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Antique DOLL Collector June 2014 Vol. 17, No. 5

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r Look fo C in D F U t: me a tonio, TX San An 16-20 July 26” S & H #1039 DEP Bebe, mint bisque, blue sl. eyes,orig. wig & an Xtra, orig. fabulous pink silk & lace dress, orig. leather shoes & socks, ant. Fr. velvet hat, & orig. matching underwear set, orig. Jumeau body. Has old tagged description plus orig. wrist tag from France. She is described in Coleman Encyclopedia, page 571. Made for the French Market. Fabulous find & a big BREATHTAKING Bebe!!! $2450

15” K * R 116A Character Toddler, blue sl. eyes, celluloid tongue & the deepest dimples in her chubby cheeks, orig. mohair wig, darling orig. fine pink batiste dress, shoes & socks, added hat to top her off, orig. fully jointed K*R toddler body. Sure to make you smile!! SIMPLY ADORABLE!!! $2550.

10” Kestner Hilda Baby, blue sl. eyes, perfect pale bisque, orig. mohair wig & Kestner plaster pate, FACTORY orig. batiste & lace Christening gown, orig. slip & beautiful ant. lace & ribbon bonnet, orig. JDK 5 pc. bent limb baby body. An absolute DARLING in this tiny size!!! $3450.

10” Gebruder Kuhnlenz Bebe, cl./mo., perfect pale bisque, blue p/w eyes, orig. long mohair wig, orig. batiste & lace dress, ant. undies, shoes & ant. Fr. hat. On orig. body, (some flaking in paint). Made for French Trade & she looks it!!! GORGEOUS & great teeny size!! $2575.

9” Rare Large "All Bisque" Tynie Baby

by Horsman, swivel neck, blue sl. eyes, rare painted bald head, wears orig. baby gown, ant. bonnet & baby jacket. On orig. all bisque bent limb baby body PERFECT bisque OVERALL. ant. wicker stroller included. Rarely found large bald version of this desirable baby doll.

A little GEM!!! $3250.

Joyce Kekatos e-mail: joycedolls@aol.com I buy dolls and sell on consignment.

2137 Tomlinson Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461 home: 718-863-0373 cell: 917-859-2446

18” Kestner #167, beautiful bisque, blue sl. eyes, mohair wig & orig. Kestner plaster pate, fine ant. batiste dress loaded w/tucks & pleats, ant. slip & orig. leather shoes, on orig. Kestner body.

Absolutely GORGEOUS!! Great cabinet size! Only...$975.

14” Kley & Hahn Baby, blue sl. eyes, mint bisque & orig. wig, orig. plaid jumper & blouse, undies & on orig. 5 pc.

K & H bent limb baby body. She is absolutely ADORABLE!! $975.

Tel: 425.765.4010 Beautifulbebes@outlook.com

In the true Rohmer style, this is an exceptional and very blessed fashion poupée. A petite 15”, this mademoiselle has everything a young lady could want; including a very beautiful glazed china shoulder head with vivid blue spiral threaded enamel eyes decorated with long lashes and darkly lined. She is on her original sturdy unmarked kid body w/ individually stitched fingers. Her trousseau is quite lavish and is comprised as follows: 4 light weight dresses in enfantine style; 1 pair of boots; 1 pair of heeled/buckle tipped shoes; 1 pr. of tan leather gloves; 1 fan with bone structure; 1 leather purse; 1 ladies companion leather valise w/bronze studding; 1 muff and stole in orig. box with litho model on lid; 4 bonnets of straw, velvet and silk; 4 jackets ranging from white pique, black velvet, & wool; 1 two pc. silk chiffon skirt; 1 Ermine Stole w/ tails; 1 Corset; 1 two pc. black silk and tan linen ensemble; 2 extra wigs; kidskin and human hair.; 2 hatstands; 2 Original boxes; 1 Parasol; 1 white detailed night shirt; 2 night caps; 1 Straw floral hand-painted tote; 1 crémé eyelet cape; 1 superb and excellent early French Trunk. $13,900.

Fine 25” Sie C Steiner with very large expressive coffee colored paper-weight eyes set in softly tinted bisque. Exquisite chocolate colored silk dress with creamy appliques and silk chiffon accents.

Blonde human hair wig crowned by French style ribboned bonnet.

Original body. Excellent. $7900.

Two gorgeous Bébés; a stunning 20” Bru Jne with fantastic face, perfect bisque head and generally excellent condition from the Leon Casimir Bru era. Then we have a fantastic and very beautiful Block Letter FG only 13” tall although her presence is daunting. Also, in overall excellent condition. Both dolls have bisque kid-edged shoulder plates, perfect bisque hands and sturdy gusseted kid bodies. Both dolls have on superb couture dresses made from antique materials. It’s easy to see how closely these competitors made the dolls resemble each other in style; both with desirable tongue tips, huge paper-weight eyes, finely painted details of lashes and brows and delicate pouty lips. FG- $8895. Bru Jne $28,950.

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Dreamy 27” closed mouth Simon Halbig 939 with simply stunning face monopolized by spectacular brilliant blue paper weight eyes.

Antique auburn wig over cork pate is rich in color & thick with original curls. Original composition body, excellent condition! $4995.

15.5” Simon Halbig Poupée.

Just like the twill over wood version, this body is done in doe-soft kid leather over wood with exquisite attention to fine detailing of dainty hands & feet; all in perfect orig condition. Lovely range of motion, able to bend at knees, ankles & point her toes.

Fine detail to bisque hands.

Beautiful, soft face with large blue eyes and demure mouth.

Parasol display only. $5900.

Superb Simone Fashion So much originality!

17.5”, all original from head to toe. Has a lovely face framed by a long mohair wig and crowned with a richly decorated straw bonnet. Her feet are protected in her original early boots. At her waist is a rare belt replete with a satchel style leather purse and very rare châtelaine that holds a scepter style walking stick with topaz tip that extends, a sealing stamp with a ladies head engraving, and a petite bronze whistle. Her flounced two piece ensemble is made of butterscotch colored silk and cinnamon colored velvet. It is evident that this mademoiselle has been very guarded and well cared for. What a treasure! $6800.

Mignonnette en Présentation - Superb wee one in perfect condition just 6” tall. Magical all original; long blonde mohair braids tied behind, sweet blue glass eyes, French blue silk dress & tiny silken hat. In presentation box w/ four dresses, two additional bonnets and extras. The box is exceptional w/clear glass orig. lid. PLUS all items & doll are free to move about & play!

This box has never had ties inside. $5200.

MEET US IN PERSON! Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show June 21-22nd, Fairgrounds Puyallup, WA Shared Passions UFDC Convention & Salesroom, JW Marriot Resort Ballroom July 16-20th

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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GREAT COLLECTORS THE LIZ KRUPP COLLECTION

By Stuart Holbrook An exciting look at an extraordinary, world-class collection.

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EVERYTHING OLD, NOTHING NEW, SOME THINGS GIFTED, SOME THINGS BLUE By Jan Peterson

THE PETITE PARISIENNES OF MAURICE MILLIÈRE

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Creating a Fantasy Wedding for a French Fashion Doll!

THE LITTLEST LENCI DOLLS By Judy Fisher

Only seven inches tall, the author discusses the rare XX series made for only one year in 1931.

In this first of a series about prominent collectors, Stuart Holbrook invites us to view and learn about the world-class collection of Liz Krupp. A special gallery was built beneath their home to display contemporary art and Liz’s collection of French dolls and automata.

Our cover features a wonder photo of Liz’s favorite doll, a Jumeau 208. Photo Courtesy Theriault’s.

About The Cover

10 News 49 Book Review 49 Emporium

By Nannette Rod A versatile artist and illustrator, Millière led an aesthetic movement that resulted in an evolution of dolls from children’s playthings to art objects.

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THE HEINRICH HANDWERCK STORY

By Martha Nichols The interesting history of this successful German doll maker.

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NADDA IN NORTH CAROLINA

A great time was had by all at the May 3rd and 4th show in Greensboro, NC.

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1. 19” Estate Original ‘Gretchen’ – the classic K * R 114 as you rarely see her – regal and richly elegant in tailored Broderie Anglaise with underlayers, the K * R body and her mint factory, ivory shoes. Hidden reglues lie beneath her mint ringlet wig – the perfect complement to her unusual seagreen eyes.

If you love original clothes she’s just half price at $2395 2. 20” Fashionable Brushmark ‘Alice’ Lady – unusual 1850 tightly combed coif, the ‘Alice hairband’ and snood plus copious ear to ear perfected brushmarks, lady body, perfect posture and exquisite original plum silk fashion gown w/colored pleats, swags and modified train. $995

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3. Magnificent best describes the eye catching aura of this 22” E. J. Bebe with satin finish bisque and luminous hazel PW eyes plus all the features of this middle period EJ – the gentle brows, large applied ears, shaded lids and signed 8 ball stiff wrist body – all so rightfully adorned by her lavish antique silk couture with silk and lace details, multiple underlayers and leather shoes. Sublime! $6250 4. 23” Important Blonde Snood China – rarely do you find such a stunning ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ with both blonde hair and blue bows! Plus unusual snood too! Ca 1860, she is a rare and brilliant model with 6 sew holes and a good old body with glazed porcelain limbs and painted garters! All like new! $1250

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5. Museum Class Halbig ‘970’ Lady – for the fashion, lady and character collectors in particular, this important model is a rare find! Like the important (and $6000) ‘969’ patent of the same year, 1887, this intriguing twin mold is so rare there is only a head shown in the Halbig book! This 18” example is a ‘Gibson Style’ showpiece from orig. wig w/hat to fancy shoes and gorgeous heirloom ensemble, PW eyes, shaded lids, early square teeth and the very rare dimpled smile all set her apart! $2500 6. 18” Stately Lady in Important Clothes – a true china fashion wasp waisted doll w/ womanly face, long neck, heavily lidded eyes and a luxurious shoulder length hanging bun in a long snood. She wears a mint, 2 part mid century bustle back jacketed day dress w/ miniature print. A fashion plate indeed! $1495

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7. 11” Dainty French Fashion – with a fine head by F.G., she is mint and all original in splendid festival attire from lace cap to leather slippers. She boasts slender, pretty bisque arms w/long fingers. Be it the French Alps or romantic coastal village, she’ll be the prettiest ‘jeune fille’ there! $950 8. 28” Romantic ‘Adelina Patti’ Mache – with her child-like round eyed innocence and authentic heirloom layers of clothes incl. necklace, ring and slippers; her classic homemade body with owners ‘1851’ notation, and her pristine original ivory pure complexion, you’ll love this prim and proper portrait of Americana! $1250

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Top Row: 1. 21” Jules Steiner Fre A Le Parisian, Prettiest example we’ve ever had.

Exquisite old clothes. $4,700.

2. 9” Kestner Wrestler all original from tip to toe.

We call her “Red”. $3,600.

3. 9” Tynie Baby all original, hard to find, baby with her UFDC red ribbon and of course her handmade blanket. $3,750.

4. 19” Rare Simon Halbig 979 Outstanding all original character. $3,450 Bottom Row: 5. 20” SFBJ 252 Pouty, best we’ve ever had! $5,450.

6. 9” Simon Halbig 886 All bisque, precious and all original. $1,800 7. 28” Superb Jumeau Triste, hauntingly beautiful. $20,500.

8. 24” Simon Halbig Child mold 1488. First Place UFDC winner, showstopper! $5,800.

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

Photography by Paula Claydon

Two ways to buy great dolls from us...

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Located in Stoudtburg Village Open by appointment We welcome your visit 8 N. Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA 19501

Wood Body China $2000

Jumeau Fashion $2275

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Waterfall China $1750

Orsini Didi $1550

K&R 101 $995

Kestner All Bisque $2400

Lydia China $1800

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18th and 19th Century Toymaking and Coopering Artifacts Found on the Hersey Family Farm in Hingham, Mass.

A selection of handcrafted miniature toys made in Hingham, Mass. Photo Credit: Gavin Ashworth

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n upcoming exhibit, entitled Bucket Town: Four Centuries of Toymaking and Coopering in Hingham, opens in June at Old Sturbridge Village.

Exploration of the Hersey Shop on the Hersey Family Farm in Hingham, Mass., has revealed a time capsule of the early and vibrant toymaking and coopering industry in New England. Hingham, Mass., known as “Bucket Town” due to its prominence in the early New England coopering industry, was also the home of the first and largest community of professional toymakers in America. Vines that had covered the small building were stripped away in 2008 to reveal an intact coopering and toymaking shop resting on an 18-acre Colonial farmstead just outside of Boston, land that has been preserved by multiple generations of Hersey Family stewardship. Old Sturbridge Village, working collaboratively with the Hersey Farm Collection, will host an exhibit entitled Bucket Town: Four Centuries of Toymaking and Coopering in Hingham to showcase this collection for the first time in public. Additional examples of handcrafted toys and woodenware from dozens of master coopers and toymakers from Hingham will also be on display. The exhibit opens on June 21, 2014 and runs through January 18, 2015.

The Hersey Shop, used by generations of the Hersey family from the 1830s through the early 1900s, is the last furnished cooper’s shop standing in Hingham—and, more significantly, what is believed to be the earliest extant preindustrial toymaker’s shop in America. Entering this time capsule, one is met with handcrafted toys, personal artifacts, and tools left as if the artisan had just stepped away from his workbench. Today, descendant Peter Hersey is preserving the pastoral landscape and industrial legacy of his family by managing the small farm, which is the last remaining 18th century, privately owned farm in Hingham.

Old Sturbridge Village is one of the largest living history museums in the nation, celebrating life in early New England from 1790 – 1840. For more details, visit www.osv.org or call 800-SEE-1830.

Note: Coinciding with the exhibition, a book entitled “Bucket Town: Woodenware and Wooden Toys of Hingham, Massachusetts, 16351945”, will be published by The Hingham Historical Commission.

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The interior of the Hersey Shop in Hingham, Mass. An exhibit at Old Sturbridge Village entitled Bucket Town: Four Centuries of Toymaking and Coopering in Hingham will publicly display artifacts found at the shop for the first time, as well as an abundance of handcrafted toys and woodenware from dozens of master coopers and toymakers from Hingham. Photo Credit: Gavin Ashworth

Ashley’s Dolls & Antiquities

Thank you to all of the NADDA Doll Show attendees for coming to visit us in North Carolina

Billye Harris • 723 NC Hwy 61 South, Whitsett, NC 27377 • (336) 266-2608 Website: AshleysDolls.com • E-mail: AshleysDolls@gmail.com Visit us on Rubylane.com/shops/Ashleysdollsandantiquities • Generous Layaways Member UFDC and NADDA

Enjoy the beautiful coastal village of Camden, Maine located on the pristine Penobscot Bay. 49 Bay View Street, Camden, ME 04843 The shop is now open for the season, Wednesday-Saturday 10-4 or call for an appointment 207-322-4851.

Shop 207-236-4122 Fax 207-236-4377 email: lucysdollhouse49@roadrunner.com

Wonderful early Queen Anne satinwood desk 11” tall x 10-1/2” wide $1950.

Above the satinwood desk is a tintype picture in a wonderful frame for $175.

Old child’s or large doll’s bombe desk 13” tall x 15” wide $595.

Staffordshire dogs are 4” tall, $195 for the pair.

21 pieces of soft paste doll’s/child’s dinner set marked “Clews”. Only a couple of small hairlines $395.

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2 beautiful wax ladies from Paris - “Lafitte Desirat” -- one is 12” and one is 13” tall - $795 each.

Possibly French 10-1/2” tall chair painted gray with gold accents. Seat is tufted printed silk $495.

Old revolving book stand 4” square by 6” tall filled with early Shakespeare books $795.

We just got in a large collection of Steiff animals. These are small ones. We have all sizes and all prices. Call for details.

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Allow Us To Help You Discover The Child Within You!

39” C/M Wire Eyed A Series Steiner, blue eyes marked Steiner on back, HH wig, great body, antique burgundy sailor outfit - top and skirt, black velvet hat, black leather shoes, fabulous piece $14,950. 10-1/2” C/M A Series Steiner F A 3 on stiff wrist body, torso repainted, brown eyes, mohair wig, chips on pierced ears, small rub on nose, vintage clothing & leather shoes $2995 $2995. Now $2495.

28” Walkure 5 ½, blue stat. eyes, HH wigs, pierced ears, professional repair on the back of head, some repaint $395. 10” Steiff 1910-20’s Mohair Bear, great face, body’s stuffing has settled, hole on right foot pad, no button $895.

25” SH 1009 w/ early high forehead, nice early body (some repaint on arms & hands), brown sleep eyes, antique mohair wig, bonnet, outfit, undergarments & leather shoes $825.

25” All original American Character Sweet Sue w/ flexible feet 195758 in “Collegiate” outfit, nylons as is at toes $175.

21” Fabulous all original Ideal Toni P-93 in green dress & panties w/ organdy apron, gold shoes, beautiful platinum blond hair $275.

35” x 32” Joel Ellis Carriage with original paint (as is on left side and handle, black oil cloth top (moves back and forth), front right wheel frozen maybe warped, great display for your special doll $295.

18 3/4” CM Incised Brevette SGDG Jumeau 8, blue pw eyes, applied ears w/ earrings, blue Jumeau stamped body, hairline on back of head $4500 $4500.

Now $3495.

28 1/2” Heinrich Handwerck SH 5 1/2, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, original HH wig, small rub on nose, nicely repainted hands $495.

9 1/2” China Flattop all original with orange - red flat bottom boots, cute size $165.

12” K star R 109 Elise professionally repaired head, 5 piece body, original chemise $1825 $1825. Now $1095.

15” AfAm Armand Marseille 351 3 1/2 Baby, sweet face with nice coloring, brown sleep eyes, repainted body $345.

15” Mother, 12 ½” Son, 11 ½” Daughter WPA Dolls ? possibly

by Kansas City WPA Group, girls thumb glued, boys nose has had some work done $750 $750.

Now $625 for 3 dolls.

12 ½” Ravca Pair – Lady w/ shawl, Man w/ fishing net (nose as is ), both tagged Ravca and her’s “Nice”, his “Pecheur Broton” all original clothing, nice expressions $150 pair. 14” Ravca Organ Grinder (music works), all original w/ tag signed, “Au Madame A. Bleck avec compliments Bernard Ravca, New York, le 5 Feirir 1940, faded top $105.

9 ½” Cissette Louisa from Sound of Music, all original $155. 10” 1957 Cissette “Lady Hamilton” all original in tagged dress, slip, panties, shoes, and straw hat, no bracelet $295. 9 ½” Scarlett #1181 mint w/box, green taffeta dress & bonnet w/ black trim, cameo necklace $185.

13” Fanny Brice by Ideal on flexy body, all original in pink cotton outfit, overall crazing on head and hands, some head damage $80. 3 1/2” German All Bisque w/ jointed arms and legs, blue glass eyes, blonde mohair wig, original under ware & oil cloth coat $195. Set of 4 Doll House Pieces, 6” Bed, 5” Chest, 6 1/2” Vanity, 4” Rocking Chair $157.

21” French Type Papier Mache w/ bamboo teeth, black pupil less eyes, kid body, original clothing $1750 $1750. Now $1050.

17” Effanbee Patsy Joan all original w/ hang tag “This is Patsy Joan”, pink cotton dress w/ light pink organdy overlay, pink straw hat, pink cotton panties, shoes & socks, slight overall crazing $245. 8” Butin-Nose 1939 all original in tagged blue & white check cotton dress, pants, bonnet, shoes & socks, few paint flakes back of right leg $95. Steiff Bear on all fours w/ underscored F button14” long 10” tall, beautiful brown mohair, nice felt pads $1495.

11” Poured Wax Christ Child figure, inset blue glass eyes, HH blonde hair, newer made silk gown (as is ), wire manger w/ wax covering piece is as found, wax head/shoulder plate, arms & legs, cloth body $545.

17” CM German Character #111, French Jumeau body, stationary blue eyes, hairline on forehead and back of right side of head (has been sanded), antique undergarments & shoes, mohair wig $9500 $9500. Now $6500.

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. Now $2795. $3995

21” CM ED 10 Etienne Densmar, blue pw eyes, dr br HH wig, antique shoes, body paint as is $1700 $1700. Now $1150.

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Chicago’s finest selection of Antique, Modern and Collectible Dolls, Barbie, Gene, Alexander, Tonner, Fashion Royalty, Steiff, Dollhouses and Accessories.

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A precious gift from the sea. This tiny wooden has been captive in a wonderful shell world for over 150 years! It measures 5” x 7” x 2-1/4 “ deep. $775

Ellicott City, MD Email mmausantiques@gmail.com

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Victoria: The Enduring Legacy of Lady Alexander

by Denise Buese

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omplete with her own history and retaining her original extensive wardrobe, Victoria is a rarity in the world of antique dolls. Companion to a little girl named Carrie Louise Schiff, who grew up to become Lady Alexander of Faversham, Kent, England, Victoria traveled the world and comes down to us with an astonishing provenance.

Not only does Victoria possess beautiful and well-preserved original costumes in the exuberant style of the 1870s, her body is the seldom found blown leather example from the French doll manufacturer Pierre Victor Clément. Included in the book is a pattern taken from Victoria’s own riding habit.

Many dolls have been used for philanthropic efforts throughout the years, and Victoria is one such doll. Lady Alexander generously donated Victoria and all her possessions as a fundraising raffle during Red Cross Week in 1943, which contributed greatly to the charitable efforts of the town of Faversham during World War II. Victoria proves the value of research and preservation of the treasures of our past, and you’ll enjoy getting to know this remarkable and unforgettable doll.

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Steiff collectors take note! This 13-inch solider could not be more complete – the soles of his military boots are even covered with tiny Steiff buttons! $2,750 2. Having a dolly tea party? This Happifats Rudolstat set with service for six is in wonderful condition, $245.

The Lori Baby by Swaine & Co. is 18 inches, $1,450.

The 13-1/2 inch side-glancing black compo dates from the 20’s, $225, and the AM baby is 16 inches, $545.

3. Breathtaking 18-inch A 9 T by Andre Thuillier, original body, couture costume, the ultimate, $34,750 4. Likely a salesman sample , this oak sideboard is a perfect backdrop for your dolls, $345. On the left a rare character boy marked R/A, 15-1/2 inches, $1,750 and on the right, a precious Kuhnlenz Bru, 15-1/2 inches, $2,750.

5. Beautifully detailed Frozen Charlie, marked on foot, 16 inches, $895.

6. A happy little fellow, this K * R Googly, 15 inches with toddler body, will make you smile, $12,750.

7. A great example of K * R Phillip 115/A, 17 inches, with toddler body, $3,250.

8. An all original Phenix Steiner with great presence, 25 inches, $4,750.

9. Ebony Series A Steiner, 26 inches, an exotic beauty, $13,500 10. Seldom seen rare Heubach snow soldier, 8”, $1,150

11. Striking Black Sonneberg child, swivel neck, antique clothing, perfect 12-inch cabinet size, $2,450.

12. Heubach “seashore” pair, perfect with corolene finish, 13 inches, $645.

13. A pretty early Tete Jumeau with straight wrists, $4,950, with her boyfriend, also early and wearing what is probably a Jumeau outfit, $4,450.

14. Double your pleasure with these original family 23-inch Kley and Hahn twin sisters, $1,595 15. In a precious little size, this delightful little 10-inch EJ is perfect in every way, $7,750.

16. Playful Heubach pair with corolene finish, boy with a minor professional repair on right hand, otherwise perfect, 12 inches. $875.

17. Gorgeous bisque on this early beauty, marked 9 over E J, 24 inches, perfect in every way, an outstanding example. $19,750.

18. An 18-inch E J Jumeau shows off her captivating blue PW’s and her couture outfit by Ernestine Jumeau. $11,750.

19. Size 13 EJ , 29 inches, with outstanding bisque, electric blue eyes, fabulous antique outfit, $16,500.

20. So lovely with her resemblance to the AT, this 18-inch Kestner is known as the AT Kestner. She marked 12, $10,750.

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GREAT COLLECTORS The Liz Krupp Collection Above, a small part of the Krupp gallery of contemporary art as it extends into the specially designed area for dolls.

A rare Huret Bebe in original costume from the Krupp collection.

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By Stuart Holbrook

iz Krupp attends every auction with piles of paper.

Not just a catalog or scribbled words. When she views a doll to potentially add to her collection she pulls out notes, research, print outs, comparable past prices, and any tidbit of information she was able to find leading up to the sale. Not that she does not buy with emotion, every collector does. What Liz does, though, is weigh her emotions carefully to balance it with facts. As she often says “I can’t buy everything. I want to make sure I buy the right things.”

It is this methodical approach that actually led Liz to her first auction some 23 years ago. Studying a catalog at home, she intuitively noticed a beautiful Gaultier that had been estimated at $400/$600. Liz was a new collector and not particularly versed in values or models as of yet, but her keen eye quickly identified what she thought was a beautiful doll that was priced comparatively low to what she imagined it deserved. So, she sent her husband, George, to bid on the doll in Florida during one of his business trips. George, not wanting to disappoint Liz who had hopes for her first French doll, bid up to $4500.00 after it was announced that the estimate in the catalog was a misprint and should have been $4000/$6000. Needless to say it was a rather comedic start to one of the world’s great collections.

It was the beginning of greatness.

The collection evolved slowly though. Liz started collecting at a relatively young age (with an AM 390, of course, found in a museum shop in New England!) so her first priority was raising children and giving support to an increasingly busy husband whose business was blossoming.

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A classic “H” bebe which graces the Liz Krupp collection

The legendary Huret Poupee originally from the Victor Hugo family estate.

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The Jumeau 208 character girl, partner to Krupp’s beloved 208 Character boy.

attend auctions, and to use her voracious appetite for reading as a way to immerse herself in the complexities that dolls can sometimes have. Her goal was always to own the best and her life at the time forced her to do it in a more studied way.

Liz did quickly form a focus for her collecting, however.

French. Nothing but. She recognized these dolls as fitting a special need for surrounding herself with beautiful art objects and she was completely focused on all aspects of French doll history and their aesthetic. Which faces were unique, how modeling and painting differed, and, one of the most important aspects to her, how the costume played in the overall presentation. These are still the mantra of her vision today and she is not afraid to walk away from a beautiful doll if she feels that the costume is not offering a “complete package.”

It was after her children were raised that Liz’s collecting began to truly take off. And, as with many serious collectors, one plunge is all it takes to move to the next level. For Liz, that plunge was in Las Vegas at the auction Theriault’s presented of the Christian Bailly Automatons.

Attending with her husband (she would never send him alone again to a sale!) she fell in love with the rare Roullet et Decamps Magician Lady automaton with an exquisite portrait Jumeau head. Winning this marvelous piece cast Liz into the new realm of wanting the best. There would be no turning back.

Today automata frame a large part of her collection.

As well, it is a subject enjoyed by her husband as they

also both share a passion for theatre and music for which automata are such a natural fit. While her collection of automata might be more unique in that they fit the mold of what a true doll collector would love (portrait bisque heads, classic child or fashion scenes) she does branch out to more esoteric items like the Mephistopheles automaton which sits in her husband’s library and the immensely coveted Pierrot Writing at a Desk by Vichy.

In the early 2000’s Liz’s collection began to evolve at a more rapid pace. Now confident, very knowledgeable, and clear as to her purpose, she jumped straight for the major marquis pieces that would come to market. Two dolls that quickly caught her eye and, as well, thrust her into the spotlight of collectors worldwide were the Albert Marque boy sold in 2009 and the Victor Hugo Huret Poupee sold in 2010. Both dolls deservingly captured world records in their categories and, at the same time, brought the Krupp name into the spotlight as one of the world’s most serious collectors.

During her evolving status over these few years Liz was also building one of the finest collections of contemporary art. It is not unprecedented for a doll collector to find joy in the collecting of the seeming antithesis of dolls: paintings, media, and sculptures of modern artists. Liz sums up her love of both as this; “Each is its own art, carrying its own form of presentation, yet collecting both develops your eye to a sense of quality, given that the unifying element in dolls and contemporary art lies in the tiny details.”

Yet, this led to a problem.

She was seeing an increasing challenge to properly display her dolls and art within her Boston home, giving them the exceptional presentation that they deserved. Liz felt that the pieces themselves were not enough, how they were offered to the eyes of those visiting her home must be of equal importance. So, with this motivation in hand she and her husband George embarked on a three-year project that would be affectionately referred to as “The Big Dig.” With no room to expand their home outside its parameters, the idea arose of going underneath. A gallery that would be dug beneath the house and combine within contiguous spaces her contemporary art gallery and a dedicated exhibit space for automata and dolls. This was a daunting process that involved massive multi-year stages and significant planning. As well, thousands of details that had to be organized in assuring that no small one was overlooked.

In some ways the art space was easier to develop; it was an open and minimal frame that best features large contemporary pieces. The gallery for dolls was another story. How do you blend the same feel of space, given that the two rooms flowed together? For that, Liz contacted the finest custom case builder in the world, Goppion, in Italy, which does the casing and exhibit spaces for major museums worldwide. Liz would be their first private home installation. Trips were made back and forth and a genius plan was made for the dolls that respected well the adjacent room of contemporary art while adhering to the principles needed to properly display all the features of

One of the most important and intricate automatons ever produced is this Vichy Pierrot Writing at The Desk from the Liz Krupp Collection

Liz Krupp with her “signature” Jumeau 208 Character Boy in her contemporary art gallery.

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A view into the central area of the Krupp gallery for dolls

her dolls. It is a gallery space like none other in the world also invest in the proper display and presentation of the and completes a perfect flow of art to dolls and vice versa. doll. While not every collector may wish to create a singular During this time, Liz began to develop an appreciation dramatic space as Liz has, it does encourage everyone to for the German art character doll. After years of complete think of new ways to feature a collection in your home dedication to French dolls, she began that best plays off your individual to connect in new ways with the personality and surroundings. personality and sculpting details that Liz’s charm and enthusiasm models, like the 100 Series of Kammer also lends well to her becoming an and Reinhardt, provided her well“ambassador” of sorts to the many trained eye. So she studied again, traveling dignitaries in the art poured over comparables, researched world who visit her space and are every aspect of German characters the immediately entranced by the dolls same way she had years before with and thus leave with a completely French dolls. Her first plunge into new appreciation. Her tireless this expansion of her collection sums promotion of their importance led up much of Liz’s entire collecting one acclaimed international artist, philosophy in “focusing on the best” who recently visited, to return a given that it was the Kammer and week later and video many of her Reinhardt 104 boy sold at a Theriault automata and dolls as she found auction in 2013, and holds the record amazing inspiration in them. today for a German doll (for good So, what is the doll that Liz could reason!), that would be her step into never be without? The one doll this genre. in her collection that she would Liz does, in her own way, contribute keep if she could only have one? greatly to the idea of the doll as an In many ways her choice defines art form and provides collectors with her as a person as well (do we see not only the inspiration of greatness ourselves in our favorite dolls?). It in buying the finest examples, but, is the Jumeau 208. Smiling, full of perhaps equally as important, instills personality, and perfectly presented.

The Jean Roullet Magician Lady that a sense of duty for every collector to A fitting choice indeed. stands as one of Liz Krupp’s first major additions to her collection in 2003.

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Varying looks at the Krupp gallery of dolls, which resides below their unique Boston home, allow for a glimpse into the vision and taste of Liz Krupp in both dolls and the presentation of her collection.

Note to our readers, this is the ďŹ rst of a continuing series of articles featuring prominent collectors.

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The Tender Years

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18” Fire C Steiner. Bl. PW. eyes. Eyes cut smaller giving this doll a unique and beautiful expression.

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Creamy white bisque. Lg. dimple in chin. Honey blonde hair. Steiner hands. Pink dress with Bl. flowers and sash on drop waist. Lg. collar. French shoes. DARLING, WITH LOTS OF PRESENCE. $ 7,875

9” Rare, All bisque Kestner. Mint/Factory orig. Br. SE. OM. with upper teeth. Chunky toddler body.

Fabulous modeling. White stockings with red band.

Blk. bootines with Bl. tassels. Orig. Bl. dress with organdy collar. Straw hat in pale Bl. with silk band.

Lined in white silk and lace. Doll wears union suit under dress. SO RARE AND SWEET. $ 4,750.

14 1/2 “ Jumeau Dep. Mkd. DEP. Bulging bl. pw. eyes. Platinum blonde curls to her waist.

Wonderful orig. body finish.

White batiste drop waist dress with pleats and lg. bow. Hat has flowers around crown.

Rhinestone pin at top of dress.

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Rose O’Neill Kewpie hanky in box. Detailed with busy Kewpies of different sizes. Written in corner “Copyrighted.“ 11” x 11” Hanky. A TREASURE. $ 250

4 1/2” orig./ mint child doll.

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Dark bl./white embroidered dress. White stockings with bl. trim. Blk. ankle Mary Jane shoes. ONLY $ 575.

8” Victorian bud vase.

Decorated with a young boy with basket and scythe in hands. Flower inside rim. Gold leaf throughout.

Fabulous modeling. $185.

4x6” Camisole.

Lace on shoulder straps. Riveted holes. Etched fabric. Pink satin ribbon ties. $ 395

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13 3/4” Simon Halbig 1079 in charming fleece coat, hat and muff, with matching lace undergarment set, on a very unusual body type. $750.

18” Blampoix fashion on her wedding day, bisque shoulder head and arms, wonderful silk antique wedding gown w/ oppulent accents of crisp, ruffled lace and orig. glass bead trim. (silk jacket quite frayed) $6950.

Everything Old, Nothing New, Some Creating a Fantasy Wedding for a French Fashion Doll!

By Jan Peterson Photos by Elwyn Peterson

Seated for a moment before the ceremony, Mattie shares the wedding bouquet with her little flower girl, Evie.

Below, the wedding cake is topped by a miniature swan and two gold wedding rings.

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t all began with the dress! My grandson-of-the-heart in France, Stéphane, discovered a lovely woman who was an intrepid doll collector. She was selling some of her items, and she contacted Stéphane about an antique French fashion doll wedding dress tucked away in a trunk in her attic. When Stéphane sent me the photos, I nearly fainted dead away as they came up on my computer screen! This confection was a work of art and the most beautiful wedding gown made for a doll I had ever seen! BUY! BUY! BUY! I typed back, fingers trembling! Stéphane negotiated a fair price, and soon the gown arrived in a package from France to my home in Minnesota. That is when I had one of those OH, YES! OH, NO! moments! In my excitement to purchase the gown, I had never even thought to ask about the measurements. I collect French fashion dolls of mostly thirteen to fourteen inches tall. This gown was made 26

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Things Gifted, Some Things Blue

Champagne cools in a sterling ice bucket all ready for the wedding toast.

for a HUGE doll! My only “big girl” is my FG on a Gesland body named Emilie-Mathilde whom I fondly call Mattie. Mattie is twenty-four inches tall, and the exquisite gown completely drowned even her. So, I sadly faced reality and listed the beautiful dress on eBay. Apparently, very few people own a thirty-six to forty inch French fashion doll, and the gown languished on eBay for over a year. I finally removed it, and it remained wrapped in a box in the top of my closet for over two more years.

I was doing some spring cleaning last year and rediscovered the dress one morning. I laid it out on my bed, looked over at Mattie on my dresser, and sighed. Then it hit me! Dare I really attempt this? What if I RUINED this gown in the process? But, I realized the gown was just getting older and older, and someday its antique silk would start to melt, and then it would be worthless and such a shame to lose.

So, I started studying the construction of the gown so beautifully handmade by an incredibly skilled French seamstress long ago. I studied it for nearly a month before I finally found the courage to, scissors in hand, start to cut it down (YIKES!) to fit Mattie. Thus began a project of

Last minute primping at the elegant Rococo vanity in the Bride’s Dressing Room.

A June wedding may require a fan. An antique bridal fabric swatches card from Au Bon Marche in Paris is the rarest of finds!

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The wedding rings look lovely in Mattie’s finely sculpted hand.

Mattie readies for a bridal portrait with the train still attached to her gown.

This bridal portrait features the back of the gown with its detachable “fan” train.

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well over 100 hours that enthralled, terrified, and consumed me. I kept silently praying to the original seamstress to hover near and help me. I think she did! I had lovely natural antique silk thread in the exact pale cream color of the gown. I had bought the thread years before in an antique shop, knowing someday I would find a use for it. The thread is so fine and so delicate, I needed to wax it to even be able to work with it. I had an antique thread waxer that still had the wax, and it worked like a charm. Whew…

I unpicked the gown, measured and remeasured, and cut out trial patterns using paper towels. Mattie patiently held still as the paper gown was fitted and re-fitted, and then, heart pounding, I CUT the antique silk! As the project progressed, so did my confidence, and I thanked la couturière a hundred times for the lessons she taught me as I tackled this project. In all, I reduced the entire dress ten inches so it would fit Mattie like a glove. I was able to use everything– the beautiful silk fringe, the woven ribbon passementerie, the delicate cotton voile lining, and the silk taffeta of the body of the gown.

It is embellished with yards and yards of soutache, that, thankfully, was already sewn to a delicate mesh backing so I didn’t have to re-sew all the curves and squiggles made from it! Once the dress was done, I put it on Mattie and let out an enormous sigh of relief! It totally fit her and was still the beautiful gown that had been made over 130 years before.

Dual-purpose camisole for both sleeveless gowns and gowns with sleeves made of the finest linen.

Every bride knows that what goes under her wedding dress is just as important as the gown itself. Her bridal handkerchief is tucked into the camisole sleeve.

Dressed in her “going away” ensemble, Mattie is ready to leave on her honeymoon.

I sent photos of Mattie in her wedding dress to my wonderful doll friends and the gifts for the bride came pouring in! A dear friend I have known for nearly twenty years said that Mattie simply MUST have appropriate underwear for such a lovely dress. Melanie sent an incredible antique dual-purpose camisole from her own collection. It is made of the finest, delicate linen and has detachable sleeves! It can be worn with a sleeveless gown as well as one with sleeves, like Mattie’s wedding dress!

As I researched French wedding gowns of the era (18701880), I learned that often women would remodel their wedding dresses to be used as ball gowns or very elegant walking suits. It reminded me of when we used to live in Holland. Dutch women recycled their wedding dresses for their first baby! The skirt was turned into a bassinette skirt and the veil became the drape over the top of the bassinette. My own wedding dress was worn once, and has hung in my closet for forty-six years. I wish I could have found such a sentimental and practical use for it as French and Dutch women have done.

Then, a wonderful friend in Colorado found rare fabric

samples for wedding dresses from the famous Au Bon Marché department store in Paris from the same era! The brochure has silk fabric swatches stapled inside with the price per meter of the fabric still attached to each swatch.

There is also a gorgeous litho inside the brochure of a bride from the era. I nearly fainted when Laurie said Mlle Mattie simply had to have this, even though the fabric choice for her dress had already been made eons ago!

Stéphane sent me a glorious rococo secretary/vanity that has become the perfect place to display the brochure in the bridal dressing room.

Over the years, I have managed to haunt hundreds of antique shops… like the proverbial moth to the flame. I already had a miniature bottle of champagne from France, a miniature sterling ice bucket with crushed glass for “ice”, champagne flutes on a silvered tray found in Germany, and a wonderful plaster of Paris wedding cake, circa 1900, found in Germany as well. The topper of the cake is a swan and two gold wedding bands made of wax. I had a French cake plate and little “wedding ring” napkin rings, too. Yes, I am a doll accessories hoarder… Over the years, I had ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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This circa 1880 wedding dress for a real woman has a similar long train and lots of fringe like Mattie’s doll gown.

Mattie’s sterling monogrammed carnet de bal for the wedding ball at the reception. Of course, Papa gets the first dance.

NOTE: A special thanks to Wendy Feidt for creating Mattie’s gorgeous bridal wig.

managed to find everything needed for a wedding scene without even planning to ever do one! The only thing I lacked now was a veil. I have a plastic bin full of antique French tulle, but none of it matched Mattie’s gown. Then a package arrived from Colorado, with the most delicate antique tulle in the perfect color! Thank you, Laurie!

HERE COMES THE BRIDE! A few months after the bridal outfit was complete, Stéphane sent an antique nosegay trimmed in lace and made of wax flowers that must have once been for a French bridesmaid. It was the perfect wedding bouquet. In the same box was an antique French fashion costume that was an exact fit for Mattie! I just needed to replace a couple

thread loops for the closure hooks and it was good to go.

So now Mattie even had a “going away” costume for her honeymoon.

It has been more fun and more satisfying than nearly any other doll project I have taken on, and that is saying a lot!

Now, the only thing left to do is find Mattie a GROOM! My male French fashion doll, Jérome, at sixteen inches tall, looks like a Hobbit next to Mattie. Besides, he is already married to my little FG, Claire. So just one quest is left… to find a male fashion doll in a tux at least twenty-five inches tall. And maybe a miniature altar, and an architect’s model of a chapel, and bridesmaids and a little boy ring-bearer, and a carriage for the honeymoon, and…

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We’re packing for UFDC. See you in San Antonio!

Exceptional Premiere Jumeau, marked 2/0, $13,500 holding a little Marotte $195 Size 3 ED with her overflowing trunk of clothes, $6950 Block letter FG marked F 9 G, $8950 Lovely sewing box, $450

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The Littlest Lenci Dolls

by Judy Fisher

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1931 Lenci catalog page.

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he Lenci Company is known for making the most exquisite felt dolls in the 1920s and 1930s. The dolls came in a variety of sizes from 6 ½ inches to well over 36 inches. These dolls were given a “series” number based on their height, e.g., 12 inches Series 111, 16 inches Series 149 and 159, 17 inches Series 300 and 1500, 18 inches Series 110, and 23 inches Series 109. Also, within these different series, the Lenci Company featured slight changes in height and other features over the years. For example, the Series 300 became an inch taller in 1933 and the number changed to 1000.

Considered to be the most popular and collectible series by Lenci enthusiasts are the pouty 17 inch Series 300 dolls.

However, there is another 300 doll – the miniature. The miniatures measure between 8 ½ to 9 ½ inches.

Just as there were variations on the larger dolls over the years, the smaller dolls, often referred to as mascottes or miniatures, had their differences in height as well. In Nancy Lazenby’s book Lenci: The History of the Dolls, she has a chapter titled “Mascottes, Miniatures and the Series XX Dolls.” The size of these dolls ranged from 6 ½ - 7 inches to 9 - 9 ½ inches. It is often hard to know what to call these smallest Lenci dolls, and for this reason, most people have used the terms mascotte and miniature interchangeably.

The catalogs are not of much help since the term mascotte was only used in 1930.

The easiest way to identify a “so-called” mascotte doll is measuring the height and examining the legs. They are typically 8 ½ inches and have floppy legs whereas the 9-inch miniature dolls have stiff legs. All the dolls have felt heads; some dolls have felt legs but the majority have muslin legs.

The arms are felt and have tab joints; the hands are mitten in design. The bodies are made of flesh-colored muslin fabric.

Both the bodies and legs are stuffed very firmly with excelsior. All the dolls have what is often referred to as a surprised look with their eyes in the color of light brown,

XX 4 – The Kid. This doll was made in various sizes and is often referred to as Jackie Coogan. He is wearing a felt shirt, overalls (note the leather on the suspenders), and a mosaic-pieced cap with leather sandals, which are just so Italian. Of course, he has a wooden cigarette in his mouth.

Courtesy Susan Voake

brown, or blue, and they are always glancing to either the right or left. The lower lip is painted with a lighter color and the hair varies from rooted mohair to intricate felt. They have single layered ears or no ears.

It is fairly common to find a tag on these smaller dolls with the most popular one being a silver round tag where the word Miniatur(a) is written in pencil. However, many dolls retain other tags, such as blue or black rayon, rectangular cardboard with red writing, and heart shaped paper. Oftentimes a collector will be lucky enough to find a doll with multiple tags retained. The tags are usually sewn on with a heavy cotton thread.

The line expanded in 1933 and there were simply hundreds of these dolls made in a huge variety of outfits. The majority were dressed in regional/ provincial costumes designed in felt, organdy, taffeta and cotton. On the back of those silver round tags mentioned earlier, there is usually the number 300 followed by another number to indicate the outfit. Because of confusion with the larger 17-inch 300 Series, most collectors only use the term miniature which

XX 5 – Girl/Boy in PJs. This white felt outfit is an example of another technique used by Lenci on clothing; that is, the applied felt strips sewn on top of felt vertically, horizontally or diagonally with more than one direction. The doll is holding a painted wooden candlestick.

Courtesy Susan Voake

XX 7 – Soccer player going for a goal.

Courtesy Barbara Panunzi

XX 8 – Tennis player. He is dressed in white felt pants and shoes with ties and he has the unique pieced-felt top in yellows and oranges. The catalog shows the doll dressed in different colors which was pretty typical of Lenci to feature the same doll in a different color. He holds a wood tennis racket. Courtesy Susan Voake. I’ve included my 8 ½ inch floppy legged mascotte for comparison.

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XX 9 – Tom. He wears a felt shirt, shorts and shoes as well as a bib with his name Tom embroidered.

He has an adorable painted hobby horse.

Courtesy Susan Voake.

XX 10 – Girl with Cat. The felt dress and apron exhibit all the wonderful techniques of Lenci felt clothing – applied dots and thin pieces of felt sewn on top. She has wooden Dutch shoes (the hat was remade).

encompasses all these 8 ½ to 9 ½ dolls. As Ms. Lazenby mentioned in her book, these dolls continued to be produced in the 1940s and 1950s with little difference seen between pre-war and post-war dolls. However during this later period, the fabrics used on the outfits changed to more taffeta and cotton.

Most doll enthusiasts have seen various Lenci miniatures at UFDC conventions and doll shows; however, the smallest 7-inch Lenci dolls known as Series XX are rarely seen. They are the rarest of the rare because they were only made for one year – 1931. Thus, they are very special and greatly desired by Lenci collectors. It is assumed that the dolls were discontinued because they were too expensive to make and to sell at a price the public would be willing to pay.

XX 12 – Golfer, dressed in wonderful pieced brown and beige felt shorts with red jackets, knitted socks and leather golf shoes. The golf bag is soft leather. The buttons have been replaced and the golf clubs were made out of swizzle sticks. He won a second place ribbon at the Detroit UFDC competition.

XX 13 – Girl jumping rope. Her white organdy dress is accented with red felt dots; she wears black leather shoes.

Note the rooted black hair; black hair was not often used on the dolls.

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XX 15 – Girl holding wooden jam jug and spoon. Her sweet white felt onesie outfit is covered with red felt dots to match her red shoes.

Courtesy Susan Voake.

XX 14 – Girl in pink organdy. Wearing layers of pink organdy with picot edging often seen on Lenci outfits. Her felt hat is embellished with ostrich plumes. Courtesy Susan Voake.

The 1931 catalog page shown on the first page of this article shows 27 different models that are exquisitely dressed with incredible details.

Almost all the dolls have accessories, which always make a doll more valuable. Twenty portrayed children doing various activities from playing tennis to eating jam from a jar. After examining photos of the dolls for this article, it became very apparent that the XX Series have predominantly blue eyes. In fact, with the exception of two with brown eyes, all the dolls featured have various shades of blue eyes. This is not often the case with the mascottes and miniatures.

There were six black characters with colorful felt wings playing musical instruments and their conductor holding a baton featured at the top of the catalog page. I have never seen one of these black dolls.

Many years ago I bought several miniatures from a man in Northern California who told me that he sold his original catalogs and some rare dolls including this little black band to a gentleman in Beverly Hills.

What sets these little treasures apart from all the other small dolls, as well as their Italian, French and Spanish imitators, is the construction of the dolls. It is simply outstanding. The heads are felt with rooted mohair.

As stated earlier, the average height of these dolls is 7 inches depending on the outfit. The bodies of the dolls are made of flesh colored muslin and the arms are felt like the other miniatures, however their felt legs have a slight bend at the knee and that is why collectors often refer to them as the bent knee mascottes. Their toes are stitched like the larger dolls which is very unlike the undefined toes on the miniatures. Most of the clothing was made of felt with a few outfits in organdy. The outfits that are made of mosaic-pieced felt to create checks and plaids in scale for the tiny dolls are works of art in themselves. The clothing and accessories are so outstanding compared to all the other Lenci miniatures. Many of the dolls have fine Italian leather shoes or wonderful wooden shoes. Also it is important to note that if there is a tag remaining, it is the cardboard square tag seen on only the very early dolls.

XX 17 – The Tyrolean Hunter in his colorful lederhosen and plumed hat.

The rifle is a replacement, made by the author for Ms. Lazenby.

Courtesy Nancy Lazenby

XX 18 – Girl with wooden rake. Her outfit is fairly typical of the ones seen on miniatures; that is, a felt shirt with an organdy top, apron, and felt vest.

However, the hat has a very large pompon, which isn’t usually seen on the miniatures.

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XX 19 – Party Girl. In the catalog, this XX is dressed in red with black hair, but here we have an unusual redhead dressed in pink.

Similar to the dots, her outfit is covered with flowers. Her hat has a huge bow which is hard to see in the photo and her black cape is edged with fake fur. She too, has black leather shoes. Courtesy Susan Voake This XX Series doll sold on eBay has been redressed by the author using an outfit made by an Italian friend for a normal sized miniature. Making the little felt shoes was quite challenging. Redressing can happen with Lenci dolls and that is why having the catalogs is very helpful for identification purposes.

Of all the companies that copied Lenci, the Italian company Fiori and the French company Raynal made little 7-inch dolls, which are often mistaken for Lenci. While they are adorable in their own right, no small felt dolls can compare to the Series XX made by Lenci in 1931. The prices for these dolls can range from $300 to $1500. At the November 2012 Theriault’s auction “Apples,” the XX 12 Golfer sold for $11,000 in a bidding war.

The main challenge for collectors is where to find these Lenci gems.

My first XX doll was found on eBay for less than $100 because she was wearing a replaced outfit and she needed some tender loving care. The next was the XX 12 Golfer who also needed restoration. However, I was very fortunate to find my XX 10 “Girl with the Cat” in her original box, which went on to win a second place ribbon at a UFDC convention. A very special doll is my XX 13 “Girl with a Rope,” which I purchased from a UFDC member after our dolls finished competition.

I hope you enjoy looking at these priceless examples of Lenci artistry.

Photos by Rick Fisher, Nancy Lazenby and Susan Voake

XX 20 Girl in organdy dress with appliquéd felt flowers and black rick rack trim. She has a huge bow in the back of her dress. Her large brimmed hat is decorated with small flowers. She is wearing wonderful black leather shoes. Courtesy of Barbara Panunzi.

Special thanks to Nancy Lazenby, Susan Voake and Barbara Panunzi for sharing their dolls.

Unless noted, dolls are from the Fisher collection.

A brief description of dolls not pictured.

XX 1 – Girl who has fallen over holding some sort of toy. The shoes are stitched felt, which is very unusual.

XX 2 – Another girl who has fallen over wearing a super hat.

XX 3 – Girl in pink organdy like XX14 but she has a long-sleeved pink felt jacket with matching pink felt shoes.

XX 6 – Boxer player with leather gloves and shoes

The round silver tag is the one most often found on miniatures and there could also be an additional rayon or rectangular tag. However, the square tags are the ones you’ll see on these rare XX dolls.

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XX 11 – Girl holding a book behind her back - great wooden shoes that are tied on with felt bows.

XX 16 – Boy in pieced felt bathrobe with felt slippers.

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The Petite Parisiennes “

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here was a sculptor in Paris who speculated in dainty statuettes of slim Parisiennes, and she might have posed for M. Millière, a straight-backed, longlimbed girl, with the tilted chin, the straight nose, the large inquiring eyes, and the confusion of spun-gold hair he loved.” –The Sinister Man, 1924, by Edgar Wallace.

Who was the artist M. Millière? Which statuettes did he create? and who was the girl who posed for them? I asked myself these questions and more when I encountered my first Maurice Millière “Parisienne” (left). What sort of doll is this? I wondered. A boudoir doll? A statuette? A carnival prize? A miniature mannequin? It now appears she is all of these.

Millière’s obsession had become mine, and I determined to know her secrets.

Maurice Georges Louis Millière (pronounced mill-lee-AIR), was born in Le Havre, France, on December 12, 1871. A successful and versatile artist and illustrator, Millière credited his training at Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Arts Dècoratifs of Paris for his mastery of a wide variety of art techniques, from drawing and painting to sculpture and printmaking.

His “petite femmes de Paris” (little women of Paris), also known as “poupèe femmes” or doll women, frequented the pages of gentlemen’s galant magazines, such as La Vie Parisienne and Le Sourire. Modern, vivacious, desirable, and glamorous, Millière’s doll women are embodied in a single character—the artist’s favorite model and muse. This charming coquette wears her blond or hennaed hair in a short, curly, bouffant style, known as Le Flou and is unabashedly comfortable inside her own skin. She enjoys the new social freedoms, and we see her posed sunbathing, shopping, smoking cigarettes, trying cosmetics, playing sports, or simply lounging adorably in pajamas. Millière’s mademoiselle was not only the playful pin-up girl of the Great War, but was admired by women as well, who followed her retail advertisements for the latest in fashionable clothing, coiffures, and cosmetics.

Above, “Naiade” (Sea Nymph), 15½” plaster doll in original paint and costume, with Millière’s facsimile signature inscribed on the figure’s base.

Right, “La Poupèe de Millière” (Millière Doll), by Maurice Millière, circa 1922.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Weintraub.

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“Le Peignoir” (The Robe; author’s title): Left to right, spelter statuette in original paint, marked Wickham Silver Co. NYC (15”); statuette in patinated brass (15¼” without the marble base), inscribed with Millière’s facsimile signature; carnival prize in painted plaster (16”). Photo left courtesy of Sharon Weintraub

of Maurice Millière When the conflict between Germany and France interrupted the doll trade in 1914, creative French artists, like Millière, led a nationalistic aesthetic movement that resulted in the evolution of dolls from children’s playthings to art objects for adults. In this spirit, Millière fashioned a series of good luck dolls—his “Parisiennes”—modeled in the image of his beloved poupèe femmes. Millière’s “art dolls,” which we shall hereafter call his “Parisiennes,” were created during the period when the artist lived in the Montmartre district of Paris, an artists’ mecca, famous for its cabarets. According to Samy Odin, of the Musee de Poupèe, Paris, Millière sold some of his Parisiennes during the First World War to raise funds for war orphanages. Such charities remained his lifelong passion.

Two of Millière’s Parisiennes were registered at the Institut National de la Propriètè Industrial, classed as French Drawings and Models, specifically, a “Statuette Doll named the Parisienne of Maurice Millière,” with the registration number 8912 on August 17, 1921 and 9054 on January 31, 1922. Only one representative figure is pictured with the patent, which we shall call “Le Peignoir” (The Robe). An advertisement for Millière’s Parisiennes from the pages of Paris Plaisirs magazine may be seen to the right. Millière further promoted his Parisiennes by working them into the background of his etchings and illustrations, as can be observed in “La Gourmande D’Amour” and “La Guerre en Dentelles” below. Mr. Odin notes that Millière’s art dolls remained popular until about 1931.

A catalog of Millière’s Parisiennes is yet to be discovered.

“La Gourmande D’Amour” (The Gourmand of Love) by Maurice Millière. La Vie Parisienne, September 17, 1921.

by Nannette Rod Photos by John Rod

Advertisement for Statuettes Les Parisiennes of Maurice Millière, Paris Plaisirs, No. 53, 1926.

“La Guerre en Dentelles” (The War in Lace) by Maurice Millière. Fantasio 1923.

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“Naiade” (Sea Nymph): 15 ¾” plaster doll in original paint, with Millière’s facsimile signature inscribed on the figure’s base; stamped underneath “MADE IN FRANCE.” Far right: Millière’s Parisienne as an advertising mannequin promoting Warner’s Redfern Corselette. Photo courtesy of Paris Couture Antiques: http://www.pariscoutureantiques.com

“La Poupèe Modèle” (The Doll Model): 12 3/8” wax-overplaster, re-wigged, in her original costume, with Millière’s facsimile signature stamped in ink on the figure’s base.

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“We have quite the same appearance!”

“La Poupèe Modèle” by Maurice Millière.

La Vie Parisienne, September 10, 1921.

Carnival dolls from the 1929-1930 N. Shure Co. Catalog, Chicago, Illinois.

Millière inspired Mademoiselles from Germany. Left and right by Limbach Porzellanfabrik. Photo courtesy of Sharon Weintraub.

For the purpose of describing Millière’s Parisiennes, let us attempt to distinguish his articulated dolls from his more sculptural statuettes. Both types are cast in solid plaster of paris (sometimes brass in the case of his statuettes) over a wire armature and average between 15 and 16 inches tall.

The figures are permanently mounted on a flat or mounded, disk-shaped base, often painted to resemble marble. While statuettes have molded hair and no articulation, dolls are commonly wigged, with arms jointed at the shoulder but fitted precisely to the body and not poseable. Each doll represents a unique design and pose; therefore, bodies and arms not interchangeable between models. Painted facial features are similar in style but not identical and include black intaglio eyes, black one-stroke brow and lid lines, red or coral lips with matching eye and nose dots, and faces sometimes highly colored with vampy kohled eyes and rouged cheeks.

Statuettes more often wear molded-on clothing, while dolls may wear little more than molded high-heeled pumps. Fabric costumes, when present, are typically sewn on to the doll and not removable. Mohair wigs may vary in color and style, but bobbed finger-waves or pin curls wrapped in ribbonwork bandeaus are most common.

A few of Millière’s Parisiennes deserve special mention; in particular, “Le Peignoir,” who was too naughty for the French, if one may judge by this letter to the editor of the newspaper Bonsoir: All Parisian Women are not Dolls.

“How much for the little Parisienne, madam?”

“Twenty-five francs. Aren’t they lovely? And they are signed, see.”

“Indeed, and do you sell many?”

“Do we sell? It’s crazy! Mainly to foreigners—consider the Americans, who buy from me up to a dozen at a time!”

“That’s what I thought, thank-you.”

“Un Madrigal Qui Tombe Dans L’Eau”

by Maurice Millière. La Vie Parisienne, August 1, 1925.

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“Is it a strong corset? Certainly! but Le Select.”

Advertisement for Le Select corsets illustrated by Maurice Millière.

…When Englishmen, Americans, or Spaniards come to stay for a while in France…what do we offer them to take home as a souvenir, but a Parisian! The Parisienne—that is to say, that little statuette made of colored plaster— red jacket and yellow hair, sometimes naked on top, sometimes on the bottom—she is peddled everywhere, this little woman, and we see her in the shop windows from rue d’Hauteville to the Madeleine. Well, no, Mr. Maurice Millière! I’m furious that your unquestionable talent serves us so badly. Whether they are accomplished society women, thrifty women of the middle class, or clever factory girls, Parisian women are not your dolls…

—Bonsoir, October 4, 1922.

The Bonsoir editorial was also reported in American newspapers under the headlines, “Little Dolls Too Frivolous

for Parisians” and “Paris Peeved over French Girl Doll”: Paris, Oct. 28.—Little dolls representing the Parisian girl and seen in the boulevard shop windows have caused a rumpus. Representative Paris societies and clubs claim “she” is not the real Parisienne. Storms of protest issue from all sides because of the frivolity of these little alabaster folk, and Americans purchase them as souvenirs of Paris. The dolls are little plaster ladies in red pajama coats. The coat is all—and it’s a small coat—or at least it would seem that it is, as it doesn’t quite meet across the chest. Bonsoir asks whether the sculptor, M. Millière, does right in representing the Parisienne in this manner.

“No,” says Bonsoir, “these are not the real Paris girls. If the American visitor seeks a real souvenir, a real memory of our girls, let him see them as they come from their

Self-portrait of the artist in his studio from “L’Histoire D’un Dessin De La Vie Parisienne” by Maurice Millière.

La Vie Parisienne, April 5, 1919.

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offices and shops. Let him see them as they surround the pushcarts at noon, carefully selecting their midday meal.

Then he will know the real Parisienne, and the plaster person with the pajama coat will be but a fantasy in his memories of Paris.” —The Washington Times, Washington, D. C., Oct. 24, 1922 / The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, Oct. 28, 1922.

But not every Millière Parisienne raised a rumpus. The demure model “Naiade” is the most commonly found of his dolls. Examples of this model display different titles on their brass plates, corresponding with their manner of dress: “Naiade” (Sea Nymph) costumed in a sailor dress, “Mariee” (Married) costumed as a bride, and “Almee” (Oriental Dancer) costumed as an exotic. She was also commissioned as a countertop display mannequin to advertise both the regular and exclusive Redfern line of Warner Brothers’ lingerie. These miniature mannequins have been found costumed in exquisite lingerie as well as the doll-sized corsets that were given away as customer premiums from 1921 to 1922, as described here: “Free! A tiny Warner Corset for Dolly.

Every mother who buys a Warner Corset here tomorrow will receive

“Music Hall” 15 7/8” painted plaster doll, with Millière’s signature and “C. F. G. MADE IN PARIS T. Goyers stat” inscribed on the figure’s base; stamped underneath “MADE IN FRANCE.” An example of this model has been found with its original brass title plate, reading “MUSIC HALL PAR M. Millière.”

Left: “Midinette” (Shop Girl): 15 ¾” plaster statuette in original paint (attributed to Millière), with the title molded in relief on the figure’s base. Postcard

by Maurice Millière.

Right: “Midinette” (Shop Girl): 15 ½” painted plaster doll, with an illegible title and “Fabrication Depose Francaise” inscribed on the figure’s base. This doll is adapted from the statuette through the omission of the molded hair and costume to include a mohair wig and articulated arms.

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one of these cunning Doll Corsets for her little daughter’s doll… Don’t you think your dolly should have a corset just like the one mother wears? A Warner’s Rust-Proof, of beautiful pink brocade, well-boned to hold its shape, one that has laces, that has hose supporters with cunning little ribbon rosettes, that is trimmed with fancy braid—and everything!” One wonders why Warner overlooked Naiade’s plainly uncorseted figure when choosing her as a representative model for their corset line.

Perhaps Naiade’s modest pose held particular appeal for women.

“La Poupèe Modèle” is unique among the doll sisters, as she is half-hollow, wax-overplaster, strung with springs, and jointed at the shoulders and waist. She is comparatively small, and her proportions are engagingly doll-like. Wire embedded in her hands enables her to hold out the hem of her short tulle skirt.

This mischievous mademoiselle is pictured in Millière’s illustrations “Le Poupèe Modèle” and “La Gourmande D’Amour”.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the poupèe femmes of Maurice Millière have won many admirers. In America, Millière’s statuette, “Le Peignoir,” was copied first as a 16” plaster carnival prize by the Texas chalkware artist June “Yates” Jenkins and later by the novelty house N. Shure Co. of Chicago. This model was still being advertised in 1932 as “Frenchy” by the Midland Doll Co. of Chicago and may be found wearing a variety of molded-on costumes. Replicas of “Le Peignoir” were also produced in cold-painted spelter by Wickham Silver Co. NYC. Europeans, too, manufactured novelties modeled after Millière’s designs.

In Germany, Millière-inspired half-dolls and figurines were made by Fasold & Stauch of Bock-Wallendorf. A 7” china lamp base by Carl Schneider Erban is an interpretation of Millière’s illustration “Un Madrigal Qui Tombe Dans L’Eau.” Parisiennes “Le Peignoir” and “Naiade” can be found as fine quality 5.5” porcelain bisque figurines by Limbach Porzellanfabrik. The most brazen attempt to profit from the success of Millière’s Parisiennes was perpetrated by the artist Francis Xavier Sager, who created a series of satirical copycat statuettes, which he called his “Parisettes.”

The scarcity of Millière’s Parisiennes in the present marketplace is probably owing to their fragile nature. Plaster of paris is a soft, porous material that is easily broken and quite tedious to repair. Once soiled or disfigured, these inexpensive figures were likely to be discarded. It is therefore miraculous that any of the Parisiennes are found today in pristine condition and fortunate even when they are found damaged, repaired, and repainted by

“Zephyr” (author’s title): statuettes in patinated brass (14”) and painted plaster (14 5/8”), with Millière’s facsimile signature and “T. Goyers Stat.” inscribed on the base of the plaster version.

“Café de L’univers”: 15” plaster doll in original paint, with the title and Millière’s facsimile signature inscribed on the figure’s base.

Café de L’univers is a coffeehouse in Nantes, France. A molded-on fox stole prohibits further costuming of this model.

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“Furia”: 14 1/8” painted plaster statuette (attributed to Millière), with the title and “FABRICATION FRANCAISE DEPOSE” inscribed on the figure’s base.

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amateur restorers who have endeavored to save them. It is my feeling that these salvaged, compromised figures suffer no further harm in the hands of a competent artist who might undertake to restore the semblance and character of their original factory appearance. Unless otherwise noted, the Parisiennes seen here were restored and costumed by the author with only minimal artistic liberty. The original paint was preserved wherever it was present in a stable condition.

Maurice Millière died in Normandy on April 5, 1946 and is remembered as the father of the Boudoir Art genre. As for the identity of his enchanting muse, L-R Dauven, an editor of La Vie Parisienne magazine, confides, “Millière’s girls always looked exactly like his wife.” But her name is unimportant. Through the artist’s eyes, she is revealed as the eternal essence of what charms and fascinates us about every woman since Eve. To quote Maurice Millière: “If I have brought to the masses a few visions of youth, a little breath of freshness, it is all that I desire. And that already is very ambitious indeed.”

I am deeply indebted to Daniel Auliac, Sharon Weintraub, Clifford Catania, Samy Odin, and Eric Renner for contributing their valuable insight and original research to this article. Kindly share a photo of your Millière Parisienne with Nannette Rod at www.facebook.com/nannette.rod BIBLIOGRAPHY Catania, Clifford P. Boudoir Art: The Celebration of Life. Schiffer Publishing, 1994.

Hippisley, Antony D. The Saturday Book Book, Vol. 34, “La Vie Parisienne,” 1975.

Ferrier, Arthur. My Method, by the Leading European Black and White Artists. Gordon and Gotch, 1926.

Sroufe, Ted. Collectors Digest Price Guide to Carnival Chalkware, Giveaways and Games: 1995 Values. L. W. Publishing & Book Sales, 1995.

Theimer, Francois. Dolls, Contemporary Works of Art: The French Artists. Polichinelle Publications, 1995.

Weintraub, Sharon Hope. Bawdy Bisques & Naughty Novelties: German Bathing Beauties and Their Risqué Kin. Schiffer Publishing, 2005. http://halfdolls.blogspot.com/p/half-dolls-teepuppen-demi-figurines.html

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The Heinrich Handwerck Story

by Martha Nichols

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dward Heinrich Handwerck factory. Kämmer & Reinhardt was born in Gotha, in had their heads made by Simon Thüringia, Germany, in 1858. & Halbig, too, and some of their He served in the lancers division (the bodies were made by Heinrich cavalry) of the army, and as a young Handwerck. The doll companies in man was trained as a locksmith. He the Waltershausen area cooperated became fluent in French and English, with each other for their mutual and took a job in banking where he benefit, and the owners and their interpreted and translated documents. Heinrich and Minna Handwerck, and the factory families socialized with each other they built to house their doll-making business.

In about 1880 Heinrich was hired by as friends. the Wislizenus doll and toy factory in Waltershausen as a The Heinrich Handwerck company began to export their salesman in exports. Wislizenus made bodies for Simon & products to the USA and European nations. Eventually they Halbig, who were located in nearby Gräfenhain. became known for quality dolls, and were so successful they In 1884 he married Minna Koch, and after their marriage, were able to build their own large factory. The dolls’ heads in 1885 or 1886, the pair decided to open their own doll were always made by Simon & Halbig, and were marked business. They rented a building which they shared with with an H, HH, or HW (for Handwerck, Waltershausen). the Kämmer & Reinhardt company of doll makers, who The bodies were stamped “Germany,” or “Handwerck” in were also just starting out. The Heinrich Handwerck red or black ink. They also used an 8 pointed star and circle company began with simple cloth, wax, and papier mache mark, and a shield-shaped hangtag. dolls, but progressed to making jointed bodies for bisque Like many Simon & Halbig-made heads, the Heinrich heads, which they designed themselves, but had produced Handwerck molds were all marked with numbers ending for them by the well-established Simon & Halbig porcelain in 9. Their mold numbers were: 69, 79, 99, 109, 119, 139,

Left: The H mark used by Heinrich Handwerck, on a 109 mold doll, size 1. Center: The HW mark, standing for Handwerck, Waltershausen, on a 79 mold doll. Right: The later, more complete mark of the Heinrich Handwerck company showing the Simon & Halbig name as the maker of the head, was used after Kämmer and Reinhardt’s purchase of the company in 1901. This mark is used for dolls with no mold number.

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Mold 79 has a barely-open mouth, French-style eyebrows, and pierced ears.

Most molds were available with blue or brown eyes, and mohair wigs. Photo courtesy Kimberly Schweiren

189 and 199. The sizes varied from 25 to 107 cm, or 10 to 42 inches tall. Some of the Heinrich Handwerck dolls had no mold number, but were well-marked. They also made dolls with names for export, which were Bébé Cosmopolite patented in 1895 and Bébé Reclamé patented in 1898. Other names used by the company were La Belle, La Bonita, and Lotti. Like most Simon & Halbig heads, the Heinrich Handwerck heads usually have pierced ears.

In 1901 Heinrich developed a serious kidney ailment, and after only 16 or 17 years in the doll business, the Handwercks sold the factory to their former neighbor, Kämmer & Reinhardt.

Mold 109 has one of the happiest expressions, with large eyes and pointed chin with a dimple.

K * R continued to make the Heinrich Handwerck bodies and use the Heinrich Handwerck name. I have come to believe that all of the “no mold number” Heinrich Handwerck dolls are from the K * R period of ownership.

They are marked with the same italicized capital letters that K * R used on many of their own molds, and they all

Mold 199 is a nice quality, slightly older child. Heinrich Handwerck developed and produced this body for their dolls, and for other Waltershausen doll makers.

Bébé Cosmopolite in original chemise, with the HH shieldshaped tag.

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HH dolls with no mold number date from 1901 on, and were made in a variety of sizes. Photo courtesy Kimberly Schweiren

The “no mold number” mold doll was made during Kämmer and Reinhardt’s ownership of the HH company, with heads by Simon & Halbig. Photo courtesy Kimberly Schweiren

appear to be of the same design. One of the best known of these dolls was the 46 cm (18”) Heinrich Handwerck “Daisy” made in 1911 for the Ladies’ Home Journal magazine. She was a promotional doll used to increase subscriptions, and was always a blue-eyed blonde, of no mold number, marked, “Germany, Heinrich Handwerck, Simon & Halbig, 1.”

In 1920 Kämmer & Reinhardt also purchased Simon & Halbig, and became one of the last large Waltershausen doll

companies to survive into the 1930s. Heinrich Handwerck died at home in Gotha in 1902 at the too-young age of 43.

He and Minna had eight children, some of whom emigrated to the USA. One of them, Heinrich the 2nd, worked for 5 years at Marshall Fields in Chicago, but returned to Gotha to open a doll company of his own, operating it until the Depression of 1929. His son, Heinrich Handwerck the 3rd, reportedly is still living, as are his two siblings.

Daisy, made for the Ladies Home Journal, Simon & Halbig’s 570 mold had a Heinrich was an 18 inch “no mold number” Handwerck body. Photo courtesy Kimberly Heinrich Handwerck doll. The 18 inch Schweiren Kestner 171 mold was also used as Daisy.

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Blue and brown sleep eyes were available for the “no mold number” dolls, and they have pierced ears.

The Heinrich Handwerck company made their own leather doll shoes, impressed with an HH inside a heart. Perhaps this heart symbolized the ownership of the company by a devoted young couple.

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No doubt it was on a family trip in Paris where Louise was pampered with the gift of Victoria.

Exquisite paintings of European society, fashion plates and exceptional photographs of Victoria and her lavish, original wardrobe of the 1870’s will delight the fashion doll collector. What is most amazing is the provenance that accompanies Victoria, for her journey through the years has been well documented and is presented here. After raising money for the Red Cross, Victoria would eventually come to live at the SpielzeugMuseum in Davos, Switzerland.

Most of our readers know that with the museum’s owner’s ill health, the collection was sold by Theriault’s where it was purchased by Ms. Buese who has continued to uphold the legacy and preservation of this special doll.

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rriving at the Embassy Suites in Greensboro, NC about two hours after the NADDA show opening, we witnessed bustling activity as doll hungry customers, shopping bags in hand, made the circuit around the sixth floor which had been transformed overnight into doll shops. This soldout show had wonderful positive energy and it was a thrill for us to be there.

The Saturday show closed at 4 pm but rather than go home, attendees and dealers were invited to a garden party….and what a party it was! Billye Harris orchestrated a spectacular event on the breathtaking 21- acre estate of Jim and Virginia Griggs. The timing could not have been more perfect, everything in glorious bloom, magnificent towering trees, manicured borders, a captivating bamboo garden, antique statuary, fountains, meandering pathways… simply the most beautiful private gardens we have ever visited. We asked Mr. Griggs how all this perfection was achieved and he told us that six full time gardeners were required. Because of the temperate North Carolina climate, there is a year-around display of flowering shrubs and plants. We could easily fill every page of this issue with photos of the garden, but after all this is an antique doll magazine.

A wonderful selection of German bisque was offered by Billye Harris, Ashley’s Dolls, email: ashleysdolls@gmail.com

S & H 769, size 13 long face Jumeau, and in her wonderful ethnic costume, doll marked 128.

Rick Saxman, email: ricksax@earthlink.net

Center: An exceptional array of French and bisque dolls were offered by Phil May. Email: dollmanofog@aol.com Right: 24-inch early 20th century Ichimatsu Ningyo, $15,000; the boy dating from the late 19th century was priced at $11,000.

Alan Pate, email: info@ antiquejapanesedolls.com Below: A rare Chase doll available from Nancy Smith, email: nasdoll@comcast.net

A rare Lenci sultan, $3750 and winker cowboy, $750, Turn of the Century Antiques, email: toc@rare-dolls.com

Only a very few examples of this rare china are known to exist. Rosalie Whyel, email:dollart@dollart.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Lovely all original poured wax doll, $2250. Margaret Gray Kincaid, email: Margaret.kincaid@ gmail.com

Two great black bisque dolls, on the left, a cabinet size Steiner and on the right a doll marked F, believed to be by Jumeau. Fritzi’s Antique Dolls, email: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

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A Jumeau threesome, prices left to right $2200, $2800 and $2800. Virginia Aris, email: virginiaaris@aol.com

It was Teddy Bear Central in the booth of John Paul Port, email: jpport@earthlink.net

Billye Harris of Ashley’s Dolls was in charge of the Saturday evening garden party.

She also organized this exhibit of rare Maggie Bessie dolls.

A wonderful Munich Art couple was offered by Nancy McCray, email: nlmccray@q.com

Following a barbecued pork dinner, we toured the two beautiful historic homes on the property owned by Jim and Virginia Griggs and Billye Harris, each a testament to their love of antique dolls. Concluding this most enjoyable day was Rosalie Whyel’s slide program which combined our love of outstanding gardens and beautiful dolls in a presentation entitled, “All on a Summer’s Afternoon… the dolls take us to their favorite gardens of the world.”

We were unable to attend Alan Pate’s talk on Japanese dolls Sunday morning prior to the show opening but we heard absolutely rave reviews, one from a former teacher who commented what an entertaining and effective speaker Alan is.

Billye Harris organized the exhibit of Maggie Bessie dolls, named for the sisters Margaret Gertrude Pfohl and Caroline Elizabeth Pfohl, Moravian residents of Old Salem, NC. The pair began making dolls in the late 1890’s and continued through the 1940’s. In spite of the number of dolls in the exhibit these adorable American cloth dolls are extremely rare.

Most of the attendees stayed over so Sunday was again a busy day with steady attendance as those who had ruminated overnight on possible purchases returned to buy. I’m sure that everyone – dealers and customers alike – who participated in the recent NADDA show have to agree that it pretty fantastic!

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Dollhouse dolls and furnishings were offered by Marion Maus Antiques, email mmausantiques@gmail.com

A rare set of Napoleonic paper dolls, c. 1810, all original, $1500. Marshall Martin, email: marshallmartin@earthlink.net

An 11 inch E 1 J and a no. 1 Bru Jne make a perfect pair, Floyd Jones, email: floydjones@sbcglobal.net

A lovely grouping of half dolls and powder boxes. Sue Kallen, email: suelkallen@yahoo.com

French fashions and their handsome mail escort, Jackie Allington, email: nickandjackie@gmail.com

Unusual 24 inch china with glass eyes, $5,000 and a lovely French china fashion, also $5,000. Constance Blain, email: ceblain1936@aol.com

A precious early Simon and Halbig Mignonette A grumpy SFBJ 252 pouty, $10,995. with her original wardrobe, Mary Ann Spinelli, Joan and Lynette Antique Dolls, email: email: nellingdolls@gmail.com joanlynettedolls@sbcglobal.net ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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A Southern Garden Party

Jim and Virginia Griggs (see photo of Jim above) welcomed us to their beautiful gardens and their doll-ďŹ lled Queen Anne Victorian Revival home.

Photos by Deanne Dodson and Keith Kaonis

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Captivating 15-1/2” First Series Portrait Jumeau with pale bisque and almond eye cut.

This exceptionally rare and desirable 12” brown tipped Steiff teddy clown bear is in outstanding original condition from head to toe.

James D. Julia Toy and Doll Auction June 13

Of historical significance is one of the earliest bears Steiff ever produced, the rare “Rod” bear. This blond fellow that essentially “started it all” was designed by Richard Steiff after viewing bears at the Stuttgart Zoo.

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f you ask anyone in the know about Steiff animals, the name of Steffes will likely come up. Enthusiasts like no other, Chuck along with his now dearly departed wife Cathy traveled the globe for approximately three decades forging friendships and hunting Steiff treasures to add to their remarkable collection. According to Rebekah Kaufman, consultant Steiff archivist for Steiff North America who cataloged the collection, “It is amazingly comprehensive and impeccably curated and reflects the finest examples of Steiff design, quality, and craftsmanship from the first third of the 20th century.”

Of the approximately 120 stellar examples from the Steffes collection, certainly one of the standouts is an exceedingly rare and historically important black Steiff Titanic “Mourning Bear”. Made to honor those lives lost in the infamous tragedy, it is one of the most sought after vintage bears known. Only 665 were ever produced and only 78 were ever made in this size and configuration. Also of historical significance is one of the earliest bears Steiff ever produced, the rare “Rod” bear. This blond fellow that essentially “started it all” is constructed with rod joints, long arms, humped back, felt paws, black shoebutton eyes, and black hand-formed gutta percha nose. The “piéce de resistance” is his original elephant button, the earliest and most desirable Steiff ID in the world.

The 1925 yellow teddy bear known as “Happy” with long, soft curly mohair and deep brown and black glass pupil eyes, a marvelous circa 1930 brown tipped, blue eyed Steiff “Petsy” bear with distinctive facial features and fluffy mohair, and a remarkable brown tipped Steiff teddy clown bear in all original condition are additional museum class additions.

Dolls include a lovely 28” Series C Steiner bebe with lovely brown paperweight eyes and pensive expression complemented by an elaborate ivory silk and lace dress and matching bonnet.

From the same collection comes a rare and desirable 17-1/2” Steiner with pale bisque moon shaped face with delicate

A nine piece felt rabbit skittles set affixed to wooden plinths make for some lively parlor bowling.

Doll highlights include a lovely 28” Series C Steiner bebe. The doll’s lovely brown paperweight eyes and pensive expression are complemented by a most elaborate ivory silk and lace dress and matching bonnet.

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An exceedingly rare and historically important black Steiff Titanic “Mourning Bear” was made to honor those lives lost in the infamous tragedy. It features highly distinctive red felt backed shoebutton eyes to represent tears and sadness.

A classic Jumeau automaton of a standing figure powders her nose and looks in her hand mirror while soft music plays.

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A marvelous circa 1930 brown tipped, blue eyed Steiff “Petsy” bear with distinctive facial features is one of the most desirable and collectable teddy bears ever produced.

A rare German wax headed Santa figure that opens his fur coat to reveal a Christmas feather tree in his chest was once part of the renowned Gladyse Hilsdorf collection.

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From the Steffes collection, a 1925 yellow teddy bear known as “Happy” was produced to be warmer, more cuddly, and more colorful and inviting than Steiff’s previous bears.

blush serving as a backdrop to her pert smile and piercing blue paperweight eyes. Another French beauty is the gorgeous 15-1/2” First Series Portrait Jumeau with almond cut eyes, exceptional modeling, and even her original lambskin wig.

Also up for bid are several rare automatons, German characters, ethnic dolls, and French fashion dolls.

A much anticipated collection of several dozen holiday items that has remained in one gentleman’s possession for several decades will finally be coming to market. Central to the offering is an exceedingly rare German wax headed Santa figure, once part of the renowned Gladyse Hilsdorf collection. When the lever is pressed, he opens his fur coat to reveal a Christmas feather tree in his chest. Another European find is a marvelous composition nodder with a larger than life head of a stoic Father Christmas bobbing atop a speckle painted body. In addition will be several bellsnickles, candy containers, and more in a variety of styles and materials.

The sale also features numerous toys for the men – cast iron planes, pressed steel vehicles, American ad European tin toys and mechanical banks.

This June 13 auction will be preceded by Julia’s summer fine glass & lamp auction taking place June 11 & 12. Additional information can be obtained by going to Julia’s website at www. jamesdjulia.com or calling 207-453-7125. Free fullcolor brochures will be available, or their lavish, full-color, detailed and illustrated catalogs will be available for $39. Previews for the auctions will be Tuesday, June 10 from 9am-5pm, Wednesday through Friday from 8-10 am before each auction session at Julia’s auction facilities on Rt. 201 in Fairfield, Maine.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW!

ÉCOLE DES POUPÉES

Samy Odin, Ann Coleman and Margaret Gray Kincaid Welcome you for a winter session of

BEBE JUMEAU Study of Original Fashions

Learn how to Appreciate the Authenticity and Historical Significance of the Jumeau Company Hands-on examination of antique Jumeau Bébés and their wardrobes from the Musée de La Poupée-Paris and private U.S. collections

DECEMBER 24, 2014

to be Held at Margaret Gray Kincaid’s charming house, fully decorated for Christmas, in Baltimore, Maryland It all starts on Tuesday Evening with a welcome dinner.

Seminars, workshops and programs on Wednesday and Thursday.

All meals included with a Gala Dinner on Thursday night.

December Gaithersburg Show following Saturday and Sunday December 6-7 Free Admission with early entry to the show included

Cost: $650 per person CONTACT: Margaret Kincaid 646-709-4340 or margaret.kincaid@gmail.com or write to 17 Elmwood Road, Baltimore Maryland 21210 (Number of attendees VERY limited)

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t was a highly successful auction for Withington’s April 10 and 11 sale, the first of 2014. Bringing nearly $26,000 was this 13” bisque incised A6T with brown glass eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, original chemise, wig and original marked shoes. A 17” Bru incised Bru Jne 5, brown glass eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, kid body with composition lower legs, bisque forearms, antique clothes and marked Bru shoes, realized close to $20,000.

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n early Gaultier with closed mouth, pierced ears and the original body, measuring 25-1/2 inches, sold for approximately $6,630 at the Ladenburger April 25th and 26 auction in Germany. The Bru Jne Bebe, size 2, 12-1/2 inches, with leather body and replaced arms, realized approximately $7,740.

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he private collection of the late Flora Gill Jacobs, founder of the Washington Doll’s House and Toy Museum in Chevy Chase, Maryland, was sold by Noel Barrett Auctions on April 11 and 12. The English Regency House dating from the early 1800’s realized $24,150. The South Jersey House Mansion, an American house, c. 1870, once the centerpiece of the museum, brought $13,800.

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t McMasters Harris May 25 and 26 auction in Newark, Ohio, this stunning 13-inch Poupee Bois Fashion Lady by Simon & Halbig realized $5,775; the later 5” All Bisque Dome Head Mignonette w/ swivel neck, all original, brought $1,770.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation: Noel Barrett Auctions, P.O.Box 300, Carversville, PA 18913, 215-297-5109, www.noelbarrett.com Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH, Lustgartenstraße 6, D 68526 Ladenburg, www.spielzeugauktion.de McMasters Harris Apple Tree, 1625 W. Church Street, Newark, OH 43055, (740) 344-4282, www.mcmastersharris.com Withington Doll Auctions, 17 Atwood Road, Hillsborough, NH 03244, (603) 478-3232, www.withingtonauction.com 58

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The Enchanting Trousseau of Chiffonnette

Another Best Seller by Sylvia Mac Neil

The 304 page book has more than 500 exceptional color photos with many dramatic portrait photos and captions in the vernacular of the mid 19th C fashion world, in the unique style Sylvia is noted for.

It features 53 exceptional dresses, attendant accessories and spectacular hats, totaling more than 170 trousseau items, carefully researched and created using the finest antique materials and rare embellishments.

A beautifully illustrated book full of fancies and splendors designed for inspiration and enjoyment for both the collector and the couturier.

$85 plus $5 Shipping Sylvia Mac Neil, 2325 Main Street, W. Barnstable, MA 02668 jimsyl@aol.com 508-362-3875

Manufacturers of Fine Doll Jewelry, Brass Accessories, Miniature Trunks & Hardware 336 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 Phone 203-775-4717 Email: info@catspawonline.com

Visit our website and shop online: www.catspawonline.com Catalog price is $8.95 post paid

Accessorize Your Dolls!

Cats Paw has been in business since 1982 specializing in quality reproductions made from antique originals, and unique old store stock. Our antique reproductions are made by hand using the lost wax technique, and each item is hand finished to achieve an authentic “antique” look. We offer exquisite doll accessories that only look expensive!

• Jewelry • Trunks • Items for the Boudoir • Buttons and Clasps • Purse Frames • Presentation Boxes • Bleuette Accessories & More

Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa

www.HoneyandShars.com

Phone 623/266-2926 or 206/295-8585 Sun City West, AZ

Member of UFDC & NADDA ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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GAITHERSBURG Antiques Doll Show

HUNDREDS of SELLING TABLES…

JUNE 7&8

The 166th Eastern National Antique to Modern Doll & *Toy Show 2014

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

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

4/19-10/5/14. Switzerland. Japan & Switzerland Special Exhibition. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.toy-worlds-museum-basle.ch.

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JUN 7-8 SAT 10AM to 5PM - SUN 10AM to 3PM UFDC SUN 11AM to 2PM - Hall 4 Admission $6 $1 discount with ad

Email us for Free Coupons and Maps

THE FAIRGROUNDS

16 Chestnut St. Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Building 6 / 4 Exhibit Halls / Air Conditioned and Heated

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 InfoDOLLS@comcast.net *LIMITED Number of Toys and Games

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Belleville, IL. Doll & Collectible Show. Belle-Clair Expo Bldg. Kay Weber. 618-233-0940. www.kwebershows.com.

Portsmouth, NH. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Frank Jones Center. Wendy Collins. 603-939-1699.

Dallas, TX. Doll Convention. Hilton Anatole. DollAKon. Kelly Herrington.

972-317-7175.

Benicia, CA. Doll Show. Benicia Yacht Club. Stephanie Blythe. 415-455-8415.

Elk Grove Village, IL. Doll Conference & Competition. Holiday Inn. Jane Easterly. 309-299-0486.

Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show.

The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events.

410-357-8451. 443-617-3590.

Infodolls@comcast.net.

Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore. 310-386-4211.

Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel.

Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.napervilledollshow.com.

Gaithersburg, MD. Theriault Discovery Day Auction. Hilton. info@theriaults.com.

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Asheville, NC. Doll Convention.

Crown Plaza. International Doll Show.

Georgie Brown. 828-713-1889.

Fairfield, ME. Toy & Doll Auction.

James D. Julia Inc. Andrew Truman or Julie Killam. 207-453-7125. atd@ jamesjulia.com. www.jamesdjulia.com.

Wayne, MI. Collectibles Estate Sale.

4520 Howe Rd. www.dnjauctions.com.

Green Valley, AZ. Luncheon Program & Display. Green Valley East Social Center. Tucson Doll Guild. Marti Nelson. 520-393-0502.

Thousand Oaks, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Palm Garden Hotel. Rowbear & Friends. 831-438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com.

Westampton, NJ. Sweetbriar Dolls at Auction. Sweetbriar. 410-275-2094.

SweetbriarAuctions.com.

Anaheim, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Anaheim Plaza. DollFestival@aol.com.

831-438-5349.

Durham, NC. Doll Convention.

Sheraton Imperial Hotel. R.O.S.E. International Doll Show. Debra Jadick.

417-385-3601.

Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auctions.

603-478-3232. (F) 478-3233. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com.

Pacific Grove, CA. The Lenci Luncheon. Registration required.

Carmel Doll Shop. 831-643-1902. www.carmeldollshop.com.

WELCOME SPRING!

Come to the 166th Eastern National Doll Show and Sale! Join the UFDC in the Learning Room © at the June 7 and 8, 2014 show in Gaithersburg, MD. Programs at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday - Val Star Building an Eclectic Collection. Sunday - Jonathan Green VEB Bad Kösen Dolls. Display of Russian Stacking Dolls Victoria Christopherson, both days.

Plus doll stringing and repair, UFDC club sales tables, hourly door prizes including Antique Doll Collector subscriptions and free tickets for upcoming Eastern National Doll Shows! Celebrate spring at the show and find that doll treasure you have been searching for! All activities are free and open to all doll show attendees. For more information about UFDC and its activities in the Learning Room contact Barbara Stone at BSConsults@aol.com.

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Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show.

Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads.

Dorothy. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com.

Sandwich, MA. Doll Show. American Legion Hall. Cindy Burke. 508-6975781. Jaide73@hotmail.com.

Lakeland, FL. Miniature Convention Show. Hilton Garden Inn. Lakeland Miniature Guild. Pat Gazie. 407-7337988. Carol Kira. 863-646-1354.

Kansas City, MO. Doll Auction. KCI Expo Center & Holiday Inn. Frasher’s Doll Auctions, Inc. 816-625-3786.

816-625-6079. Frasher@aol.com.

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Ewing, NJ. Doll & Bear Show.

W. Trenton Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1.

Delaware Valley Doll Club of NJ. 609-586-4041. www.dvdenj.org.

San Antonio, TX. National Doll Festival. Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk. RJ Lowman. 831-438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com.

San Antonio, TX. Doll Auction. Hyatt Regency. Theriaults. 800-638-0422.

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San Antonio, TX. UFDC Doll Convention. JW Marriot San Antonio Hill Country Resort. Reservations: 877-622-3140. Info.: www.ufdc.org.

Nashville, TN. Doll & Bear Show.

Marriott Airport Hotel. Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com.

Newark, OH. Doll Auction.

McMasters Harris Apple Tree Doll Auctions. 800-842-3526. mark@mcmastersharris.com.

Austin, TX. Doll Convention (BJD).

Omni Southpark. Ball Joint Doll Collectors Convention. Sherri Rhein.

512-414-3793.

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Huntsville, AL. Doll Show. Jaycees Building. Twickenham Doll Club.

Sonya Heim. 256-479-3251.

Nashua, NH. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Rainbow Bazaar Shows.

Cindy Amburgey. 978-857-9576.

Philadelphia, PA. Doll Convention.

Double Tree. Madame Alexander Doll Collectors. Diane McCarthy. macfitz@juno.com.

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Monroeville, PA. Toy Show.

Monroeville Convention Center. Steel City Con. 724-502-4350. www.steelcitycon.com.

San Diego, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Al Bahr Shriner’s Center. Crossroads.

Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713.

Orlando, FL. National Institute of American Doll Artists Convention.

Bohemian Hotel Celebration.

Stephanie Blythe. 415-455-8415.

Arcadia, CA. Doll Show. Masonic Center. Forever Young Antiques.

Sandy Kline. 818-368-4648.

Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. WNC Agricultural Center. Land O’Sky Doll Club. Lue. 828-883-4899. Nancy.

704-466-3430.

Peoria, IL. Doll & Toy Show.

Barrack’s Cater Inn. Julie Bronski.

312-919-7135.

Roanoke, VA. Doll & Bear Show.

Holiday Inn Valley View. Knight SE Doll & Bear Shows. Howard Knight.

803-783-8049.

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Doll & Bear Show. Hilton Hotel. JMK Shows.

Rona or Jesse Kohler. 352-527-6666.

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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

German Sofa, Chair & Pillow with Colorful Dresden Paper

www.TheDollWorks.net

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

Kathy’s and Terry’s Dolls

“Quality shop of vintage dolls, clothes & accessories”

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

www.frizellburgantiques.com

Laura Turner, proprietor, 1909 Old Taneytown Rd., Westminster, MD 21158. Open Thurs- Sun 11-5.

We also carry a quality line of antiques, textiles, furniture and jewelry. 30 years of experience where you can buy or sell with confidence.

Call us with your wants, we have an ever-changing inventory.

410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850 Early paper mâché and wax over composition dolls 16”-27” please call for more information.

Edison Talking Dolls WANTED Any Condition Doug Burnett Music Museum

10 Sami Court, Englishtown, NJ 07726 Ph. 732-536-4101 Email: santiqbebe@aol.com Exclusively at www.rubylane.com/shops/sarabernsteindolls

Visit our shop at www.rubylane.com/shops/ kathysandterrysdolls 717-979-9001

Hours: 11-4, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or by appointment.

Visit us at www.kydollandtoymuseum.com Like us on Facebook at ky doll and toy museum

Edisondoll@yahoo.com

Sherman’s Antiques

& Doll Hospital

106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859-289-3344

816-210-3684

1103 6th St. N.W. Winter Haven Florida 33881 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

ON THE WEB AT:

www.HoneyandShars.com New dolls added weekly

Member of UFDC & NADDA

Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa Phone 623/266-2926 or cell 206/295-8585

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VICTORIAN RETREAT

ABSOLUTELY FULL HOUSE OF ANTIQUES, The UNIQUE & COLLECTIBLES ESTATE SALE

ANTIQUE DOLLS

4520 Howe Rd, WAYNE, MI 48184

Fri, JUNE 13, 10-6pm, Sat, JUNE 14, 10-4pm, Sun, JUNE 15, Noon-4pm Dolls and Doll Related Items: Cloth Dolls, Unusual Doll Trunks, German Bisque Dolls, Bye-lo, Schoenhut, Barbie, Campbell Kids, Shirley Temple, Orphan Annie and more

Lynne Shoblom 928-445-5908 or 928-713-1909 email: victorianretreat@msn.com Please check out my shop on Ruby Lane:

www.victorianretreat.rubylane.com

Visit WWW.DNJAUCTIONS.COM for photos

Beautiful Dolls and Accessories at Reasonable Prices!

Phone or left bids accepted.

Member of UFDC and NADDA

ONE OF FLORIDA’S LARGEST DOLL SHOPS... is just a short drive from the interstate. Come find the doll of your dreams in historic downtown DeLand, FL. We have a large selection of dolls over 100 years old, as well as vintage and one of a kind. Dolls of DeLand, 118 N Woodland Blvd (Hwy 17-92), DeLand, FL 32720 (386) 736-0004 Tues-Sat 11:00AM-5:00PM

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

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

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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.

Phone 302-475-5374 Email: RSteele855@aol.com Visit my website: www.ReginaSteele.com

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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

Place Your Ad Here a classified marketplace for antique dolls and related merchandise Copy Ads: 35 cents per word, no limit; $12 minimum Ads with a border and boldface, add $10 to word total BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ADS we can convert your color ads to black and white 1/12 page ( 2 1/2” h x 2 3/8” w) $40 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $50 FULL COLOR PHOTO ADS 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $125 Please include payment with your ad. Larger ads are considered display ads — call us for information. 1-888-800-2588.

Antique Doll Collector, P.O. Box 239, Northport, NY 11768 Classified ads due no later than the first day of the preceding month of publication. Example: May 1 for the June issue.

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5th Annual Fall Doll Show & Sale New Location & All Sellers in One Room!

Medina Entertainment Center 500 HWY 55, Medina, MN 55340

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Sunday October 5, 2014

Show time 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Looking for Sellers/Vendors of any Doll, Toy and Bear related items.

29th Annual Doll Jamboree on Saturday October 4, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel only 5 miles away.

Call 239-282-9499 or visit our Website for more information and Contract:

www.DollsToysBearsOhMy.com

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Nashua, NH. Doll Auction.

Holiday Inn Nashua. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com.

Billings, MT. Doll Show. Billings Hotel & Convention Center.

406-723-2176. mtanaman@aol.com.

Louisville, KY. Doll & Bear Show.

Holiday Inn. Knight SE Doll & Bear Shows. Howard Knight.

803-783-8049.

Bellevue, WA. Doll & Toy Show.

Red Lion Hotel. The Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin.

206-362-8723.

Mankato, MN. Doll Show. Best Western. Lady Slipper Doll Club.

Carolyn. 952-873-4489.

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

Florence, SC. Doll & Toy Show.

SiMT Conference Center. Pee Dee Doll Club. Angie Hayek.

843-472-1311.

Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show. National Guard Armory.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake.

775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com.

Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction.

Crescent Shrine. Sweebriar.

Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2094.

s ’ i z t i FArntique Dolls

Buying entire collections of antique dolls and dolls of merit.

Email: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net Fritzi’s cell# 630-247-1144 Rick’s cell# 630-247-1219

28 inch C series Steiner. Perfect marked head & body. Fantastic wrap around paperweight eyes.

OUR UPCOMING SHOWS:

UFDC

Gaithersburg, MD June 7 & 8 at the Fairgrounds UFDC Convention July 16th - 20th San Antonio, TX