February 2009

Antique DOLL Collector February 2009 Vol. 12, No. 1

February 2009 Vol. 12, No. 1 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

The World's Significant Doll Collections A re A uctioned B y T heriault ' s We'd Like To Be Considered When You're Parting With Yours the dollmasters

Dear Collector,

the dollmasters

For more than thirty-five years Theriault's has been known internationally for auctions of rare and beautiful dolls. Some of the collections we have sold are known worldwide, their owners famous and recognized, their scope immense. Some have been very private, unknown in collecting circles, their owners cherishing anonymity. And still others were quite small, choice, select.

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

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

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

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Respectfully,

Florence Theriault P O B o x 151 • A n n a p o l i s , M D 214 0 4 • Te l . 410 - 2 2 4 - 3 6 5 5 • Fa x 410 - 2 2 4 - 2 515 • w w w. t h e r i a u l t s . c o m

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

the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA • Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 • www.theriaults.com

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2137 Tomlinson Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 • 718-863-0373 email: joycedolls@aol.com

Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. - 2. 10 1/2" Early Portrait Jumeau Bebe, light blue p/w eyes, orig. full skin wig & orig. cork pate. Wears ALL orig. couture costume w/piping at edges, lace & pleats adorning her magnificent burgundy silk dress w/ orig. matching hat adorned w/lace & ribbons, orig. Jumeau earrings & shoes (shoes have wear). On her orig. early "signed" Jumeau 8 ball st. wrist body in great condition. Darling soulful expression. Rare tiny size AMAZING Bebe & a true attic find!!! She is VERY SPECIAL!! $20,500.

3. 11" JDK #211 "Sammy" Character Baby, o/cl/mo, light blue sl. eyes, orig. mohair wig & plaster pate. Wears a darling batiste ant. baby gown & knitted hat. On her orig. Kestner bent limb baby body. Incredible modeling & perfect mint bisque. Absolutely adorable!!! And only…$750.

4. 5 1/2" All Bisque French Mignonette, immaculate pale bisque w/finest decoration, blue set glass eyes, closed dome, orig. magnificent long mohair wig w/a chignon. Wears orig. costume of blue & ecru silk & lace trim w/silk covered buttons & pleats in the back, plus orig. organdy & lace underclothing, blue 2 strap shoes w/tiny black painted bow & high white stockings. On her perfect orig. all bisque body w/swivel neck. I have never seen one this beautiful. Clothing is to die for!!!

1 OUTSTANDING face!!! $4850.

5. 16 1/2" Simon & Halbig #739 Character, blue p/w eyes, mint bisque, fabulous orig. auburn mohair wig & pate. Wears magnificent ant. red silk dress, ant. red leather shoes & great ant.

Fr. hat. She is on her orig. S & H body & made for the Fr. trade. This rare character is absolutely gorgeous. $2675.

6. Set of Bathing Beauties, MINT bisque overall.

These are very rare, one having finely painted nipples & delicate hands that are away from her body. Both have orig. clothing of net & silk ribbons, in perfect condition. One has orig. mohair wig & the other has fabulous replaced very ornate mohair wig. Each have blue painted shoes & painted eyes. They are made by the same company & go great together. I have personally owned them for about twenty years. One is marked Germany. I can't see the mark on the other which may be under her 4 clothing. They are just MAGNIFICENT!!!!

Approximately 4" H & 6" L. $4200. for the pair.

7. - 8. 15 1/2" F.G. Block Letter Bebe, blue threaded p/w eyes, magnificent orig. full auburn mohair wig w/curls & braid w/ auburn feathered brows, orig. pate, immaculate pale bisque & desirable molded Bru type tongue tip. Wears her orig. lace dress w/silk ribbons, Fr. ant. leather shoes & the most magnificent ant. Fr. velvet & silk hat. On her orig. early chunky st. wrist body. She is OUTSTANDING!!! $9875.

9. - 10. 18" Mechanical Steiner Bebe "Gigoteur", gorgeous bisque, orig. mohair wig, early cl. dome, magnificent blue p/w eyes, o/mo w/ teeth, working mechanism w/key wind that makes her cry, turns her head from side to side, waves arms & legs kick. Known as kicking screaming Steiner & with good reason.

ALL orig. silk & lace dress, bonnet & orig.

7 shoes & socks. One of the most beautiful I have ever had. Great cabinet size & absolutely gorgeous!! $3995. - SALE $3475.

11. 13" Portrait-Type French Belton, cl/mo, gorgeous bisque, br. p/w eyes, orig. mohair wig & pate. Wears her Factory orig. velvet costume & is orig. from head to toes, incl. her undies. Has one pulled through earring hole which I believe was in the making. On her orig. early 8 ball st. wrist Belton body.

Absolutely beautiful with a darling soulful expression. Has the face of a French Portrait Jumeau & made for the Fr. trade!! $2950.

12. - 13. 10" Steiner C Series Bebe w/blue lever eyes, early mauve blush under her beautifully painted brows, immaculate pale bisque, orig. lambs wool wig & orig. Steiner pate. Wears a magnificent ant. Fr. two piece pink silk costume adorned w/lace & her orig. shoes & socks & a fabulous Fr. ant. hat. On her orig. Steiner body in great condition. Has a delicate round face with the best modeling, a perfect working eye mechanism & an EXTRAORDINARILY beautiful face! Rare tiny size Bebe!! Only…$15,000.

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Marked Heubach figurine in sitting position, 8” in height. $350 Marked Heubach figurine in lying position, 8-1/2” in length $350 An absolutely adorable 18” Hertel & Schwab 165 googly. Marked on rear of head 165-9; she is on a jointed toddler body and wearing antique clothing with a tosca colored mohair wig. $7500 Desirable as well as appealing, this 13” JDK 221 googly is just a perfect cabinet size doll. On a chunky straight wristed toddler body, she too is also wearing antique clothing. $8500 A fine all original 20” Tete Jumeau in “Couture” clothing with marked Jumeau shoes. The best of the best, this young lady has a most expressive face, large blue paperweight eyes, original French mohair wig, and a fabulous outfit. Marked on rear of head TETE JUMEAU #9, she has flawless peaches and cream bisque. This French Bebe is for the discerning collector who wants and outstanding example for their collection!! $8250

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French Fashion Dolls from Left to Right

18” Maison Huret, a perfect, glass-eyed, swivel-neck version of the classic poupee, who is the unusual “rod neck” model – the earliest of the glass-eyed dolls. This exceptionally pretty Huret features spiral-threaded blue glass eyes, a lovely blonde wig styled in soft curls and her original gutta-percha body (with restoration). Mademoiselle Huret wears a gorgeous dress of floral-printed gauze in pale lavender, along with a Huret bonnet in rosepink silk, plus antique ankle boots in cream leather. $26,500.

17-1/2” China Huret, circa 1850s – a first generation shoulderhead model from the illustrious firm, featuring a very sensitive expression, soft blue eyes, and a curly lamb wig. On an articulated wooden body, she wears a Huret dress which once resided in the trousseau of the very special Huret Blondinette Davranches. $18,500.

15” Darling, round-face Bru featuring perfect bisque, blue glass eyes, and the original blonde wig. On the patented-Bru, articulated wooden body, she wears a lovely reception gown in cream silk stripe, with lace, flower and bead trim. An exquisite Bru in a desirable cabinet size! $9800.

15” Swivel-neck E. Barrois fashion, with stunning, perfect bisque and painting, cobalt eyes and the original wig, all on an articulated wooden body. Beautifully costumed as a bride in

cream satin, lace, and orange blossoms – one could not ask for a more wonderful cabinetsized E.B. $7900.

14” F.G. fashion on a classic kid body, featuring lovely blue glass eyes, and wearing a stunning cream satin bridal ensemble for her special day! $3200.

26” Portrait Jumeau fashion Gentleman with perfect bisque, brown paperweight eyes, and a wonderful skin wig. Handsomely costumed as a military officer, he is adorned with brass buttons and Dresden paper medals – even a saber! Your ladies will swoon! $9800.

22-1/2” Fashion shoulderhead lady impressed P.G. for Gaudinot-Popineau, with lovely bisque, expressive blue glass eyes, and an original brunette wig, all on a classic kid leather body. An exceptional presentation makes this very rare doll a winner. $4950.

21-1/2” 1860s-era fashionable lady who we attribute to Eugene Barrois, with a perfect bisque head and shoulderplate, beautiful bisque, blue paperweight eyes with prominent mauve shadow, and the original auburn human hair wig in a pleasing style. Her classic leather body is in exceptionally clean condition (normal wear and patching) and her walking dress is spectacular for its design. A very stylish hat completes the presentation. $4500.

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SPAIN: THE CLOTH DOLL BOOM OF THE 1920’s AND 1930’s

by Elizabeth K. Schmahl Several small companies in Spain produced quality cloth dolls to rival those in Italy and France.

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NEWS: PUPPENHAUSMUSEUM HALF DOLLS

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EARLY FRENCH PAPIER-MÂCHÉ DOLLS

by Samy Odin It can be proven that several companies in France made papier-mâché heads.

About The Cover

Gracing our cover is an elegant papier-mâché lady in her original costume, c. 1850’s, from the Musée de la Poupée-Paris. The museum’s founder, Samy Odin, discusses early papier-mâché dolls, not all of which originate in Germany.

Records prove that several companies in France made papier-mâché heads, although as yet, we are not able to attribute them to specific makers.

Photo Jean Dalmard - Musée de la Poupée-Paris.

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AMAZING AMANDA

by Maureen Herrod A big, beautiful papier-mâche shows off her wardrobe.

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DISCOVERING A PIT BROW LASS

by Erica Tanner A doll’s unusual costume leads to a fascinating history lesson.

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UNITED FEDERATION OF DOLL CLUBS MODERN COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT BLUE RIBBON WINNERS PART II A look at UFDC’s modern competitive exhibit.

Auction Gallery Emporium Back Issues Calendar Classified

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HOW ROSABELLE WAS FOUND - A DETECTIVE STORY

By Ursula R. Mertz Lost but not forgotten, Rosabelle will soon be on display!

Telephone (212) 787-7279 • P.O. Box 1410 • NY, NY 10023 Quality Antique Dolls by Mail Return Privilege • Layaways Member UFDC and NADDA

1 & 2. 28” Extravagant Art Deco Boudoir Doll - dramatic portrayal of a Spanish dancer with swivel neck, hand painted felt face, long jtd. limb, original clothes of felt and organdy; signed in ink “Beppe Garella, Lenci” Exotic! $1250 3. 17” Exciting Limbach Character portrait of a hooligan with animated expression, furrowed brows, anxious eyes, fully jointed body in period clothes. Unusual and rare! $895 4 & 7. 29” Art Deco Pierrot Bed Doll poetry and drama combine in this rare and romantic jointed felt fellow with swivel waist, hips and neck and original guitar to serenade you!

Sublime! $1495 5 & 6. 18” Dramatic French Character highly stylized and early bisque art doll in a rare size, signed by Ed Tasson for Limoges with large, French green pw eyes, aquiline nose, confident smile, jointed French body dressed in Edwardian splendor! $1495 8. 11” Factory Dressed Gbr. Heubach Googly - the rare mold “10790”. A striking large size bursting with mirth and merriment, chubby barefoot toddler body with 10" cir. head, factory mint wig and original deco Pierrot costume! $2500 9. 35” Stunning 1907 Jumeau - a particularly serene princess of flawless quality and wearing her heirloom original finery. (see our ad page 55). $3200 10. 3” Dressel and Kister Pierette - mint and signed. $250 6” Very Rare Gbr. Heubach Pierrot - so unusual for Heubach, fully signed and mint and romantic. $1200 8” Arms Out and Away - deco splendor on original mount $395.

6-1/2” Pink Tint Lady - arms away, D & K eyes, stylized hair! $195 11. 6-1/2” Spanish Senorita Half Doll the rare figure rich and dramatic. $395.

8” Gypsy Half Doll - intriguing and exotic on original luxurious mount. $595 12. 24” Unusual Musical Pierrots - all original bed dolls from silk skull caps to silk slippers with mint exaggerated composition heads, smoking and playing their lutes to the richly melodious aires of their keywind cylinders contained in torso. Magic! $1250 and $950 13. 12” Art Deco Half Doll Fashion constructed to include her shapely separate porcelain legs and so glamorously dressed in the frail but beautifully original Gatsby manner! $495 14 & 15. 41” Rare Two Face Bed Doll Fantasy - wildly fantastic and creative in design - one side 'naughty', the other 'nice'. Sharing 24” arms and legs with reversible joints at the wrists and knees, swivel head and eccentrically stylized diamond studded couture including hand painted garters with angora trim - one of a kind. $1495 16. 19” Italian Felt Art Doll - mint and all original intellectual with exaggerated expression, supercilious arched brows and sly eyes with outrageous mohair Einstein hair! $895

Nancy A. Smith Buying and selling quality antique dolls.

Specializing in early cloth dolls.

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

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17" Simonne fashion. $5000.

17" probably FG fashion. Marked 3. $4000.

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1. 30” Heinrich Handwerck, Simon Halbig - She is a beautiful blue eyed girl in excellent condition. This doll is costumed in lovely antique clothes & shoes. $950 2. 18” ABG #639 - She is a beautiful closed mouth doll with excellent quality bisque. This doll has a nice antique dress, shoes & wig. $850 3. 20” Limoges-France - She is a lovely blue eyed girl nicely dressed & in excellent condition. $750 4. 16” Milliners Model - She is a wonderful early doll in outstanding condition. This doll is all original & has a first place ribbon. $2650 5. 22” K * R #126 - She is a lovely, brown eyed baby dressed in antique clothes. This doll has her original wig & is very reasonably priced at $850 6. 9” A.M. #323 - This little cutie is in good condition with her original wig. She has very nice quality bisque. $950 7. 14” J.D.K. #211 - This “Sammy” doll is adorable in her antique dress, bonnet & jacket. She has her original wig & is in excellent condition. $575 8. 14” J.D.K. Baby - This blue eyed baby is adorable in her antique bunting. $475 9. 17” Kestner #226 - This sweet baby has excellent quality bisque & original body finish.

She is nicely dressed in antique clothes. $675 10. 10” Chinese couple - This wonderful couple has very nice character faces & are completely original & in mint condition. $265 pair 11. 13” Nora Wellings - This doll is all original & has glass eyes. $225 12. 4 1/2” China - She is in excellent original condition. $65 13. 3 1/2” All bisque - She is a little sweetheart with wonderful original wig. $200 14. Martha Chase dolls - This is a family of 3, mother & father 16”--baby 14” They are in nice condition & have blue ribbons. $850

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WITHINGTON AUCTION, Inc.

GREETINGS…from the NEW DOLLHOUSE!!

By the time this issue of Antique Doll Collector reaches you, Withington auction will have moved into our new headquarters – an 18th Century farmstead on the other side of Hillsborough. For the past 6 months, Larry and the boys have been renovating the neglected old buildings. There is still so much to do, but the main house is livable. For 60 years, Dick Withington operated Withington Auction from his home in Hillsborough Center – and country auctions under the tents became a summer tradition.

But with Dick’s passing in April of 2008, change was inevitable and we felt it was time to start our own traditions. Our moving has been delayed by ice storms and the holidays and building materials on backorder but we are moving – Ready or Not!

New address: 17 Atwood Road, Hillsborough, NH 03244 - stop by anytime!

We apologize for our lack of communication during the past few months as we have been so busy with the renovation. We will be printing our ANNUAL TOP 100 DOLLS OF 2008 as soon as we are settled.

Call or E-mail if you would like a complimentary copy.

The April Doll Auction will be a 1-Day event due to a schedule conflict at the Holiday Inn, and the sale is nearly complete…

But we always make room for a few Special Additions! Call Dolores Smith ASAP to see if space is available.

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Pictured is an exquisite example of a rare, French Doll, Found in an attic in Massachusetts: “P.D.” Compo body with metal hands - All Original – As Found

To be Sold April 16, 2009 Holiday Inn, Nashua, NH

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Rare 19” German character 109 $14,500.

Our shop in the beautiful coastal village of Camden, Maine is closed until May. However, we are open by appointment.

49 Bay View Street, Camden, ME 04843 email: lucysdollhouse49@roadrunner.com Shop 207-236-4122 Fax 207-236-4377 Cell 207-322-4851 Lucy Morgan & Susan Singer, proprietors Rare 14” miniature sled - $995.

10-1/2” Parian doll $1100.

18” German blue roof dollhouse - $1050.

14” Composition Skippy - $950.

9-1/2” Wrestler - bisque head, composition body - $3500.

5 old Storybook dolls (metal feet) $150.

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e wish to bring you a more in-depth look at the Puppenhausmuseum exhibition of half dolls, currently on display until April 5. Originally designed to be afďŹ xed to another object, three or four unglazed holes in the base served to secure the body of the “half dollâ€? to a plinth using wire or linen thread. The plinth was made of cardboard or a metal skirt which the purchaser was able to dress with a wide fabric skirt. Clothing was made using luxurious or simple materials according to their intended use as decorative or practical items. continued on page 58

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Antique Dolls and Toys From Old Germany March 27th 2009 (Tin Toys, Trains and Dollhouses) March 28th 2009 (Bears and Dolls)

Besides a large offering of 500 pieces tin toys (MĂ„RKLIN, BING, ROCK & GRANER, etc.), a lot of trains and accessories 0 and I. 400 bears (STEIFF, HERRMANN), dollhouses, Biedermeier kitchens and stores and 1000 accessories, Christmas tree decorations.

KĂ„THE KRUSE, bisque shoulder-headed dolls, German and French Bisque dolls, Biedermeier dolls, Pumpkin-Head, wooden dolls, with accessories Upon request we will send you our catalog for EURO 40,00 (no credit cards accepted). Or you can visit our catalog on our website www.spielzeugauktion.de in German or English.

All pieces are photographed.

If you are interested in a catalog, you can contact us under the following address: Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH Lustgartenstr. 6 D-68526 Ladenburg Tel.: 0049 6203 13014 Fax: 0049 6203 17193 Internet: www.spielzeugauktion.de E-Mail: Spielzeugauktion@t-online.de

The town Ladenburg is a lovely town built by the Romans in Germany, near Heidelberg and Mannheim.

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FRAMED: 10.5” EXTREMELY RARE ARMAND MARSEILLE 240 GOOGLY Solid domed bisque head on original five piece toddler body with side glancing sleep eyes. Small eye chip. Sunshine for your soul!............................................................................................ $2500.

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1. 19-1/2” WIRE-EYE ENGLISH WAX - Wax over composition shoulder head, glass eyes sleep with wire from torso, antique mohair in slit head as wig, cloth body, brown kid lower arms.

A wonderful early English wax doll, with desirable wire eyes, in totally original clothing. $795 2. 9” ALL BISQUE SIMON & HALBIG 886 - Brown sleep eyes with real lashes, open mouth with two upper and one lower square teeth, original mohair wig, molded orange ribbed socks and black shoes.

Well redressed. Hairline from neck on back of torso, minor touch-ups at neck edge, stringing hole, fingers, small sliver off right finger.

A wonderful large all bisque with desirable square teeth! $2750 3. 22” SCHOENHUT MISS DOLLY - Brown decal eyes, open/closed mouth with four painted teeth, original mohair wig. Original slip, union suit, blue cotton socks with hole in bottom of feet, high button oilcloth boots. Unplayed-with; lovely facial coloring with no blemishes, wig in original curly set. She looks brand-new! $795

Call or visit my website for additional dolls and more detailed descriptions.

4. SUPER UV BLACK LIGHTS - 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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Thela Huffman Taecker House Antique Dolls 1. 17” TETE JUMEAU BEBE in lovely bebe dress Blue PW eyes, original signed Jumeau body, original French leather shoes—PERFECT Condition! THE LOOK!! ...........................................................................................................................................$4800.

2. 26” TETE JUMEAU BEBE Beautiful blue PW eyes, closed mouth, lovely antique bebe midnight blue silk velvet dress, & original Jumeau leather shoes with BEE insignia. PERFECT and FABULOUS! ..........................................................$6300.

3. 20” EXTREMELY RARE ALT, BECK & GOTTSCHALCK 915 TO REPRESENT A FRENCH PETIT ET DUMONTIER BEBE c.1880 Gorgeous blue PW eyes, closed mouth, original and wonderful fully jointed composition and wood eight ball body, fabulous original silk couture costume & antique shoes. Tiny restoration on forehead is barely noticeable. This may be covering no more than a speck—but it is hard to tell. A RARE and Wonderful MUSEUM EXAMPLE! .......................$3500.

4. TALK ABOUT RARE--14” RARE Bisque Character Urchin “Nanette” by Poulbot for SFBJ circa 1915 Original brown “Jewel” paperweight eyes, very unusual modeling and painting of features, original SFBJ body in excellent condition, antique costume & original leather shoes. Circa 1915 designed by the French illustrator and humorist Francisque Poulbot! OUTSTANDING.....................................................................................................................................................$6000.

5. 14” RARE FRENCH TRADE BROWN SIMON & HALBIG 1368 CHARACTER IN MOROCCAN FACTORY COSTUME Fired-in smooth brown bisque with ethnic modeling, Brown sleep eyes, open mouth, on original brown body wearing a wonderful Factory costume to represent a Moroccan boy with original shoes and wig.

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Early French Papier-Mâché Dolls

by Samy Odin

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hat’s in a name? For a long time, French collectors referred to them as “Paulines.” Yet, if we look back at the various research done over the years concerning this particular type of doll, we cannot find a unique term used by specialists to refer to these dolls made in France.

The term “papier-mâché,” as brilliantly noted by Jo Elisabeth Gerken,1 is not very clear and, originally, it may not even be a French word! The British “mashed paper”, translated in Italian is “carta pesta”, and perfectly expresses the process of making this basic material: a formula of paper mixed with water, glue and other fillers to obtain a solid substance that can be easily molded.

There also exists a variation that the French call “carton moulé,” a process whereby several layers of heavier carton are pressed into a mold, with the addition of glue, and sometimes other ingredients, such as gesso, to produce a resistant, thick material that is ideally suited for molding and painting.

We see its use in the purest tradition of religious figures.

Serious research by the Ciesliks2 and Christiane Gräfnitz3 has proven that some dolls found in France with French leather bodies had German papier-mâché heads.

Yet, if one goes through the overwhelming Annuaire du Commerce and the Annuaire Parisien or consults the innumerable documents kept at the INPI (Institut National de la Protection Industrielle), the equivalent of the US Patent Office, it can be easily proven that several companies in France, and especially in Paris, made papier-mâché doll heads as much as Johann Andreas Voit in Hildburghausen, Johann Friedrich Müller in Sonneberg and Johann Daniel Kestner in Waltershausen.

16” elegant lady wearing an original gown from the mid-1850s.

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22” impeccable and all-original model from the 1850s.

Unusual fortune-teller, probably from Belgium or the Netherlands, 1840s.

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17” doll wearing a regional costume from Poitou-Charentes, around 1840.

What makes the research more difficult on the French side is the lack of explicit documents from these early Parisian companies. It is important to explain that the French manufacturers specializing in dolls during the first half of the 19th century were extremely small when compared to the size of the German companies mentioned above. It was, in the area known as “Temple”, in the third district of Paris, that the majority of these small family owned doll businesses were located. Each company certainly had its own “style” and a proper commercial strategy, but it is interesting to know that most of these early doll makers were using the very same workers.

The majority of these men and women were paid “à la pièce”, for their work, and could simultaneously work for different companies, depending on the skills of each worker and the orders of each company. The variety of products manufactured by the smaller French firms was certainly not comparable to the huge production of the Germans. It is the author’s belief that none of these early French doll manufacturers ever published catalogues of their doll lines, unlike some of the larger German companies. Their doll production was more of an “impromptu” business, season after season, keeping up with a very changing demand and trying to adapt the production to the whims of the quickly changing fashions.

The kind of information that is presently available to the researcher consists in the official documents, often very laconic, about the businesses and the patents that they

registered. The authors of The Encyclopedia of French Dolls4 are right in remarking of the difficulty of attributing any early papier-mâché doll to any particular French company, for none seems to be explicitly marked. However, it is plausible that research, in the future, would get to the point of being able to recognize, by simple comparison, the different styles of these dolls and, hopefully, to determine a possible link to a specific doll maker.

The focus of the present article is to awaken the attention of the reader to the names and locations of some of these early French doll makers who made papier-mâché doll heads.

One of the earliest records, dated of 1820, mentions the Maison Le Maire. The owner, Madame Lemaire, started as a maker of dolls with leather bodies at 112 rue Saint-Martin.

Did she make papier-mâché doll heads or did she simply assemble them with leather bodies? Later, this company moved to 14 rue Chapon, then to number 2 on the same street, eventually becoming one of the most luxurious doll and toy shops of that generation. The name of Le Maire disappears from the archives around the mid-1850s.

As early as 1823, the firm of Cochet is listed as a maker of “poupées en carton et empeaussées en tous genres” (carton headed dolls with leather bodies of various types). This company had its firm in Ecouen, but it had a “comptoir” in the Temple district in Paris. In the same area, also active, three decades later, was the famous “Maison Duclos”, located at 44, rue de Montmorency. This company specialized in “poupées en carton” and was in business between 1854 and 1863.

Another maker who specialized in dolls’ shoulder-heads with “faux yeux” (artificial eyes), possibly made of papiermâché, was named Blondel (sometimes spelled “Blondelle”). Located at 7, rue Frépillon (re-named rue Volta in 1851), this company is listed in the Annuaire du Commerce as early as 1827. It seems to be the same firm that moved to the rue du Vertbois, at number 18, in 1830.

In 1850, the widow of the founder was running the business, followed by her son, who is listed at the initial address of number 7, rue Volta during the winter of 1851/1852. What did their doll heads look like? Will anyone ever happen to find a doll with a written provenance that would help attribute it to the maison Blondel?

In 1828, the name of Jean Videlier is listed as a doll manufacturer. His factory was located at 7, rue du Bourg-l’Abbé, also in the third district of Paris. According to The Encyclopedia of French Dolls, the founder of the company died in 1858, leaving the business to his second wife. The doll production of the following generation, known under the name of Brasseur-Videlier, is recognizable by the initials B.V., but how can we recognize the earliest production of Jean Videlier, who probably did not mark his products? It is plausible that he used papier-mâché doll heads for his deluxe production.

8” all-original doll with papier-mâché shoulder-head and leather body with wooden arms and legs, mid-19th century or earlier.

35” impressive model from the 1840s.

Same doll as above wearing her original human hair wig.

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Rare pair of 8” papier-mâché dolls wearing their original religious vestments, early 1850s.

German papier-mâché doll head home assembled on a cloth body, around 1840.

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According to the research of Anne-Marie Porot,5 the Maison Hérissey, located at 151, rue SaintDenis in 1828 and at 11, rue Salle au Comte in 1832, was specializing in “bimbeloterie”.

Among various fancy goods, they also were producing play dolls. The story of this early company is thrilling, for it exemplifies the business strategies of this corporation as well as the way small businesses in that particular area were passed down to the following generations. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Junius Hérissey had no children, so they naturally chose to honor their closest employees, Jenny Prudence Marteau and Victoire Pauline and Adèle Amélie Aumoitte, two sisters and nieces of the Hérissey’s. Miss Marteau married Louis Désiré Belton, and the oldest of the Aumoitte sisters married Pierre François Jumeau. Both gentlemen joined the company and, in 1841, the two young couples became associates of the firm called Belton & Jumeau, successors to the maison Hérissey. A strong foundation was established for this flourishing business to last over the years if fate hadn’t intervened to break this solid association.

Sweet French doll with papier-mâché head, wearing its original travel outfit, around 1830s.

Photo Samy Odin

18” superb bride doll from the late 1840s.

Emile Jumeau was born on April 18, 1843, ten days after his aunt, Victoire Pauline, had passed away. And tragedy hit again on May 18 of the same year, when Mrs. Adèle Amélie Jumeau died as well at the age of 23, leaving two orphans and a widower. Mrs. Porot perfectly explains how these deaths also broke the balance of the Belton & Jumeau association. Mr. and Mrs. Belton ended up keeping their business under the name of maison Belton, successor of Hérissey, while Pierre François Jumeau started his own separate business. The Belton company was not to be very successful however. They declared bankruptcy in 1848, but attempted to continue business in spite of their debts, until the death of Mr. Belton in 1853 and his wife in 1854.

What is very interesting, for our topic, is to carefully read the list of the creditors of the Belton company following the bankruptcy. It occurred after the death of Mr. Belton in 1853, and it mentions the names of German doll makers, including Dressel, Wilhelm Simon and Johann Friedrich Müller, as well as French doll makers such as the Rungaldier brothers, Dominique Marie Barrois, Alphonse Verdavaine

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These two papier-mâché and wooden dolls are likely fully made in Germany during the 1840s/1850s.

and Joseph Sanoner. This is proof that some of the papier-mâché heads in those early decades also came from French companies.

Before the use of porcelain and bisque, papier-mâché was the major material used for the dolls’ heads. Firms like Barrois, for example, started making these refined papier-mâché heads long before they evolved into a porcelain specialty.

Finally, we can find additional proof of the making of this type of head in France among the registered patents, including the most explicit, listed in 1847 under the name of Soret, 4, rue Boisseau (read Guérin-Boisseau between the 2nd and the 3rd districts of Paris). This patent explicitly mentions papier-mâché doll heads.

When collectors enjoy these early papier-mâché dolls, it often is the spirit of these Parisian pioneers of the doll industry that can be felt under those refined faces and those elegant gowns, reminiscent of the latest fashions under the reign of LouisPhilippe I. Unless noted, all of the photos in this article are featured in the lastest book by the author Fascinating Dolls from the Musée de la Poupée – Paris (Rêverie Publishing, 2008, © Jean Dalmard – Musée de la Poupée-Paris) and are currently on display at the museum.

Footnotes: 1. Jo Elisabeth Gerken, Wonderful Dolls of Papier Mâché, Doll Research Associates, 1970.

2. Jürgen and Maianne Cieslik, German Doll Encyclopedia, Hobby House Press, 1985 3. Christiane Gräfnitz, German Papier Mâché Dolls, Verlag Puppen & Spielzeug, 1994.

4. Danielle and François Theimer/ Florence Theriault, The Encyclopedia of French Dolls, Gold Horse Publishing, 2003 and 2006.

5. Anne Marie Porot, La Société Belton et Jumeau/La Maison Belton, self-published, 1993

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Spain: The Cloth Doll Boom of the 1920s and 30s

by Elizabeth K. Schmahl

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ntique and vintage cloth dolls have always been a favorite among collectors, perhaps because they are each uniquely hand-stuffed, hand-sewn, and hand-painted.

One can imagine the time, effort and detail that someone put into the making of any one particular vintage cloth doll, an emphasis on detail and precision that always seems to warm the heart of any collector.

Collectors often seek out the beautiful craftsmanship of cloth and felt dolls made by world renowned makers such as Italy’s Lenci or France’s Poupées Raynal from the early twentieth century. However, less attention has been devoted to the quality competitor cloth dolls from other countries during this time period, such as those made in Spain. This article will examine a sampling of Spanish cloth and felt doll makers from the 1920s and 1930s. Although very little is known about many of these small companies, this introduction will hopefully spark an interest in further research of lesser-known cloth doll companies around the world.

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Muñecas Pagés

My interest in researching Spanish cloth dolls specifically began when I fell in love with a pair of 1920s Spanishmade Lenci look-alike dolls from the company “Jugetes y Muñecas Pagés S.A.” This Madrid-based company began in the 1920s in an attempt to capitalize upon the cloth doll craze that was going on in Italy and France at the time.

In 1924, the company was honored with gold medals at both the Madrid and Paris national toy expositions. The following year they won the award in Spain for doll of the year. Their dolls were frequently made with hand painted features, mohair wigs, and silk and felt clothing.

Attention to detail was of great importance to companies like Muñecas Pagés. The workmanship and skill involved in making these dolls paralleled that of many competitor companies. An original advertising card for the company from this era describes the company as specializing in dolls of “tipos regionales” (regional types) as well as “muñecas de fantasía” (dolls of fantasy/imagination), “peletes” (puppets), and cloth dolls that are “mechanizada a mano o con motor” (mechanized by hand or motor).

The advertising card also advertised exportation to all countries of the world. As such, the tourist trade appears to have had a great deal of influence on doll makers such as Muñecas Pagés as evidenced by their frequent use of traditional Spanish costumes on their dolls. These costumes represented different regions of Spain. Shown are several examples of traditionally-dressed dolls made by Muñecas Pagés circa 1920s. These early Muñecas Pagés dolls are often described by collectors as “boudoir” dolls because of their long, slender bodies and long legs. The 19-inch doll in white (doll 1) wears a traditional festival costume representing Valencia in eastern Spain (the Valenciana costume is regarded as one of Spain’s favorite costumes). She is dressed in a silk dress with floral print and a lace apron with silver sequins 1. Elaborate and a beaded design at the c. 1920’s 19-inch bosom. Her gauze slip and tagged Muñecas organdy white pantaloons Pagés doll dressed are marked with both a in typical costume cloth and paper tag that from the Valencia region of Spain. says, “Muñecas Pagés Madrid Marca Registrada Original paper label for the early Trade Mark Made in Muñecas Pagés boudoir dolls.

Spain.” She has a pressed These dolls also had a cloth felt face and a muslin body label sewn inside the skirt.

jointed at the shoulders and thighs. Her boudoir-style long legs are molded anatomically with a shapely and feminine calf and thigh.

She wears black leather shoes with pearl trim and a wooden heel.

She has pearl earrings and her mohair wig is braided in a bun with matching pearl accents. She originally would have worn a tall goldtone “mantilla” in her hair which is now missing. Her index and middle fingers are sewn together while her remaining digits are separately sewn. Nearly all the Muñecas Pagés dolls have red painted fingernails on their cloth fingertips.

Another 19-inch doll from Muñecas Pagés pictured is dressed in attire typical of Salamanca in western Spain (doll 2). She wears a blue felt shirt and red felt skirt with a gorgeous cut-out design as well as a vibrant multi-colored felt underskirt. She has a black apron and matching shawl with hand-painted flower accents. She wears matching faux gold earrings, a necklace, and matching gold beads in her hair.

Her mohair is worn in a high braided bun with lovely silk ribbon trim hanging down.

The smaller doll pictured stands 15 inches tall and is dressed in the fashionable attire of the Andalucia region in southern Spain (doll 3). She wears a multitude of felt flowers in her hair and orange celluloid earrings. Her vibrant red silk shawl is also accented with felt flowers and her white organdy dress is followed by an elaborate 8-inch long train. This particular doll has black thread hair rather than the typical mohair seen during this period.

Muñecas Pagés boudoir dolls have also been found in both 30 and 40-inch sizes! Pictured is a 30-inch tagged Pagés doll also depicting a Valenciana (photo courtesy of Linda Wulfsteig) (doll 4). She has an elaborate costume with a wool skirt and a colourful top with lace trim. She has felt leaves and oranges in her basket.

(Valencia, Spain is well-known for its oranges and the “orange seller” theme is frequently depicted in dolls during this era.). She has ornate hair ornaments, embossed combs, jewelled hairpins, and a pearl necklace and matching pearl earrings.

Although the history is not clearly known, sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s, the Muñecas Pagés company became known as Muñecas Pagés-Matarin Madrid (also referred to by collectors as Casa Pagés). The later dolls from the Casa Pagés era were generally shorter in stature, typically 10 to 11 inches tall. Although their facial features were still skillfully handpainted, these dolls no longer had felt faces, but faces made of more economical pressed muslin. The extravagant silks and fancy beads from the 1920s dolls were replaced with cheaper felts and basic cottons. The dolls typically had pouty, pronounced lips and generally had hair made of thread rather than mohair. Despite the use of more inexpensive materials, each doll’s costume certainly reflected the company’s continued commitment to detail, creativity, and versatility. The company continued to market and sell dolls in regional attire, including those in traditional costumes from other countries. Pictured are two 11-inch tall Casa Pagés dolls (dolls 5-6). One is dressed in a costume typical of Czechoslovakia during this period. She retains the original diamond-shaped paper tag on the front that reads, “Muñecas Pagés-Matarín Madrid”. The other example is dressed in a typical everyday costume of Avila in central Spain. Also pictured are two traditionally dressed topsy-turvy dolls, dolls that were among Casa Pagés’ most popular exports (dolls 7-8).

2. This highly decorated c. 1920’s 19-inch Muñecas Pagés doll represents the region of Salamanca, Spain.

3. A gorgeous 1920’s 15-inch Muñecas Pagés doll from Andalucia, Spain.

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1902’s 30inch tagged Muñecas Pagés boudoir doll representing a Valencia orange seller doll. Linda Wulfsteig collection.

Muñecas Florido

Another Madrid-based company that marketed tourist dolls emerged at this time through the vision of a man named José Florido. The company, Muñecas Florido, also fabricated cloth dolls in traditional attire. Muñecas Florido received high acclaim at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona. While Muñecas Florido did appear to fabricate dolls for sale within Spain, several examples have been found as part of the export market. Shown are a pair of dolls called “Bebé Florido”, both dressed in variations of the traditional Spanish folk Valenciana costume (dolls 9-10). The dolls 7-8. Popular 1930’s-1940’s Muñecas Pagés Topsy Turvy dolls.

are 11 inches tall and still retain their original marked and labelled boxes. Their hand-painted faces are pressed felt. They each wear a silk dress with a lace apron accented with sequins and beads and a felt flower decorating the bodice. They wear felt shoes and beaded jewelry. Their hair is black thread. Their legs and shoulders are jointed. Their four fingers are sewn together while the thumb is separate. An original 1927 factory receipt dated and signed by José Florido describes the dolls with “ojos crystal” or glass eyes, a very recognizable identifying feature of these cloth dolls. If we could only purchase these delightful little dolls now at their original 1927 wholesale price of 2.60 pesetas (approximately 50 American cents during this time period)! The original boxes of these dolls have images of a little girl with a large yellow bow and ringlets in a yellow dress. The little girl is holding a doll in her right hand and has a finger of her left hand in her mouth. She is the Muñecas Florido company logo.

I certainly cannot end the story of Muñecas Florido without recounting the fascinating coincidence that took place with these pair of dolls! I purchased one of the Bebé Florido dolls several years ago from the New England area on the internet.

She came in her original box with an inscription that said, “Brought from Havana, Cuba from Mommie to Betty, March 1930.” How exciting that my new doll had provenance!

Unbelievably, years later, my mother acquired another Bebé Florido doll in the box from an antique show in Colorado with an inscription that read, “Brought from Havana, Cuba by Mommie to Harriet March 1930.” We came to the conclusion that the two dolls must have belonged to sisters and “Mommie” had purchased these exported Spanish dolls in Cuba for her two daughters. The pair had finally been reunited!

5-6. 1930’s 11-inch Muñecas Pagés Matarín dolls.

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N.A.T.I (Novedad Arte Tomalidad Ingenio)

Although very little information is available, another Spanish company making cloth dolls emerged during the 1920s and 1930s called N.A.T.I. (Novedad Arte Tomalidad Ingenio.) Run by a man named Diego Garrido, N.A.T.I. was also a company that marketed traditionally-dressed dolls for the tourist and export trades. The N.A.T.I. dolls are most commonly found in a nine-inch size, although several rare 14-inch tagged examples have also been found, including hand-mechanized dolls. The charming character features of the nine-inch N.A.T.I. dolls bear a striking resemblance to the Lenci Mascottes sold in Italy at this time (which is likely not a mere coincidence.) Like the Lenci Mascottes, the N.A.T.I. dolls have side-glancing, hand-painted eyes.

However, unlike the felt faces of the Lenci dolls, the N.A.T.I. dolls have faces of pressed cloth. They have mohair wigs and jointed muslin bodies. Their four fingers are sewn together and they have a separately sewn thumb. They typically wear felt and cotton clothing. Shown are four nineinch N.A.T.I. examples with their original paper tags that read, “Fabricación Original N.A.T.I. Madrid: Novedad Arte Tomalidad Ingenio Marca Registrada.” I have found a variety of unique costumes on N.A.T.I. dolls. Dressed in non-traditional clothing is a little girl holding a felt rooster and another dressed as a skier with wooden poles and skis (dolls 11-12). The two other N.A.T.I. dolls are dressed as traditional male and female Flamenco dancers from Andalucia (dolls 13-14). The original boxes of the N.A.T.I. dolls have the sweet face of a little girl with ringlets and the word, “N.A.T.I.”

9-10. Pair of 11-inch Bebé Florido Valencia dolls with characteristic glass eyes.

1930 inscriptions inside Bebé Florido boxes showing they were both purchased in Cuba for two sisters.

T.A.F. (Talleres de Arte Fusté)

Just like other Spanish companies trying to compete with Lenci, the T.A.F. (Talleres de Arte Fusté) company also found a profitable niche in the competitive 1920s-30s cloth doll market. The Madrid-based T.A.F. doll company showed perhaps the most variety with their lines of dolls. T.A.F. fabricated dolls in nearly every size and style from boudoir dolls to caricature dolls and a wide variety of high quality cloth dolls in between. Shown is a charming 18-inch tall “gaucho” or cowboy (doll 15). He is pictured in the 1934 T.A.F. catalogue among other quality cloth dolls that certainly rival the dolls of Lenci and Raynal. He has a felt handpainted face with applied ears and felt hands. His clothes are felt and he has black leather shoes. His white shirt is cotton and he wears a leather belt with silver buckles. He holds a rope in his right hand. The T.A.F. dolls are very difficult to find and their available

11-12. 9-inch Novedad Arte Tomalidad Ingenio (N.A.T.I.) dolls made to compete with the Lenci mascottes The skier has her original box.

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research is, unfortunately, almost non-existent.

As antique and vintage Spanish cloth dolls begin to surface in antique malls and at doll shows, we begin to understand the cloth doll boom that took place in Madrid during the 1920s and 1930s. As doll collectors, we have often assumed that Italy and France were the sole makers of quality cloth dolls during this time. However, let us not forget our heartwarming dolly friends from neighboring Spain, a country rich in cloth doll history just waiting to be discovered!

Author’s Note: I continue to research antique cloth Spanish dolls and welcome further information. For questions or comments, please email me at thunderous@comcast.net.

13-14. 1930’s N.A.T.I. dolls dressed as male and female Flamenco dancers from Andalucia.

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15. Charming 18-inch c. 1934 Talleres de Arte FustĂŠ (T.A.F.) gaucho.

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4. Exceptionally beautiful very early German character child by Armand Marseille (AM) - mold #1894 - lovely hand painted facial features with soft arched feathered brows over enormous heather blue sleep eyes -slightly open mouth with soft amber shading fully jointed compo body - 21” tall - $895.

5. Wonderful all bisque character child by Gebruder Heubach - love these kids - sweet pouty face w/ pageboy hair - chestnut brown intaglio side glancing eyes - pouty smiling face - adorable - molded painted brown shoes this is the larger one - 9” tall - $1,495.

6. Without question the biggest Chase child Zig and I have ever found - wonderful hand painted facial features w/ extra special attention to the his lovely locks of hair and his blue eyes are just spectacular - fully marked under arm - he’s super big at 40” tall - $2,495.

7. Another wonderful set of “Dionne Quints” by Alexander - this entire group all have their original tagged playsuits w/ their pins - compo is great - they are sitting in a rare to find high chair for all of them - each of their names are on the back of the seats - highchair is 18” tall - $2.995.

8. Rarest of the rare is this amazing happy Kammer & Reinhardt young lad - mold #116 - he is listed in the Blue Book as being extremely rare to find - but we have one - look at that precious happy face - exceptional high quality bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over heather blue sleep eyes - happy open/closed laughing mouth w/ soft amber shading - to make him all the more wondrous & desirable - he’s on a fully jointed toddler body - 22”tall - $4,995.

9. How cute is this flirty eyed character toddler child by Franz Schmidt - mold #1295 - super bisque with wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over enormous flirty midnight blue eyes - slightly open smiling mouth w/ soft amber shading - to make her all the more delightful she’s on a fully jointed toddler body - 18” tall - $1,895.

10. Wonderful & always desirable white metal filigree carriage - great condition with amazing detail & that wonderful umbrella to protect the baby from the sun - inside is a small all bisque baby - carriage is 6” w x 4” t - $595.

11. Extremely rare & never to be found Door of Hope “Elder” - excellent all original condition from the later period - rare smiling mouth w/ teeth - 10” tall - $995.

12. Ever so rare to find & ever so cute the always popular “Freddy” - Simon & Halbig - mold #1428 - character baby - wondrous fresh out o f the mold quality w/ superior hand painted facial features - arched comical brows over baby blue sleep eyes - open/closed mouth w/ molded tongue - just precious - 15” tall - $1,695.

13. Always rare to find - always desirable - early American hand carved wood young lad of exceptional quality big blue hand painted eyes - well defined ears - straw filled body w/ extra large hand carved hand & feet - an excellent example of early American work - 22” tall - $995.

14. Well here we have another rare & wonderful cloth - I adore these children they have such wonderful character & the expressiveness on their faces is just wonderful - this quite wonderful “Philadelphia baby” - is a little worn with love but the original facial painting is there and look at those eyes - no touch up - no repaint - just wonderful - 21” tall - $1,995.

15. A trio of rare & wondrous beauties - each and every one is just a cute as she could possibly be - all “Just Me’s” - all painted bisque - all perfect w/ no wig pulls - all have original clothes - just precious - the amazing thing is each & everyone is a different & unique size: 8” - $1,495. 10” - $1,995. 13” - $2,495.

16. Rare to find & ever so desirable “Augusta Victoria” parian with the very desirable iron cross - wondrous pale parian bisque w/ molded blonde hair pulled away from her face - w/brushstrokes - the entire back of her head is all cluster curls - black beaded ribbon runs across the top - rare pierced ears - molded should plate w/iron cross - 22” tall - $1,995.

17. Well I hope you are sitting down - just take a look at this - the very rarest of the rare - first time we have ever had one - so that’s rare - amazing round cheeked 1870’s Simon & Halbig fashion poupeé w/ that super rare twill over wood body - wondrous pale bisque of the very highest quality w/ hand painted facial features that would make the masters weep - soft arched feathered brows over very early dark outlined almond shaped eyes w/ the most intrinsic blue paperweight eyes you will ever see - uniquely different closed smiling mouth w/ just a hint of rose shading - I love her one of a kind face w/ the very round chubby cheeks - to add to the wonderment and delight of everything about her - she has the most beautiful long bisque arms on a fully jointed articulated wood body that is the ultimate rare twill covered - she even has jointed ankles and her factory original shoes - her very elaborate gown also appears to be original to her - what an amazing treasure - 17” tall - $9,500.

18. A very lovely large size Revalo character child - these beautiful heads were made by Heubach - you can see what a great face she truly has - soft as butter bisque with first out of the mold quality - excellent hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes - slightly open mouth with outlined soft amber shaded lips - fully jointed compo body - 23” tall - $995.

19. Without question of the most outstanding “Bliss” dollhouses we have ever found - this lovely seaside beauty is very desirable w/ turned porch columns & very bright paper litho - three rooms w/interior litho - original windows & curtains - front & side house entrance - fully marked - 20”t x19”w x10”d - $3,995.

20. Well how cute is this adorable little pair of Kammer & Reinhardt - mold #126 toddlers - in the tiniest little size w/ those always elusive starfish hands - superfine hand poured bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial feathers - rare tiny little shelf size - only 6” each - little white girl is - $995. Rare little brown bisque girl $1,495.

21. Wonderful - rare and ever so beautiful - very early open mouth #949 by Simon & Halbig - high quality first out of the mold bisque with exceptional hand painted facial features - soft shaded arched feathered brows over lovely long lashes surrounding without question the most amazing aqua blue sleep eyes -slightly open mouth with outlined amber shaded lips - very early original straight wrist compo body - 24” tall - $1,995.

22. This is without question one if the cutest little boys you will ever see - one of my all time favorites - mold #122 by Kammer & Reinhardt - look at that face - just amazing - do you adore the dimples as much as I do well his bisque is flawless and perfect - his hand painted features are just amazing w/ soft arched feathered brows over the most enrapturing heather blue eyes w/ human hair upper lashes - open laugh9ing mouth w/ soft amber shading - to make him all the more delightful - he’s on a fully jointed toddler body - dress in his go to the beach sailor suit - just precious - 19” tall - $1,995.

23. Lovely all original; “Margaret O’Brien” by Madame Alexander in such a sweet size - excellent compo extremely clear eyes - 18 tall - $1,495.

24. Another one of my all time favorite dolls “Gladdie” (my moms name was Gladys) - designed by Helen Jensen for George Borgfeldt (1929) - German made - this rare to find character has a biskoloid head with the most amazing face - how could you not smile at him - molded blonde locks of hair w/ chestnut brown sleep eyes - open/closed laughing mouth w/ molded teeth - 19” tall - $1,495.

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25. Absolutely wonderful very early “Baby land Rag” excellent hand painted facial features w/ lovely brown upturned eyes & that hint of eye shadow - sweet rose shaded puckered lips - never to be found all original condition - 14” tall - $995.

26. Extremely rare & ever so desirable - gorgeous closed mouth Bebe made for the French market marked “WD” - for many years this was believed to be a doll of French origin - in later years as we learn more & more - we believe this was a German made doll by Wilhelm Dehler who had a French address but the dolls were actually German made - unbelievable exceptional high quality bisque w/artist quality hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over wondrous & ever so big heather blue paperweight eyes - closed cupid bow mouth w/ soft rose shading fully jointed early straight wrist French body - 18” tall - $3,995.

27. Wonderful & oh so rare “Cindy” by Dewees Cochran - excellent condition - beautiful hazel shaded eyes - rare to find French school girl w/ pledged skirt - 14”tall - $1,495.

28. Wonderful pair of cloth comic characters by Georgene Averill - all original - good condition ever so cute - “Nancy & Sluggo” - 14” tall - $995 for the pair.

29. Rare & wonderful Steiff 1920”s teddy in excellent condition - original pads - foot - paw, & mouth stitching intact - rare apricot color - button missing - 12” tall - $1,495.

30. A very lovely and ever so rare china w/ such an usual hairstyle - center parted w/ finger waves going across the top of her head - beautiful brushstrokes along the sides of her face - her hair is pulled away from her face & kept together in the back with a molded hairclip - the entire hairstyle is enraptured in a criss-cross snood - sweet very unusual somewhat elongated face w/ captivating blue eyes - 17” tall - $1,495.

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31. 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.

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33. Wonderful Schoenhut pouty character toddler boy - great condition beautiful blue eyes - old sailor suit - 17” tall $995.

34. Wonderful & oh so rare to find painted oil cloth child by Rollinson of Holyoke, MA - lovely hand painted facial features w/ amazing cornflower blue eyes - original marked body - original hand tied wig - lovely old clothing - 18” tall 35. Extremely rare “Skookum’s” crying papoose wonderful molded & hand painted features w/ open screaming mouth - original hand tied carrier amazingly unusual and all original - 26” tall - baby is 22” tall - $1.995.

36. Very unusual brown bisque character boy marked “R” “Dep” - nice quality bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - chestnut brown paperweight eyes - open laughing mouth w/ upper teeth - fully jointed compo body 18” tall $1,995.

37. This falls in the very usual category - what a truly amazing great piece very early papier-mâché & wood coachmen caring the queen - finite detail to clothing and faces - notice the gold filigree carriage w/ the not to

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38. Wonderful early American hand carved wood young lady - human hair wig - rather flat face w/ hand painted features - note how much she looks like the dolls in the recent article in Antique Doll Collector - Body & head are one solid piece of wood - hand craved wood lower arms & legs - wonderful early Americana in such great condition - 23” tall - $1,495.

39. Extremely rare to find & always desirable “Little Alice” papier maché on that always desirable Motschmann body - blonde molded hair pulled away from her face with that molded blue band - bulbous dark glass eyes - closed smiling mouth - to make her all the more wondrous she’s on a never to be found Motschmann body and yes she still cries - 10” tall - $1,495.

40. Two wonderful & oh so rare to find compo kids - that we all need & love: a. (top) - “Trudy three-face” - great all original condition - turn knob on head for crying. Sleeping. Smiling faces - excellent condition - 14” tall $695.

B. Extremely rare to find - “Fly-Lo baby” by Grace Putnam - all original excellent condition - amazing baby blue eyes - yes he still has his original hat - 12 tall - $995.

41. Wonderful German bisque character child riding his big beautiful black stead - mold # 442 - open mouth all original little boy w/ chestnut brown glass eyes - wood body and metal arms - made with bow legs to sit upon his handsome black stead - soft fur covered w/ yarn mane & tail - stands on small wood base - doll is 6-1/2” tall - horse is 8” x 8” - $1,495.

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42. 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.

43. Utterly adorable & ever so desirable mechanical - “Boy on Scooter” - all original open mouth German character child w/ wondrous hand painted facial features and the most amazing super size heather blue eyes - he stands atop his wooden three wheel scooter - when wound his left foot pushes back and forth and he quickly moves across the floor - how delightful - excellent working condition - 14” tall - $1,995.

44. Wonderful & ever so rare to find early Sonnenburg child made for the French trade - she has the very distinct look of an early Jumeau “EJ” excellent flawless bisque w/amazing hand painted facial features - soft arched brows over the most amazing enormous chestnut brown paperweight eyes - closed slightly pouty smiling mouth w/ soft rose shading - very unique flange neck on original body - 11” tall - $1,995.

45. Rare & wonderful is this amazing Kathe Kruse child - she is a very rare to find doll #1H - she has the face of the number #1 but with the more slender body & she’s one inch taller - excellent condition - no facial painting loss no facial rubs - original human hair wig - original clothes & shoes - 18” tall - $2,995.

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A close-up of the doll shows her near perfection. Note that most marked Greiners have painted eyes, unlike Amanda’s glass eyes.

Amanda is a big girl at 34 inches.

Like Bleuette, even large pre-Greiners must possess a christening dress.

hat a discovery! Can it be believed? Seldom, no hardly ever, can a large (34 big inches) paper mache pre Greiner be found with a complete wardrobe: seven dresses, a hat, an apron, two bonnets, two pair of shoes, a pair of high-top button-up boots - even several sets of underwear. It is a miracle!

Amanda, the name the doll has been called over the decades, does not suffer the usual condition aws found on most paper maches. Only a few almost invisible crackles on her shoulder plate, along with a little bit of missing lip paint. Her hair is shiny with few akes. Her body is sturdy muslin with white kid hands. Could she 35

Sitting in her antique (full size adult) chair, Amanda looks placid in a summer frock with white apron and a poke bonnet with the wider “skirt.” She also wears her high-top boots.

In cold winter, Amanda has hand-knitted leg warmers and a heavy flannel petticoat to help keep her cozy.

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Amanda wears yet another of her dresses, along with one of her poke bonnets.

The doll is wearing one of her many dresses, this one in a beige/tan color with hand worked off-white embroidery trimming the neckline and all along the hem.

A bright red plaid dress is made of heavy cotton faille lined with an almost buckram weight of muslin. She also wears a hat, trimmed in the same red plaid.

have seen some repaint in years past? Are those perfectly white hands original or replaced? With no provenance or information from the former owner, it would be impossible to answer those questions. Suffice to say, even though she could be as much as 150-160 years old, she looks almost perfect, as if she were a brand new doll a lucky little girl received just last Christmas. How did she manage to survive those years with all her serene beauty intact?

Being large, her dresses would probably fit a big child of four up to possibly a small seven-yearold. They are old-fashioned and appropriate for a child in the mid19th century.

Her former owner did impart a bitty tidbit of information. It was said that the doll was purchased by the family specifically to wear the little girl’s dresses when she outgrew them. But it is unknown whether the doll lived with the family while the daughter was outgrowing her clothes. The

family must have been well to do because an extensive wardrobe was showered on the little girl. Poor families often could not supply their daughter more than one dress at a time. Considering the doll’s condition, it does not seem like a child was ever allowed to play with her lovely, mute companion.

Did the child die and the doll subsequently bought so she could wear the child’s final wardrobe? Every item she has fits her perfectly, so she is truly a snapshot of past times.

There will probably be no answers to all the questions posed. The best that can be done will be to love her and dress her according to the occasions or seasons. And, possibly, look for a hat, coat, and muff at doll shows.

Amanda will need them to keep her warm in the winter.

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Discovering a Pit Brow Lass

by Erica Tanner

ne of the most fascinating aspects of doll collecting for me has always been the window into the past that dolls and toys provide us. Also, I tend to gravitate toward the quirky and unusual – no mold number, I’m interested interested; never seen one like it, let me have a closer look! Put the two together and every new acquisition prompts a flurry of research as I try to discover everything I can about my new treasure.

Recently I came across a doll that opened more windows in the past than I could ever have imagined. It all started with a trip to California’s Gold Country.

Once upon a time, this region teemed with men from all over the world, come to make their fortune. Today, many of the towns they deserted when the gold rush ended have become weekend destinations for city folk. Bed and Breakfast Inns, mining museums, fine restaurants and of course, antique shops. One very charming such town goes by the impressive name of Amador City, although it is now home to only about 150 residents. Still, it was my destination, as behind one of its old west storefronts is a delightful antique doll shop belonging to Kay Jensen. As I peered into the display window from the wooden boardwalk I spotted what looked to be an ethnic type doll, maybe Russian or Polish. Several hours later, having happily lingered over two roomfuls of dolls, I emerged, true to form, with my “couldn’t quite place it” dolly. We knew she was a German papier mache, sometimes called a Patent Washable type, but in what manner she was dressed, or where she same from, neither of us knew.

I brought her home and immediately dug into my costume books. There were similarities to some folk costumes, but nothing definite. I kept her out, gingerly poked and lifted her well attached outfit, and let it all stew for a while. I think it might have been the patches on her trousers, or perhaps the skirt folded in half and tucked under her apron, but from somewhere I recalled reading something about women who were notorious for dressing like men in Victorian times, something about mining . . .

Wigan Pit Brow Lasses shown in their working clothes and typical Victorian clothing.

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A Pit Brow Lass closely resembles my doll.

The girls wore a padded cotton hooded bonnet. It was of pink, blue or black in color. They wore a blue striped skirt. Over it was a double breasted waistcoat. Fustian or corduroy was the material their trousers were made from, but they were often patched.

They wore clogs that were fastened with brass clasps.

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Pit Brow girls of Haigh Collieries, c. 1910

Thank goodness for the internet! Searching for women and mines I discovered there were indeed women miners – the famous Pit Brow Lasses of northern England. Today English mining history is not exactly mainstream stuff, but Mr. Dave Lane, who lives in the mining country of England, has amassed articles, clippings and photographs of this almost forgotten story. As a result, there, staring at me from the screen of my computer, was an old photograph of a young woman who looked exactly like my doll!

These women miners were quite a bunch! By all accounts they were strong and healthy, took pride in what they did, dressed for the job, and stuck together.

Mind you, this was the same era when class really mattered, ladies were sheltered, and unmentionables were many. For those of us who collect dolls, the late 1800’s are the Golden Age of the French Bebes, fashionably dressed in ribbons and lace, to be carefully played with by their pampered owners – a world away from screening coal in the damp and cold.

In 1842 a law was passed making it illegal for women to work underground in a mine. It wasn’t a very popular law with the women miners as they could make more money inside a mine than they could outside. For a time, some hid their identity in men’s clothing and continued working, but eventually the law was complied with and the female “lasses” had to make do with work on the outside, or “brow”, of the “pit”. Being female they earned only one-third to one-quarter of what the male miners did. The lasses sorted rock and dirt from the coal as it came up from the mine, loaded it onto waiting wagons or barges, kept the shoots clear, and dumped the spoils. It was hard work and several contemporaries remark how strong the women were, but also how free and easy their manners were, more like young lads than shy girls.

Predictably, however, it was what the girls wore that most fascinated people.

They wore (gasp!) trousers, like men, tucking their skirts up around their waist, so one could see their legs! Reporters and photographers came from all over England to record this sensation. Around 1900 postcards of the Pit Brow Lasses were a popular collector’s item. Details of their dress – the color of the shawl, whether they wore scarves or bonnets, and especially just how far up those skirts were tucked – varied from one mine and one region to another and were a source of local pride and identification.

In 1860 Parliament took up the question of the possible adverse affect on men’s health of having to work next to women dressed in short skirts and trousers. Twice, in 1887 and in 1911, legislation was proposed to make it illegal

She wears a pair of trousers, which formerly, were scarcely hidden at all, but are now covered with a skirt reaching just below the knees. Her head is cunningly bandaged with a red handkerchief, which entirely protects the hair from coal dust… When she is at work the pit brow lass tucks the skirt around her waist, but when she is walking to and from home it is let down and there is nothing to distinguish her from any ordinary working woman.

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Postcard by Taylors of Platt Bridge, “Girls Screening Coal.”

for women to work in mining at all. Both times lasses from northern England traveled to London, wearing their work clothes, to protest. They were successful, and women continued to work at the mines well into the 20th century.

Getting back to dolly! She is a paper mache of a type made by the F. M. Schilling company of Sonneberg, Germany (1871-1924). These dolls are sometimes referred to as Patent Washable because Schilling advertised their “washable dolls and doll heads” made from a “secret family recipe” (page 263, German Doll Encyclopedia 18001939, Jurgen & Marianne Cieslik). In reality they are made of very good quality paper mache, but I doubt if any modern doll collector would dare scrub dolly’s face!

This one is 15” tall with fixed blue glass eyes, a bright complexion and a pretty, very feminine face.

Her work clothes are warm, sturdy, and very practical.

She is bundled up to protect her both from the weather and the coal dust. Her infamous trousers are of a heavy black and olive green checked cotton. They have even heavier twill patches at the knees to provide some cushion when kneeling. Her skirt is a traditional blue and black wool stripe. Its three panels are pleated into a linen waistband which is fastened with a hand sewn buttonhole and black button. The seams and hem are on the outside of the skirt when it is let down. For work it is folded up halfway, and then all the seams are on the inside. When folded, the front of the skirt is smoothed flat and all the fullness is pushed to the back, where it is folded over on itself several times - giving it an almost bustle-like appearance. On my doll the skirt is held up only by the heavy white apron tied tightly around it, but in real life it was held in place more securely by tucking it into the waistband.

The lasses took special pride in polishing their shoes.

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both rimmed with metal. Her dark brown wool socks have both a stockinet stitch and ribbing, which suggests they very possibly were hand knit.

Over her printed cotton blouse she wears both a fringed, wool tartan shawl, and a jaunty wool scarf with orange and black checks. Both are very traditional patterns for this region.

Her hair is protected from the coal dust by a red and white cotton scarf, tied tightly around her head, with the ends twisted and tucked in securely. Over her scarf she wears a padded red plaid bonnet. The padding is so thick it would have provided quite a bit of protection from cold or rain. The very full and deep back cape gives additional protection from the coal dust.

So, now we know she’s a Pit Brow Lass, but there’s still the question of where she came from. F. M. Schilling was a wholesaler, exporting partially dressed dolls by the dozen. He might have taken an order to costume some of his dolls as Pit Brow Lasses, but I think the authenticity of the costume, especially the traditionally woven fabrics, and the detail on the shoes, argues for a local manufacturer, someone who knew exactly what kind of skirt material to use, how the boots were fastened, how to tie the headscarf, etc. A second question is whether this doll was a single labor of love by an individual, or the product of a cottage industry that produced souvenir dolls for the curious tourists. Again, I think the costume points us towards a cottage industry. It’s hard to imagine making just one pair of those boots, and there’s a rough, unfinished quality to some of the sewing that indicates this was done for trade.

Of course, if there is another doll like this out there, that mystery would be solved.

Which brings us back to Amador City… How on earth did a Pit Brow Lass from the mines of northern England end up in the Mother Lode of the Gold Rush country of California?

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18” Jumeau 4 all original, blue eyes, swivel head, blonde mohair wig, original part of Toy Shop Sticker, organdy & lace teddy, walking suit with bustle and tassels matching tassels in hair, edged with blue matching skirt, unique ribbon pattern printed in shirt, darling straw hat lined with silk, leather slippers marked 4 (1 sole as is), fabulous doll $3650.

15-1/2” Celluloid K * R 728/6 Germany 33/41, o/m w/ teeth, original brown HH wig, toddler body, glass flirty eyes, really sweet original shoes & socks, redressed $350.

9-1/2” All Original Celluloid Boy, mohair wig, painted eyes, all ready for May Day with flowers on a pole, cute felt short pants and red jacket $125.

8” Steiff Lully tag & button, open mouth, mohair with original ribbon $85.

19” S & H on kid body, pierced ears, br sl eyes, hairline on shoulder plate, molded eyebrows $525. NOW $300.

16-1/2” #400/ 6-1/2 Germany, brown early paperweight eyes, stiff wrist ball jointed body, Baking flaw on back of head Was $450. Now $300.

26” Rare #174 Heinrich Handwerck Simon & Halbig Superior #174, o/m with teeth, brown sleep eyes, feathered eyebrows, dimple in chin, body professionally repainted $1695.

8-1/2” Fabulous ABG 1362 all original in box, brown sleep eyes, mohair wig in original set, o/m with 4 glass rod teeth, cute original ball jointed body, wonderful white dress & underclothing, shoes & stockings $495.

19” Charlie McCarthy by Effanbee, all original with monocle, compo head, hands & feet, small repair on right sleeve of white jacket, craze line across nose $295. 17” Howdy Doody Puppet all original, really cute with eyes to side and freckles of course $185.

9” long 1940 Ferdinand the Bull in composition & wood, missing tail $145.

Looking forward to seeing you at the following shows: February 8, 2009 Doll-Teddy Bear Collectible Show & Sale, Ashton Place Banquet Center, 341 W. 75th Street Willowbrook, IL March 7 and 8, 2009 Antique to Modern Dolls, Bellman Gaithersburg, MD show at the Fairgrounds 18” Tiny Tears American Character, wonderful rubber body, great coloring and wear, original Tiny Tears sunsuit, dress, bonnet, booties & Ivory soap $250.

Alexander’s: 23” Timmie Toddler 1961 original dress & panties, flirty eyes, really a sweet doll $97.50 15” Kelly 1958-59 in original tagged dress, hair bow & hair set $185.

9” 1936 Wendy Ann composition in tagged dress, replaced shoes & socks, HH wig, some crazing Was $240. Now $125. 11-1/2” Lissy 1956-58 in tagged yellow taffeta dress with organdy embroidered pinafore, original shoes, stockings, brown sl eyes, auburn wig $150.

Sasha’s w/ Boxes: Baby Ginger #515S all mint in box, blue eyes, wrist tag $125. Baby Sundress #502, fair hair, brown eyes, wrist tag $125.

15” Sasha all original in blue & white gingham dress & pants, original shoes & socks, wrist tag, blue eyes $165. 15” Short haired blonde Sasha in original sweater & cord skirt, shoes & socks, brown eyes $175. 15” Lt Ed. Harlequin #184A Sasha, 1984 with box, HH wig, all original with sandals, guitar & hat, blue gray eyes $220. 15” Sasha blond hair, blue top w/ pockets, jeans & red tam $185.

Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls - boxed #87 Family Series Bridesmaid, jointed legs, flat tummy, gold tag $95. #163 Little Miss Donnet $55. #112 Dillar –A – Dollar A Ten O’clock Scholar, gold tag $55. #157 Queen of Hearts with heart box insert, jointed legs, flat tummy $95. #161 Jenny Set the Table in Southern Belle box $42.50 #56 Colonial Dame w/ gold tag in Quaker Maid box $35.

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Modern Competitive Exhibit Blue Ribbon Winners Part II UFDC's Modern Exhibit offers up some interesting surprises. Not only does it include many genuine antique

dolls, it is a trip down memory lane for some, with dolls remembered from their childhoods. The categories Advertising, Celebrity and Comic Character reflect our popular culture while the Study Exhibit endeavors to further UFDC’s educational goal. Congratulations to the lucky Blue Ribbon winners!

Advertising - Doll promoting a non U.S. company, 19 inches or under, 1980 or before.

Ursula Mertz

Advertising Doll promoting a wheeled vehicle company, 19 inches or under, 1960 or before.

"Thumbs Up" doll.

Barbara Peterson

Celebrity - Composition look a like, sold to compete with Ideal Shirley Temple (not authorized and licensed), 19 inches or under.

Left, Miss Charm. Ursula Mertz. Right, Harlene Soucy

UNITED FEDERATION OF DOLL CLUBS

Advertising - Doll promoting a non beverage food product, 19 inches or under, 1930 or before.

Left, Ursula Mertz. Right, Marilyn Parsons

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

Advertising - Doll promoting a beverage company, 19 inches or under, 1970 or before.

Pam Coghlan

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Celebrity - Set of five look a like quintuplets, sold to compete with Madame Alexander Dionne Quints (not authorized and licensed), 13 inches or under.

Suzanne Swanton

Costumed by Exhibitor - Young boy's play outfit in a style from the 1920s through 1940s, modeled by a straight legged composition doll, 16 inches or under, from same era.

Victoria Christopherson

Native American - North American, including Inuit/Eskimo, made by native artisan, leather head, some feature made of beads.

Sioux Indian. Sharon Zerkel 44

Celebrity Composition look a like ice skater sold to compete with Madame Alexander Sonja Heine (not authorized and licensed), 19 inches or under.

Ice Queen by Effanbee.

Suzanne Swanton Comic Character - Character from newspaper strip, made before 1930.

Little Nemo in Wonderland, c. 1914 by Stoebel & Williams Co. Gwen Pogue

Comic Character Character from Disney animated film, excluding title characters, made before 1970.

1940 Jiminy Cricket

by Charlotte Clark.

Gwen Pogue Native American - North American, excluding Inuit/ Eskimo, made by native artisan, cloth head, with embroidered feature(s).

Navajo woman. Patricia Bellamy

Native American - Hard plastic, commercially made, representing a Native American character, 12� or under.

Maurine Streuver

Paper Dolls - 1930s Whitman paper doll book, artwork by Queen Holden.

Gladys Griffin

Paper Dolls - 1920s Magazine sheet paper doll, depicting a child or children at play.

The Betty Bobbs Family, 1925.

Patty Asker

Special Dolls - Nurse, composition, hard plastic or vinyl, 19 inches or under.

Left, Ursula Mertz. Right, Suzanne Swanton Special Dolls - Cinderella, composition, hard plastic or vinyl, 19 inches or under.

Arranbee.

Sherri Van Opijnen

Paper Dolls - 1940s Saalfield paper doll book with World War II or patriotic theme.

Above, Susan Wilson.

Below, Pam Coghlan

Special Dolls Aviator, composition, hard plastic or vinyl, 19 inches or under.

Petite American Character.

Judith Johnson.

Special Dolls - WPA doll, any material, must be marked with a WPA identification, 19 inches or under.

Minneapolis Handicraft Project.

Gwen Pogue

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Special Dolls - TopsyTurvy doll, any material, one black, one white head, 19 inches or under.

Marie Hodges

Special Dolls - Dewees Cochran Grow Up pair, same character at two different ages.

Shirley Butzin

Special Dolls Old Cottage, rubber compound or hard plastic head.

Elise Adams

Special Dolls - Dewees Cochran Grow Up pair, same character at two different ages.

Sheri Kaplan

Special Dolls African, Asian or West Indian ritual or voodoo type doll, 12 inches or under.

Left, Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Patricia Knutson. Right, Marina Tagger

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Study Exhibit - One or two dolls with the same patented special characteristic, e.g., jointing, walking method, voice type or other patented special mechanism or feature.

Left, Giebler-Falk doll with aluminum head. Donilee Popham.

Below, Schoenhut salesman sample.

Barbara Stone

Special Dolls - Buddy Lee, composition or hard plastic, in coverall uniform.

Linda Goodman

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A vision in purple velvet & lace, 15.5" Civil War China $495.

Conte & Boehme 10" Parian Molded snood, flowers, streamers, ribbons all original $895.

K*R S&H Flapper in original costume and perfect flapper body $595.

CHOICE Pink Tinted 10" Civil War China Head, magnificent quality $895.

Parian Empress Eugenie 19" shoulder hairline barely visible only $695.

Fabulous 29" Civil War China, period costume, china limbs $1099.

Hertwig Bonnet Head in watered silk costume missing one boot $195.

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LEARNING ABOUT AMERICAN-MADE DOLLS

by Ursula R. Mertz photos Otto Mertz

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n the August issue of Antique Doll Collector I had reported on a composition doll named Rosabelle and Mrs. Cleo Pierce Haevener, a school teacher, her owner.

Starting in 1930, both had been instrumental in making reading enjoyable for children through stories about fairies and other magical beings. Later, the doll traveled the country far and wide receiving lots of publicity. Rosabelle had become quite famous. She was now called the queen of dolls, or Queen Rosabelle for short. Rosabelle was last heard of in the nineteen eighties. But where was Rosabelle now? Searches were undertaken that lead nowhere. Where was Rosabelle?

In response to my article, more leads became available.

The first one indicated that Rosabelle might have left the country and if so, would now be living with doll

collector, Jackie Wyartt, in England. Some very pleasant correspondence was exchanged with Jackie. She was sorry that she could not help me, because Rosabelle was not residing with her.

More substantial clues came from Anne Coleman, of Coleman Encyclopedia fame, who found a letter in her mother’s files, written by Cleo Haevener to Dorothy Coleman. In it was mentioned that “Rosabelle is now at a museum in Provo, Utah.” Unfortunately, the letter gave no date.

Anne also found a reference to a UFDC (United Federation of Doll Clubs) convention report in the Dec. 1981-Jan.1982 issue of Doll Reader. I eagerly pulled that issue from my library shelves. The conference had taken place in May of 1981, in Region II and was sponsored by

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the Salt Lake Doll Council. It was held at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. On the program were tours, one of them to a McCurdy Clark Doll Museum in Provo, Utah. One of the conference programs was entitled “Queen of the Dolls,” given by Gus Clark. The report stated that “the Queen is Rosabelle, a composition doll that traveled thousands of miles visiting school children. Rosabelle has her own court of other dolls plus an elaborate wardrobe.”

I was optimistic. It seemed that I was catching up to Rosabelle. Armed with these two clues I made inquiries in Provo, Utah, but, no one had ever heard of a doll Museum or the McCurdy Clark Doll Museum. Too late, I guessed. After all, May 1981 was 27 years ago. What did I expect? Rosabelle must have been there. But, where were the contents of the museum? I greatly feared that all had probably gone to an auction.

A letter from fellow researcher and writer, Mary Stuecker, arrived. In response to my story on Rosabelle, she sent me reprints of two articles. One was entitled “McCurdy Doll Museum,” dated Jan./Feb. 1985, written

by Lynne Jolley. It reported that this museum had opened in July of 1979 and contained “three thousand dolls and some antique toys.” The museum was owned and operated

by Monroe and Shirley Paxman. The other article was written by Shannon W. Ostler, entitled “Rosabelle Queen Forever and a Day,” accompanied by pictures of Rosabelle and Mrs. Haevener. It reported on Rosabelle’s life and accomplishments. The McCurdy Doll Museum was also mentioned. This piece was dated June 1993.

I couldn’t believe my good luck - 1993! That was only 15 years ago. Now I had names to research! Would I be able to find the Paxmans? Directory assistance did have a 50

telephone number for a Monroe Paxman in Provo, Utah!

I was nervous when placing the call. One never knows what to expect. Some people don’t like to be called by total strangers. They are suspicious and don’t warm up even when plausible explanations are given.

Not so this time. Mrs. Paxman answered the telephone and warmed up right away when she heard that I was calling looking for Rosabelle. She confirmed that Rosabelle and her belongings had been donated to the McCurdy Doll Museum by Mrs. Haevener. The doll and belongings were safe and well. Sigh of relief! I felt like a long distance runner who had just made the goal in the nick of time.

They had given up the museum four years ago. I quote Mrs. Paxman: “When we were both 85 years old, we could not take the 14 hour work days anymore.” It means that Mrs. Paxman at present is 89 years old and her husband 90.

Both are in excellent health. I was told that the collection is still intact. At the moment the dolls, including Rosabelle and her entourage, are in storage. Next year they will all go to Gardner Village, a resort in Salt Lake City, and will be displayed there. Mrs. Paxman will keep me posted on further developments. It was a joy to talk with her and she assured me that I could call her any time.

This is the end of my detective story. There will be updates. Hopefully, Rosabelle and her entourage will get a place of honor at Gardener Village in Salt Lake City just as the well traveled Columbian doll did at the Wenham Museum in Wenham, Massachusetts. I am certain that doll collectors and clubs will want to go and see her and perhaps invite her to a regional conference. Certainly, it is hoped that Rosabelle and her fascinating story will never get lost again.

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1. Extremely rare and oh so wonderful Kathe Kruse “Du Mein” - yes it’s the world famous sand baby - super fine original condition - 23” tall - $7,500.

2. Breathtaking - the very earliest “Portrait” Jumeau – heart melting heather blue spiral threaded almond eyes - original eight ball body - 17” tall - $29,500.

3. The very rarest of the rare and truly not for the faint of heart is the lovely utterly perfect size - circle dot Bru Bebé - breathtaking and precious - 15” tall - $22,500.

4. This ladies and gentlemen is an amazing Bebé Mothereau from the 1880’s period Alexandre Mothereau made three very different molds - this is the one that is marked “JM” - 26” tall on her original fully jointed early straight wrist French body - $32,500.

5. Without question one of the most desirable of all the Jumeau dolls is this amazing and ever so beautiful extremely early (1870’s) almond eyed or first series portrait Bebé w/ rare open/closed mouth and a hint of teeth - original Jumeau shoes - she stands 18” tall on her original early eight ball straight wrist Jumeau body - $27,500.

6. Extremely rare and ever so wonderful “Beloved Belindy” from the very earliest of the Volland dolls - super condition - all original - look at that happy hand painted face - no sun fading - 15” tall - $3,995.

7. Another amazing rare beauty - second series “Portrait” Jumeau - breathtaking aqua -blue spiral threaded paperweight eyes - original marked eight ball body - 15” tall - $12,500.

8. Extremely rare and always desirable - the very lovely and oh so beautiful - “Queen Anne” - (circa 1790’s) all original - excellent condition – 12-1/2” tall - $6,995.

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Auction Gallery

Theriault’s January 9 – 11 Newport Beach, CA

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heriaults are masters at destination auctions – scenic locales, luxury hotels, nearby amenities – a perfect orchestration designed to make the auction experience a mini vacation.

Their premiere auction weekend January 9, 10 and 11 in Newport Beach, CA offered unusual diversity, opening Friday evening with the collection of the late Margaret Hartshorn, a passionate collector of early chinas, parians and papier-mâchés, followed Saturday by the important collections of Krystal Powers and Christine Lorman, as well as other notable consignments, and concluding Sunday with a sale of clothing and accessories.

Simon and Halbig’s model II, 16 inches, $19,500 and Bruno Schmidt 2033, 11 inches, $6,850

Premiere Bebe by Jumeau, 16 inches with exceptional wrap around eyes, $20,000

14 inch china with sculpted bonnet by KPM Berlin, $6500

Leon Casimir Bebe Bru Modele, wood articulated body, 18 inches, $31,000

37 inch Bru Jne, size 14, $57,500 52

Stuart Holbrook giving an early morning walk through lecture preview.

25 inch wooden bodied poupee by Pierre Francois Jumeau, $50,000

Halopeau marked 8 H, 22 inches, $38,000

16 inch bisque lady with ornate sculpted bodice and glass eyes, $8,000

13 inch bisque lady by C. F. Kling with glass eyes, plaid tam and matching boots $13,000

Jumeau Bebe, size 1, 10 inches, $ 10,000

19 inch KPM Meissen gentleman, $18,500

17 inch all original A.T., $40,000

A.T. Kestner, 12 inches, $10,000

Rabery and Delphieu Bebe, 28 inches, $18,000

Simon and Halbig 152 lady in 24 inch size, $38,000

18 inch Bebe Bru Jne, size 6, $32,000

16 inch Simon and Halbig 153, $20,000 53

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24 inch Early EJ, size 9, $20,000

Series E by Jules Steiner, 12 inches, $15,000

Left The 19 inch wood bodied china with her original costume, $10,000 and 10 inch wood bodied china, $2500

The current recession was nowhere in sight, in fact, as Stuart Holbrook told us, it was the second best January auction weekend auction ever held.

Perhaps it was optimism buoyed by a new year and a new beginning or simply that collectors recognized a great opportunity to bid on an exceptional array of dolls – the end result was a stellar auction weekend for all who participated.

Prices do not include buyer’s premium. For additional results or to order catalogs contact Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or visit www.theriaults.com

Preview: Morphy’s March 5-7 Auction

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Rare circa-1912 De Fuisseaux (Belgium) character doll, 29 inches tall, depicting a flapper.

Estimate: $3,500-$4,500.

orphy Auctions’ Fine Doll specialist Jan Foulke assessed the array of collectible dolls in Morphy’s March 5-7 sale as unusually nice, referring to the 250lot selection of antique and vintage dolls that includes French and German bisque, German character dolls, a large group of black bisque dolls, infant baby dolls, Lenci dolls (including a rare one from the #400 series), and many other desirable types.

Among the featured lots are a circa-1912 De Fuisseaux character doll dressed as a flapper, a circa-1890 Jumeau bisque automaton known as Little Girl with Hanky and Perfume; and two 1930s Armand Marseille Just Me character dolls.

Vintage composition and hard plastic dolls include Madame Alexanders, Ginny dolls, Shirley Temples, Vogue and Effanbee.

Morphy Auctions’ March 5-7 auction will take place at the Adamstown Antique Gallery, 2000 N. Reading Rd., Denver, PA 17517. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet. Hardcover catalog: $45 postpaid ($50 overseas). View the catalog in its entirety online at or www.morphyauctions. com or www.liveauctioneers.com.

Inquiries: Call 717-335-3435 or e-mail danmorphy@dejazzd.com.

Circa-1890 Jumeau bisque automaton titled Little Girl with Hanky and Perfume, 19 inches tall, marked Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG4.

Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

The auction includes two 1930s Armand Marseille Just Me character dolls. This one is dressed in blue from tip to toe.

Estimate: $800-$900.

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1. 22” Cunning Depose SFBJ Mechanical - a heart shaped face with hip length French HH curls that bounce as she walks, turns her head, kisses and flirts her saucy French eyes side to side! $1200 2. 23” Gentle K*R 128 - full size but delicate with tender blush, big blue pleading eyes, slightly parted lips, mint factory wig and mint chunky K*R body - a dear heart! $750 3. 17” Scarce Kestner 129 - a richly styled beauty with lovely coloring, early flat brushstroke brows, jewel like mouth, plaster pate and fully jointed Kestner body. $695 4. 15” Gbr. Heubach 5036 Laughing Child innocent joy in his youthful round shoe button eyes, many dimples, open/closed mouth in a gleeful smile with molded tongue and carved teeth, minor making flaws lost in his exuberant charm! Just $1650 5. 18” 1880’s Closed Mouth Kestner - luscious quality and early artwork featuring individually drawn brows, spiraled PW eyes, fully shaped mouth, elegantly dressed in two part bustled gown and original wig. $650 6. 15-1/2” All Original French Fashion - a true 1870's fashion plate in her authentic two part extremely bustled gown in delicate self patterned sheer voile with under pinnings and elaborate leather walking shoes and the matching chapeau; minor no harm hidden firing line, beautiful bisque. Museum class Parisienne. $2500 7. 35” Grand Scale Heirloom 1907 Jumeau ethereal beauty in this aristocratic child with a 20“ circ. head, profound size and grace, flawless ivory bisque, soulful brown PW’s, Jumeau earrings, cork pate and hip length French human hair, frail but beautiful lace and silk clothes (see our ad page 7). $3200 8. 13” Factory Mint Simon Halbig - as mint as she is pretty from her mohair wig to dainty leather shoes in festive, pink silk and velvet with delicate blushed bisque, long silken lashes, pw sleep eyes, socket head. A prize! $750 9. 16” Important Pre 1900 ABG - unlisted model 1125 in ivory like bisque, glimmering pw eyes, hardly open mouth with upper and lower early square teeth, original wig, body and clothes too! $475 10. Gbr. Heubach Boys - 12” Smiler - all original clothes and shoes, museum provenance. $395.

11” Pouty - all original clothes. $295. 8” Young Pouty - socket had, jointed body, period clothes. $295. All with intaglio eyes!

11. 15” Delicate K*R 121 - angelic aspect with oily sheen bisque, wispy “fly away” brows, dazzling K*R blue eyes, quiver tongue, original wig and body in period knits! $550 12. 13” Rare Simon Halbig 1269 - not only rare but all original including her leather shoes each signed and numbered, one Vienna 1910, choice oily bisque, delicate brows, jewel sleep eyes, mint antique wig…when will there be another? $1250 13. 16” Unique Kestner 167 - owl eyed beauty with richly glowing eyes, distinctive molded and brushmarked arched brows, barely open mouth, original pate, wig and signed body. Personality plus! $595 14. 22” Heirloom Philadelphia Baby - strongly modeled facial features, applied ears, original paint and several layers of carefully sewn original clothes. Historic. $1600 15. 19” Beautiful ABG Close Mouth - unexpected poise and beauty from this elegant turned head Victorian with powder fine bisque, pw eyes, orig. wig, body and winter weight clothes! $550 20” All Original China - very early, pressed features, true original body with glazed arms and flat sole shoes, original layers and dress in forget-me-not print. $395 16. 20” The Dressel 117N Character - portrait of the ingénue with sensitive features, original eyelashes, wig and her proper, jointed 'high knee' teenager body. A sweetheart! $895

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19” Tin Head on kid riveted body, compo legs, new bisque arms, new blue stationary eyes, $125. Now $100.

17-1/2” A & M Beauty, kid body, bisque arms, 2 fingers as is, stationary blue eyes, blue floral dress & bonnet $295. Now $200.

16” Kestner #154 on kid body (some body repair), bisque arms, blue sleep eyes, sweet face $295. Now $200.

23-1/2” Cuno Otto & Dressel 1912-14, ball jointed body, new wig, sleep eyes $475. Now $200.

21” #370 A & M, kid body (some body repair), bisque arms ( right hand 2 finger tips as is), o/m with two missing teeth, vintage striped dress with apron $195. Now $150.

19” EH #275 190X Germany, kid body (some leg repair), bisque arms, brown sleep eyes $275.

Now $150.

11” S & H 1078, repair on body, hairline on upper head rim, tan dress $260. Now $150.

8-1/2” Heubach Kopplesdorf #320, painted bisque, pierced nostrils, sleep eyes $175. Now $100.

12” Antique Rare China head with ribbon repair at neck, antique body, Parian hands and china blue boots, left leg reglued, lovely antique silk & velvet dress $140. Now $100. 8” Pin Cushion Floradora A & M shoulder plate 3-1/2”, brown sl eyes, original wig $125. Now $100. 11” #1776 COD 1925, kid body, bisque arms (left hand chip), brown sleep eyes, mohair wig $145.

Now $100. 11-1/2” #75013 Morimura Bros FY, baby body, blue sleep eyes, hairline on left cheek $125. Now $100. 18” Majestic, brown sleep eyes, original wig & pate, nice kid body with bisque arms $295. Now $200.

22” Carl Hartman, kid body, blue sleep eyes, mohair wig, lt blue dress $325.

Now $150.

15” #255 K * R Celluloid Head, newer kid body w/ bisque arms $145.

Now $100.

15” 390 A & M on stick & feather body, blue sleep eyes $200. Now $150.

21” 139 Handwerck, kid body, finger as is, sweet face $365. Now $200

18-1/2” Kestner 168, original wig & pate, square cut teeth, sleep eyes, hairline right eye to rim $500. Now $200.

21” A & M #1894 on kid body with bisque arms, brown sleep eyes, blonde mohair wig, pink satin dress $275. Now $200.

14” Nippon Baby, original baby body, sleep eyes, redressed in sailor suit $175. Now $100.

18-1/2” Kestner #164 on ball jointed body, HH wig, blue sleep eyes, molded eyebrows, books for $650 -700, professional repair on forehead hide by bangs $495.

Now $295.

17” Bahr & Proschild #325, o/m w/ 2 square teeth, blue paperweight eyes, kid body, lovely antique clothes, (original photo of child with doll), piece reglued on upper left forehead hide by wig, bisque arms, new wig $345.

Now $225.

21”Alma Germany, kid body w/ some repair, original mohair wig $360. Now $200.

Looking forward to seeing you at the following shows: February 8, 2009 Doll-Teddy Bear Collectible Show & Sale, Ashton Place Banquet Center, 341 W. 75th Street Willowbrook, IL March 7 and 8, 2009 Antique to Modern Dolls, Bellman Gaithersburg, MD show at the Fairgrounds

19” A & M 370 4 DEP, lovely kid body, bisque arms, really nice brown sleep eyes, hairline lower left cheek $225.

Now $150. 14” Dream Baby 351/3K, repainted baby body, left lower eye flake, blue sleep eyes $185.

Now $100. 10-1/2” circ. 1926 Painted bisque Bye-lo, body stamp, left celluloid hand, right one broken, blue sleep eyes, facial paint as is $395.

Now $150. 9-1/2” circ.

Louis Amberg #371 – 2 LAS, o/m w/ 2 teeth, blue sleep eyes, new hands, newer body $185. Now $100.

16” A & M #351, repainted compo body, blue sleep eyes, cotton & lace dress & slip, booties, 2 lower teeth, 12” head circ $275. Now $200. 10” A & M Dream Baby #341, new body & hands, blue sleep eyes, 8-3/4” circ. $120. Now $100. 9” Compo Effanbee Patsy Babyette, slight crazing, right arm as is, blue dress w/ lace collar and sleeves, blue sleep eyes $125. Now $100. 12” Head circ. Compo Bye-lo, compo hands (as is ), lovely organdy dress & silk slip, great painting on face (lower lip slightly chipped), blue eyes $250. Now $150.

11-1/2” Turned Head Blond China, cloth body and cloth arms, cotton dress with roses $100. Now $80. 20” Black Hair blue eye China, leather body, antique shoes as is and stockings, dress, slip & pantalets, bisque hands, 2 fingers as is, 2 piece pink dress $225. Now $200.

15” Blonde Parian with glass eyes, shoulder plate repaired, leather hands, cloth body, red leather boots as is, antique black skirt & white blouse $265. Now $200.

8-1/2” China Black hair, cloth body with new arms & legs, antique dress, slip & pantalets $65. Now $50. 12” China Turned Head black hair, original cloth body & bisque arms & china legs, brown heel shoes & blue bow garter, new brown flowered dress $125. Now $100. 14” Blonde turned head china, new cotton body bisque arms & legs, black heel boots $145. Now $100. 8” China head on cotton number body, Parian legs & arms, pantalets $99.50 Now $80. 13” 1860-1870 Molded Blue Bonnet Hertwig & Co., white molded blouse with gold trim, molded hair, blue eyes, Parian arms, cloth body & feet, antique slip & pantalets $395. Now $200.

13” Head circ. Bye-lo 1923, celluloid hands, original stamped body, blue sleep eyes, upper right lid small eyeflake $325. Now $200. 12” Head circ. Bye-lo, blue sleep eyes, stamped body w/ celluloid hands (left thumb broken) $395. Now $325.

15” Head circ.

Bye-lo, blue sleep eyes, original body w/ celluloid hands (right hand 1 finger missing) great coloring $695.

Now $450.

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She is perfect - no chips, lines, etc, $499. Layaway always ok. $20 P&I. Carole Harris, Email: b2cdolls@yahoo.com. Telephone: 516-596-2165 Selling Antique Dolls for 20 years or more, 10 on Ebay.

11-12” Uncle Sam Dressel Cabinet size, display ready!!! Uncle Sam has a hard paper hat, gray mohair wig & beard, felt coat, replaced shirt with vintage lace jabot. His vest and pants have been handmade from vintage flags, old shoes, original finish on jointed body, Just Fabulous!!! $2195 Email: bethkarp@gmail.com 513-271-8186

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20” Martha Chase with provenance 14” Early American teddy bear $550 each

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Volume 6, Number 9 October 2003 Mignonnette and Her Wardrobe • UFDC Antique Exhibit • Abby Caddy Cloth Dolls • Composition Dolls • Little Known Museums • NADDA in Chicago • National Doll Festival • Uncut Pattern Dolls Volume 6, Number 10 November 2003 A Tribute to John Noble • UFDC Antique Doll Exhibit • Googly –Eyed All Bisques • Bleuette • Anili Celluloid Dolls Volume 6, Number 12 January 2004 Grace Putnam Dolls • The Toy Museum at Old Salem • Everything But Bisque • Tiny All Bisques 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 6 July 2004 Clues Lead to a Fashion Doll’s Maker • A 19th Century Dolls’ House • Peddler Dolls • Ravca’s Real People Dolls • Composition Celebrity Dolls • Lenci...What Remains?

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 9 October 2005 Bébés at Home • Vienna Doll Museum • UFDC Blue Ribbon Winners • The Dolls of ABG • Millie’s Miniature • The Debonair Male Doll • Dollies of Mercy • National Doll Festival 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?

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Calendar of Events February 2009 4-5 Agawam, MA. Doll & Toy & Teddy Bear Show. The Oaks Hall. Maven Co. 914-248-4646.

7 Baton Rouge, LA. Doll Show & Sale. Milton J. Womack Park. George Orgeron. 985-386-4291. georgeorgeron@bellsouth.net. http://www. angelfire.com/la2/bayoubebes/.

7 Leesburg, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Community Building.

Orange Blossom & Hills & Lakes Doll Club. Betty Brelsford. 352-383-4759.

7 Upper Lake, CA. Doll Auction. Country Barn Auctions. 707-275-0808.

7 Vallejo, CA. Nancy Jo’s Doll Sales. Vallejo Fairgrounds. 925-229-4190. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

7 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine Center. Sweetbriar.

410-275-2094.

7 Yuma, AZ. Doll Show. Yuma Civic Center. Yuma Doll Club. Geri Shaw.

928-726-9646.

8 Bellevue, WA. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Red Lion Bellevue Inn. Teresa Lehmbeck. 425-413-9516.

8 Willowbrook, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Collectible Show. Ashton Place Banquet Centeer. Julie Bronski. 312-919-7135.

14 Ft. Myers, FL. Doll Show & Sale. Araba Temple. Ft. Myers Doll Club & Cape Coral Doll Guild. 239-540-8628. 239-542-7253.

14 New Braunfels, TX. Country Doll Show & Sale. New Braunfels Civic Center (Krongresshalle). Dorothy Meredith. 830-708-8054. www.dolldr.com.

14 Pensacola, FL. Doll Show & Sale. First United Methodist ChurchThe Wright Place. Pensacola Doll Study Club. 850-475-1726. perpleprsn@aol.com.

14 Portland, OR. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Kleiver Natl. Guard Armory.

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

14-15 Scottsdale, AZ. Auction of Bea DeArmond’s “White House Doll Museum”. Chaparral Suites Resort. Frasher’s Doll Auctions. 816-625-3786.

15 Strongsville, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon.

440-748-3533.

21 Largo, FL. Doll Show. Honeywell MinnReg Bldg. St. Petersburg Doll Club.

Ilene. 727-347-7556.

21 Phoenix, AZ. Dolls & Bears & More Show & Sale. No. Phoenix Baptist Church. Sunbonnet Doll Club. 623-935-9204.

21 San Jose, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

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

28 Glendale, CA. Doll Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Happy Dolling Shows. Barbara Kouri. 818-767-4172.

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

5-7 Denver, PA. Doll Auction. Morphy Auctions. 2000 No. Reading Rd. morphyauctions.com. 717-335-3435.

6-9 Washington, DC. Spring Antiques Show. Walter E. Washington Convention Center. 561-822-5440.

7 Escondido, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Resurrection Church Parish Center.

Cameo Doll Club. 619-460-4678. 760-728-6830.

7-8 Gaithersburg, MD. 145th Eastern National Antique Doll Show.

Gaithersburg Fairgrounds. Bellman Event. 443-617-3590. infoDOLLS@comcast.net.

8 DeWitt, MI. Doll Show. DeWitt Banquet & Conference Center. Sandy.

269-599-1511.

8 Maquoketa, IA. Doll & Toy & Bear Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds.

Dora Pitts. 563-242-0139.

14 Allentown, PA. Antique Toy & Collectable Show. Merchants Sq. Mall.

Kevin Redcay/Valley Rail Promotions. www.valleygoto.com 610-440-0487.

14 Fairhope, AL. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Fairhope Civic Center Auditorium. Ruth Ann Brett. 251-980-5958.

14-15 Puyallup WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Fair & Event Center. Crossroads.

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

14 Santa Barbara, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Earl Warren Showground. Santa Barbara Doll Club. 805-733-1261.

15 Hackensack, NJ. Doll Show. The Rothman Center. JMK Shows.

352-527-6666 or 201-213-2810.

15 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Marriott Hotel. Hobby Airport. Bluebonnet Bebe’s of Houston. 713-688-2984.

15 Paris, France. Doll Exhibit. Musee de la Poupee. 00 33 (0)1 42 72 73 11.

21 Boise, ID. Doll & Bear Show. Bishop Kelly High School. Melinda’s Dolls.

775-342-7629.

21 Hayward, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Centennial Hall. Larry Herman.

925-947-1572. HermanShow@aol.com. www.HermanShows.com.

21 Lakeland, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Lake Mirror Center. Tropical Doll Study Club. 863-644-6831.

21 Phoenix, AZ. Doll Show. No. Phoenix Baptist Church. Valley of the Sun Doll Show. 480-831-9081.

21 West Covina, CA. Doll Makers Showcase & Doll Show. West Covina Elk’s Lodge. Rowbear Lowman. 831-438-5349.

22 Anaheim, CA. Doll Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. Rowbear Lowman.

831-438-5349.

22 Ft. Wayne, IN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. The Lantern. B & L Promotions.

419-228-4657. rmangold@woh.rr.com.

27 Ladenburger, Germany. Tin Toys & Trains & Dollhouses. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. 0049 6203 13014. Spielzeugauktion@t-online.de 28 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Fireman’s Recreation Hall. Fairland Dolls-Sue Spink. 585-591-2841.

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28 Asheville, NC. A Day with Cloth Dolls & Linda Edward. Deer Park Restaurant-Biltmore Estate. Suzi Smith. 828-667-3690.

28 Glendale, CA. Doll Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Jewel City Doll Club of California. Dene Alcott. 818-248-4862.

28 Ladenburger, Germany. Bears & Dolls Show. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. 0049 6203 13014. Spielzeugauktion@t-online.de 28-29 Atlantic City, NJ. Antiques & Collectibles Show. Atlantic City Convention Center. Atlantique City. 800-526-2724.

28 Palm Springs, FL. Doll & Bear Show. St. Luke Catholic Church. Gold Coast Doll & Study & Sunshine Doll Club. 561-965-9460.

29 Toledo, OH. Doll Show & Sale. Stranahan Great Hall. Toledo Glass City Doll Collectors. 419-599-7162/419-874-5409.

April 2009 4-5 DeRidder, LA. Doll Show. Wooten Theater. Hazel Lofton. 337-463-4830.

4-5 Los Angeles, CA. NADDA Crème de la Crème. Embassy Suites Hotel.

LA International Airport North. 310-215-1000.

5 Evansville, IN. Doll Show. Vanderburgh County 4-H Center. Rhoda Wade.

618-265-3191.

16-18 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Hobby Marriott. The Bay Area Doll Club.

281-614-0077.

16 Nashua, NH. Doll Show & Sale. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction.

603-464-3232.

18 Des Moines, IA. Doll & Bear & Toy Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds Walnut Center. Colleen Holden. 515-986-1975.

18 Endicott, NY. Doll Show. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Broome County Doll Club. 607-723-8411.

18 Riverside, CA. Doll & Toy & Bear Show. Janet Goeske Senior Center.

Inland Empire Doll Club. 951-371-4267.

18 Sparks, NV. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn. Melinda’s Dolls.

775-342-7629.

19 Cincinnati, OH. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Holiday Inn-Sharonville.

Margie Schultz. 513-207-8409.

19 E. Meadow, NY. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Temple Emanu-el. Doll Study Club of Long Island. 516-481-1745.

24-26 Pittsburgh, PA. Toy Show. Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena. Orangestone Promotions. 412-213-0224.

25 E. Syracuse, NY. Doll Show. E. Syracuse Community Room. Mid York Doll Club. 315-698-4501.

26 Columbus, OH. Doll Show. Aladdin Temple Shrine Mosque. Mid-Ohio Historical Museum. Henrietta Pfeifer. 614-837-1552.

26 Rochester, NY. Doll Show & Sale. Eagle’s Club. Henrietta Doll Lovers Club. 585-889-2015.

26 Whitman, MA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Knights of Columbus. Whitman Mothers’ Club. 781-447-6079.

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

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 344, Centerport, NY 11721-0344

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, doll accessories and paper dolls.

• Toys • Miniatures • Doll Molds • Supplies •

Nancy Jo’s DOLL SALES

VALLEJO, CA

Vallejo Fairgrounds

FEB. 7, 2009

Saturday 9 am

MAY 1-2, 2009 Friday 12 pm Saturday 9 am

Joe Andrews Queen Anne Lowboy with Bicentennial Seal

www.TheDollWorks.net

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

Website: www.nancyjodollsales.com

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FRIZELLBURG ANTIQUE STORE www.frizellburgantiques.com

A large selection of Kewpies in stock

Visit our website today!

A quality group shop specializing in dolls, toys and holidays.

Laura Turner, proprietor 1909 Old Taneytown Road, 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

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

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

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 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.

SONDRA KRUEGER

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 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 618-3845101. Email rhodawade99@gmail.com

Buying and Selling antique doll furniture, dollhouses, teasets, accessories. www.sondrakrueger.com Ebay Store: Sondra Krueger Antiques phone 530-893-5135.

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ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles, LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810-4351. Phone 302-475-5374 Email: RSteele855@aol.com Please visit my website: www.ReginaSteele.com 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

Valerie Fogel

Liberal lay-away policy.

Three day return privilege -ALWAYS BUYING-

44834 SE 145th St. North Bend, WA. 98045 Member UFDC Tel: 425.765.4010 Fax: 425.292.0185 (call 1st)

We accept PayPal email: vfogel5513@aol.com

Beautifulbebes.com welcomes you!

Enchantment and Mystery - An Early 15” French Fashion to delight and captivate in splendidly embroidered finery, shining cobalt eyes and creamy bisque. Braided orig. wig, cork pate, prcd ears w/ lovely matched jewelry, sturdy kid body, antq. boots, pristinely matched bisque hands. This is a Grand Dam...a beauty and a dream. Early and fine. Complete.

Original. Simply and utterly… superb! $4300

Adorned in a factory original crimson chambray dress with rich velvet collar and fragile silken trims; crowned by the stunning matching chapeau, this Bebe will surely entice St. Valentine. She stands a commanding 26" and her ivory bisque with tenderly painted strokes and subtle shadings evokes affection from all that gaze upon her.

Cascading golden orig. mohair wig in original set completes the portrait of this superb bebe. $7400

Simply luscious 22” F9G A face cast in the likeness of angels with a hostage sky in the blue spirals of her eyes. Dawn’s rosy glow is radiant in the sweet curve of her cheeks, a perfect canvas to the pastel coral and mauve tones shading lips and lids while delicate brows and deep liner bring this cherub to life. Lovely lips encircle her molded tongue; rival to any Bru Jeune. This bebe is among the loveliest found of the block letter mold and comes with her original albeit fragile matching wooden and cardboard box. Her lovely molded breastplate and head boast pristine bisque. She has wonderfully modeled bisque hands in generally excellent condition. Please call for additional details. $10,750

Tiny #2 Tete Jumeau 11.5 inches - Oh My! Sapphires have nothing on the fabulous baby blues on this little one!

So rare to find a wee lass with such amazing, huge spiral threaded eyes. Dressed in her favorite deep blue antique mariner’s dress with matching knit tam, she happily displays her favorite Valentine!

Lovely bisque, stamped Jumeau body, human hair French wig, orig. cork pate and tons of charm. $5995

MARCH 7- 8 Gaithersburg, MD - Fairgrounds, Bellman’s Eastern National Doll Show APRIL 4-5 Los Angeles, CA- NADDA Doll Show and Sale, Embassy Suites Hotel, LA International Airport North MAY 1-2 Vallejo, CA. Nancy Jo’s Doll Sales, Vallejo Fairgrounds