Antique DOLL Collector September 2009 Vol. 12, No. 8
September 2009 Vol. 12, No. 8 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
The 2009 Autumn Auction Season Begins in Theriault’s World of Dolls October 31 & November 1 in Scottsdale, Arizona At the historic Arizona Biltmore Saturday, October 31. “Last Loveliest Smile”, a catalogued auction of antique dolls. Preview 9 AM Auction 11 AM featuring two very fine private collections from North Carolina and a precious private collection of little dolls from Denmark. Catalog $49 includes priority postage and after sale prices. Sunday, November 1. “Past Perfect”, a catalogued auction of rare and pristine 1950-era dolls of Madame Alexander, the one-owner collection of the late Martha Hester of Texas. Catalog $49 includes priority postage and after-sale prices. Preview 9 AM. Auction 11 AM. Sunday, November 1. Discovery Day auction of antique and collectible dolls. The auction is conducted in an adjacent room to the Madame Alexander auction, and one bidding card allows you to bid at either auction. Preview 9 AM. Auction 11 AM. And why not make it an extended weekend? The auctions will be preceded by the Dollmastery Seminar, an intensive two-day hands-on study of antique dolls and antique doll costumes with Florence Theriault. Registration is very limited due to small class size. For information about attending the seminar call 800-638-0422 or email info@theriaults.com.
To order catalogs call 800-638-0422 or order online at www.theriaults.com. Five-Catalog subscriptions are available for $179 or Ten-catalog subscriptions for $299 (a 50% savings). Lots can be viewed online after October 1, 2009.
the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA • Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 • www.theriaults.com
Joyce and Vincent Lanza
Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. 22" K * R 117 Mein Liebling, perfect bisque, full pouty mouth, fabulous bl. sl. eyes, painted & orig. hair lashes, ant. Fr. mohair wig & pate. Wears the most beautiful Swiss dot ant. dress. fabulous ant. hat, orig. undies & gorgeous Fr. ant. leather shoes with huge rosettes. On her orig. body, clean & shiney!! Very pouty character & EXTRAORDINARILLY beautiful!! $6500. 2. 11" Rare Einco Googlie Toddler, huge bl. side glancing eyes, perfect bisque, orig. curly mohair wig & pate & watermelon mouth. 100% factory orig. w/matching bonnet & orig. silk shoes & socks. Orig. celluloid dog. On her 1 orig. fully jointed toddler body. Not an easy mold to find. She couldn't be cuter if she tried. Adorable!! $13,500. 3. 20" Tete Jumeau #1907 Bebe, gorgeous bisque, bulgeous amber p/w eyes, orig. long full HH wig & pate. Wears the most beautiful dress, & matching orig. undies & orig. "signed" shoes & socks. Added stunning ant. ornate Fr. 3 hat. Near mint orig. Jumeau body & marked Tete Jumeau in red on the back of her head. She is absolutely beautiful!! $3675. 4. 10" A. M. #241 Googlie Toddler, bl. side glancing sl. eyes, watermelon mouth, immaculate bisque, orig. mohair wig & pate. Rare Googlie. Wears her fully factory orig. organdy dress & matching hat, set of matching indies & added ant. leather shoes I have included another darling ant. outfit. On orig. 5 pc. toddler body. Too adorabable for words. She is just precious. $4875. 5. 21" F.G. Scroll Bebe, br. almond shaped p/w eyes, immaculate pale bisque, 5 great ant. mohair wig & pate. Wears a stunning ant. ornate dress, orig. slip, ant. Fr. shoes w/pom poms, orig. socks LAYAWAY AVAILABLE & magnificent ant. Fr. hat. On her orig. FG Member UFDC & NADDA body. She has the very desirable "Bru type (Nat'l Antique Doll Dealers Assn.) tongue tip" which is the sign of an early Scroll. She couldn't be more beautiful. GORGEOUS Bebe!! Only....$5000. 6. 15 1/2" Rare K * R #131 Googlie Toddler, beautiful perfect bisque, bl. side glancing sl. 7. 20" Series C Steiner Bebe, bl. p/w eyes, early mauve blush under her perfectly feathered eyes, orig. mohair wig w/side coiled braids brows, immaculate pale bisque, orig. mohair & orig. pate. Wears a darling ant. character wig & Steiner pate. Wears the most style dress, great orig. leather shoes w/ magnificent ant. Fr. aqua silk dress, ant. Fr. pom poms & orig. socks. On orig. chunky shoes & socks, fabulous ant. hat & ant. stole. fully jointed toddler body. Adorable with a On orig. chunky early st. wrist Steiner body big watermelon mouth. This Googlie is a with the earliest mark & orig. great finish. This hard to find mold and a great large size. Bebe is absolutely stunning and a great desirable Great expression & modeling. size. A KNOCK-OUT!!!! $12,500. ADORABLE!! $14,575.
We buy dolls and sell on consignment. 2137 Tomlinson Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 • 718-863-0373 email: joycedolls@aol.com
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1. 18.5 Inch Frence bebe by Schmitt & Fils, perfect fully marked head and body. Antique clothing, bonnet and shoes; lambskin wig $17,500 2. 14 Inch Portrait Jumeau bebe. Eight ball, straight wrists stamped Jumeau body. Couture antique clothing. $9,800 3. 12 Inch Premier Portrait Jumeau with palest, creamy bisque. Eight ball, straight wrists stamped Jumeau body. $8,650 4. 9 Inch original Paper Mache Peddler doll with basket full of wares, including jointed tiny early wood doll with a missing arm. $1,850 5. 9-3/4 Inch Fortune Teller china head doll with rare hairdo. One toe chipped. $2,350 6. 20 Inch Kestner 143 with the look we all love; excellent stamped Kestner body $1,450 7. 18 Inch Kestner 247 character; fully jointed original Kestner chubby toddler 11 body; blue sleep eyes. $1,650 8. Unique elaborately designed 15 inch Tea Cozy using large Dressel & Kister Half Doll and original china arms. A spectacular original piece. $3,500 9. 17.5 Inch Gebruder Heubach glass eye Pouty #6970 - such a crisp example. Original stamped Holtz Masse quality body. Blue sleep eyes. $4,500 10. 12 Inch original character by German doll maker Theodor Hornlein. Fabulous modeling on this rarely found doll. $4,250 11. 18 Inch original and early F. G. Fashion poupee on poseable wooden body; bisque swivel head on bisque shoulder plate. $6,500 12. Seldom seen 18 inch (HUGE) Frozen Charlie by Conte & Boehm. Very heavily molded hair with crevices and shading. Has china doll-like features. A rare find in this size and with no damage. $1,500
Call or e-mail us to discuss your doll needs and/or collection sales (903) 792-3747 cell (903) 277-0833 e-mail: dollstx@cableone.net P. O. Box 5803, Texarkana, TX 75505 We accept Visa, Mastercard and offer generous layaways. Members: UFDC and NADDA • 3-Day Return Privilege
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Nelling, Inc.
P.O. Box 893985 Temecula, CA 92589-3985 Cell: 503-577-9815 Home: 951-308-1239 Fax: 951-308-1285
BUYING AND SELLING QUALITY DOLLS FOR OVER 16 YEARS 1 - 3. 10 1/4" Series C Steiner, tres petite bebe, size 3/0 on head and shoes, orig. Steiner pate, wonderful st. wrist Steiner body, long antique wig w/ orig. ribbons that match her antique cotton frock. $9750. 4 - 6. 12" Closed mouth Tete Jumeau, size 3, fully marked head and body (fully jtd.), antique wig, darling red wool coat. $6250.
Exhibiting: October 3 - Happy Dolling Show and Sale, Glendale CA, Civic Auditorium
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Legacy Doll Museum 3206 6th Avenue North, Billings Montana. 406-252-0041
www.legacydollmuseum.com
With over 500 dolls (from 1850-1970) and 4,000 playthings including French Fashions decked out in all their finery, German Characters in whimsical displays and a nursery filled with antique christening gowns and baby Hildas, you will find something to delight you. We have a fully stocked gift shop for your shopping pleasure. Come soon as the dolls are awaiting your visit.
2nd Year Anniversary & Doll Show Come in for lots of goodies and sales in the gift shop to celebrate our second year.
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Carmel Doll Shop
Michael Canadas and David Robinson • Members of UFDC & NADDA • P.O. Box 7198 Carmel, California 93921 Email: mnd@redshift.com • Visa • MasterCard • American Express • We Welcome Layaway Always Buying, Selling and Trading Fine Antique Dolls • (831) 625-5360
Let’s Put on a Show!
And speaking of shows this month, please look for Carmel Doll Shop at the Special Events listed below! Angels Attic A Museum of Antique Dollhouses, Miniatures and Toys 516 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA Saturday Sept. 12 11am - 3pm
“Dolls That Make You Smile” UFDC Region 2-N Conference San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA Public Day is Saturday Sept. 26 10am - 3pm
Visit our website WWW.CARMELDOLLSHOP.COM for an abundant selection
COME VISIT OUR SHOP ON LINCOLN STREET, BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH, IN DOWNTOWN CARMEL
September 2009 Volume 12, Number 8
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SKINNER OCTOBER 10 AUCTION OF RICHARD WRIGHT’S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ANTIQUE DOLLS, TEDDIES, MINIATURES AND TOYS by Catherine Saunders-Watson A look at the eclectic collection of well-known dealer Richard Wright.
About The Cover
Imagine waking up to this on Christmas morning! This 22-inch papier mache shoulderhead, the body covered with delightful period playthings, was presented to some lucky children in 1852. The original note accompanying the doll reads, “Kris Kringle sends greetings through Cousin Anna to the children, and wishes them a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year – Christmas Eve 1852.” It is part of the personal collection of Richard Wright which will be offered by Skinner on October 10.
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UFDC 2009 NATIONAL CONVENTION ATLANTA, GA Photographed at the United Federation of Doll Clubs National Convention If you could only attend one doll show a year, this is the one!
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THE PREEMINENT ARTWORK OF TYNIETOY PART II by Judith Armitstead More on the hand-painted work seen on the furniture and decorative accessories of Tynietoy.
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Auction Gallery Emporium Books Back Issues Calendar Classified
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GOLDEN CONNECTIONS by Elizabeth Ann Coleman The author reminisces about her mother Dorothy Coleman and how the family came to publish the massive volumes we know as the Coleman Encyclopedia of Dolls, Volumes I and II.
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IDENTIFYING GERMAN CHINAS AND PARIANS PART TWO by Mary Krombholz A look at the remaining Thuringian porcelain factories responsible for the majority of the chinas and parians collected today.
Telephone (212) 787-7279 • P.O. Box 1410 • NY, NY 10023 Quality Antique Dolls by Mail Return Privilege • Layaways Member UFDC and NADDA
Late, Late, Late!!!… From Portrait Jumeau Fashions to rare Madame Alexander cloths, and many, many more in between, be sure to ask for details about all our wonderful dolls and our legendary, terrific pricing!!!
Nancy A. Smith
14" Madonna by Dorothy Heizer. $3500.
Buying and selling quality antique dolls. Specializing in early cloth dolls. Member NADDA
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Early 6" China c1850 Bun Hairstyle Vintage Wooden Body. $995
c1850 Greiner style china 12" pink tint Brown eyes period costume. $1650
STOREWIDE SALE
Kestner #171 original pate, wig & body finish. $650
c1850 Covered Wagon china pink tint original body period costume 18". $850
Parian 11" pierced ears original body gorgeous costume. $795
Blonde Parian 21" decorated shoulder plate, turned head, printed body parian limbs. $425
Parian Dolley Madison 22" pierced ears, restored shoulder plate. $365 Stunning French Fashion 2pc gown $750
Layaway • Credit Cards • Member UFDC • Three Day Return Privilege Full service doll shop: www.joysantiquedolls.com • Email: joy@joysantiquedolls.com • P O Box 30, Westcliffe, Colorado 81252 8
WITHINGTON AUCTION, Inc. 2 Great Auctions in September!!
#1: Annual Doll & Toy Extravaganza
Saturday – Sept 12th at 10:00 A.m.
Preview: 8:00 – 10:00 A.m. New Location: Take Rt. 31 N. off Rt. 9, 2nd left off Rt. 31 North - 17Atwood Rd.
At the New Doll House
Spend the day under the tents at a country auction.
600++ Lots of Dolls – Antique to modern
Artist dolls, Bisque, China, Compo, Plastic, Vinyl, Cloth, Wood, Bears, Doll House Miniatures, Restoration Projects, Parts, Wigs, Accessories, Doll’s Clothes, Furniture, Trunks, Paper, Toys, Games, Books & More!!
We save up all season for this sale with Bargains Galore!!
#2: September Doll Auction
Thursday – September 24, 2009 @ 10:00 A.M. Holiday Inn – Nashua, NH
603-888–1551 (Ask for the Doll Rate) (Pets Welcome) Preview: Wed. 7:30 – 9:30 P.M. & Thurs. morning
The Dolls of September are arriving from all over the Country!!
We have been summoned, once again, to the “mAGIC CLOSET!” Who Knows What Treasures Await us… French Shoes, Period Furniture, Hats? Vintage Doll Dresses Accessories Galore? The Doll Houses are FULL!! Like a Box of Chocolates… You never know what you’re Going to find! French, German bisque, all bisque, half-dolls, Lenci, Compos, hard plastic, early Barbie w/ case & wardrobe, Shirley Temple, vintage textiles & clothes, display cases, trunks, access.
If You Would Like to Sell Your Dolls This Year – Please Call Dolores Smith ASAP - 603-478-3232
Our FINAL Doll Auction of 2009 is October 22 & 23 WITHINGTON AUCTION, Inc.
S. Marcia Leizure – NH Lic.# 4028 • 17 Atwood Road • Hillsborough, NH 03244 • 603-478-3232 E-mail: withington@conknet.com • Web: www.withingtonauction.com Catalogues $15. • Absentee Bids Accepted • No Sales Tax 13% Buyer’s Premium – Discounted to 10% for Cash or Check
Lifetime Doll & Bear Collection For sale intact The collection, about 1500 pieces, encompasses the following areas:
Goetz, Ethnic • Heidi Ott • Madame Alexandra Pussy Cat • Frozen Charlie • Ruth Treffeisen Hard plastic dolls from the 1950’s and ‘60’s, dressed in antique clothing Antique cloth dolls • Artist dolls • Ganz • Effanbee Doll stands, assorted sizes and styles Reproduction antique doll buggies Antique prints of children • Helen Steiner • Dean’s Gund-Signatures • Antique Bears • Artist Bears Ganz • Boyd’s • Annette Funicello
The collection is located in a suburb of Phoenix, AZ. Seelye, Box 356, North Chili, NY 14514 thempcman@verizon.net Carolyn 623-566-3801 10
Auction Gallery
Albert Marque Doll Sets New Auction Record at Theriault’s
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ecords are meant to be broken, but we feel it will One of be some time before we see another auction record several to top the A. Marque sold at the recent Theriault A.T.’s in auction in Atlanta, GA. The tension in the air was the sale, palpable as two determined bidders, one on the phone this size 7 and another in the audience, traded bids, the pace example becoming agonizingly slow as the price reached higher sold for $58,000. and higher levels. Eventually the floor bidder won her prize at $235,000 plus 12% buyer’s premium (preestimate $110,000-150,000). Sculpted by the noted French artist Albert Marque for an exhibition presented by art patron Margaine-Lacroix in her Parisian boutique, the circa 1915 doll is incised A. Marque on the back of the head and 27, its number in the series which is believed to consist of only 100 dolls. This example also has a pencil inscription on the foot denoting the costume, this being “Danseur Russe No. 3, indicating a performer from the Ballets Russes. The doll came from a private collection in Milan, Italy. The sale, Sunday, July 12, was held in the UFDC convention city and drew a standing room only crowd as well as busy phone and internet bidding. There was something for everyone and at all price levels including early dolls from a collection in Vienna, rare French bebes, the rare Princess Juliana by Heubach, as well as other more frequently seen German characters, Schoenhut moldels and American cloth dolls. For more information: www.theriaults.com Prices shown do not include the buyer’s premium
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This first model Kathe Kruse, produced in conjunction with K * R for one year only in 1910, realized $19,500.
A rare Bebe Mothereau model incised J. M., 15 inches, brought $17,000.
Setting a new auction record at $235,000 was this extraordinary doll sculpted by Albert Marque, 22 inches.
The doll known as Princess Juliana by Heubach, 18 inches tall, brought $19,500.
The 28 inch Bebe Triste by Jumeau with signed Jumeau shoes sold for $25,000.
Chevrot era Bru Jeune, 22 inches, the shoes signed Bru Jne Paris, brought $40,000.
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Mimi Orsini doll 7” tall - $7500. Four smaller 5” Orsini dolls $2500 each.
Great pig candy container 7” long $295.
1880 Christian Hacker kitchen complete 18-1/2” wide x 10” tall - $1200. 7-1/2” peg wooden doll - $850.
Silk dressed Biedermeier bed 8-1/2” long x 10-1/2” tall - $950.
Metal crib 10-1/2” long “Patent Applied For”$950 with Heubach baby - $950.
Early watercolor 8-1/2” x 7” - $795.
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FRAMED: 10” SIZE 1 TETE JUMEAU BEBE Beautiful blue PW eyes, open mouth, antique silk dress. PERFECT. From my personal Collection and very hard to find!!! ...............................................$5500.
Call or visit my website for additional dolls and more detailed descriptions. 11-3/8” UNIS FRANCE 251 BECASSINE (left)- Blue sleep eyes with real lashes, open mouth with two upper teeth and spring tongue, original human hair wig, jointed wood and composition French body. Original Becassine dress with apron, Dutch-style hat, antique underclothing, original socks and composition “wooden” shoes with oilcloth straps. Tiny nose rub, few flakes off hands, touch-up or repaint on left leg well done. A very appealing Becassine in antique outfit possibly by Gautier-Languereau for Bleuette. $1395 12” JUMEAU POUPEE PEAU (right) - Partial label on front torso of kid body. Jumeau face with cobalt eyes, original curled mohair wig, kid body with gussets at elbows and hips. Lovely antique cotton walking suit, antique-style chapeau, antique underclothing, black cotton stockings, no shoes. Overall excellent condition; sawdust settled in hip gussets so legs bend forward, body is sturdy with no leakage. An outstanding example of a lovely Jumeau poupee, with her original fragile silk dress accompanying her. $2250 SUPER UV BLACK LIGHTS (center) - An extraordinary black light that can be used in regular lighting!! No more crawling under tables or trying to find a dark area to black light a doll when at a show or an auction!! Fits in the palm of your hand or in your purse; uses three triple A batteries. To be used on the outside of a doll head to show cracks and hairlines; shows repaint on cloth and composition. PLEASE VISIT MY WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. $44.95
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1. 23” SUPER RARE SIMON & HALBIG 769 ALL ANTIQUE Wearing Spectacular Antique Costume Huge Blue PW eyes, antique leather boots, Early straight wrist body, PERFECT Condition! JUST AMAZING! THE LOOK! ...$2500. 2. 23” EDEN BEBE ALL ANTIQUE Fabulous pale, milky bisque with mauve eye-shadow, open, slightly smiling mouth, gorgeous blue PW eyes, wonderful antique costume and French leather shoes signed Galleries LaFayette! All in perfect order. Don’t let this one get away! .................................................CALL. 3. 10.5” ETIENNE DENAMUR FRENCH BEBE Circa 1889 Petite antique French Bebe is so cute with Blue PW eyes, closed mouth, fully jointed original French body! Tuck her in a little corner of your heart!!........................$1500. 4. 32” GORGEOUS KAMMER/REINHARDT CHILD in Original dress circa 1895 Blue sleep eyes, original body,—PERFECT Condition! Wonderful big girl!!.....................................................................................................$1250. 5. 30” KESTNER 171 CHILD ALL ANTIQUE (Except Wig) Gorgeous blue sleep eyes, original Kestner body, fabulous antique lacy lawn dress. Mint bisque! A PERFECT PACKAGE!....................................................................$1550. 6. 17” BROWN HEINRICH HANDWERCK/ SIMON & HALBIG CHILD Brown sleep eyes, fired in brown tinted bisque with original brown fully jointed Kestner body, lovely original black mohair wig. Superb antique dress and antique red leather shoes. A REAL TREAT!........................................$2600. 7, 8 & 9. R. JOHN WRIGHT “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES” MIB COMPLETE SET! ....................................................................$3200. ALSO! JUMEAUX, STEINERS, FGs, SFBJs, FRENCH FASHIONS, BLACK BISQUE, CHARACTERS & DOLLIES, HEUBACHS, PLUS++++ NO COMPUTER? CALL FOR MY ILLUSTRATED DOLL LIST WITH MORE THAN 100 ANTIQUE DOLLS FOR SALE! DOLLS FULLY GUARANTEED IN WRITING — 3 DAY RETURN PRIVILEGE! ASK ABOUT OUR GENEROUS 8 MONTH LAYAWAY POLICY! Visit more than 100 more antique dolls on my RUBY LANE SITE! www.rubylane.com/shops/kathylibratysantiques For a real treat, visit my AWARD WINNING WEBSITE to see 100 MORE dolls
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15” Tete Jumeau Automation, brown paperweight eyes, 3 1/2” base, key wind, on / off lever, plays music while she smells the flowers, egg opens to reveal a baby bird as her head moves to gaze down at egg, redressed beautifully in authentic style and vintage type materials $4995.00
19 ½” S & H 1358 fabulous African American character, molded eyebrows, great painting, o/m with teeth, pierced ears, all original wig, dress with scarf, shoes with buckle and heels, brown sleep eyes Call
17” Fabulous C/M Kestner XII on early stiff wrist body, original wig, antique white eyelet dress and undergarments, original paint on finger nails, antique leather shoes, beautiful coloring and eyebrows $4500.00
21 ½” S & H 769 fabulous character face, wonderful 8 ball body, brown eyes, antique clothing & shoes, outline on lips, molded teeth, pierced ears, mohair wig, antique hat $3250.00
16” C/M Depose Tete Jumeau 6, fabulous blue eyes, mohair wig and cork pate, antique dress (as is), undergarments & bonnet, leather shoes, pierced ears $4395.00
7 ½” African American Kestner all original on ball jointed body, great wig and plaster pate, brown sleep eyes $850.00
12” #2 Bru Jner on Walker body, blue eyes, sweet face, mohair wig, hands repainted, silk lined straw hat $3195.00
11 ½” C/M Belton 3 hole, #137, blue eyes, stiff wrist ball jointed body, antique dress & shoes, cute straw hat $1550.00
13” C/M Kestner 3, original wig and vintage dress, blue sleep eyes, cute size $2095.00
8” Alexander Dionne Quints wigged toddlers in floral rompers and hats, shoes & socks, 4 original pins (missing Cecile) $1195.00
3 ½” Schuco mohair jointed bear $97.50
8” Alexander Dionne Quints bent leg babies, molded hair, painted eyes, original slips and diapers, 4 original bonnets $950.00
7 ½” Kestner #150 – 2 All Bisque, brown sleep eyes, black molded slippers and blue stockings, cute vintage dress & bonnet, original wig, holding her jointed all bisque doll with molded bonnet $750.00
14” 1950 Alexander Cinderella & Prince Charming all original in tagged outfits, Cinderella wears blue satin dress and “glass” slippers $1250.00
25” “Sweet Nell” by ABG, Alt Beck & Gottschalk #1326 Made in Germany, o/m, blue stationary eyes, dressed in vintage style dress and undergarments $525.00 22” K * R #403 on Walker body, head moves side to side as legs move back and forth, brown sleep eyes, o/m, mohair wig, cute expression $650.00 11” long by 5” Steiff German Sheppard mohair dog with red collar, button in ear, glass eyes, cute doll accessory $110.00
6 1/2” Eugenia Series No. 3 by McLoughlin Brothers, NY, mint and uncut, paperdoll and book with 4 front/ back costumes and 5 bonnets, 1863 - 69, fabulous $195.00 13” Raphel Tuck Pat’d Feb. 20th 1894 Doll and 4 costumes, one holding a doll, 3 bonnets, beautiful detailing to doll and costumes $125.00
7 ½” German Porcelain Clown SP2153, intaglio eyes to the side, top knot hair $135.00 3 ½” x 4 ½” Heubach white & brown bisque dog with mussel seated on top green planks with golden edges $139.95
White India #775, mint in box $110.00 Hawaii #722 1966, mint in box with booklet $300.00
8” Sandra Sue by Richwood 1956, with arched feet, dressed in pajamas $150.00
9 1/2” Dolly and her Dreses by McLoughlin Brothers, NY, 3 dolls and 9 fabulous costumes with matching bonnets, has box (as is) $125.00
4 ½” Made in England, Crown Devon label, glass eyed, porcelain blue green dog with yellow highlights, adorable #851W 101 $135.00
Madame Alexander Dolls: Greek Boy 1965 in box, all original with booklet “Friends from Foreign Lands” $395.00
10” 1962 Gibson Girl with gold Gibson Girl wrist tag, mint condition $425.00
9” Sweet Sybel of the Dainty Dollie Series #7 by Raphel Tuck & Sons 1890’s, doll has bent neck, 4 beautiful costumes, one holding doll, 4 bonnets, has box (as is) $95.00
Maria Ahrens “Lady in Leopard 1918, one of a kind 11 1/2” x 8 1/2”, wearing a faux fur leopard coat, gold jewelry and feather in hat, chair is satin with gold braid, fabulous details $2600.00 Now $1430.00
LOOkING FORWARD TO MeeTING yOU AT THe FOLLOWING SHOWS: Sunday, September 13 - Porter County Expo Center, Doll and Bear Show, Valparaiso, I ndiana Sunday, Sept. 20 - Triple Crown Doll Club Show, Receptions South, Erlanger, KY Sun., Sept. 27 - Doll & Bear Show, Ashton Place, Willowbrook, IL (Chicago suburb)
Skinner October 10 auction of Richard Wright’s personal collection of fine antique dolls, teddies, miniatures and toys by Catherine Saunders-Watson Important Portrait-type Carved Wood Doll, Germany, c. 1820, painted gesso over carved wood head, carved textured hair with two molded and carved large braids surrounding a large red and gilded removable carved wood hair comb, fully painted jointed body with swivel jointed waist, jointed elbows and finely carved hands including unusual left hand carving of index and thumb carved touching, long slender jointed legs with carved and painted blue slippers; wearing original dress underclothes and pantaloons, 39 in. Provenance: Mr. Wright is believed to have acquired this remarkable doll via private treaty sale at Sotheby’s London in the 1980s. Important German Wooden Doll with Wardrobe, c. 1790-1800, painted gesso over carved wood head, fully jointed body with mortise and tenon jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees, painted lower arms with finely carved hands, long slender legs with carved and painted lavender slippers with finely carved throat; includes period handmade items featuring black silk overcoat, red and black checked wool cape with matching bonnet, black wool skirt, three aprons, and two white cotton nightgowns, ht. 32 in.
“He was a man for all dolls, whether they were worth hundreds or thousands, but no matter what level of doll, he would buy the very best example.” Andy Ourant, consulting specialist to Skinner Inc.
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hose who knew the late Richard Wright remember him as a freespirited visionary who helped shape the international doll-collecting community as we know it today. His charismatic personality and unerring eye for quality made him a popular fixture at doll shows, conventions and other gatherings. But as famous as he was – even to mainstream America from his appraisal appearances on PBS Television’s Antiques Roadshow – Wright was still a collector at heart. And while relatively few had the privilege of visiting the lifelong collection of antique dolls displayed at his charming stone-and-beam country home in
Chester Springs, PA., there will soon be an opportunity for everyone to see and bid on the dolls that captured the eye, heart and soul of Richard Wright. On October 10, 2009, Skinner Inc. will auction Wright’s entire personal collection of dolls, teddy bears and miniatures at their spacious new gallery in Marlborough, Massachusetts, approximately 40 minutes west of Boston. A dream team has been working diligently over the summer to produce the event that will add the final chapter to Richard Wright’s legacy (Wright died on March 1, 2009). The sale’s three main architects are Skinner Vice President Stuart Whitehurst and
consulting specialists Becky and Andy Ourant. Both Stuart and Andy were Richard’s fellow Antiques Roadshow appraisers; the Ourants were Richard’s closest friends, and the natural choice to supervise the sale of his collections. Andy Ourant described Wright’s doll, toy and teddy collection as “very personal – a reflection of his own life and the profession he chose. Richard’s parents were antique dealers. He started collecting dolls as a boy, and his collection includes dolls he inherited from his mother’s collection as well as those he purchased for himself.” “Richard liked esoteric things, but he was also a sentimental guy. If he
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KPM China Lady with bun, Germany, c. 1845, flesh-toned glazed porcelain shoulder head, cloth body, glazed porcelain limbs, ht. 19 in.
Impressive Georgian Painted Wood Three-Story Baby House, England, late 18th century, probably built by an estate carpenter, the interior featuring nine rooms, some with vintage wallpapers or painted-over papers indicating periodic redecorating, as well as some pictures or wall hangings on the walls; some floors unfinished, others with wallpaper or old carpet scraps; one room with original recessed fireplace with a grate, and a free-standing kitchen fireplace with tin insert is included with the house, ht. 40, wd. 38, dp. 16 in. Many of the contents are being sold separately.
bought a collection from someone he had known for a long time, he would keep something unusual from the collection as a remembrance,” Andy said. “He liked for everything to be original, in great condition and with great clothes. He sold probably more than anyone else in the doll world and was in a unique position to cream off what he thought were the very best pieces.” Yet in spite of the emphasis Richard placed on quality, Andy says it wasn’t all about the high end. “Richard owned great examples from all different levels of buying. He was not a snob about collecting. He was a man for all dolls, whether they were worth hundreds or thousands, but no matter what level of doll, he would buy the very best example.” The basic categories comprising the 450-lot auction are: 18th-century English and German wooden dolls, 19th-century wooden dolls, and papier-mâché, glazed porcelain (china), bisque, and cloth dolls. Additionally, there is an outstanding group of turn of the 20th-century German character dolls, plus teddy bears, doll clothing and accessories; miniature doll furniture, porcelain figurines, toys and candy containers. Becky Ourant said that, in her opinion, a top highlight of the collection is the assortment of rare 18th-century wooden dolls, led by a large English Queen Anne doll in all-original clothing that took pride of place in an arch-top showcase in Richard’s home. The doll has a round, turnedwood head and body that were created as one piece, with 20
Papier-mache Gentleman with Molded Top Hat, Germany, c. 1850, flocked top hat, molded and painted features, milliner-type body with kid torso, painted wood arms and legs, ht. 14 in. Papier-mache Soldier with Molded Helmet, Germany, c. 1850, molded helmet, molded and painted features, cloth body, ht. 14 in.
Large Lambert Magician Automaton, late 19th century, depicting a black female magician with china head and arms, the table top mounted with two overturned silver paper-covered flowerpots, and a gold-foiled die, each opening to a mohair-covered monkey head, a bisque child’s face with hands, and a bisque clown with painted face.
Important Kris Kringle Doll, Germany, c. 1852, papier mache shoulder head, the body covered with approximately fifty-five period playthings, ht. 22 in. Accompanying this doll is a hand written note reading: “Kris Kringle sends greeting through Cousin Anna to the children, and wishes them a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year - Christmas Eve 1852.”
gesso applied over the wood. It features a carved-in triangular nose, applied glass eyes with an “intense gaze,” and rosy cheeks on pale skin. “It is quite an important doll because it represents the foundation of modern doll production,” Becky said. “It would have been an extravagant gift for a child to receive in the 18th century, and it was definitely a special doll to Richard. He even featured it in the logo on his shopping bags.” Displayed below the Queen Anne doll in Richard’s home was another 18th-century wooden that was written about extensively by doll historian John Noble. The child who originally owned the doll apparently died at a young age, based on the family history that is written on the doll’s dress in ink. Becky surmises that the rare “memorial doll” might have been of Continental manufacture. Two German dolls were singled out for special attention. “We cannot confirm it, but reportedly one of them was made for the Dutch Royal Family,” said Andy. “It’s 34 inches tall with a jointed body and features fantastic carving, with a removable carved-wood hair comb. It’s painted very differently than ‘play dolls’ of that period –
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Rare Molded Bonnet China Lady with Wood Body, Germany, c. 1860, glazed porcelain lower arms and lower legs, orange painted shoes, ht. 7.5 in. Wood-body China Lady, Germany, c. 1860, Queen Victoria hairstyle with exposed ears and coiled bun in back, jointed wooden body with china limbs, right hand molded clenched, orange painted shoes, and original dress and jacket, ht. 8.5 in., China Doll with Wood Body Riding an Elephant, Germany, c. 1860, doll ht. 3”, mounted atop a German composition flocked elephant, 7 in. lg., with ornate red blanket with beadwork. All Original Joanny Bebe, France, c. 1880, pressed bisque socket head, incised J7, closed mouth with white space between lips, pierced ears, original fancy blonde mohair wig with cork pate, on a fully jointed composition body with bisque lower arms and straight wrists, ht. 18 in.
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Dollhouse Gentlemen, Germany, c. 1900: 1-Soldier with molded and painted features, molded mustache, cloth body with bisque lower arms and molded black boots, wearing a felt officer’s uniform with Dresden paper trim and leatherette boot spats, ht. 7.25 in. 2-Gentleman resembling Buffalo Bill, molded mustache and goatee, cloth body with bisque lower arms and molded black boots, wearing a felt tuxedo, ht. 7.5 in. 3-Gentleman, Germany, molded mustache, cloth body with bisque lower arms and molded black boots, wearing a orange felt jacket with Dresden paper trim black pants, and top hat, ht. 8 in. 4-Soldier with molded helmet, molded mustache and goatee, cloth body with bisque lower arms and molded black boots, ht. 8.25 in.
it’s more of a portrait doll.” The second highlight in this category is a large, carvedwood German doll with pierced ears and a period wardrobe. “This is an unusual doll,” Andy said. “Even the bodice is carved into the wood, and it has distinctive human features. From this improved carving, you can see the development that was taking place at that time in doll making. That’s something that visitors who knew dolls would notice immediately in viewing Richard’s collection. Its contents document how doll production evolved over the centuries.” A large number of desirable Grodnertals, including dollhouse-size dolls, rounds out the wooden section and takes the group into the 19th century. The period from the 1820s through 1850s is well documented in Richard’s collection by German papier-mâché dolls. “Again, you can see the changes in hairdos and the production methods that were in use at the time,” Andy said. “They have interesting hairdos – coronet braids, Apollo knots, large buns and fancy Queen Victoria styles. Some have painted eyes, while others, which are quite rare, are glass-eyed.” Among the highlights in the group are many gentlemen dolls with molded hats of various styles. “They’re the types of dolls that you just never see in all-original condition,” Andy observed. The charm factor goes off the charts with Richard’s American Kris Kringle child doll, which has a German papier-mâché head on a homemade cloth body. The doll’s colorful costume is covered with more than 50 sewn-on miniature Christmas toys and novelties similar to what one would find in Victorian Christmas crackers – whistles, a carved bird, trains, boats, a clock, an American Flag and many other small-scale playthings. It comes with extraordinary provenance – a handwritten letter to the doll’s original owner from her aunt, sending Christmas cheer and love, and signed with the date 1852. “Richard obtained this doll from a New England collection,” said Andy. “He sold it, and many years later, he re-bought it. During the time it was out of his hands, it even passed through the famous Tom Anderson collection.” Another significant class of dolls in the Wright collection is the German chinas made during the period of 1840-1870. Among the manufacturers represented are Meissen, Schlaggenwald, Kestner and Kister. Others were made by KPM. “Of the KPM’s, there are both gentlemen and ladies,” said Andy. “Some have a double
Kämmer & Reinhardt 107 “Carl”, Germany, c. 1910, bisque socket head incised K*R 107/55, light brown mohair wig, fully jointed composition body, ht. 22 in.
Armand Marseille Character Girl, Germany, c. 1910, bisque socket head, incised A 4 M, painted blue intaglio eyes with molded lids, on a fully jointed composition body, original coat and matching hat, ht. 16.5 in.
KPM mark, which means KPM did the whole production. Others have a single KPM mark. This means that after the firing, KPM would send the doll to an outside decorator, who would add their own mark. All of them are highly sought-after dolls.” With a few notable exceptions, including a Bru fashion doll and a portrait Jumeau, most of Richard’s finest 20th-century bisque dolls were characters – a few ladies but mostly children. “This was a market that he fostered throughout his life,” said Becky. “He had a Kammer & Reinhart 107 (a k a “Carl”) and wonderful examples of a 109, 114, 112 and 101. He also had superior Heubachs, Kestners – including a 208 – Simon & Halbig 151’s, and a flirty-eyed 1388 whose image he used on his Antiques Roadshow business card.” As the demand for early American cloth dolls continues to escalate, conversely fewer truly fine examples are appearing at auction. For this reason, Becky believes there will be tremendous interest in the three Izannah Walkers in Richard’s collection. “These are great representations of American folk art and 19th-century painting,” she said. “In his collection, Richard had the iconic Izannah Walker doll with sausage curls by the ears, a second doll with a curl painted across the
Kestner 208 Character Girl, Germany, c. 1910, bisque head incised K/Made in Germany/14/208, on a fully jointed composition body, ht. 23.5 in.
nape of the neck, and a third one with smaller, more distinctive eyes and more-realistic features.” There are two groups of Martha Chase cloth dolls: a magnificent 4-piece Alice in Wonderland set featuring Alice, the Frog Footman, the Duchess and the Mad Hatter, which will be sold as one group; and a 1920s set of characters from Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers, which will be offered individually. For those who would revel in decorating a house from scratch, Andy recommends Richard’s 18th-century Georgian baby house. A beautiful three-story, 9-room residence, it features three opening doors and original appointments, including fireplaces. “What’s especially nice about this house are the proportions. Sometimes baby houses are giant. This one is a nice size. It accommodates dolls that are of inch-to-foot scale.” The auction inventory also includes an outstanding group of dollhouse gentlemen dolls and an ample array of miniatures by manufacturers such as Walterhausen and Schneegas. The Wright collection also includes many bisque figurines. A small but select group of teddies is highlighted by a golden Steiff Petsy with tipped mohair fur and blue glass eyes. “Richard was one of the founding fathers of the bear market in the 1980s,” said Becky. “He even
made the Associated Press news wire when he paid a world-record price for a Steiff bear in England. In the course of his career he had every bear you could imagine. He loved them and sold them, but he wasn’t an avid collector. The auction contains about 6 or 7 bears. Collectors would be proud to own any one of them.” The Wright collection presents an ideal opportunity for collectors on the hunt for original doll clothing and accessories. “Richard always kept nice clothing and extra shoes and accessories on hand so he could replace missing items when he bought a doll,” Becky said. “He kept these items for his own dolls and never offered them for sale. In the auction we will have around 40 lots of doll clothing and accessories from this private selection.” Several European pull toys are entered in the sale, as is a highly unusual miniature American tin runner sled of approximately 8 to 9 inches in length. Its hand-painted motif includes an American Flag and the Capitol Rotunda, emblazoned with the slogan “Our Country.” In order to showcase the Wright dolls and toys in a manner that befits such an important collection, Skinner Inc. will be hosting a 7 p.m. gallery walk and wine and cheese party immediately following the preview on
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Rare Martha Chase Charles Dickens Characters, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, c. 1920, painted stockinette heads with molded and painted features, the sateen bodies with original labels, all original costumes, ht. 15.5 in each.
Rare Martha Chase Alice in Wonderland Four-Piece Set, c. 1920, a rare set consisting of four characters: Alice, The Mad Hatter, the Duchess, and one Frog Footman; Alice ht. 12.5; Mad Hatter, ht. 15; the Duchess ht. 13.5; Frog Footman ht. 12.5 in.
Rare Georgene Averill Allie Kat and Allie Dog, Germany, c. 1920, bisque flange heads, each incised “Allie Kat Copr. By Georgene Averill, ht. 15 in. and 15-1/2 in.
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Friday, October 9, 2009. Three specialists – Becky and Andy Ourant, and Nancy Smith – will lead the gallery walk. “This will be a very informal evening and will be open to anyone who wishes to attend. We want the doll community to feel welcome and to enjoy our wonderful new gallery,” said Skinner Vice President Stuart Whitehurst, who is not only coordinating the sale of Richard Wright’s collections but also will be sharing the auctioneering duties with Andy Ourant. “Skinner’s auctions have a structured format, but the gallery walk will allow everyone to become more intimate with Richard’s collection,” Whitehurst said. “Becky and Andy have such a broad knowledge and know so much about Richard’s collection that we felt their knowledge should be shared in some sort of open forum. We decided we should host an event that had the same interactive atmosphere as, perhaps, a town hall meeting. During the gallery walk, everyone will be able to walk around with Andy, Becky and Nancy, view the collection up close, and take part in an open dialogue about the dolls. We think it’s going to be a lot of fun.” In summarizing the importance of the Richard Wright collections (Skinner will also auction Wright’s world-class collection of decorative art and furniture on October 24, 2009 in Boston), Whitehurst stated: “Of course we were absolutely thrilled to learn that Richard’s dolls and other collections would be coming to Skinner. The phrase ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ gets overused, but when you have a collection like this one, which took a whole lifetime to produce, its sale can only be described as ‘once in a lifetime.’”
Sale and Preview Details:
The Saturday, October 10 auction of Rare and Important Dolls – The Richard Wright Collection will take place at 11 a.m. Eastern Time at Skinner’s new gallery at 274 Cedar Hill St., in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Preview times are: Thursday, October 8 from 12-5 p.m.; Friday, October 9 from 12-7 p.m. (immediately followed by the Gallery Walk and reception); and Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9-10:30 a.m. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet through either Skinner’s live-bidding platform or LiveAuctioneers.com. The fully illustrated catalog is available for $35 to U.S. addresses and $42 internationally. The electronic version of the catalog will be available to view online at www.skinnerinc. com or www.liveAuctioneers.com. For questions regarding the sale, tel. 508-970-3130 or e-mail wrightcollection@skinnerinc.com.
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Exquisite Jules Steiner “C”. Perfect Bisque, original pate, blonde mohair wig, lever eyes, fine evenly painted brows and lashes. Early composition body. $7,900. Tiny and unusual Seigfried Baby. So rare and special…just a “love”. Important in a baby collection. $1,750. A 700 M German Character doll. Very pouty and precious. Sold.
“Pantalette” by Drothy Heizer, $2,000. Nancy Smith, email: nasdoll@comcast.net
Ernst Winker character, $3,800. Honey and Shars, email: Sharon@honeyandshars.com
SFBJ composition, $475. Diana Lence Crosby, Griffin, GA.
12” Bahr and Prochild, $2300. Mary Goolsby Jones, email: momsattic finds@ bellsouth.net
UFDC 2009 National Convention Atlanta, GA PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE UNITED FEDERATION OF DOLL CLUBS NATIONAL CONVENTION PHOTOS TAKEN BY KEITH KAONIS
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he founding members of the United Federation of Doll Clubs would be astounded to see what sixty years has brought to their fledging organization. From fourteen member clubs it has grown to more than seven hundred clubs in seventeen countries and a total membership of over fifteen thousand doll lovers. This year’s weeklong national convention in Atlanta, GA was a testament to the organizational skills of its officers and the many volunteers
who contribute their time and efforts so that the numerous programs, lunches, banquets, seminars, workshops and exhibits run smoothly and efficiently. Over the next few issues, we will bring you highlights of this year’s convention, and as is our usual custom, we begin with the salesroom, the biggest and best doll show in the world! And, to make it easier for you to contact a dealer, we have supplied an email address when available.
Connie and Jay Lowe, email: big.birds@comcast.net
All bisque S & H 929 with wardrobe and trunk, $2,150. Jan Foulke, email: janfoulke@aol.com
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19th century puppet monkey, 43”, $19,800. Alan Pate, email: info@ antiquejapanesedolls.com
Carmel Doll Shop. Michael Canadas and David Robinson, email: mnd@redshift.com
Gangolf Freisberg, Lexington, KY
19” wood bodied fashion, $11,000. Dorothy Drake, email: dorothy@dolls4all.com
Tore Scelso, email: ohbaby3873@aol.com
Pair of chinas in all original ethnic costumes, $2,150. Lynn Murray, email: tlctours@aol.com Am 401 flapper, $2,195 and S & H 1469, $2,295. Rosalie Whyel, email: dollart@dollart.com
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#1 Tete Jumeau, all original including necklace, Mary Ann Hall, Hallstead Dolls.
A. T. offered by Sandy’s Dream Dolls, email: sandysdreamdolls@ earthlink.net
Fortune teller, all original, $3,900. Le Cheval du Bois, email: pamfarr666@ hotmail.com
Kathe Kruse Doll I, $4,750 and $4,900. Kay Jensen-Swagerty, email: klj@goldrush.com
Rare Scottsman character, $2,500. Elizabeth Ann Coleman, email: colemanconn@msn.com
Fashion with gesland body, $5,200. Marshall Martin, email: marshallmartin@earthlink.net
Mechanical street fair, $18,000. Peggy Tombro, email: pegtombro@optonline.net
Etienne Denamur, $5,000. Becky and Andy Ourant, The Village Doll and Toy Shop, email: ourant@ptd.net
Kley & Hahn 530, $5,600 and Kestner 257, $295. Barbara DeFeo, email: janara@pacbell.net
Circa 1930 mannequins with papier mache heads and wire armatures, $325. Sandy Kline, email: sandykline@social.rr.com
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Deborah Fratino, email: debfratino@aol.com
Block letter FG, $8,500; Bru Modele, $35,000; Long Face Jumeau $33,00. Margaret Kincaid, email: Margaret.kincaid@gmail.com
Standing, Kley and Hahn, $5,600, 9” Kestner wrestler, $4,500 and an 11” Wendy, $12,500. Linda Kellermann, email: linda222@comcast.net
13” Kestner Googly, $3,750. Diane Hoffman, email: toc@rare-dolls.com Kley and Hahn, $5,500 and K * R 101, $3,800. Richard Wright Antiques, email: rwantiquez@aol.com
Pam Seifert, email: pjs91108@yahoo.com
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A lovely wooden by the Old Pretenders. Greg Mountcastle, email: picker1956@hotmail.com
Carved hair Schoenhuts, $1,850 and $1,799. Sue Kallen, email: suekallen@yahoo.com
Barrois fashion with trunk and several outfits, $10,800. Dolls Etc., email: dollsetc@msn.com
Large china, $19,500; S & H fashion, $4,950; Parian, $1,950, 10” fashion, $8.90. Rick Saxman, email: ricksax@earthlink.net
Left, Amy Cannistraci and Lillian Wright in the R. John Wright booth.
Scott’s Antiques, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. email: holliedaz@wi.rr.com
Glass eyed china and gentleman friend. Sheila Needle, email: dollwitch@cox.net
Shirl’s Dolls, email: ppas99@aol.com
Jackie Allington holds an English wooden, email: nickandjackie@coralwave.com continued on page 57
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1. Extremely rare - never to be found “Door of Hope” - grandmother w/ child - excellent condition w/ early bound feet - all original - $6,995. 2. Wonderful and oh so rare to find cloth Mickey & Minnie Mouse - from the 1930’s - swivel neck - oil cloth eyes - excellent all original condition - 13” tall - $1,995 for the pair. 3. Wonderful & oh so rare blonde China that I believe to be a very early unmarked Emma Clear exceptionally beautiful w/ blonde center part hair w/ such an elaborate coiffeur - braids on side of face - blue open bonnet w/ full black snood - wonderful old body & original clothes - 25” tall - $1,295. 4. Stop for a minute and take a look at a beautiful piece of doll history - all original 1860’s wax over with molded derby hat and that lovely red feather - excellent condition with her original braided wig still intact - original cloth & wood body - original clothes - 19” tall - $2,495. 5. Extremely rare Kammer & Reinhardt - all compo - copied from the #126 mold - fantastic quality w/chestnut brown sleep eyes - open laughing mouth w/ treble tongue - chunky five piece toddler body - all original - 18” tall - $1,495. 6. Another wonderful Simon & Halbig beauty - this being a beautiful mold #1039 flawless hand poured bisque with superior hand painted facial features - molded arched feathered brows over captivating blue flirty eyes - open mouth with soft amber shading - fully jointed compo body 21” tall - $1,295. 7. Extremely rare character child by Cuno & Otto Dressel made to look exactly like the world famous Kammer & Reinhardt #117N - exceptional high quality bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched feather brows over gorgeous heather blue flirty sleep eyes w/ human hair upper lashes - slightly open mouth w/soft amber shading - factory original clothes - 20” tall - $1,995. 8. Adorable and ever so cute - Kestner #211 baby - super bisque with first out the mold quality wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched brows over amazing baby blue sleep eyes - slightly open laughing amber shaded mouth - original plaster pate & wig - original Kestner body - 18” tall $995. 9. Breathtakingly gorgeous closed mouth Tete Jumeau - pristine hand poured French bisque w/ artist quality hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over long lushes lashes surrounding wondrous hazel brown paperweight eyes - closed slightly pouty mouth w/soft amber shading - original fully jointed Jumeau body - 17” tall $4,995. 10. Exceptionally beautiful Simon & Halbig #1009 - soft as butter bisque with first out of the mold quality - soft feathered brows over enormous lapis blue sleep eyes - open mouth with outlined amber shaded lips -original fully jointed compo body- 24” tall - $1,295. 11. Wonderful all original very early “Campbell Kids” by Horsman - compo head & hands cloth center body - great condition - all original - 12” tall $695 for the pair 12. Wonderful red roof two story balcony city house by Gottschalk - interior & exterior litho is in great condition - two interior rooms w/ all the furniture - what’s not to love -9”w x 5”d x 18”t $1,995. 13. Wonderful Heubach toddler w/ such a sweet face - wondrous happy mold # 300 w/ exceptional bisque & first out of the mold quality - wondrous hand painted facial features w/ soft arched brows over enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes - open laughing mouth w/two teeth - to add to her wonderment & delight she is on an adorable five piece toddler body w/ those always desirable starfish hands - 11” tall - $895. 14. Another rare & wonderful little character - this little gentleman of the French court is actually another Sonneberg child made for the French market - even his head has a French cut to the bisque - excellent high quality bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over exceptionally beautiful heather blue paperweight eyes - slightly open mouth w/ soft amber shading - 11” tall - $1,495. 15. Two more wonderful children from the patsy collection by Effanbee: A) Seated is an all original “Patsy Babyette” - excellent condition - so sweet - 9” tall - $495. B) Another all original child - this one a “Patsyette” - excellent condition - 9” tall - $395. 16. Extremely rare to find and always desirable “Vanta Baby” boy by Louis Amberg - exquisite bisque w/ first out of the mold quality - molded side parted hair - without question the most amazing baby blue sleep eyes - open smiling mouth w/ two upper teeth - to make him all the more wondrous & desirable - he’s on a five piece toddler body - 20” tall - $1,495. 17. Two quite wonderful all original adult women from the Bucherer Company - with those wonderful metal jointed bodies - both are working women of the era - 8” tall - $595 each. 18. Two extremely rare brown bisque all bisque children by Simon & Halbig - made for the French trade - rare bare feet - wonderful well detailed faces -A - glass eyed boy - pouty mouth - all original - excellent condition - 4” tall - $1,995. B - painted eyes - wonderful face - all original 4” tall $1,495. 19. Extremely rare & by far the most mint one you will ever find - “Candy Kid” by Effanbee outrageous condition - all original & the most precious - 13” tall $995. 20. Ever so cute & always desirable S.F.B.J laughing character - mold # 226 - excellent high quality bisque with lovely deep modeling - wonderful hand painted facial features with soft arched feathered brows over amazing heather blue jeweled eyes - rare open/closed smiling mouth with molded tongue - five piece French toddler body - 14 tall - $1,995. 21. Well this is just about as rare as they come - amazing Sonneberg black bisque boy that look exactly like the world famous Simon & Halbig #1358 - outstanding crisp molded and poured German bisque w/ artist quality hand painted facial features - ebony paperweight eyes - slightly open pouty mouth with extreme exaggerated features - soft amber shading - fully jointed French black body - 15” tall - $4,995. 22. Wonderful 1880’s hand carved wooden shoulder head lady with beautiful hand painted features - highly detailed features w/ double bun hairstyle - gracious blue eyes & smiling closed mouth - molded broach & collar on should plate - cloth body w/ hand carved wooden hands & feet 16” tall - $995. 23. Wonderful & oh so rare “Cinderella” by Ideal - flirty eyes - great compo - excellent condition all original - just amazing - 13” tall - $895. 24. Breathtaking - the very earliest “Portrait” Jumeau -pristine hand pressed French bisque w/ hand painted facial features that would make the masters weep - arched feathered brows over heart melting heather blue spiral threaded almond eyes w/ that early dark outline - closed smiling slightly pouty mouth w/ soft rose shading - original early straight wrist eight-ball body - 17” tall - $29,500. 25. Rarely found & ever so grand is this wonderful large size googlie boy by Recknagel- mold #ra37 - wondrous truly fine bisque with lovely hand painted facial features - comical arched brows over dark heavenly blue eyes - closed smiling mouth w/ soft amber shading - to make him all the more delightful he’s on a fully jointed toddler body - just precious - 11” tall $1,895.
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31. Well - are you sitting down - what a beauty - rarely found & always extremely desirable French China fashion - breathtakingly beautiful with utterly amazing hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over long lushes lashes surrounding hand cut almond sockets w/ cobalt blue paperweight eyes - soft petal pink shaded lips - original kid body with wondrous pink china arms w/ cupped hands - 18” tall - $3,995. 32. Two wonderful & oh so rare Germany brown bisque babies - both are mystery children - that we can’t seem to find a lot of information about - both are excellent high quality bisque w/ super hand painted facial features - a - (top) - mystery closed mouth baby marked “NK2” - 19” tall - $1,295. B - open mouth mystery child w/ two lower teeth marked “HW” - 16” tall - $795. 33. Three wonderful Schoenhut character girls: A) Lovely later model called “Miss Dolly” w/ decal eyes - wonderful condition - 17” tall - $995. B) A wonderful model #300 - great condition - factory clothes & shoes - 15” tall - $1,695. C) Wonderful pouty - this one is model #405 - excellent condition w/ original wig - 19”tall - $1,895. 34. Beautiful large size character child by Dressel - mark “Jutta” - mold #1349 exceptional high quality bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - soft arched molded & feathered brows over gorgeous heather blue eyes - slightly open soft amber shaded lips - fully jointed compo body - 32” tall - $1,495. 35. Another wonderful large size character child - this one is a little harder to find - by Karl Hartmann - exceptionally beautiful bisque w/ truly lovely hand painted features - soft arched feather molded brows over beautiful lapis blue sleep eyes w/ human hair upper lashes - slightly open mouth w/ upper teeth - fully jointed compo body - 30” tall - $1,295.
36. Rare & wonderful “Lori Baby” - by Swaine in a wondrous large size - soft as butter bisque with first out of the mold quality - lovely hand painted facial features with soft arched feathered brows over wondrous baby blue sleep eyes - rare open/closed mouth w/ soft rose shading original five piece baby body - 25” tall - $2,495. 37. Two rare & wonderful Shirley Temples - both have excellent compo - both have tagged clothes & their pens: A) Rare to find “Make Up Shirley” w/ heavy eye shadow - super all original condition - 13” tall. B) Beautiful all original “’Baby Takes a Bow’ Shirley” - very sweet - 13” tall - $1,295 each. 38. Another extremely rare china with that always desirable & ever so lovely pink tint this rare beauty is an 1850’s bald China w/ black painted pate - exceptionally beautiful early face w/ the most amazing blue hand painted eyes - original human hair wig in such a wonderful hairstyle with such lovely braids - to add to her wonderment & delight she has pierced ears - wow - just wonderful - china arms - 23” tall - $2,495. 39. Utterly adorable “Little Red Riding Hood” by Ernst Heubach - mold #267 exceptional high quality bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over cornflower blue sleep eyes - open laughing mouth w/ two upper teeth - to make her all the more delightful she is on a lovely five piece toddler body how precious - 12” tall - $995. 40. Wonderful rare to find compo black googlie child - her name is “Topsy” she was made for Sears & Roebuck in 1937 by the Freundlich doll company - she was called “Goo-Goo Topsy” - because of her celluloid googlie eyes - molded hair with loop for bow - 18” tall - $995. 41. This is with out a doubt one amazing rare character child - marked Einco he was made by the Joseph Eisenmann company - turn of the century in Bavaria - this rarely
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found character has amazing high quality bisque with wondrous hand painted facial features - the heads for this doll was made by the Gebruder Heubach company - can’t you tell - what a face - deep intaglio blue eyes with very heavy lids -notice how one eye is opened more than the other - how neat- rare open/ closed mouth - he booked for $5,000. in 1996 - 17” tall we ask only - $3,995. Wonderful large size Simon & Halbig - mold # 1078 - super high quality bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - soft arched molded feathered brows over enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes - slightly open mouth w/ soft amber shading original fully jointed compo body - 30” tall - $1,495. Two rare & wonderful - not often found compo babies: A) Wonderful compo German baby with a very unusual character face - excellent condition blue painted eyes - great face - 15 “ tall $695 B) As rare as they get all original compo “Fly-Lo” baby - blue sleep eyes - 14” tall $995. Extremely rare and always desirable is this lovely French walking mechanical doll by Roullet & Decamps - lovely French bisque head marked “CS” - excellent high quality hand poured French bisque with amazing dewy patina - lovely hand painted facial features with arched feathered brows over enormous heather blue paperweight eyes with dark eyeliner - slightly open mouth with soft amber shading - straight legged French walking body with a key marked “RD” - you wind her up and she walks excellent working condition - 14” tall $1,995. Another wonderful super size big girl - this one is a Simon & Halbig - mold #1078 - exceptional bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched molded brows over enormous heather blue sleep eyes - slightly open mouth w/ soft amber shading - original fully jointed body - 36” tall - $2,495.
Lofall’s Dolls
Judy Lofall, Poulsbo, WA 98370 Member UFDC Home: 360.779.4926 Cel: 360.434.0331 Fax: 360.697.4405 Visa • Master Card • Layaway Always Buying Quality Dolls Please e-mail: lofallsdolls@comcast.net for show dates 14.5” Jumeau Portrait, marked on head, size #4, pale bisque, delicate facial painting, mauve eye shadow, eye liner, spiral threaded blue paper weight eyes, pierced ears, tiny antique pearl earrings, accented shaded lips, original pate, caracal wig, blue stamped 8 ball Jumeau body with straight wrists, original finish, in excellent condition. Beautiful, one of a kind frock, made from antique fabric, antique boots. Inherent flaw on neck, hard to see with the naked eye. Stunning Doll. $12,500 21” S&H #939, flawless bisque, beautiful facial painting, brown sleep eyes, painted upper and lower lashes, feathered brows, pierced ears, accented lips, open mouth with 4 square cut teeth, dimpled chin, vintage med. brown HH wig. Composition and wood body, original finish, in excellent condition. Gorgeous, one of a kind frock, made from antique fabric. Beautiful Doll. $2750 14” Kestner, #143 Character doll, quality bisque, blue sleep eyes, painted upper and lower lashes, feathered brows, accented lips, open mouth with 2 front teeth, original pate and mohair wig, original composition and wood body, in excellent condition. Dressed as a little boy in labeled (Germany) cotton suit. He will melt your heart. $1250
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The Preeminent Artwork of Tynietoy I
Part II
n continuing the investigation of the artwork of Tynietoy from Part I, it bears repeating that there was a vast assortment of hand painted work that was applied to the products of the Tynietoy firm. Furthermore, this analysis additionally supports my previous article entitled “Tynietoy’s Elusive Cloth Dollhouse Dolls” in the April, 2008, issue of Antique Doll Collector, which documented the cloth dollhouse dolls whose faces were finely and delicately hand painted. By examining the hand decorated items, original documentation and published articles from the same time period when Tynietoy was in business, one can obtain a better comprehension of the history of this prolific company. As related in the Worcester Sunday Telegram article from 1938, discussed in Part I, the origins of Tynietoy began with one lady, Marion Perkins, hand crafting a miniature ladderback chair around 1916. Inspired by her first
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piece, she set up a small work shop in a loft with a leaky roof at the Handicraft Club. She was encouraged and then joined by Amey Vernon and together they built the business. This was a time when women were not expected to work, let alone direct a company. Since the painted Tynietoy furniture and accessories were done in colorful, and at times very bold enamels, it can be a challenge for today’s collector to arrange color schemes which look well together when decorating a house and not create a riot of colors. This can be successfully accomplished by mixing wood tone furniture with the more vibrantly painted ones or by keeping with similar or coordinating colors within a room. Tynietoy’s three-part screens exhibit an extensive assortment of styles, scenes and elements, quite possibly more than any other individual piece, as if the screen was an open canvas for creativity. Many screens had one complete scene spanning across the three panels while others had repeated floral or other patterns. Oriental-style themes with Chinese red or black backgrounds seem to be a favorite with Tynietoy. An example of artwork of a
screen by a Tynietoy artist is pictured here in Figure 1. The original is the actual size of the screen–with only the left and middle panels drawn–but the copy has been reduced in size to present here. The background, painted only on the left panel, is gold with a continuous design of a flowering tree with numerous yellow butterflies. Testing of colors can be seen in the space above and below. Four very different screens are pictured in Figure 2 to compare numerous painting styles. The first one on the left is very early, most likely around the 1920-21 period–separate orange (orange is rarely found on Tynietoy) enameled frames surround the three rectangular panels having a black background. Over this is painted a continuous subtle picture of a Japanese garden with a dark brown tree with peach blossoms and irises at bottom. The middle back screen has arched tops with a background painted Chinese red. The three panels depict another Japanese-style garden, each slightly different for they are hand executed, showing a swan swimming in a pond with an island connected by a bridge; the trimmed pine in the Japanese manner on the island is especially well represented. The screen on the right, also with arched top portions, is a very sensitive and well-painted composition executed in only two colors of gold and peach over a contrasting black background base–flamingoes at rest and flight among low golden trees and rolling hills. The nursery screens, with three short, rectangular panels, typically have illustrations of storybook characters or cute animals such as the one at front center in the illustration of a bunny in three poses with a blue background. The nursery screens matched the delightful pastel colored nursery furniture which was generally decorated with a tiny flower motif, which was discussed in Part I. To decorate the walls of their houses, Tynietoy created pictures with wooden frames to hang. An oval framed picture of a bouquet of flowers with a beige background is shown on the left in Figure 3–these were also made with black backgrounds. Silhouettes were a favored technique, borrowed from another era, as the courting couple shown in Figure 3 on the right with an unusual deep aqua enameled
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frame. The majority of the silhouettes seen today were reprinted from original work, examples of which are shown from Tynietoy’s artwork sheet in Figure 4. This profile grouping had been so finely done that the personal facial characteristics of each person can be distinguished. The man on the upper left was not completed and had only been drawn with pencil whereas the other individuals had been finalized in ink. Handpainted portraits and scenes in oil are extremely rare and are greatly desired by collectors today. Reprinted hand-drawn maps to hang on walls were also produced. A drawing of a map executed in the 1920’s is presented here of “The Bermudas” in Figure 5. This particular 39
map is quite whimsical for it has a pirate ship with scull and crossbones flag, a caricature of a whale, jumping dolphins, a one-man sailboat, attractive hand lettering and an intricate design framing the title, with corrections made by covering mistakes over with white paint. The original drawing was done on light brown drawing paper on a sheet approximately 8” by 10-1/2” but has been reduced in size for this article. Pictured in Figure 6 is a drawing of Map of the Island of Nantucket also from the 1920’s. An early sail ship, whale, sailboat, windmill and village on the island are some of the detailing included. The printed copies were evidently popular as wall hangings for the Nantucket House, as can be seen at the bottom directly above the bench in Figure 7, taken from a mid-1930’s orange cover Tynietoy catalog. The map themes, including those with Martha’s Vineyard, were additionally used on numerous items including lampshades and screens. While on the subject of the Nantucket House, this is an appropriate section to discuss the hand-painted garden on the surface of the house, which can be viewed in the upper portion of Figure 7. Tynietoy had a tendency to borrow designs derived from nature, evident in their work from the beginnings of their business right to the end. A prime example of the nature theme is the garden of hollyhocks and other colorful flowers with leaves and grass effectively and marvelously painted on the outside front and side walls. With the helping hands of humans, a garden is nature in its most splendid form and, in turn, that beauty has been duplicated onto the walls of the Nantucket House by Tynietoy’s talented artists. Besides the garden painted on the Nantucket House, some Tynietoy houses also had architectural features hand painted directly onto the wall surfaces, such as fanlight windows and columns surrounding 7. Page from 1930’s catalog of Nantucket House.
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10. Sailship sketch next to Willard Banjo Clock. 12. Tynietoy pole firescreen.
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the front door. Additionally, most doors had behind–leaping gazelles were quite popular hand painted lines to replicate panels. The for Tynietoy paper lampshades and wooden music room of the large Colonial Mansion was screens. wallpapered in a lovely scenic mural of trees, The dominating feature of the bay and sail ship. The Tynietoy catalog called Tynietoy pole firescreen pictured in this treatment as “old-fashioned scenery paper Figure 12 is the sublimely painted in music room.” surface. Petit point had been simulated by In the 1930’s, Tynietoy created a line of furniture hand painting a bouquet of flowers, held in the Spanish mode, which was popular at the time. Figure together with a ribbon tied in a bow, over a background of 8 is a page from an orange covered catalog from the mida black outlined shield mimicking the weave of fabric with 1930’s showing numerous Spanish style furniture which white crossed lines. This is another example where fabric is was highly decorated in vivid colors directly on the walnut imitated by a hand painted image. finish. Geometric designs generally adorned this style of As mentioned in Part I, there were only a few other furniture, a deviation from the more common floral designs American companies in the same era who also adorned on others. Examples of the Spanish style furniture are their dollhouse furniture with hand-painted decorations. extremely scarce. Two of those companies which come immediately to An example of hand-painted artwork for a lovely mind are Lynnfield Furniture, widely sold throughout console table, in three sections–front, top and leg detailing, the country in major department stores, and the lesser is shown in Figure 9. It was drawn on beige drawing known Roger Williams dollhouse furniture, which paper with the name Console Table written in pencil at was, like Tynietoy, also from Providence, Rhode Island. the top. The artwork shows portions of the table in actual Tynietoy hand painted floral patterns on items like wing size but has been reduced here. Figure 9a illustrates the chairs, sofas and chair seats to simulate chintz fabrics, actual consol table as made by the Tynietoy craftsmen. whereas the Lynnfield manufacturers utilized brocade silk Of particular note is the unusual hand painted design on and chintz fabrics to upholster those types of dollhouse the table top surface, skirt and legs, which is also on the furniture. Instead, hand applied artwork was used archival drawing. No other Tynietoy piece is known to mainly on Lynnfield’s enameled pieces, such as the varied have this particular painted design. The bottom of the table bears the Tynietoy logo. The Willard banjo clock, with a painting of a schooner on the ocean, is placed alongside an artwork sketch of a sailing ship in Figure 10. The schooner with full sails was utilized many times over in different variations on numerous items. The colored rows of flower and fruit designs and pencil sketches in Figure 11 reveal the versatility of the Tynietoy artists. Two proposed pencil sketches for lampshades can be seen furthest to the bottom. The left sketch illustrates seagulls flying over ocean waves on an open shade laying flat. The right sketch is of a lampshade of a leaping gazelle with rolling hills 13. Lynnfield hand painted furniture for comparison.
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examples shown in Figure 13, from left to right, white kitchen chair with red stylized floral decoration, yellow nursery dresser adorned with tiny flowers and leaves, and black enameled Duncan Phyfe chair decorated with gold scrolling and outlining. In the case of the Roger Williams dollhouse furniture, a combination of simplistic fabric upholstery and hand-painted designs imitating chintz was utilized, as pictured in Figure 14. A hand decorated and upholstered chair with hinged box seat is on the right and the hearthside wing chair with painted floral design mimicking chintz is on the left; both pieces are marked with the Roger Williams logo. These examples are shown to illustrate comparisons between Tynietoy dollhouse furniture and other companies. They are all very scarce and valued for their own charm, uniqueness and skillful artwork. Even the relatively small assemblage of items touched upon in this two-part article adds up to an impressive array of hand executed art painted on dollhouse furniture and accessories. As discussed in Part I, during the mid 1910’s, there was a need in America for good quality toys due to the cease of importation of playthings from Germany as a result of World War I. Additionally, the revival of a fervent interest in art and hand-crafted items precipitated by the Arts and Crafts Movement in defiance to machine-made products had a major influence on the work of the Tynietoy company. The diverse and vast variety of artwork created by this company is seemingly endless and rightfully so for the firm,
originally started with humble beginnings by two ladies, was in business for more than three decades and many talented hands were involved. Taking all these facts into consideration, Tynietoy is arguably eminent above others in hand-painted artistic decorations applied onto American dollhouses, dollhouse furniture and accessories.
14. Roger Williams hand painted furniture for comparison.
Note: Judith Armitstead studied art at the Art Student League of Marblehead. She has been a collector, dealer and researcher for over 25 years and can be reached through her business web site, www.TheDollWorks.net. All items and catalogs are from the Armitstead collection.
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Ashley’s Dolls & Antiquities
1. This little sweetheart is a Kestner Mold 143 who would love to come join you in your home! This little darling is wearing a gorgeous antique dress accented in pin tucking and fantastic lace, antique undies, and an exquisite antique bonnet of silk and lace. Stamped ball jointed body. She is cabinet ready at 13 inches tall! $925 2. This doll is such a beauty! She is a rare German character doll attributed to Bahr and Proschild. She is marked 484 and stands 16 inches tall. This little angel has a bisque socket head, blue sleep eyes, and a closed mouth with just a hint of a smile. Ball jointed composition body, antique clothing and shoes, blonde mohair wig. Small neck socket chip. A must have!!!! $3400 3. This 18 1/2 inch Kley & Hahn "Walkure" is spectacular! She has breathtaking blue sleep eyes and multi stroke painted eyebrows. She has a ball jointed composition body with the original factory finish. Human hair wig, nice replacement clothing and shoes. She would love to come play with you! $495 4. What an expressive face! This antique English wax doll has set blue glass eyes, rooted human hair wig and a gorgeous antique gown (very frail) with probably original undergarments underneath. She has wax lower arms and legs. Antique shoes and socks. Love this doll!! $995 5. This delicate beauty has set blue spiral glass eyes on a sweet face. She has a closed mouth and feathered brows. She is wearing a human hair wig, antique clothing and carrying a mink muff (new). She has a cloth body with leather lower arms and legs with attached red boots. The body has its original factory stringing in place. Slightly turned shoulder head marked 1121. Lovely! $695 6. This dreamy doll is a Simon & Halbig mold number 1079 DEP. She has set brown eyes (reset), and open mouth and beautiful coloring. She is wearing layers of antique clothing with a confection of laces, antique pink shoes, and gorgeous, pink silk bow on her extra long human hair wig. Mommy!!! $1100
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Dorothy Smith with her dolls, including “Goldie” on left, Christmas 1918. Goldie” in her look-a-like dress about 1920, long before the silk ribbon two-tiered skirt began to melt.
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Editor’s Note: For those of you who may be beginning your doll collecting journey, the author, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, her late sister and mother, Evelyn Jane Coleman and Dorothy Coleman, are known for their ground breaking research, most famously the “Coleman Encyclopedia of Dolls, Volumes I and II”. Veritable gold mines of information, these massive volumes remain as must have references in any doll library. In her article Ann tells how it all began.
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One of a series of post cards sent at Christmas time by “Goldie” to her Little Mother, aka Dorothy, between circa 1916 and 1920. “Goldie” has gone to be with “Old Kris/Santa Claus for updates to her wardrobe.
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Elaine is a 22-inch K*R/Simon & Halbig mold #126 wire strung 5 piece bent limb composition baby with two molded teeth in the open/closed mouth. “Elaine” still wears the clothes she came from the store in: matching Valenciennes lace trimmed cotton bonnet, short dress, and slip; plus drawers worn over a diaper and a knit cotton undershirt. On her feet she has a pair of baby blue leather booties and cream silk socks. She was purchased as a gift in 1920. Billy, an “illegal” alien – because he was privately imported he has no “Made in Germany”– is a Hertel, Schwab mold # 152 open mouth with molded tongue and two upper teeth. He is on a five piece bent limb composition baby body. He is dressed by “Grandmother” Smith in tiny blue and white check cotton rompers and all-in-one under suit with white lace hose and white leather booties. Like all of Dorothy’s dolls “Billy” boasts a full head of original hair.
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While in college the author wrote Dolls, Makers and Marks. Dorothy shown with Elizabeth Ann and her sister Evelyn Jane.
melting and has temporarily been replaced for conservation reasons with a vaguely related black and cream silk ribbon of the same period. “Goldie” wears this dress in nearly all her period candid photographs, a match to Dorothy’s own girlhood version of the dress which still survives to this day. After her childhood Dorothy basically left dolls behind to pursue other interests. It was only after my sister Evelyn Jane and I began to seriously collect antique dolls that Dorothy offered her multifaceted professional background to help us understand better what we were investing her hard earned money, and our clothes allowance, in. This eventual jet-setting empress of antique dolls did not inherit her title, she came to the study of dolls as a matter of self-defense. With daughters Dorothy’s interest in dolls unsurprisingly turned to contemporary commercial play dolls of the Mary Hoyer, Madame Alexander and Tiny Tears ilk and towards developing a collection of international dolls for them as thoughtful friends traveled. By this point in her professional life Dorothy had left behind her dream of becoming a meteorologist and her real career in statistical analysis and had become a professional genealogist – one of those people who digs up ancestors for you. She had trained on her own but would, characteristically, become internationally recognized in the field. She and her mother on one personal ancestor hunt brought home not only family names but two “antique dolls”, one for each of her daughters. Soon the Coleman ladies were on to developing not only a collection of regionally dressed dolls but also antique dolls. Perhaps unconsciously Dorothy was trying to please not only her daughters but also her mother, and particularly her mother’s friend, Eva Haddaway Jones. As a girl Dorothy had visited “Aunt Eva” who had a collection of antique dolls, so different from her own Simon and Halbig, Schoenhut and Kewpie dolls, after all, Aunt Eva’s childhood doll had been a spill curl china headed doll. When Aunt Eva gave her doll collection to the Carroll County Historical Society in Westminster, Maryland, she gave the budding Coleman collectors her library of books and pamphlets. For budding doll researchers this was better than a lifetime supply of chocolate sundaes.
Two years were spent in England – 1953 to 55 – where my sister, as an 8 to 10 year old, and I, as an 11 to 13 year old, continued to buy antique and other dolls using what was really our mother’s money. Once back in the States our increasing passion does not abate and mother, affectionately nicknamed Frog, decided that it was time that her children who were spending her money on antique dolls should know what they are investing in. Our first purchase back in the United States was a midsize “parian” with a common flat top hair style but with a flamboyantly lavish dress. The real turning point came with the purchase of a bisque headed baby doll, sold to us as a Byelo. Like a Byelo, this doll represented a new born infant, the only trouble was that its markings indicated it was made in 1914, nearly a decade before the “birth” of the Byelo. We searched the available doll publications and come up with nothing. Our research led to a series of popular articles that were offered to collectible oriented magazines. Also because I had been so productive Frog suggested a book that I was to research and write while I was in college. She would finance its publication. Entitled “Dolls: Makers and Marks,” it was one book we actually made good money on. But what really got the recently re-christened Toad hooked on dolls was the offer of Crown Publishers. They wanted an encyclopedia on the subject of dolls. And with her background Dorothy, along with her now twenty something daughters, and a few brave and dedicated friends, we gave them more, much more than they ever expected. The success of the encyclopedia had Crown salivating for another doll book and we came through with the book on doll clothes. Still not satisfied they came back and asked for more and we gave them the second encyclopedia. In these three books alone we gave doll collectors two thousand seven hundred and three pages of information at the combined weight of eighteen pounds. We have been lucky: no one has sued over a hernia from lifting the books or suffocation by doll information. As my sister and I grew up so did our names for our mother, over were the Frog and Toad appellations. We were on to the much more respectful and important sounding names of Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. C. How could we speak of her in any less dignified terms, after all she seemed to hold court at conventions and one mail delivery might include correspondence from five continents, all on the subject of dolls, thus cementing her position as a global doll pack leader. If any one can show me a condescending reply from her I will eat it. It was from this network that she built up life long friendships with authors, dealers, and collectors, even the IRS. It may sound like heresy but I think my mother could have lived her adult life quite happily without the physical objects of dolls. What dolls gave her was the ability to use and stretch her mind. She loved the chase of facts not dolls. She loved putting pen or pencil to paper; the most satisfying were the three by
A 1984 photo showing Dorothy Coleman working with Lenci owner Bepe Garella in the factory archives using her favorite tools: tape measure draped around neck, multiple 3x5 inch index cards, a mechanical pencil and a huge handbag full of dental tools for poking around inside dolls.
Surrounded by four of “her girls” – left to right: doll artist Susan Dunham holding Dorothy’s baby book, daughter Evelyn Jane Coleman, doll and toy historian Caroline Goodfellow and daughter Elizabeth Ann Coleman. Dorothy holds Dunham’s very limited edition doll “Baby Dorothy” made in her likeness inspired by a photo in the baby book. 1990 photo
Dorothy Coleman still signing volumes of the Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls in the 1990s.
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Mrs. Coleman receiving the first Jumeau award, presented by Francois Theimer, Paris, France 1995. Attended by Theimer, Evelyn Jane Coleman and event hostess.
five index cards that she always had at hand in her huge pocketbook which when investigated revealed all sorts of tools for an on the run inspection and documentation of dolls. Though I can’t confirm it I suspect that not every woman finds it necessary to carry in her handbag a long handled, angled dental mirror so they can see inside a doll’s head. My mother loved the opportunity to travel and for many years I said her mail should be addressed to her in care of the New Jersey turnpike because she was on that road so frequently. She loved decoding the verbiage and pricing scales of doll distribution. She loved the people she met through dolls; indeed her last public event was with doll collectors. Mrs. C. was always a modest, unassuming lady and the awards she received globally were always received in quiet, respectful gratitude. Indeed her most treasured recognitions came from her own Dollology Club which she in turn made a club of international range. Thank you for allowing me to share some memories of the woman who was my mother, who was a mentor to Dollology of Washington, and a cherished friend to so many who have found special friends though their shared their interests in dolls.
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Book Reviews
A Pictorial Reference Guide for German Chinas by Mary Gorham Krombholz
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or decades collectors referred to their glazed porcelain dolls as chinas, or in the case of an identifiable hair style – a Jenny Lind, covered wagon, Lydia, etc. We simply did not know – with the exception of rare marked dolls by KPM, Meissen or Royal Copenhagen – who made our German Chinas. The Indiana Jones of doll research, Mary Krombholz, has changed all that. Countless trips to Germany visiting porcelain, digging in dumping grounds and lifting floorboards for doll shards, studying remaining equipment left in the old factories, getting to know the museum curators – all have played a part in her ability and now ours, thanks to her latest book, A Pictorial Reference Guide for German Chinas, to recognize certain distinct painting techniques that can identify our dolls. The majority of glazed porcelain shoulder heads produced from the 1840s through the 1930s were made by seven Thuringian porcelain factories: Alt, Beck & Gottschalk, Conta & Boehme, Hertwig, Kestner, A. W. Fr. Kister, Kling and Kloster Veisdorf. Each company stayed true to their particular painting techniques for a very good reason – if the delivered merchandise did not match the samples viewed by the buyers, dolls could be returned. Chapters on each factory show different views of the shoulderhead and close-ups of the eye and mouth areas. To put it all together, at the close of each chapter, we see thumbnail photos of the dolls and their corresponding eye, eyebrow and mouth painting. It clearly shows the defining characteristics that each factory followed. The positive identification of unmarked chinas has been a long evolving process. The author has brought it to fruition, thanks to her diligent research and study. Mary’s latest book is a must have for collectors of German chinas. Hard cover, 304 pages. $50. Reverie Publishing, phone 888-721-4999. www.reveriepublishing.com
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his is the first book to be published on the popular area of British dolls of the 1950’s which explores how a new material – plastic – revolutionized the doll trade and made dolls affordable for people of all classes. It also encompasses other materials used during this period such as cloth, rubber and composition. Informative and highly readable, it discusses the decade’s most important events including the Coronation and the Festival of Britain which were commemorated with dolls including those by Peggy Nisbet and Dean’s Ragbook. Well illustrated, it provides the history of the most important doll manufacturers, tips for new collectors, repairing dolls, where to see dolls in the UK, doll hospitals, etc. Hardcover, 224 pages, $39.99. Casemate Publishing, Phone 610-853-9131 www.casematepublishing.com
Identifying German Chinas and Parians Part Two
by Mary Krombholz
The chinas and parians pictured in this article are from the Susan Moore Collection. John Cummings photographed all of the dolls. The doll photographs and picture captions are from my 2009 book titled “A Pictorial Reference Guide for German Chinas”.
The back shoulder plate of this 17-1/2-inch Conta & Boehme china shoulder-head doll is marked with the factory’s trademark shield. The head features include an early 1870s centerparted hairstyle with large braids that encircle the head; finely painted brush
strokes on the temples; exposed ears; single-stroke eyebrows; outlined upper eyelids; blue painted eyes with partial pupils that create a sleepy expression; and an upper lip line with high, closely spaced peaks and curled ends. (Ca. early-1870s)
Conta & Boehme Porcelain Factory
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he Conta & Boehme porcelain factory was founded in Poessneck, Thuringia in 1800. The factory made a large number of china and parian shoulder heads from 1845 until December of 1931, when it closed permanently. Only one master mold of a shoulder head has surfaced that is marked with the factory’s trademark shield enclosing a bent armored arm, but the modeling and painted facial features help identify most of the shoulder heads made by Conta & Boehme. The marked china shoulder head pictured in illustration #1 has very distinctive painted facial features, which are often seen on a wide variety of the factory’s chinas. The heavy-lidded, sleepy eyes are the most recognizable facial feature on Conta & Boehme chinas and parians. The pupils are seldom round, and the partial pupil is painted so close to the black outline of the upper eyelid that it creates the illusion that the remaining portion of the each pupil is under the eyelid. The factory’s irises are often shaded, but seldom outlined. The white iris highlights were painted on the left, as well as the right sides of the irises.
This 34-inch china shoulder-head doll has a Flat Top hairstyle with an unpainted part line; single-stroke eyebrows; upper molded eyelids; blue painted, sleepy eyes with partial pupils and white highlights on the left side of the irises; and a typical factory mouth with high, closely spaced upper lip peaks and curled ends. (Ca. early-1860s)
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This 28-inch china shoulder-head doll has a Jenny Lind hairstyle with flared hair on each side of a center part and a loose, coiled bun arranged low on the back of the head; singlestroke eyebrows; upper molded eyelids; blue painted irises with partial pupils; and closely spaced upper lip peaks with curled ends. (Ca. early-1860s)
This 8-inch china shoulder head has shoulder plate modeling with bust and shoulder definition; long, wavy, center-parted hair flared out on the sides of the head; finely painted brush strokes above the pierced ears; thin, single-stroke eyebrows; molded upper eyelids; blue painted irises with partial pupils and white highlights on the right side of the irises; and a well-modeled mouth with high, closely spaced upper lip peaks and curled ends. (Ca. early-1860s)
Many Conta & Boehms chinas have upper molded eyelids, with a red line outlining the entire eyelid crease, and a black line outlining the edge of the upper eyelid. If the shoulder head lacks an upper molded eyelid, skilled factory artists painted the red and black eyelid lines so perfectly that the eyelid seems molded. The mouth painting on most of the factory’s chinas is also very distinctive. The high, upper lip peaks are closely spaced and end in a definite curl. Even on the smallest chinas, the pronounced upper lip peaks and curled ends are very evident.
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This 3-1/2-inch china shoulder head has comb-marked brown hair with long braids that encircle the head and a snood covering the hair in back; brushstrokes on the hairline; single-stroke eyebrows; upper molded eyelids; partial pupils that create a sleepy expression; and full lips with high, closely spaced upper lip peaks and curled ends. (Ca. late-1860s)
C. F. Kling & Co. Porcelain Factory
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he C. F. Kling & Co. porcelain factory made porcelain products in the Thuringian town of Ohrdruf from its founding in 1834 until the 1950s. During the early years of production, the factory made more parian shoulder heads than china shoulder heads. The positive identification of many 1860s parian shoulder heads is the result of a 100th Anniversary Kling showcase photograph that hung on the wall in the Ohrdruf Town Museum for many years. The showcase photograph is pictured on page 176 of my 2009 china book. This important showcase, originally on display at the Leipzig Trade Fair in 1934, offers visual proof of the doll-related porcelain products made by the Kling factory. The painted facial features on Kling chinas and parians are easily recognized. Both the multi-stroke and single-stroke eyebrows are long and beautifully arched, in perfect proportion to the painted or glass eyes below. The painted irises are often large, with fully round pupils and white highlights on the left side of the irises. The almond-shaped eye sockets on the earliest chinas often contain glass, rather than painted eyes. The upper lips can be described as heart-shaped, but unlike Hertwig lips, the lower lip is a half circle rather than an elongated V shape. The accent line is the same color as the lips and it turns up slightly at the ends. In the 1880s, the style of lip painting changed. The upper lips were painted with a downward stroke, and combined with the full lower lips a pouty expression was created by factory artists.
This 21-inch china shoulder-head doll has a bald head; an original human hair wig; small, flat ears; finely painted multi-stroke eyebrows; upper and lower painted eyelashes; blue, stationary glass eyes; a long, thin nose; and a small, closed mouth with heart-shaped upper lip peaks and a half-circle lower lip. (Ca. early 1850s)
The molded blouse on this 14-1/2-inch china is very similar to the blouse on the doll pictured below right. Head features include a center-parted, wavy hairstyle with two gold barrettes holding the hair in place; black, single-stroke eyebrows; blue painted eyes with white highlights on the left side of the irises; and a slightly smiling mouth. A parian shoulder head made from an identical master mold, is pictured on page 69 of the Kling chapter in my 2006 book titled Identifying German Parian Dolls. (Ca. early-1860s)
Although this 22-1/2-inch china shoulder-head doll, marked with the mold number 223, has similar hair and child-like modeling as many of the 1880s china and bisque shoulder heads made by the factory, the addition of pierced ears gives the face a more lady-like appearance. The facial features include single-stroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with black outlines and tiny, white highlights; and a closed, pouty mouth. (Ca. 1890 on)
This 3-1/2-inch pink-tinted shoulder head has a bald head with an un-painted, un-glazed circle on top of the head for the placement of a wig; small, flat ears; light-blue glass eyes; upper and lower painted eyelashes; heavily blushed cheeks; and a slightly smiling mouth with a heart-shaped upper lip and halfcircle lower lip. (Ca. early-1850s)
This 15-1/2-inch parian shoulder-head doll has a center-parted hairstyle with short, comb-marked hair combed back to expose the flat ears; brown, singlestroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with white highlights on the left side of the irises; and a slightly smiling mouth with a heart-shaped upper lip and a half-circle lower lip. (Ca. early 1860s) 53
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck Porcelain Factory
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he Alt, Beck & Gottschalck porcelain factory made a large variety of china and parian shoulder heads in two Nauendorf factory buildings as well as a factory building located in Stutzhaus, a suburb of Ohrdruf. The Nauendorf factory was in operation from 1854 on, while the Stutzhaus factory produced doll-related porcelain products from 1864 until the late 1890s. The facial painting is very easy to recognize because of the distinctive lip painting. The china and parian shoulder heads made from 1854 on contain a
This 4-inch bald china shoulder head has a black-painted pate; small ears; singlestroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with tiny, white highlights; and a darker-red lip accent line that dips slightly in the center. (Ca. early-1860s)
This 7-inch china shoulder head has molded curls on the forehead and additional curls across the top and back of the head; exposed ears; single-stroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with partial black outlines and white highlights; and a darker-red lip accent line that dips in the center. (Ca. late1860s)
This 20-inch china with a Curly Top hairstyle has rows of horizontal curls across the top of the head and vertical curls across the back; brushstrokes on the ends of the forehead curls; single-stroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with tiny, white highlights; and a darker-red lip accent line that dips in the center. (Ca. late-1860s)
This 27-1/2-inch china shoulder-head doll has an Adelina Patti center-parted hairstyle with vertical curls in back; brushstrokes on the forehead and over the ears; single-stroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with partial outlines and tiny, white highlights; and a darker-red lip accent line that dips in the center. (Ca. early-1870s) 54
darker-red lip accent line that dips in the center to form a slight V. The arched single-stroke eyebrows are often thicker in the center, and taper to thin lines on the ends. The factory made a large number of parians, many of which have multi-stroke eyebrows and upper and lower painted eyelashes. The eye painting is distinctive because the painted irises are often partially outlined in black, and the irises are highlighted on the left side only, with a very small white, raised highlight that looks like a single drop of white paint. The eye painting also contains a red line that outlines the entire crease of the upper eyelid, and a black line that outlines the edge of the upper eyelid.
This 23-inch china shoulder-head doll has a Spill Curl hairstyle with a molded headband, “finger” curls molded on the forehead and long ringlets molded on the shoulders; brown, singlestroke eyebrows; blue painted irises with tiny, white highlights; and a darker-red lip accent line that dips in the center. (Ca. early-1870s)
This 20-1/2-inch china has the often seen Low Brow hairstyle made for at least six decades; partially exposed ears; single-stroke eyebrows; large, pale-blue shaded irises without outlines or highlights; and a heart-shaped mouth. (Ca. mid-1880s on
Hertwig & Co. Porcelain Factory
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he Hertwig & Co. porcelain factory made porcelain products in the Thuringian town of Katzhuette from its founding in 1864 until the factory closed in the 1990s. The china and parian shoulder heads made by the factory have been well documented because so many examples are hanging on the original sample boards on display in the Sonneberg Doll Museum. The facial painting characteristics are very distinctive. Many of the singlestroke eyebrows are painted in a wraparound manner, with each end forming a downward curve that partially encircles the eye below. The irises are often large, and they are not outlined or highlighted. The shaded, blue painted irises vary in color from a medium blue to a very light blue. The mouths can be easily identified because the upper lips form the upper half of a heart and the deep oval shape of the bottom lip forms the bottom of the
This 15-inch china shoulder-head doll has a simple center-parted hairstyle with an unpainted part line; single-stroke, wraparound eyebrows; blue shaded irises without outlines or highlights; heavily blushed cheeks; and a typical factory heart-shaped mouth. The back shoulder plate is marked with the large size number “4” and the words “Pat. Dec. 7/80,” which identifies the shoulder head as having been made by the Hertwig factory for the New York doll importers Bawo & Dotter. (Ca. early-1880s) 55
heart. If you cover the accent line with your fingers, you will see the heartshaped mouth. Other identification features on Hertwig chinas are the large incised size numbers on the back of the shoulder plates. No other Thuringian porcelain factory used such large incised numbers on its shoulder plates.
This 8-inch china has a white molded bonnet trimmed in pink, with large and small pink bows; a large size number “6” incised on the back shoulder plate; brown, single-stroke wrap-around eyebrows; blue shaded irises without outlines or highlights; and a heartshaped mouth. (Ca. late-1890s on)
This 4-inch uncommon china shoulderhead doll has a Low Brow hairstyle; single-stroke wrap-around eyebrows; blue shaded irises without outlines or highlights; and a rare open mouth with molded teeth. (Ca. 1908 on)
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French cloth dolls, $1,795 and $1,950. Kathleen Gordon Smith, email: kgsmith22@yahoo.com
13” glass eyed Simon Halbig fashion type, $1,950. Yvonne Baird, email: baird2@comcast.net
Friedericy Dolls by Judith and Lucia were shown in the Toy Shoppe’s booth. www.thetoyshoppe.com
13” Depose E 4 J, $9,750; 17” Ketner, $2,695 and 11” Eden Bebe, $2,495. Mary Simonton, email: asimo52537@aol.com
18th century wooden, Maree Tarnowksa, email: epicdolls@aol.com
S & H dolls in original Russian Imperial ball costume. Joan Farrell and Lynette Gross, email: joanlynetttedolls@sbcglobal.net
Nancy McCray shows a gentleman and lady Simon Halbig 1159 in the original box with their store label from Au Nain Bleu, $4,950. Nancy McCray, Cedar Rapids, IA.
1159 lady, $1,700; Tete Jumeau $4,300, fashion, $3,600. Phyllis Wolfe, Bryantown Landing, MD. 57
Cloth doll by Izannah Walker, $19,200. Constance Blain, email: cblain1936@cs.com
First series Jumeau, $9,500. Mary Lou Pendergrass
14” Bahr and Proschild, $1,595. Moira Hatton, email: hattonsgallery@cox.net
French musical automaton with Jumeau head, $5,800. Gloria Duddlesten, email: dollstx@cableone.net 58
26” papier mache, $4,250. Gert Leonard, email: gertleonard@yahoo.com
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Mechanical bubble blowing bear by Roulet de Decamps, $6,500. Jerry Reilly, email: grccreations@sbcglobal.net
Heubach Whistler, $1,495. Ruth West, Kansas City, MO. George Washington by Martha Chase, $5,200. Dorothy McGonagle, email: dorothymcgonagle@ comcast.net
Armand Marseille 700, $3,500. Ann Lloyd, email alloyd@nni.com
The blue roof Gottschalk doll house sold early in the show. Sondra Krueger, email: sondkr@sondrkrueger.com
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kinner’s July 25 auction at their new Marlborough, MA facility included toys and dolls along with their sale of science, technology and clocks. The top lot at $31,995 was this lovely Bru Jne 3 Bebe from the Chevrot era with marked Bru shoes, 14-1/2 inches tall. An early Grodnerthal tuck comb wooden peddler doll, formerly from the Estelle Winthrop collection, c. 1830’s, 10-1/2 inches tall, realized $4,444.
We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation:
Highlights from Ladenburger’s upcoming sale.
Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion, GmbH, Lustgartenstraße 6 - D-68526 Ladenburg. 49(0)6203/13014. www.spielzeugauktion.de Skinner Inc., 274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA 01752. Phone 508-970-3000. www.skinnerinc.com Theriault’s, P.O. Box 151, Annapolis, MD 21401. Phone 410-224-3655. www.theriaults.com
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Volume 6, Number 10 November 2003 A Tribute to John Noble • UFDC Antique Doll Exhibit • Googly –Eyed All Bisques • Bleuette • Anili Celluloid Dolls Volume 7, Number 4 May 2004 Auction: The Washington Dolls’ House & Toy Museum • Displaying Your Dolls • Polichinelle! • Celluloid Treasures • Famlee Dolls • Little Known Doll Museums Volume 7, Number 5 June 2004 Shelburne Doll Collection • China Dolls • Dollhouse Furniture • Drink & Wet Babies • Twin Dolls • R. John Wright Volume 7, Number 7 August 2004 Outfitting Your Doll for a Nature Walk • Kamkins in Summer • Jumeau • Conta & Boehme • Miniatures • Effanbee’s Anne Shirley Volume 7, Number 8 September 2004 French Bebes Model Their Original Costumes • UFDC Salesroom • Dorothy Heizer • 1860’s Doll Fashions • Horsman Dolls • Armand Marseille Volume 7, Number 10 November 2004 Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City • Paris Bebe • Mama Dolls • Blue Ribbon Winning Dolls • Making Your Collection Work for You Volume 7, Number 11 December 2004 Blue Ribbon Dolls • Kewpies! • Circle Dot Bru • American Dolls • Early Chinas • S.F.B.J. • Little Lenci Volume 7, Number 12 January 2005 French Fashion Dolls • German Character Dolls • Kathe Kruse • Boudoir Dolls Volume 8, Number 1 February 2005 Kamkins in Winter • Two Treasured Jumeaus • Patsy, Daisy, Ginny • Kuhnlenz Dolls • Horsman’s Baby Buttercup • Buying and Selling Online • Playskool Pullman Volume 8, Number 2 March 2005 Fern Villa • More on the Bodmer Collection and a Special Wooden Doll • American-Made Dolls • Jumeau’s Series Fantastique • Lenci Volume 8, Number 3 April 2005 Heubachs • Bucherer Dolls • Tynietoy • Boy Dolls of Porcelain • American-Made Dolls Volume 8, Number 4 May 2005 Lady Dolls of the Edwardian Era • Rose Percy and Her Remarkable Wardrobe • The Haunting H Bebe • Kestner • Dollhouses Volume 8, Number 5 June 2005 The Art of Andre Thuillier • Special Dolls for a Princess • Half-Dolls • National Antique Doll Dealers Association • China Dolls Volume 8, Number 6 July 2005 Bavarian Beauties • Early Chinas • In Memory of Mary Harris Francis • A Jumeau 203 and Her Wardrobe • Schoenhut Dolls • The Marilu Doll Volume 8, Number 7 August 2005 Tour England and France With Bluette • A Dress Pattern For Your Mignonnette • Mary Merritt Doll Museum • Dollhouse Jewels • American-Made Dolls • Dewees Cochran Dolls Volume 8, Number 8 September 2005 The Fashionable Poupée • UFDC Salesroom • Dollhouses at the Merritt Museum • French Automata • American-Made Dolls Volume 8, Number 10 November 2005 Dolls and Dollhouses at Auction • UFDC Blue Ribbon Winners • Antique Wedding Dolls and Memorabilia • The First Articulated Bebe • Tiny Treasures • KPM • Skookum Volume 8, Number 11 December 2005 Lucy Morgan Collection at Auction • Mignonnettes Bake a Kings Cake! • UFDC Blue Ribbon Winners • Images of the Virgin • American-Made Dolls • Shoe Whimsies Volume 8, Number 12 January 2006 Creating A Wardrobe for Empress Eugenie • Character Dolls • Jumeau Triste • Doll Fashions Around the World • Dancing Dolls • Small Boudoir Dolls • Comic Character Dolls Volume 9, Number 1 February 2006 Dolls and Valentines • Ethel Newcome Her History and Wardrobe • Exciting Auction Reports! • UFDC Special Exhibit: The Philadelphia Story • Little Known Museums of Europe Volume 9, Number 2 Mar. 06 The Story of “Miss Mary” • Bleuette • Early Horsman Dolls • Chad Valley “Royals” • Different Dolls of the Same Kind • Celluloid Dolls Volume 9, Number 3 April 2006 The Legacy of Lily • Early SFBJ Character Babies • Ormolu Miniatures • In Search of Early Doll Collections • Door of Hope • American-Made Dolls • UFDC Special Exhibits Volume 9, Number 4 May 2006 Theriault’s To Sell Lego Foundation Museum • English Dollhouses • The Encyclopedia of French Dolls • American-Made Dolls • French and German Bisque Dolls • Rollinson Dolls • An Early Wax Doll Volume 9, Number 5 June 2006 Kestner’s 208 Character • Bru Dolls• A Tale of Two Dolls • Raleigh Composition Dolls • Ackley Cloth Dolls • Miniature Silver Volume 9, Number 6 July 2006 A Queen Anne Wooden • Simon & Halbig Parian Dolls • Mignonnettes Celebrate Bastille Day • Dolls in America • Lucy’s Doll House Volume 9, Number 7 August 2006 Pocket Dolls • SFBJ Character Babies • Bisque Bathing Beauties • Effanbee’s Skippy • Grecon Miniature Dolls • Heinrich Handwerck Volume 9, Number 8 September 2006 Mary Merritt Museum Auction • The Collection of Gail Cook • UFDC Salesroom • Lenci Miniatures • Advertising Dolls • Porcelain Treasures Volume 9, Number 9 October 2006 Kintzbach Hands • Dolls with Molded Hats • UFDC Winners • A Tudor Dollhouse • Averill’s Wonder Dolls • National Doll Festival • Auction Previews! Volume 9, Number 10 November 2006 “Maggie Bessie” Dolls • Jumeau • American-Made Dolls • Faux Bamboo Miniatures • Blue Ribbon Winners! Volume 9, Number 11 December 2006 Vienna Doll Museum at Auction • Dollies’ Holiday • The Christmas Doll • UFDC Ribbon Winners • Tynietoy • Madonna and Child Volume 10, Number 1 February 2007 La Venus Cloth Dolls • Dolls in Ethnic Dress • Chinas • Costuming • UFDC Exhibits • American-Made Dolls Volume 10, Number 2 March 2007 Mary Merritt Doll Museum Preview • Lancaster Rag Dolls • Patsykins • Le Musée de la Poupeé • Alabama Babies • Au Nain Bleu • Metal Heads • Miniature China
Volume 10, Number 3 April 2007 An Early French Papier Mache • Pet Animals by Hertwig • Doll Accessories • SFBJ Cloth Dolls • La Nicette • Flossie Flirt Volume 10, Number 4 May 2007 Door of Hope • Royal Court Dolls • Theriault’s: Madame Petyt Collection • Merritt Museum Auction • Topsy Turvy Dolls • Cissy Volume 10, Number 5 June 2007 Kathe Kruse • French and German Bisque Dolls • German Chinas and Parians • Black Lenci Dolls • Effanbee’s Little Lady Volume 10, Number 6 July 2007 Maison Simonne • A Pattern for the Well-Dressed Poupée • French Cloth Dolls • Wax Dolls • A New Museum Opens in Belgium • Auction News Volume 10, Number 7 August 2007 Japanese Dolls of Beautiful Women • Lenci Miniatures • Bleuette • Doll Accessories • Early American Composition Dolls • NADDA in Chicago Volume 10, Number 8 September 2007 A Rare Rohmer Fashion Doll • UFDC National Salesroom • A Queen’s Fairytale Dolls • German Chinas and Parians • Metal Head Dolls Volume 10, Number 9 October 2007 Musée de la Poupée Special Exhibit: The Trousseau of Violette D’Epigny • Pattern for Violette’s “Tunique” • Blue Ribbon Winning Dolls • Louis Amberg & Son • Schoenhut Safari Volume 10, Number 10 November 2007 German Character Dolls • Sewing in the Dolls’ House • Milwaukee WPA Dolls • Male Fashions • National Doll Festival Volume 10, Number 11 December 2007 Theriault’s Auction Weekend • Premiere Bleuette • Candy Containers • UFDC Winners • Boudoir Dolls • Mint & Boxed Volume 10, Number 12 January 2008 French Fashions • Museum Romantic • French Cloth Dolls • Blue Ribbon Winners • French Penny Toy Furniture • The Good Fairy Volume 11, Number 1 February 2008 Delaware Toy and Miniature Museum • Footwear on Parade • The Patchwork Girl of OZ • Grace Storey Putnam • Advertising Dolls • Palmer Cox Brownies • Trousseaux for Dolls Volume 11, Number 2 March 2008 Paper Dolls in La Poupée Modèle • Wenham Museum • Unsigned Poupées and Bébés • A Spring Doll Tour • Miniature Furniture Volume 11, Number 3 April 2008 Morphy’s Dolls and Miniatures Auction • A Collector’s Profile • Tynietoy • Horsman • Shopping in France • A Present from the Past Volume 11, Number 4 May 2008 Armand Marseille’s Overlooked Rare Characters • Lenci-Anili • Kamkins • Violette’s Chemisette • Henri Delcroix • Ottenberg Dolls Volume 11, Number 5 June 2008 From the Doll Cabinet – A Rare China Fashion • Ningyô Dolls • Continental Crib Figures • Paper Dolls • Borgfeldt’s Composition Dolls • NADDA Volume 11, Number 6 July 2008 Schmitt et Fils • Pre-Door of Hope • German Character Dolls • Billiken • French Cloth Dolls • Splashme Volume 11, Number 7 August 2008 French Fashions • French Lilliputians & German Miniature Dolls • German Characters • China Dolls from Scandinavia • Where is Rosabelle? Volume 11, Number 8 September 2008 Selfridge Collection to be auctioned by Theriault’s • UFDC Salesroom • Dolly and Her Dressmaker • A Gift from Russia’s Czar Volume 11, Number 9 October 2008 Morphy’s Doll Auction • UFDC Antique Blue Ribbon Winners • Heubach • American-Made Dolls • Kentucky Poppets • National Doll Festival Volume 11, Number 10 November 2008 White House Doll & Toy Museum at Auction • Soft Metal Dollhouse Furniture • Blue Ribbon Winners • Hats For Your Poupée – a Special Pattern • Miniature China Dolls Volume 11, Number 11 December 2008 Theriault’s Three-Day Auction • AllBisques • Faith-Based Dolls • Peterkin • Christmas Dolls • More UFDC Winners! Volume 11, Number 12 January 2009 Ella – A Royal Gift • Dollhouse Miniatures • Heubach Molded Hairstyles • Gaithersburg • UFDC Modern Exhibit • Etta Boudoir Dolls • Affordable Chinas Volume 12, Number 1 February 2009 Early French Papier-Mâché Dolls • Discovering a Pit Brow Lass • Spain’s Cloth Doll Boom • Queen Rosabelle • UFDC Winners • A Special Pre-Greiner • Half Dolls Volume 12, Number 2 March 2009 Schoenhut Dolls • Tracing a Steiner’s Past • Doll Finds Under $500! • Gaultier • PA Dutch Dolls • Responsible Restoration • UFDC Volume 12, Number 3 April 2009 Gaultier • Lancaster Rags • Pinocchio & Friends • Miniature Parian Dolls • Lenci Volume 12, Number 4 May 2009 Simon and Halbig’s 1300 Series • Identifying French Dolls • Kley & Hahn Dolls • Collector Close-up • South American Super Hero • Early Steiff Animals Volume 12, Number 5 June 2009 Trousseau Doll at De Kleine Wereld Museum • Bébés Marked “DEP” • Black Dolls • Heubach Bisque Nudes • Character Dolls • NADDA’s April Show Volume 12, Number 6 July 2009 Bru Bébé Modèle • Collector Close-up • Sailor Dolls • Tynietoy • Sonneberg-Type Papier-Mâché Dolls Volume 12, Number 7 August 2009 Character Dolls of Catterfelder Puppenfabrik • George Borgfeldt • Paper Dolls • Chinas and Parians • An English Baby House • Effanbee’s Honey
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September 2009
5 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine Center. Sweetbriar. 410-275-2094. SweetbriarAuctions.com 5 Portland, OR. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. National Guard Armory. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. 9 Greenwood Village, CO. Doll Show. Doubletree Hotel Denver Tech. Judi Hamilton. 303-922-0281. judifallshow@gmail.com 12 Alexander, NY. Doll Show & Sale. Alexander Firemen’s Recreation Hall. Sue Spink. 585-591-2841. 12 Hillsborough, NH. Doll & Toy Extravaganza. Withington Auction. 17 Atwood Rd. 603-478-3232. www.withingtonauction.com 12 Las Cruces, NM. Doll Show & Sale. Mesilla Valley Inn Conf. Room. Dona Ana Doll Club. Gloria. 505-523-1413. or Gail gsavage@rt66.com. 12 Roseville, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. 12 San Diego, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Al Bahr Temple. Delightful Dolls of So. CA. Pam Zwillinger. 619-236-8036. 12 Troy, NY. Doll Show. Bulmer Communicatons Center. Hudson Valley Comm. College. Shaker Doll Club. Robyn. 518-437-9437. 12 Waco, TX. Doll & Toy Show. General Exhibit Bldg. H.O.T. Fairgrounds. Central Texas Doll Club. 254-829-1994. 12 Waldorf, MD. Doll Show. Thomas Stone High School. Southern Maryland Doll Club. 301-868-6410. 13 Maquoketa, IA. Doll Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds. Dora Pitts. 563-242-0139. 13 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Bear Show. Serb Hall. Orphans in the Attic. 920-563-0046. 13 Nashua, NH. Doll Show & Sale. Holiday Inn Nashua. Nellie Perkins Doll & Miniature Society & Granite State Doll Club. nlmay@surfbest.net 13 Valparaiso, IN. Doll & Bear & Miniature Show. Porter County Expo Center.Valparaiso Dolls & Friends. 219-923-3803. valpodolls@yahoo.com 19-20 Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show. Gaithersburg Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 443-617-3590. infoDOLLS@comcast.net 19 Lawrenceville, PA. Doll & Bear & Miniature Show. Lawrenceville Fire Department. Laurel Doll Club of PA. 570-537-2253. 19 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Alameda County Fairgrounds. Larry Herman. 925-947-1572. HermanShow@aol.com 20 Erlanger, KY. Doll Show. Receptions South Inc. Triple Crown. 513-451-7844. dolldoc1963@yahoo.com 20 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Marriott Hotel Hobby Airport. First Houston Doll Club. 409-945-2796. carolyndol@aol.com 24 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232. www.withingtonauction.com 25-26 Millbrae, CA. Doll Festival. Clarion Hotel. Faith Lowman. 831-438-5349. 26 Billings, MT. Doll Sale. Legacy Doll Museum. Dale Bochy. 406-256-5447. 406-252-0041. dbochy@msn.com 26 Bremerton, WA. Doll Show. Son’s of Norway Hall. Kitsap Doll Club. 360-871-7359. Sandy@wavecable.com 26 Joplin, MO. Doll Show. LaQuinta Inn. Heartland Doll Club. Betty Wirick. 417-781-7956. 26-27 Chartres Cedex, France. Doll Auction. Galerie De Chartres. 33 (0)2 37 88 28 28. charters@galeriedechartres.com 27 Ft. Wayne, IN. Doll & Bear Show. The Lantern. B&L Promotions. 419-228-4657. 27 London, England. Dolls & Bears & Miniatures Fair. Dulwich College. Klaregerwat-clark@tinyworld.co.uk 27 Willowbrook, IL. Doll Show. Ashton Place Banquet Center. Julie Bronski. 312-919-7135. www.illinoisdollshows.com
October 2009
3 Austin, TX. Doll Show & Sale. Travis County Expo Center. Austin Doll Collectors Society. http://www.onr.com/user/bblady/dollshow.html 3 Escondido, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Resurrection Church Parish Center. Southwind Doll Club. Marion Gladwin. 760-745-2319. 3 Fredericksburg, VA. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Fredericksburg Elks Lodge #875. Now & Then Doll Club of Fredericsburg. 3 Glendale, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Happy Dollings.Barbara Kouri. 818-767-4172. 3 Phoenix, AZ. Doll Show & Sale. No. Phx. Baptist Church. Daydreamers Doll Club. ddreamer@cox.net 4 Edmonton, AB. Dolls & Teddy Bears & Toys Show. Alberta Aviation Museum. Doll Club of Edmonton. 780-485-3025. dziegler@telusplanet.net 4 Holland, MI. Doll Show & Sale. Holland Civic Center. Arline. 616-846-5788. SJBbetsys@comcast.net 4 Lansing, MI. Doll Show. DeWitt Banquet & Conference Center. Sandy Barts. 269-599-1511.
9-10 Ladenburger, Germany. Toy Auction. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH. Gotz C. Seidel. 0049(0)6203-13014. spielzeugauktion@t-online.de 10 Anaheim, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Ebell Club House. Anaheim Doll Club. 714-534-1906. 10 Hendersonville, NC. Doll Show & Sale. National Guard Armory. Lands O’Sky Doll Club. Francis Alcorn. 828-658-3510. 10 Marlborough, MA. Rare & Important Dolls at Auction. Skinner. 274 Cedar Hill St. Andy & Becky Ourant, Consulting Specialists. 508-970-3130. wrightcollection@skinnerinc.com. 508-970-3240 catalog. 10 Salt Lake City, UT. Doll & Teddy Bear Show.Utah State Fairpark. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com 11 Dedham, MA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn Dedham. David Bornstein. 978-535-4811. www.bornsteinshows.com 11 Flint, MI. Doll Show & Sale. Dom Polski Hall. Flint Barbie Club. 810-659-2351. 11 Hershey, PA. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Granada Street Gym. Central Penn Doll Club. 717-761-3609. 11 Iowa City, IA. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Quality Inns & Suites. Old Capitol Doll Club of Iowa. Larry Bailey. 319-643-2441. 11 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center Coral Bay Ballroom. Carol Benson. 763-434-9023. carol@CPromotionsPlus.com 11 New Hope, PA. Doll Show & Sale. Firehouse 46 N. Sugan Rd. 215-657-2477. markvleh@cavtel.net 17 Palmetto, GA. Doll Show. Georgia Baptist Childrens Home. Peachtree Doll Collectors. 770-579-9404. 17-18 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Puyallup Event Center. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com 17 Radford, VA. Catalogued Auction of Rare All Bisque Dolls. Farmer Auction Center. Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals. 800-476-5359. 18 Columbia, MD. Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Columbia Hilton Hotel. Lady Baltimore Doll Club. 410-484-1687. kenzosmom@verizon.net 18 Wausau, WI. Doll & Antiques Show. Newman Catholic Middle School. Altrusa International Foundation Inc. of Wausau. 22-23 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232. www.withingtonauction.com 23-24 Rottterdam, Netherlands. Intl. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Ahoy, Ahoyweg 10,3084 BA. http://www.niesjewolters.nl 24 Sparks, NV. Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Holiday Inn. Melinda’s Dolls. 775-342-7629. www.melindasdolls.com 24 Washington, NC. Doll Show. Red Men’s Lodge. Anne Scott. 252-946-3046. 25 St. Charles, IL. Toy & Doll Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Antique World Shows. 773-736-5140 31 West Covina, CA. Doll Show. Elk’s Lodge. National Doll Festival. 831-438-5349. DollFestival@aol.com
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1 Anaheim, CA. Doll Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. National Doll Festival. 831-438-5349. 1 St. Charles, MO. Doll & Bear Sale. Columns Banquet Center. Spirit of St. Louis Doll Club. 314-692-8678. patclif@aol.com 1 Southbury, CT. Doll & Bear & Toy Show. The Crowne Plaza. Jenny Lind Doll Club. 860-628-8896. 6-7 Vallejo, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Vallejo Fairgrounds. Nancy Jo’s. 925-229-4190. 7-8 Agawam, MA. Doll & Toy & Teddy Bear Show. The Oaks Hall. The Maven Co. 914-248-4646. 7 Oro Valley, AZ. Doll Show. Resurrection Lutheran Church. Tucson Doll Guild. Sandy Milton. 520-575-7204. 8 Bellevue, WA. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Red Lion Bellevue Inn. Teresa Lehmbeck. 425-413-9516. rivertoncottage@hotmail.com 8 Davenport, IA. Doll & Toy & Bear Show. Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. Dora Pitts. 563-242-0139. 14 Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque Doll & Bear Show. MCM Elegante. Melinda’s Dolls. 775-342-7629. 14 Des Moines, IA. Doll & Bear & Toy Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Colleen Holden. 515-986-1975. dolls50265@aol.com 14 Garden Grove, CA. Doll Show. Garden Grove Community Center. Donna Purkey. 714-828-5909. 14 Red Bluff, CA. Holiday Harvest Festival. Tehama District Fairgrounds. National Doll Festival. 831-438-5349. 17 London, England. Dolls & Teddy Bear & Toys & More Show. Bonhams. +44(0)20 7393 3900. www.bonhams.com 21 Dublin, PA. Doll Show. Dublin Fire Co. Hall. Buxmont Doll Lovers. Judy. 215-822-2556. 21 San Jose, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713.
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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
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SCHOENHUT TOYS
Always Buying and Selling Great Schoenhut Toys. Call for an ever-changing inventory. Top prices paid. Phone 631-351-0982 (eastern time) Keith Kaonis, P.O. Box 239, Northport, NY 11721-0344 63
Sherman’s Antiques & Doll Hospital
2750 Lake Alfred Road (Hwy 17N) Winter Haven, FL 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 863-298-4333 or 863-221-4035. Email: Jerry@Shermansantiques.net Website: www.shermansantiques.net Member of UFDC
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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
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WANTED TO BUY • Music Boxes • Musical Clocks • Mechanical Organs
Always in the market for better quality disc and cylinder music boxes, musical clocks, singing birds, band organs, player organs, coin pianos, monkey organs, Wurlitzer 78 rpm jukeboxes, slot machines. Any condition. Martin Roenigk, 75 Prospect Avenue, Eureka Springs, AR 72632. Toll Free 800-671-6333 email: mroenigk@aol.com
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Frizellburg Antique Store www.frizellburgantiques.com
Visit our website today! A quality group shop specializing in dolls, toys and holidays. Laura Turner, proprietor, 1909 Old Taneytown Rd., Westminster, MD 21158. 410-848-0664 410-875-2850 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
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. RESTORATION of Antique Teddy Bears. Professional repair specializing in early soft stuffed toys. Always interested in BUYING old bears and pals in any condition. Restoration and Teddy Artist Laura Boeck-Singers (414) 871-4956 Email lkboeck@sbcglobal.net Web www.teddy-bear-artists.com 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 ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list #71. 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 Antique Doll Repair and Restoration full service repair of dolls including bisque, composition, hard plastic and vinyl dolls. We specialize in antique and vintage doll clothing and related accessories. Call Rhoda’s Doll Emporium 618-387-1255. Email rhodawade99@gmail.com
Valerie Fogel
Liberal lay-away policy. Three day return privilege -ALWAYS BUYING-
North Bend, WA. 98045 Tel: 425.765.4010 Fax: 425.292.0185 (call 1st) Valerie@beautifulbebes.com Member UFDC
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Beautifulbebes.com A purely perfect package! A petite 13" size 4 EJ from the House of Jumeau. This lovely lass is a heartthrob with dazzling blue eyes; darkly lined, perfect peach toned bisque with lilac shadowed lids and coral lips. Dressed in richly decorated velvet jacket with antique engraved medallions, soutache trim and beadwork, a matching burgandy bonnet, antique french cut leather shoes and graced with her original wig and cork pate. A very pretty bebe! $8350 A magical and unbelievably beautiful 30" unmarked early Bebe Francaise. A bebe of grand proportions and exquisite beauty. Her huge blue pw eyes sparkle like the waters of the ocean. Her bisque is creamy and the colors applied masterfully, with shades of lilac over the lids and petal pink on the cheeks. Her lips are those of a child's; full and softly hued. The ensemble that this Mlle is graced with is a confection of rose-tone silks and creamy french lace and ribbon trimmings complete with matching tricorn hat. This rare find will move your spirit and grace your collection. $10,250
Softness exudes from the powdery pale bisque of this incised looking Tete Jumeau. A bebe with gentle appeal in her lavish antique chapeau and matching couture frock of ruched silk and antique laces. An ensemble garnered from the late R. Wright and acquired in Paris. This bebe has it all; french human hair wig, cork pate, antique unders and original Jumeau shoes. Perfection! $6500
Beauty and originality are the hallmarks of this shining 16" bebe. An E7J with crystaline blue eyes, dewey bisque with gentle shadings from mauve eyeshadow to apricot lips. The artistic rendering of Mlle's face is delicate and defined, with sweeping lashes and feathered brows. Original Jumeau wig, pate, frock and underclothing. Her antique pale blue shoes are a perfect match to her ensemble. Acquired from a fine collection. $8950
A Bevy of early Jumeau beauties. L to R back: 30" Bebe Francaise, 26" Transitional Tete Jumeau, L-R Front: 16" E7J, 13" E4J
Let the enchantment begin! This priviledged little 10" signed Tete 1 Jumeau is imbued with complete originality right down to her Jumeau undergarments, signed shoes, and magnificent original pulled up wig. She has been gifted with an original dress and coordinating bonnet for every day of the week! Her seven dresses are couture and in superb condition; includes an added originally boxed tea set, a fab original necessaire, and a fur muff; all in an original Paris box ca.1885 marked Aux Galeries Lafayette~Maison vendant le meilleur~Marche de tout Paris. The bebe has enormous amber eyes with sweeping lashes, loveliest coloring and perfect bisque on stamped original body. Please inquire