBJ themselves, had a size number on the back and on the soles of the

feet, and the hands had a slightly raised index and little finger; most had red fingernail outlines. The fully-articulated-body Eden Bébés were made in a wide range of sizes from 12/0 to 6, and possibly even smaller and larger. The evennumbered sizes are more prevalent than the odd-numbered. The Eden Bébé heads were also used for specialty articulated dolls: walkers, talkers, and kiss-throwing bébés.

A pasteboard and composition (right) 5-piece body was also used for the SFBJ Eden Bébé, with a similar head. However, the heads on these bodies seem all to have had threaded set glass eyes and two wig-attachment holes in the head, and had a different size numbering than the heads on articulated bodies. Some of the 5-piece bodies may have had jointed elbows. The best versions of this body are entirely painted, while others have only painted arms (right).

Pressed pasteboard head Eden Bébés were also part of the SFBJ’s doll line. Little is known about them except that they were sold as washable and unbreakable. It is likely that the heads were made in France with the same type of steam press molds Jumeau perfected for making bodies, which were now the SFBJ’s property. The SFBJ made an incassable (unbreakable) pasteboard head version of many of its bisque doll molds.

Some evidence points to the Theodor Recknagel company as the maker of the bisque heads used for the SFBJ’s Eden Bébés. Fleischmann & Bloedel had a factory in Fürth, in Sonneberg, while Recknagel was nearby in Alexandrienthal in Sonneberg. Both were operating there in the late 1880s and 1890s.

Dolls with Recknagel-marked heads have been found wearing original chemises (right) under their costumes which are marked “Eden Bébé.” Recknagel dolls and Eden Bébés are both known to have raised marks (right) on the back of the head: a V or sideways L, a branched mark, a slash, or

The painted pasteboard and composition body of the 2/0 Eden Bébé is strung like an all-bisque doll.

“Eden Bébé, Brevete SGDG” is stamped on the factory chemises of some dolls with the Recknagel mark.

Here is an example of the crude unpainted pasteboard body and composition legs that some SFBJ Eden Bébés had, covered by stockings and sewn-on clothing.

This raised “squiggle” mark is found on both SFBJ Eden Bébés and on Recknagel-marked dolls.

This is the mark of a 6/0 Bleuette.

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Recknagel’s 1907 mold is nearly identical to the SFBJ Eden Bébé. This example is 28 cm or 11 inches. Her eyes are replaced.

The profile of the Recknagel 1907 mold compared to...

Here is the engraved image of Henri Gautier’s free-with-subscription doll.

This is the so-called “Jumeau mold” Bleuette.

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The profile of an SFBJ Eden Bébé.

Notice the ears, especially.

a squiggle. There is a marked similarity, also, between the Eden Bébé mold and Recknagel’s (above) 1907 mold: the ears, chin dimple, mouth formation, eye shape and eye molding are very much alike. The 1907 mold also has head-holes like the Eden Bébé heads on 5-piece bodies. Perhaps the molds for the Eden Bébé were, like Recknagel’s doll molds, sculpted by designers from the Sonneberg School of Industry.

In 1905 Paris magazine and book publisher Henri Gautier kicked off a girls’ weekly magazine with the offer of a free small bisque doll with every paid subscription (left). He ordered the dolls for this promotion from the SFBJ, and initially advertised them as size 2 Jumeau dolls.

Although there is some disagreement about it, most experts believe that the free dolls’ heads were made from Jumeau molds now owned by the SFBJ and placed on SFBJmade bodies (perhaps made with the new press). Demand for the little 27 cm (10 -5/8”) doll by the readers of La Semaine de Suzette exceeded supplies, and there was a delay while more Bleuettes were made and/or assembled by the SFBJ. Some experts believe that the head used on the next shipment of dolls sent

The 6/0 size mark of the same Bleuette, with a raised mark above it.

This is Friquette, the doll of Fillette magazine as shown in one of her sewing patterns.

You can clearly see her French-style articulated arms.

In size 6/0, this is the Eden Bébé mold Bleuette supplied by Fleischmann. She also measured 27 cm or 10 & 5/8 inches. Neither the 8/0 or the 6/0 Eden Bébés on articulated bodies had red nostril marks, yet the smaller heads on 5-piece bodies did have them.

to Gaultier was the one known to Bleuette collectors as “the 6/0” or “Fleischmann mold” (above). This was clearly the newly remodeled SFBJ Eden Bébé in size 6/0. Even if the 6/0 head was not sent to Gaultier in 1905, it was definitely in use by 1907, according to recent Bleuette research. The first known photo of Bleuette, in a 1915 advertisement for her wardrobe, shows the 6/0 mold doll. At the very least, this mold was in use from 1907 to 1915.

The 6/0 Eden Bébé mold was supplanted by the SFBJ 60 mold in size 8/0 in about 1915. It is still unknown who made the 60 mold heads. Some are marked R, some D, some PR suggesting the Paul Rauschert factory in Sonneberg, who made heads and eyes. The painting and bisque quality varies greatly; perhaps several different factories were employed. Some experts speculate that the SFBJ continued to have Gautier’s Bleuette heads made in Sonneberg until the advent of the 301-1 Bleuette, who is thought to be an entirely French-made doll.

In 1909 in Paris another girls’ weekly magazine Fillette (Little Girl), was begun. Fillette featured sewing patterns for Friquette, their doll mannequin (center). Although no photo exists of Friquette, and her identity has not yet been confirmed, experts now believe that the doll used by Fillette to model their doll clothing patterns was probably an SFBJ Eden Bébé bisque articulated doll of 38 cm, which is (right) size 0. The 38 cm doll was sold by the magazine in its early years, but like the 6/0

A size 0 SFBJ Eden Bébé models Fillette pattern Robe Yvette of May 4th, 1911. It fits her perfectly.

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The Bébé Mulatre was also an Eden Bébé mold doll, here with fully-articulated body.

The mark of the Bébé Mulatre shows her size, 6/0, and a raised mark above it.

The 6 mark and SFBJ sticker on the back of the USA size 6 Eden Bébé.

The face of the unusual size 6 Eden Bébé (57 cm or 22-1/2 inches) found in the USA. 38

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A group of Eden Bébés ranging in size from 9 to 15 inches.

Bleuette, disappeared in 1915. Other sizes and models of dolls were used as the magazine’s mannequin after that.

In 1914, when WWI began, the SFBJ’s director, Fleischmann, was still a German citizen. He left France for the safety of neutral Spain, and in March of 1915 his property was sequestered by the French government. For a short time, Fleischmann was able to continue importing German-made bisque doll heads through the French/ Spanish border. Fleischmann died during the war in a Spanish hospital, and after the war his shares of the SFBJ were returned to his wife. The SFBJ’s directorship passed to Bru heir, Paul Girard. Fleischmann’s son-in-law later became an SFBJ director.

In the 1910s the Eden Bébé mold was used for several specialty dolls. One was the Bébé Mulatre, advertised in the 1912 SFBJ catalog. The SFBJ 1907 mold was also used for Bébé Mulatre. The 5-piece and fully-articulated Eden Bébés figure prominently in the 1912 catalog as Bébés en Chemise (Dolls in Chemises) and as Bébés Habillés (Dressed Dolls).

Sometime in the WWI era the SFBJ produced a size 6 Eden Bébé, 57 cm tall (22-1/2”) with exceptional paperweight eyes, lovely bisque, and a somewhat dissimilar mold to the smaller Eden Bébés, yet marked

only with a size number. She has the four teeth, chin dimple, and unpierced ears of the Eden Bébé. Her body is an SFBJ body, and one example carries the round SFBJ sticker that was used during the WWI era. Two of the size 6 dolls are shown here, one found in the USA, the other in Australia, where she is a treasured family doll with known provenance.

In Coleman’s “The Collector’s Book of Doll Clothes,” a 34 cm (13-1/2”) doll on a 5-piece body is shown in her original box, dressed in factory original clothes of the 1920s. The Colemans call this doll an Eden Bébé, but do not explain why – perhaps the box was marked this way. The doll in the box can be clearly identified as an SFBJ 60 mold doll. Her tag, visible in the photo, saying “Je Feis Dodo,” (I Sleep) was one used for the Eden Bébé of the 1910s. Perhaps the SFBJ continued to use the name Eden Bébé into the 1920s and beyond, but not the original mold.

In the future we may be able to discover more about Fleischmann’s SFBJ Eden Bébé. She was his creation, and a mainstay mold for the company from 1905 to 1915.

Although she lacks the quality of many other of the early SFBJ dolls, still, she has a certain charm, and she played a significant role in the history of the company.

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Doll Lovers Weekend In New Harmony “The Mask” Hosted by The Gateway Doll Study Club of St Louis

April 5 to April 7, 2013 WORKSHOPS: Friday, April 5, 2013 5pm at Doll Shoppe of New Harmony Drop waist child dress for 12” doll.

Instructor: Mary Jo Koets

Saturday, April 6, 2013

9am at Doll Shoppe of New Harmony Bleuette hat of pastel silks.

Instructor: Maggie Phillips 9am at New Harmony Conference Center Candybox with bisque doll on top.

Instructor: Cynthia Orgeron 1pm at Doll Shoppe of New Harmony Painted face cloth doll.

Instructor: Susan Fosnot 1pm at New Harmony Conference Center Miniature mignonette doll in box.

Instructor: Nada Christensen 1pm at New Harmony Conference Center Garibaldi blouse, with instructions on French sewing techniques.

Instructor: Donnell Wisniewski

Free Seminar: Saturday, April 6, 2013 2pm Celluloid Dolls Instructor: Nancy Harmon

Some of the dealers you will see: Denise Buese • The Carmel Doll Shop • Fritz’s • Joan & Lynette’s Antique Dolls • Mary Jo’s Enchanted Doll Closet • Gilda’s Fabrics • Kathy Bailey • Two Beth’s Dolls • Sophie Pearson/Jennie Sykes • Brenda Welker • Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears • Linda White • Barbara Russell • Cynthia Orgeron • Susan Jakel • Betty Thompson • Gayle Reilly & Cherie Donahue • Mary Coleman • Nancy Harmon • Dectra Ltd • Jo Ann Reynolds • Carol Hesterman • Joyce Goethe • Elaine Wojcinski • Barbara Hack

Ticketed Charitable Event at the New Harmony Atheneum 6:30pm to 9pm Title: “The Mask” Evening of fun and information featuring Doll News Editor and doll costumer, Denise Buese.

This is a desert and coffee affair with surprises you will not want to miss!

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Doll Shoppe of New Harmony, New Harmony, Indiana Rhoda’s Doll Emporium, 102 East Main Street, Carmi, IL 62821

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A Rare Dotty Darling Doll

by Sara Bernstein

Tucked inside the doll’s underwear was this tag, perhaps part of the original hang tag. Compare it to the Rose O’Neill illustration of a little girl reading a book.

Rose O’Neill illustration

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t is always an exhilarating experience attending a doll show. Going through the aisles in search of that illusive doll that you’ve seen in books and magazines, read about for years, wanted but haven’t been able to find. You know who the manufacturer is, the artist, and sometimes even what inspired the doll’s creation. However, it’s the time when you find a doll you didn’t even know existed, have never seen a picture of, and almost nothing is written about, that keeps doll collectors traveling on a never ending treasure hunt. It is also the time when the doll collector has to switch hats from collector to amateur detective. This was the case when I happened to come across an exceptionally adorable doll at a doll show, simply tagged by the seller “Lenci type”. The tag’s description seemed a little odd, since the doll had a composition head and the original label stated “Dotty Darling Trade Mark Made in Germany.” She had a very whimsical expression that was irresistible and somehow reminded me of another doll. The name Dotty Darling was also familiar and I just couldn’t put my finger on which doll she reminded me of. Over the years there were so many fads and trends in the doll industry, that when one doll was successful, other manufacturers would follow suit and make their own interpretations. Many dolls had similar looks, often described by doll collectors as a look-alike or type, so it wasn’t unusual that this doll would remind me of another doll. She was a very good quality, her

18 inch Dotty Darling doll with head made of thin composition.

expression was just so irresistible and the price was right, so she came home with me!

Upon examination of the doll, I determined that Dotty Darling’s head was a made of a thin composition, typical of German manufacturers in the 1910-1920’s. What was unusual about her head was that she had a thin flocking on the surface, which made it feel almost like felt, thus explaining the dealer’s confusing tag “Lenci type doll.”

Her body is peach cotton cloth and she is jointed at the head, arms, and legs. Her hands are mitt-style with stitched individual fingers. The eyes are painted and glance to the side. She has the original blond mohair wig in waves with a felt ribbon and huge bow. Her clothing consists of a simple green felt top and skirt trimmed with a lot of felt roses, white underwear and a slip, and felt shoes and socks. She has the original paper label sewn onto the dress. I decided to remove the clothing, since identifying marks and tags can often be hidden on the sole of the foot or in the joints.

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Dotty Darling is prominently featured on this handerchief box.

Upon removing the dress, I found a paper tucked inside her underwear which was a cut-out shape with a doll’s face printed on it, but with no text. This may have been part of the doll’s original hang tag since it had a hole in the top.

There were no markings anywhere on the doll except for an illegible script letter next to a letter B with the number 7 below it, on the back of the doll’s head. This mark was not familiar to me. So the only thing I had to go on was the printed tag on the dress identifying her as “Dotty Darling Trade Mark Made in Germany”. No manufacturer was listed.

I decided the fastest way to find information would be an internet search. I started with just three words “Dotty Darling Doll.” To my amazement the search came up with something totally unexpected, a name that hadn’t occurred to me. Dotty Darling, a trade-marked Rose O’Neill character in the story book The Kewpies and Dotty Darling, first published by George H. Doran in 1912. It was an illustrated story book written in verse and told the story of the Darling Family and their Kewpie friends. I had never seen a Dotty Darling Doll other than paper dolls, so this was a very fascinating turn of events. Dotty Darling, the creation of Rose O’Neill, was the blond youngest daughter in the Darling Family. They interacted with the Kewpies in many adventures. I was intrigued! This doll was blond, but I needed corroboration. I didn’t want circumstantial evidence. I wanted a direct connection between this Dotty Darling Doll and the character Dotty Darling by Rose O’Neill. I have always been a Kewpie fan. Who could resist those cute little characters? I have also seen numerous pages from magazines and books with Dotty Darling’s image. Further searches on the Internet were fruitless. They came up with so many dolls with various combinations 42

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Dotty Darling often interacted with the Kewpies as seen here in this storybook, published in 1912.

and spellings of names with Darling from Dottie to Dearie but no other reference to Dotty Darling other than the Rose O’Neill character. Since the tag on the doll states Dotty Darling is trade marked, the spelling of the name Dotty is important since Rose O’Neill’s Dotty was spelled with a “y” and all other references to dolls with the name Dottie were spelled with the last two letters “ ie.” A trademark is a word, name, phrase, logo or symbol, that when registered, shows that the item originated from a unique source. This is important in identification of a doll manufacturer, since Rose O’Neill’s Kewpies and characters were protected not only with a copyright, but with a trademark too. It was then I turned to my vast library of doll reference books. With quite a few books on Rose O’Neill and the Kewpie dolls, I thought a Dotty Darling doll would surely be mentioned in one of them, but to no avail. Dotty Darling was a character in the Kewpie storybook, and was illustrated in magazines as a series of paper dolls. There is a picture of an all bisque figure of a Kewpie hugging Dotty Darling in John Axe’s book Kewpies Dolls & Art. This figurine was made in Japan. The Dotty Darling in this hugging figurine has similar characteristics to my Dotty Darling doll. So there is evidence that Rose O’Neill did try to create a three dimensional Dotty Darling doll.

The next reference book I tried was Coleman’s Encyclopedia of Dolls. I turned to the D’s and there it was, the information I was looking for, “Dotty Darling 1914, a doll representing a child with a ribbon in the hair, copyright George Borgfeldt.” Fred Kolb is listed as the artist, but he was probably assisted by Joseph Kallus. Next to the listing was the same picture that was tucked into my Dotty Darling’s undies. As explained in Coleman’s, the picture was part of the original patent for the doll,

Dotty Darling decorates her Christmas tree with cherubic Kewpies in this vintage holiday card.

so it is highly likely it was also used as a tag on the doll.

The evidence was starting to come together but I wanted more. Although it stated the designer was assisted by Joseph Kallus who worked for all parties involved with the Kewpies, I still wanted a direct link between the Dotty Darling doll and Rose O’Neill.

Next I checked in the Cieslik reference book German Doll Encyclopedia under Borgfeldt and there it was in a list of trademarks used by George Borgfeldt in Germany “1913 Dotty-Kewpie.” This was the corroborating evidence I was looking for, since the all bisque doll in John Axe’s book was made in Japan and this was definitely not a reference to that figure. The connection between the Dotty Darling Doll, Rose O’Neill and the Kewpies was becoming apparent. Fred Kolb was the head of Borgfeldt & Company and was instrumental in the licensing and manufacture of the Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie line of dolls in the early years.

The Kewpies were a huge marketing success. Figurines and dolls were in such demand that Rose O’Neill needed the assistance of artists and sculptors to keep up. It was the year 1913 when a request was sent to my Alma Mater, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York for young artists who could draw and sculpt. A seventeen-year old Joseph Kallus, presented his work to Fred Kolb to apply for the position.

Rose O’Neill and Fred Kolb were delighted with his work and hired Joseph Kallus to assist in the development of

Dotty Darling paper doll, 1913, Woman’s Home Companion.

Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie drawings into sculptures, to meet the public demand. It states in John Axe’s book that Joseph Kallus was so excited with this project, a former class mate remembered how he would often bring his Kewpie sculptures to school. Rose O’Neill, George Borgfeldt and Joseph Kallus worked to control all copyrights, licensing and trademarks associated with the Kewpies, dolls, figures and all related merchandise. So the character Dotty Darling being trademarked protected was very significant.

With all this new information, it finally occurred to me the doll Dotty Darling reminded me of was a rare cloth Scootles doll made by Richard Krueger, NYC in 1935. The Scootles doll has blond curly hair with side glancing eyes and a whimsical smile. Upon comparing the two dolls, you can see the facial features and even the construction of the body has a remarkable resemblance to the Dotty Darling doll. The facial expression, the body stance and the mitt shaped hands are similar. Upon comparing the illustration on the hang tag with a known illustration of Dotty Darling by Rose O’Neill the likeness is noteworthy.

Dotty Darling and the Kewpies were portrayed as a set of paper dolls in Woman’s Home Companion. The original issue of the magazine was so popular that it sold out in July 1913. The magazine reissued the page to satisfy the demand. If you compare the paper doll version of Dotty Darling you can also see a remarkable resemblance to the ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Vintage valentine with Dotty Darling and a lovable Kewpie.

Rare cloth Scootles

by Richard Krueger.

Borgfeldt doll. Dotty Darling is described as a four-year old chubby blond little girl wearing a floral dress, with a giant bow in her hair, an accurate description of this doll. The Kewpies protected Dotty and kept her busy when the other children went to play games for which she was too young or when they went to school. One rhyme went, “The others, six and eight and more and though they love her youth and laughter. They didn’t want her toddling after. Where’er they went, to school or play. To church or grandpa’s down the way. Small Dot would toddle in pursuit. She toddled fast and far to boot. She toddled after, through the gate, she toddled quick, she toddled straight, she toddled with determination. Her toddles called for admiration.” It was the Kewpies job to keep her safe. A year later the Darling family welcomed a little brother and the Kewpies helped Dotty adjust to the new situation. The Kewpies were always there to help the Darling family children.

Rose O’Neill was so well known for her Kewpies that it is often forgotten that she was an extremely talented artist who created many other wonderful characters and artworks. Some of these were also transformed into dolls like the Kewpies but these dolls are seldom found today and have very little documentation in the Kewpie books. This would include the Dotty Darling doll, an adorable cloth doll named Whoopy Clowny that you could toss in the air so it would scream, sold in the Sears Catalog, and the Scootles doll.

With all the evidence compiled it makes sense to conclude that this Dotty Darling doll has a direct link to the work of Rose O’Neill. This is what makes doll collecting so exciting! It’s the quest for that unknown doll, the one you’ve never seen or heard about, that rarity that makes a doll collector keep searching, since you never know what you’ll find!

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Rose O’Neill composition Scootles made by the Cameo Doll Co.

Photos of Dolls by Sara Bernstein, Rose O’Neill paper illustrations from the collection of Sara Bernstein

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Dressed in a darling sailor suit, Andre is being offered for $250.

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Nancy Ann Style Show Dolls

by Jane Foster Photography by Kim McBurney

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ancy Ann Abbott Nancy Ann loved children was born in and enjoyed letting groups of California on February 22, young girls tour her factory.

1901. Her birth name was One part of the tour would Rowena Haskin. She was a be a meeting with Nancy very shy young girl, but in her Ann where she engaged in early adult life she ventured out conversation with the girls and and attended a Fine Arts school in answered any questions they California, later working as a dancer, had about the dolls she made. It actress, and Hollywood studio designer. is interesting to note that Nancy Ann Her stage name was Nancy Phipps.

Abbott was very influential in She had many interests and encouraging young girls to collect hobbies, but costume designing dolls, not just to play with them. became her main creative activity.

It has also been stated in accounts After leaving Hollywood she of her life that she was very caring changed her name to Nancy toward her employees; she was Ann Abbott. In 1936 she started thoughtful of them and treated designing clothes for dolls made them with respect as they did her. in Japan. She opened the Nancy She became ill and died of cancer Ann Dressed Dolls Corporation in on August 10, 1964.

1937 with a partner, Leslie Allan Most doll enthusiasts are Rowland. Her doll corporation familiar with the small Nancy grew very quickly to become Ann Storybook Dolls. However, it Lilac Time is wearing a striped green taffeta dress. the largest doll company in the seems not nearly as many realize Her straw hat is particularly pretty trimmed with United States in the 1940’s. She the same company designed 18delicate flowers and lavender fur. Style #1504 started making bisque babies in inch dolls in the early and mid her factory, and then in the 1940’s switched to plastic. On 1950’s called Style Show Dolls.

December 26, 1945 the name of the factory was changed My husband and I were at a doll auction several years ago to Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls, Inc. She made small hard when a Style Show doll came up for auction. I spoke later plastic Storybook dolls as well as other small-sized dolls, with the woman who had the winning bid, and she shared including Muffie, Debbie, Miss Nancy Ann, Little Miss some information with me about these beautiful dolls.

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Afternoon Tea is Style #1901. Her dress is made of iridescent taffeta trimmed with black lace and velvet pansy flowers.

Summery Day has a yellow taffeta dress with various colored ribbon stripes.

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fabrics together for a striking effect. She dressed these dolls in elegantly styled clothing that was reminiscent of ladies’ formal attire of this era. They wore pretty long dresses, attractive matching hats, and “Southern Belle” hoop skirts, nylons, and satin shoes. The flat satin shoes were black, cream-colored, gold, silver, or a light shade to match the outfit.

Such materials as silks, taffeta, organdy and tulle were used for their clothes trimmed with lace, ribbon, bows, sequins, etc. The gowns were fastened in the back with small snaps.

Many dresses and hats had dainty flower accents, and some of the dolls wore fur capes or jackets. This doll designer used many fine quality feminine fabrics as she outfitted these dolls. Nancy Ann Abbott’s costuming

of the Style Show dolls was certainly comparable to that of the Madame Alexander dolls of the same time period.

With each of these dolls there were many details and differences in costuming.

Besides paying such attention to detail in their clothing, the designer also gave the outfits special names, such as “Garden Party,” “Dash of Spice,” and “Lavender and Lace,” just to name a few.

During the years the Style Show dolls were being produced there was a wedding doll made each year, complete with veil and garter.

One doll was made with long pantalettes and a necklace named “Old Fashioned Bouquet.”

The doll named “Summer Resort” even sported sunglasses. There have been a few Style Show dolls made with the longer dresses and not identified with specific names in Nancy Ann Doll literature.

A few Style Show dolls had shorter dresses. It is particularly interesting to me, being a retired school teacher, that some of these dresses could have been sold as school dresses. Not many of the Style Show Dolls with the shorter dresses have been found. Also, there was one ballerina made dressed in a fancy tutu, which hasn’t turned up too often.

There were approximately sixty versions of these lovely ladies made in hard plastic. Some dolls were also made with vinyl heads. The hard plastic doll has a saran wig and a young adult body with a slight bust line. The wig varies from doll to doll in color and style. They have closed mouths with reddish lipstick, some blush on their cheeks and knees, blue eyes, and soft gray eye shadow. They have movable heads and open hands with the second and third fingers fused together. Feet are flat and some were made as walkers in the mid-1950’s.

As noted in an article about Style Show Dolls

by Judith Izen in Doll Collector magazine (formerly Contemporary Doll magazine),

Sweet and Lovely wears silk tulle over pink taffeta,a very elegant gown.

Style #2403

Sophistication Style Show Doll #2404 wears a rosecolored dress. She has off-white long lace sleeves on her bolero-type jacket and lace overlay on her dress. Thanks to Judy Floyd for sharing this exquisite doll with us.

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Garden Party #1904 wears a white delicate print over yellow taffeta.

She has her original wrist tag and box.

November 2011, “The hard plastic Nancy Ann Style Show doll is mostly found unmarked but sometimes it is marked “17B” or “18B.” The vinyl head doll is marked ”18V.” Judith Izen, also wrote the following in her article, “Nancy Ann subcontracted the doll manufacturing to the Frisch Doll Company of California. Frisch also sold the same hard plastic doll to other doll companies who dressed and sold the doll under their own name.” But what distinguished the Style Show Dolls from other dolls made from the same mold was their excellent and elaborate clothing.

A very helpful and complete guide for the Style Show Dolls is the Encyclopedia of Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls written by Elaine M. Pardee-Volume 2, 2009. Other references include Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls by Marjorie A. Miller, 1980 and Encyclopedia of Bisque Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls by Elaine M. Pardee and Jackie Robertson, 2003.

When these dolls were made they sold for approximately $16-$35. Currently an estimated price would be $600-$1200.

A Style Show Doll with long dress and complete outfit could now sell for as much as $1500, depending on her originality, condition, and specific costume.

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If you are fortunate enough to find an all-original Style Show Doll she should be wearing a silver foil tag around her wrist giving her specific name and her style number.

The tag opened up like a little booklet and inside the tag was the style number and costume name of all the Style Show Dolls produced that year. She would also come nestled in a pretty blue or pink polka-dot box.

The Tender Years

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21” Hilda on desirable toddler body, $4200 Not pictured: Absolutely gorgeous 11” Sonneberg child, all original, $3700; 10” Gbr. Heubach Pouty, $3000; 10” Steiner A, manufactured for Au Nain Bleu toy store in Paris, $7575 More wonderful dolls – layaway available – call for details.

Outstanding E8J with stunning presentation hat, $12,400

15” Fre A Steiner, all original, 1978 UFDC ribbon winner, $7400

Very rare and stunning Tete Jumeau, $8200

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Do You Have a Mystery Doll?

In Our Memories: Evelyn Ackerman

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by Stuart Holbook

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he home of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman in the leafy residential neighborhood of Culver City, CA has been a fitting tribute to their life together. On the outside, it is warm and welcoming, yet modest and unassuming. It is only when stepping inside that you are offered a glimpse into their shared lifetime of remarkable art and design.

Within the frame of this house is a museum of sorts displaying the creative genius that the two have embodied for over sixty years. Evelyn’s tapestries and mosaics and Jerry’s pottery: the pieces sing to the eye in a harmony that engages the visitor so as to subtly proclaim a life of genius.

“We had a good run,” Jerry, who is 92, said. “I should not be greedy after sixty-four years of joy.” These words were spoken a few days after Evelyn passed away recently at the age of eighty-eight years old.

There is a whole generation of collectors who might have more than a passing familiarity with the name Evelyn Ackerman in that a great deal of doll, toy, and dollhouse research was done by her in books and articles over a many year love affair with the subject. As a collector, Evelyn was fascinated with the ticking history of early doll and toy manufacturers and designers that stemmed from her own abilities as an artist.

Evelyn was raised in Detroit, where she met Jerry, also an artist. After courting, the two left for Los Angeles in 1952 where they were thrust into the center of mid-century modernism. Inspired by the work of Charles and Ray Eames, the two started a company that designed and sold affordable decorative items. Evelyn’s genius was soon evident to the community in her ability to span so many mediums and create pieces with a perfect balance of color and lines. Her work became highly sought after and one of her tapestries appeared in a 1963 issue of Playboy thereby bringing her international recognition. As Jerry would later joke “You know you’ve made it when your work gets into Playboy.”

Jonathan Adler, one of today’s great modernist designers whose successful business spans the world, collects her pieces and cites her as a great inspiration. “She showed a tremendous confidence in her ability to be taken seriously as a designer and to be playful at the same time. She was really a singular talent”, he says.

It was in later years that this respect within the art community truly blossomed for Evelyn’s work: her complex cloisonné enamels are part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. Further, numerous exhibits have featured her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and, most recently, in 2009 at San Diego’s Mingei International Museum which held the retrospective “Masters of Mid-Century California Modernism: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman.”

Few though in the doll world were aware of Evelyn’s fame and respect in international design circles. It was her love of dolls that they saw.

Being a designer of items that, like dolls, encompassed many mediums and forms, Evelyn was drawn to the design of playthings and became an enthused collector.

This fascination became more than just the aesthetic; she was intrigued as well with the history of what she called “artistic endeavor” in the design of these pieces. A scholar, Evelyn began a life of research in the field that led to numerous books and articles on the subject - especially in the area of Schoenhut and Gottschalk. Her books, Dolls in Miniature, The Genius of Moritz Gottschalk and Under the Big Top with Schoenhut’s Humpty Dumpty Circus are considered classics in their fields. As well, she curated a loving collection of antique childhood ephemera that graced the Ackerman home and, surrounded by a framework of modernism, proved to the world that antique dolls and toys have no boundaries.

While Evelyn leaves a legacy of greatness that will span generations in the modernist design field, she also leaves the doll and toy world a wealth of amazing research on subjects that might otherwise have been lost. As well, her unique eye and ability in understanding that this world of playthings is more than just a child’s toy but, in fact, a vital link to the history of design.

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hen my friend asked me to come and help her identify some of her dolls, I was fairly confident that I could tell her the makers and probable values, but one really stumped me, so I checked various sources without success. Finally, I found a photo of the very doll in Coleman’s Encyclopedia of Dolls, volume 2, page 320: “D.A. script mark found on bisque socket head. Size 6 is a 24 in. (61 cm) doll. Maker is not known as yet.” There is a photo, “Courtesy of Richard Withington. Photo by Barbara Jendrick” I am hoping that by now more information has come to light and someone can help me with this 24” dolly, inscribed D A 6 in script on the back of her head. She has a ball-jointed composition body, open mouth, 5 teeth, no earring holes, and brown glass sleep eyes.

Thank you for any help you may have. Please email me at louandjudy@tampabay.rr.com.

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have two sets of dolls that are a mystery to me and other doll collectors who have seen them. The two 12-1/2” dolls, both marked “Made in Spain,” are made almost entirely of felt (the fellow hoisting a frosty mug wears a brocade and felt suit).

The dolls were purchased on separate occasions and the sellers knew nothing of their origins. I have a special fondness for cloth dolls and have always wondered who the maker might be.

The second mystery is a group of dolls I purchased in an auction lot. All are 10” tall and all but one have firmly stuffed bodies with stockinette faces and arms. The eyes and mouths on each are embroidered and the stockinette nose applied, with tiny stitches making dimpled chins. One of the dolls has a floppy body but the others are meant to stand and have arms loosely attached with a few stitches.

The clothing is firmly sewn on so it’s hard to see if the body is entirely stockinette or some other material. All of the dolls wear the same “fur” lined velvet or knit heeled slipper. There is no sign of a maker’s mark or tag.

Does anyone recognize these dolls?

Thanks, Mary, email: whosthis1-stuff@yahoo.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.

MEET THE ALBRITTONS!

by Margo Delaughter

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eet the Albrittons – Lucy, Luke and Louise! No, these are not the names given to the dolls by their maker. Rather these are the names bestowed on them by their new owners and used in this article to describe them individually. The dolls were all made by the same doll artist and yet each is unique unto itself.

I am one of those people who check the dolls on eBay regularly. While browsing the cloth doll category I came upon an oil-painted cloth doll that immediately caught my attention. I loved her face and her rather unique body construction at first sight.

The seller did not have a reserve on her and mentioned that she was one of three dolls from an estate sale. The seller further stated that the dolls were made by a Nina Bonner Albritton and quite rare. That name meant nothing to me even though I am always studying books devoted to cloth dolls and their origins. Thinking the doll would sell above my “doll budget,” I alerted a friend who also loves cloth dolls. My friend won the auction and because the doll sold for a reasonable price, I contacted the seller and asked if she would be willing to sell me one of the other two dolls before she listed them on eBay. I was most pleased when she agreed. A few weeks later the third and final doll was listed on eBay and I won the auction.

Now the real fun began as I sought to find out more about these dolls. Fortunately, each doll was accompanied by an original booklet and two photo copies of newspaper articles about the dolls and their maker. I looked up Mrs. Albritton on the Internet, but found very little. The two newspaper articles, however, offered the most information on her dolls while the Internet listed just a few basic facts about her life.

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Luke

Nina Bonner Albritton was born in 1881 in Barclay Lake, Lion City, Kentucky. She was an artist, teacher and doll maker and is listed in the 3rd volume of “Who’s Who in American Art” 1564 – 1975. Further research on the Internet revealed that Mrs. Albritton was married to Clarence Albritton. Mrs. Albritton died in 1975. That was all the information I was able to find on the Internet. That left me with the little booklet and the two newspaper articles. The two articles turned out to reveal an amazing amount of information. It was most fortunate that the original owner of these three dolls kept all this with them. The owner whose estate the dolls came from lived in the south and had received the dolls directly from Mrs. Albritton. It is unknown if she was given them or purchased them for her children. None of the dolls were dressed when they were listed on eBay and I do not know if they were dressed when the former owner received them. These questions will remain unanswered – lost to time.

The names of the newspapers the two articles were in were not identified, but I was able to find a testimonial in the booklet from a Miss Libbie L. Morrow. Written beneath her name were the words “In Nashville, (TENN.) Banner.” I checked the first newspaper clipping dated March 6, 1915 and found that the article was edited by a Libbie Luttrell Morrow. Now I felt I knew the name of the newspaper. I imagine the other article was in the same paper, but I couldn’t find any positive evidence. I contacted the Nashville Public Library and their microfilm records confirmed the 1915 article was published in the Nashville Banner. The article is titled “Story of Clarksville Woman’s Clever Invention of New Doll.” The printing on both photocopies of these articles was very difficult to read, however I was able to gather quite a bit of information.

The 1915 article states that the dolls are character dolls and that each doll has its own personality. The dolls represent children of different nationalities as well as grown people of various countries. It further mentions that Mrs. Albritton was a native of Tyron County, KY. , but for eight years she had resided in Tennessee. At one time she had been a music pupil of Mr. C. J. Schubert at the Schubert Conservatory and was a graduate of the 1903 class in that conservatory.

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musician and artist and came to manufacture her rag dollies through an accident. Since we rarely have the opportunity to learn why and how these early cloth doll makers came to create their dolls in their own words, I have included word for word the interview she gave to the newspaper.

“Four years ago, when I was visiting my mother in Kentucky, I was thrown from a buggy and received an injury which made it necessary for me to remain in bed nearly two months. I was then residing in Fayetteville and was teaching art and music at that place. The inactivity, which I could never tolerate, was almost unbearable, but my mind was busy with many things. Many plans were formulated to be carried out in the future, among the one for my dolls.

“It was love for work of that nature and the fact that I wanted durable but pretty dolls for my two small children that prompted me to want to make them. I had no thought of material benefit from them then.

“When I recovered, after some experimenting, I made several dolls, but they in no way satisfied me, for I had not successfully carried out the idea I had in my mind. However, I had no more time to give to them then. I kept the idea before me, but it seemed I could never get to it. The days were never long enough to crowd into them the many things I wanted to do and the dolls must wait.

“It was in the early fall of the past year (1914) when I again began to work on the design for my dolls. I soon had the arms, legs and body of satisfactory proportions and these I joined so they were movable. Now the head was to be thought of. I had set myself the task of working out a means by which it could be cut out of cloth and stuffed with cotton so that the features might assume their natural shape, still without the aid of a mask or by any mechanical process.

“I worked nearly two weeks unceasingly to gain that end.

Oftentimes during that time, after working all day, I felt like giving up but again each morning with a new determination to go on. Finally, I was upon the eve of giving it up for the time being, my subjective mind came to my rescue and the problem that confronted me was solved in part one night in a dream. It was only a few days until I obtained the result shown in them now.

“After the doll is cut from the material, sewed up and stuffed and joined they are then hand painted with washable paints. Each one is original, it being impossible to obtain the exact result twice in shaping the head and features, although cut from the same

pattern. The hair and eyes differ in coloring and each face has a different expression often taking on the likeness of my own or some neighbor’s child with whom I am acquainted.

“Among the dolls I have painted have been infants, baby girls and boys, negroes, Indians, Japanese and Dutch dolls. The old time Southern black mammy with her big apron and red bandana about her head and neck has been quite popular. The doll is twenty-four inches long, but I am working on one now that is to be about eighteen inches. Each doll is dressed in a befitting costume, the entire outfit for each one being planned and sewn by myself. The doll is also entirely the work of my own hands.

Owing to the short time they have been upon the market the output has necessarily been limited. They have already been sent to various points in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama and I am preparing for bigger things in the future. A doll design patent has been applied for.”

The second article appeared in November, 1917. It was titled “DOLLIES EN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS.” The article states that Mrs. Albritton’s dolls would be in the window of McNeal & Edwards’ store so that the people of Clarksville could view them before the dolls left for the “Fair” in New Orleans.

The article did not state just what kind of fair it was and I was unable to discover its identity. It described the various dolls that were being sent and that a Red Cross nurse, “who isn’t for

sale for particular reasons,” was to accompany the dolls should they have an accident on their journey. I assume the “nurse” was a human ready to display the dolls at the “Fair.” With the exception of the mammy doll, the dolls were the smaller members of the doll family. Since the dolls are listed in sizes of 18 and 24 inches, these must have been the 18 inch dolls. Of particular interest in this article is the fact that it mentions that one doll was sent to the home of “little Bettie” the grandchild of Lord and Lady (illegible). Thus it appears that one of Mrs. Albritton’s dolls made it to Europe.

The first page of the booklet accompanying the dolls explains the dolls construction and the models available. The booklet is not dated. Mrs. Albritton wrote in her explanation, “ The dolls are entirely hand-made and are cut from a durable high-grade cotton material and hand-painted with

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washable paints so that they may be washed with soap and water whenever necessary without injury.” Could this be the reason we find so few today? The rest of the booklet or catalog shows photos of the dolls and testimonials of the people who purchased them. Two of the testimonials came from Nashville, Tennessee toy stores so we know the dolls were marketed commercially.

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Since the three dolls in this article have all been redressed I will not dwell on the clothing. Rather I will compare the painting of the faces and the body construction of each.

“Lucy” is 22 inches tall and has more of a character face when compared with her “brother and “sister.” Her heavily painted dark brown hair encircles her head with “scallops” surrounding her face. Unlike the other two dolls she has very long and thick dark brown eyebrows. Her large eyes are dark blue with two white highlights, upper eye lashes, but no lower lashes. Her slightly protruding nose has two red nostril dots.

“Lucy’s” lips are her most prominent feature.

They are quite large with both an upper and lower bow. A curvy black line divides the upper and lower lips.

“Luke” is 23 inches in height. The hair on this doll is also brown. The hair surrounding his face is done with whispery uneven brush strokes. His eyebrows are very short and his eyes are smaller than the first doll. He has both painted upper and lower lashes. His brown eyes have a single white highlight. The nose protrudes, but is small and has black nostril dots. His mouth is small and is outlined with black paint with a straight black line in the center. He does have two spots of missing paint under his chin.

“Louise’s” face is still a little different from her sister and brother. “Louise” is 22 inches tall.

Her brown hair curls softly around her face. Her eyebrows are smaller than “Lucy’s,” but larger than “Luke’s.” Her eyes are on the small size and are light blue in color with a single white highlight. She has upper eyelashes, but no lower lashes. She has a small protruding nose with black nostril dots. Her mouth is small with an upper bow with a straight black line to separate the upper and lower lips. Louise is owned by Marilyn Parsons who allowed me to photograph her doll for this article.

When studying the dolls closely I found that there was a difference in the head construction between “Lucy” and the other two dolls. The seaming on her head is more involved.

One seam runs from the center of the shoulder plate through the center of the face and back down the back of the head. There are two seams on either side of this center seam in the back that start at the top of the head and meet in a “V” at the nape of the neck. Another seam runs from shoulder to shoulder across the top of the head. In order to form the face and give it some depth all three dolls have a seam that runs from the ear area down under the chin and up to the other side of the head where an ear would be.

The head seaming is less involved on the other two dolls.

One seam runs from the shoulder plate through the center of the face and down the back of the head and a second seam runs from shoulder to shoulder across the top of the head. Finally, like “Lucy,” there is the facial seam which gives shape and depth to the face.

The body construction of each doll is basically the same.

The heads are stationary and sewn to the shoulder plates which are in turn attached to the torsos. The arms are tabbed jointed and, interestingly, the legs are too. In order to keep the legs from “flopping” pieces of cloth are sewn on the legs to join them. This rather unique leg jointing allows the dolls to sit naturally and keeps the legs together. It is interesting to note that “Lucy’s” tab arm is attached under the shoulder plate while the other two dolls’ tab arms are attached on top of the shoulder plate .

The “waterproof” finish on “Lucy” has a shiny varnished look while the finish on the other two dolls has more of a matte finish. Unlike the other two dolls, “Lucy’s” torso is untreated.

The shoulder plates on each doll vary as well. The shoulder plates run from very wide to wide to narrow. Why this is the case is unknown, but one must remember Mrs. Albritton made the dolls by herself so perhaps she used whatever fabric might have been available at the time. It might also be that one size was faster to make than another.

A side view of the dolls shows that each doll has a different shape. “Lucy” on the left has a slim body and perhaps was meant to be an older child or adult. “Luke” in the center has a rather fat tummy and most likely was meant to be a young boy or girl. “Louise” on the right has a very pronounced posterior and perhaps was meant to be a baby that would sit easily in a chair or carriage.

The hands and feet are the same on each doll. The hands are mitten shaped with stitched fingers and the feet show stitching to indicate toes.

I have not been able to determine if “Lucy” was the first design of the three dolls or the last. Her construction is much more involved than the other two dolls. Was this because she was one of Mrs. Albritton’s first dolls and her construction proved to be too time consuming to produce in quantity or was Mrs. Albritton improving on her dolls so they could compete with the other cloth dolls on the market? Clearly the other two dolls would be easier for one woman to produce and dress since this was a “one woman” enterprise from start to finish as she clearly states in her little booklet. Without further research, which is sadly lacking, we will never know.

The little booklet has delightful photos of the various dolls Mrs. Albritton made and wonderful testimonials by her very satisfied customers. The dolls pictured in the booklet are shown above.

Mrs. Albritton’s dolls are less sophisticated than the other cloth doll makers of the time such as Martha Chase, Ella Smith or Kathe Kruse, but it is their simplicity which gives them their charm. Mrs. Albritton’s dolls represent folk art at its best and deserve to be recognized by cloth doll collectors. Is there one hidden in your collection?

BIBLIOGRAPHY Ask/ART The Artists Bluebook Nashville Banner Newspaper Nashville, TN. Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN. / Deborah May

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Toledo Doll and Bear Show October 21, 2012

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Clockwise from top left: Val Star, IL. 28” French China and a variety of lovely bebes and fashions. / Lorrie Dove, MI. Large closed mouth Kester, Jumeau in box, great early Chinas. / Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears, IL. Amazing Jumeau fashion with articulated wood hands. / Chuck & Barbara Buysee, MI. JDK 221 Googly, S&H 1159, Kestner XI, and Kestner Gibson. / Fritzi’s Antique Dolls, IL. Two beautiful large Simon & Halbigs 949’s. / Hand-wind automaton. Nancy McGlammery and Ed Pelton, PA.

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ord has certainly gotten out about the new Toledo Doll & Bear Show as evidenced by the crowd and distance attendees traveled in to see what the buzz was all about. The 65 plus quality dealers did not disappoint shoppers that traveled in from New York, New Jersey, Northern Michigan, Indiana, Canada, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Louisiana to attend the October 21 show. Those looking for quality had no problem finding what they wanted since there was no shortage of rare and amazing French and German antique dolls to choose from along with a great selection of quality modern and vintage dolls. Well known doll and bear artists as well as an amazing selection of vintage Halloween and Christmas items complemented the show and also blended in with the many rare antique toys and bears on hand for consideration. Dorothy Hunt of Sweetbriar Auctions was kept quite busy giving non stop doll appraisals and we were happy to have Shari McMasters join this and our future shows to do on site doll stringing. A sampling of the rare and amazing offerings at the October show at the Stranahan Great Hall in Toledo is shown here. Be sure to attend our next show, April 14, 2013.

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GAITHERSBURG Antiques Doll Show

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2 Fort Worth, TX. Doll Show. Lockheed Martin Recreation Association. Kyle Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

2 Leesburg, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Leesburg Venetian Gardens Community Bldg. 352-728-1832. jsundeen@comcast.net.

2 Paris, France. Dolls & Automatons & Toys & Games Auction. Ambassador Hotel. Francois Theimer.

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2 Portland, OR. Doll Show. Kleiver Natl. Guard Armory. Crossroads Doll & Bear Events.

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2 Scottsdale, AZ. Doll Auction. Chaparral Suites Resort. Frasher’s Doll Auctions. 816-625-3786.

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2 Vallejo, CA. Doll Show. Vallejo Fairgrounds. Nancy Jo’s Doll Sales. 925-229-4190. (F) 925-229-5369. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

2 Westampton, NJ. Dolls at Auction. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2094.

8-10 Des Moines, IA. Antique Spectacular. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Melting Pot Productions.

712-326-9964. www.antiquespectacular.com.

9 Ft. Myers, FL. Doll Show. Araba Temple. Cape Coral Doll Guild & Ft. Myers Doll Club.

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9 New Braunfels, TX. Doll Show. New Braunfels Civic Center. Dorothy Meredith. 830-606-5868. www.dolldr.com.

9 Santa Cruz, CA. Doll & Bear & Arts Show.

Hotel Paradox. 831-438-5349.

9 W. Melbourne, FL. Doll Show. Veterans Memorial Complex. Florida Space Coast Doll Club.

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10 Seattle, WA. Doll Show. Red Lion Bellevue Inn. Teresa Lehmbeck. 425-413-9516. rivertoncottage@ hotmail.com.

11-20 Absentee Auction. Antique Miniatures & Doll House Accessories Auction. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232. (F) 603-478-3233. www.withingtonauction.com.

16-17 Bayfront, CA. Madame Alexander Doll Club Event.

Hilton San Francisco Airport. 212-368-1047.

16 Largo/St.Petersburg, FL. 32nd Annual Doll & Bear Sale. Minnreg Building. St. Petersburg Doll Club.

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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

3 International Airports Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Dulles International (IAD) Baltimore / Washington International (BWI)

BELLMAN EVENTS 410.357.8451 • 443.617.3590 ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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1-3 Rock Island, IL. Antique Spectacular. QCCA EXPO Center. Kimberly Schiling. Melting Pot Productions.

712-326-9964. kim@antiquespectacular.com. www.AntiqueSpectacular.com.

2 Clarence, NY. Doll Auction. Antique World Auction House. Schultz Auctioneers. 716-759-2260.

2 Escondido, CA. Doll Show. Church of the Resurrection Parish Ctr. Cameo Doll Club. Gwen Pogue. 619-460-4678.

2-3 Gaithersburg, MD. 161st Eastern National Doll Show. Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 410-357-8451. 443-617-3590.

2 Northbrook, IL. Madame Alexander Doll Club Event. Renaissance Chicago North Shore.

212-368-1047.

2 Punta Gorda/Pt. Charlotte, FL. Doll & Bear Show.

Charlotte Harbor Event & Conf. Ctr. Port Charlotte Doll Club. Merele Romer. 941-286-1446.

Visit the Learning Room on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the ©

161st Eastern National Antique to Modern Show and Sale in Gaithersburg, MD. Members of the United Federation of Doll Club’s Inc. will once again present our doll “show and tell” with doll displays, stringing, repair, and as always, door prizes.

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War doll expert Lynn Buonviri will present a program on dolls of that era. Do you have a doll that you think might be from the 1860’s? Appraiser Faye Snyder will be available following the program to identify and appraise your doll. The program will begin at 1 pm on Sunday, March 3.

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16 Pensacola, FL. Doll Show. Wright Place, First United Methodist Church. Pensacola Doll Study Club. 850-292-6074. perpleprsn@aol.com.

16 Phoenix, AZ. Annual Dolls & Bears Show & Sale.

No. Phoenix Baptist Church. Sunbonnet Doll Club.

Sue. 602-978-3749.

17 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. 507-864-3073. www.CPromotionsPlus.com.

21-23 Ft. Lee, NJ. Madame Alexander Doll Club Premier Event. Ft. Lee Doubletree. 212-368-1047.

23 Baton Rouge, LA. Doll Show. Milton J. Womack Park (BREC facility). Bayou Bebes Doll Club.

985-386-4291. orgeron@bellsouth.net.

23 Jacksonville, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Ramada Mandarin Conference Ctr. Knight SE Doll Shows.

803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com.

23 Johnson City, TN. Doll & Bear Show. Best Western Plus. 2 Monkey Boys. Robert J. Crawford.

423-765-0065.

23 Palm Springs, FL. Doll Show. St. Lukes Church.

Pat Shooltz. 561-625-1305.

24 Countryside, IL. Doll & Bear & Toy Show. William Tell Holiday Inn. Julie Bronski. 312-919-7135.

ILDollShows@aol.com. www.illinoisdollshows.com.

24 Galesburg, IL. Doll Show. Sandburg Mall. West Central Illinois Doll Club. 309-299-0486.

24 Strongsville, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Strongsville. Gail Lemmon. 440-396-5386.

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2 Roseville, CA. Doll Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. 775-348-7713. Crossroads Doll & Bear Events. www.dolls4all.com.

3 Oregon, IL. 7th Annual Doll & Toy Show. Rock River Senior Center. JoAnn’s Dolls. 815-234-8332. joannLG@comcast.net.

3 Tucson, AZ. Annual Collectible Toy Show. Tucson Expo Ctr. Tucson Miniature Automobile Club. Tom Russell. 520-488-4195.

9 El Paso, TX. Doll Show. El Paso Holiday Inn Airport. Sun Country Doll Folks of El Paso. Janna Daniels. 915-637-3438.

9 Fairhope, Al. 21st Annual Doll & Toy Show. Civic Center Auditorium. Eastern Shore Doll Study Club of Alabama. Ruth Ann Brett. 251-980-5958.

9 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. Western No. Carolina Agricultural Ctr. Jackie Stone. 828-505-1577.

9 Lakeland, FL. 35th Annual Doll & Bear Show. Lake Mirror Center. Tropical Doll Study Club. Suzanne Watkins. 863-676-8886. retiredsuzie@gmail.com.

10 Buena Vista, CA. Doll Show featuring Barbie Dolls. Holiday Inn. Sheri Gore. 310-386-4211.

10 Lansing, MI. Doll Show. Banquet & Conference Center of DeWitt. 269-599-1511. SJBbetsys@ comcast.net.

10 Maquoketa, IA. Doll & Toy Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds. Eastern Iowa Doll Shows. Sherryl Newton. 319-610-3534.

10 Teaneck, NJ. Doll Show. The Teaneck Armory.

JMK Shows. Rona or Jesse Kohler. 352-527-6666. jmkshows@aol.com.

16 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Firemen’s Recreation Hall. Sue Spink. 585-591-2841.

16 Bixby/Tulsa, OK. Doll Show. Bixby Community Ctr. Kyle Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010. www.OKToyShows.com.

16 Chartres, France. Fine Dolls & Accessories Auction.

Galerie DeChartres. +33(0)2 37 88 28 28. (F) +33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galeriedechartres.com.

16 Nashville, TN. Doll & Bear Show. Marriott Airport Hotel. Knight SE Doll Shows. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com.

16-17 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Event. Puyallup Fair & Event Center. Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Events. 775- 348-7713. www.dolls4all.com

Jean & Ken Nordquist’s Collectible Doll Co. Gourmet Doll Supplies for the Discriminating Doll Collector

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1-800-566-6646 Collectible Doll Company P.O. Box 697, Cedar Hill, TX 75106 ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Sherman’s Antiques & Doll Hospital

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 and Doll Doctors Association of America

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

www.frizellburgantiques.com

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 ever-changing inventory.

410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850 Laura Turner, proprietor, 1909 Old Taneytown Rd., Westminster, MD 21158. Open Thurs- Sun 11-5.

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

The Doll Works Judith Armitstead (781) 334-5577 P.O. Box 195, Lynnfield, MA 01940

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

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

1930 Macris Dolly Ann Doll House with Label

www.TheDollWorks.net ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Nancy Jo’s DOLL SALES

Edison Talking Dolls WANTED

VALLEJO, CA Vallejo Fairgrounds

February 2 Saturday 9 am

Any Condition

Friday 12 noon Saturday 9 am

Doug

May 3-4

816-210-3684

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

Edisondoll@yahoo.com

Website: www.nancyjodollsales.com Doll Related Items • Furniture • Clothes • Bears

The Antique Doll & Toy Market Sunday, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 11am-4pm $6

Seattle’s Best Show for 35 Years!

• 50 Select Exhibitors • Antique & Collectable Dolls • Toys • Teddy Bears • Miniatures • Accessories • Doll Stringing • Free Parking • Restaurant & Much More!

Red Lion Bellevue Inn, 11211 Main St., Bellevue WA 98004 I-405 Exit 12 SE 8th St, West on SE 8th, Rt at 112th Inquires: Teresa Lehmbeck/Leone McMullen 425-413-9516 rivertoncottage@hotmail.com Future Shows August 25 and November 3

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 CERTIFIED DOLL APPRAISALS – Doll appraisals online at www.doll-appraisals.com by Certified C.A.G.A. appraiser, for insurance, bankruptcy, divorce, casualty loss, or just to see what a doll is worth, its history, etc.

I can also do appraisals by mail. Victoria Way, P. O. Box 501, Tehachapi, CA 93582. Phone 661-823-7828 or 661-972-7728. Please visit my website at www.doll-appraisals.com or www.antiquedollappraisals.com 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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Calendar continued from page 61 16 Santa Barbara, CA. Doll Show. Earl Warren Showgrounds. Bonnie Dunlap. Santa Barbara Doll Club. 805-733-1261.

16 Venice, FL. Doll Show. Woodmere Park. Venice Doll Club. Mary Falcone. 941-312-4568.

17 Dedham, MA. Doll & Teddy & Toy Show. Holiday Inn. A Drummer Boys Show. 978-535-4811. www.bornsteinshows.com.

20 Houston, TX. Doll Convention. Cirque de Poupees.

Bay Area Doll Club of Texas. Becca Hisle.

281-614-0077.

22-24 Cedar Falls, IA. Antiques & Collectibles Show.

UNI-Dome. Kimberly Schiling. Melting Pot Productions. 712-326-9964. kim@antiquespectacular.com.

23 Atlanta, GA. Doll Show. Hilton Suites Atlanta Perimeter. Atlanta Doll Collectors. www.atlantadollcollectors.com.

23 Glendale, CA. 35th Annual Doll Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Jewel City Doll Club. Dene Alcott. 818-248-4862.

23 Hendersonville, NC. A Dolly’s Holiday with Daisy & Donelle Denery. The Cedars. Land O’Sky Doll Club. Barbara Green. 828-693-1102. bgreenware@morrisbb.net.

23 Madison, WI. Doll Show. Alliant Energy Center.

Madison Area Doll Club. Dawn Reeves.

608-235-3169.

23 Salisbury, NC. Doll & Toy & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Conf. Ctr. 804-651-7297.

23 West Covina, CA. Collectors Show. W. Covina Elk’s Lodge. 831-438-5349. Dollfestival@aol.com.

24 Anaheim, CA. Antique & Collectible Doll Show.

Anaheim Plaza Hotel. 831-438-5349. National Doll Festival. National Doll Festival.

DollFestival@aol.com.

24 E. Meadow, NY. 33rd Annual Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Temple Emanu-el. Doll Study Club of Long Island. Muriel. 516-481-1745.

24 Houston, TX. 36th Annual Doll Show. Hilton Houston Hobby Airport Hotel. Bluebonnet Bebes of Houston. Linda Sieck. 713-283-5900. qsieck@sbcglobal.net.

24 Fort Wayne, IN. Doll & Bear Show. The Lantern.

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

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18” JDK open/close mouth 211 toddler. 15” 116A toddler. 17” original 141 Hertel Schwab rare character.

K*R 121 baby. 19” JDK 247 toddler w/original wig. French mignonnette in original nurse costume.

WE WILL BE AT THE FOLLOWING SHOWS: March 2 & 3 - Eastern National Show, Gaithersburg, MD March 23, 9 to 3 - Madison Area Doll Club, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI

Buying complete collections of antique dolls and dolls of merit.

Email: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

Cell 630-247-1144

Located in Stoudtburg Village 8 N. Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA 19501 Winter Hours: by appointment only January 1st - March 15th

Come visit us and experience our charming location and superior selection of French and German dolls. We are always interested in purchasing collections and fine quality dolls.

Telephone: 717-484-1200 • Mobile: 610-662-5473 • Email: ourant@me.com

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