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Antique DOLL Collector March 2016 Vol. 19, No. 2

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14-1/2” Ultra Fashionable Jumeau Lady in royal blue and violet quilted suit w/ hoop skirt underneath, bisque arms, wood jointed shoulders, and swivel neck. $6850.

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8-1/4” Early Kestner wrestler type all bisque w/ yellow boots, striking antique costume. $2850.

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Biedermeier daybed with original aqua silk upholstered mattress and cushions, 9” L, 4-3/8” T, 4-7/8” W. $595.

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Sublime Bru Jeune Bebe 29.5” Exquisitely beautiful, this is a Bebe that will haunt your heart and keep you mesmerized from her first blue-eyed gaze. This is a treasure, one that deserves center stage. Chevrot body, excellent bisque and superb antique frock and bonnet.

Please call for details and special pricing and terms!

Beautiful Schmitt - 16.5” Impressive and wistful, this doe eyed beauty is marked with shield and swords on head and body.

Fantastic presence with deluxe ensemble.

Please call for special terms and pricing!

Beautiful 25” E10J with sea-blue paper weight eyes, tender crème bisque and gentle coloring. Dressed in antique froth of pink and ecru sheer organza with rich pink satin embellishments and matching bonnet.

Fabulous long tailed mohair wig. Antique leather shoes and undergarments. $8900~

French Fashion by Jumeau 17” Beauty marked 4 in all original two piece frock and bonnet that was destined for a Sunday stroll in the summer gardens.

Gorgeous face with blue spiral threaded eyes, delicate painting of features.

Beautiful bisque, sturdy kid body, antique leather boots. $4200~

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Adorable Early Kestner - Marked H, this early 19” alphabet Kestner is nothing short of adorable! A pre-cursor to the ever popular 143 mold, this darling has huge blue eyes and is wearing a velvet and silk festooned hat and coat that is priceless! Thick original mohair wig, antique leather shoes and perfect bisque and body and she is an A+! $1695~

The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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Doll Talk

About The Cover

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Morphy Auctions’ March Premier Toy Sales Event To Feature Outstanding Selections

Mark March 4-5 on your calendar! An outstanding collection of dolls and toys will be offered by Morphy Auctions of Denver, PA. An exceptional all original Queen Anne wooden graces our cover with many additional important lots sure to tempt collectors: Jumeaux, Brus, fine German bisque dolls, miniatures and doll-related lots.

The August 1941 issue of “Doll Talk,” the publication distributed by Kimport Dolls, is a chatty and informative look at earlier days of doll collecting.

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Auction Gallery Emporium Calendar Classified

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Step Inside An English Victorian Dolls’ House

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by Elizabeth Bentley Hamilton By adding period appropriate furnishings and dolls’ house dolls, an inviting stately English manor house welcomes visitors.

A Most Enduring Cat

by Julie Blewis Since 1697 the adventures of Puss in Boots have captivated children and adults alike.

A beloved fictional character, he has inspired many dolls.

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From the Hands of Little Ladies Bleuette’s Crochet & Knit Patterns

by Nicki Burley Many knit and crochet patterns for Bleuette were published in La Semaine de Suzette.

Follow the steps to fashion a charming cape for your Bleuette.

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Look what I can do Mommy!

Mechanical Dolls of Composition

by Ginger Custin Strain

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The STORY of MARY & MARY & the Indian Dolls by Lois Cohorst The dolls of Mary McAboy and Mary Frances Woods.

(212) 787-7279 P.O. Box 1410 NY, NY 10023

1) Sweet All Original 12” Bye-Lo mint heirloom infant with signed body, perfect fingers and what a hand sewn embroidered gown! $295 2) 14” Early Mme Alexander Susie Q & Bobbie Q - adorable googly eyed 1938 pair sporting colorful spring outfits w/ labels - just $450 3) The Seven Day Babies - Mint set of 3” bisque infants each with their Original Pillow tagged with a day of the week! Each baby is different - plus remains of orig. box! Rare set! $750 4) Largest Size 20” Kaiser Baby - An impressive scarce Kammer & Reinhardt 100, ever so beautifully made! Original body and period ‘short suit’. Spectacular! $650 5) 22” All Original ‘Rosalinda’ fabulous brown bisque head 1920’s toddler with molded hair and 3 tufts of mohair tied w/bows, exceptional period Factory Clothes plus labelled box! $650 6) 9” Brown Bisque Gebr. Kuhnlenz ‘34’ - orig. fully jtd. body & wig plus wonderful pink picquet dress. $595.

Factory Perfect Wigged Patsyette quality outfit includes bracelet and pretty color, no craze! $195 7) Rare Talking 18” Kestner ‘Daisy’ mint bisque, blue eyes, orig. pate, proper head/body markings, and a rare working pull cord crier to make this Daisy ever more special! $1800 8) Bluette’s Older Sister - Bluettes are scarce, but what’s more rare is her older 13.5” Big Sister ‘Rosette’. This one a finest quality bisque ‘Unis 301’ has blue sleep eyes, lashes, french HH wig, and proper head/body/feet markings. So rare! $1500 9) 10” J.D.K. 260 Toddler - Adorable big bow and tummy with antique bobbed hair and big round eyes! $450 Early Candy Container - wax head baby in a finely woven basket with glass eyes and hinged lid! Probably French. $295 10) 5.5” Heubach Child in Bunny Suit! Clever, mint and signed plus the lavender egg for candy! $250 11) Bunny Fur Bunny! Adorable hand held ball of Easter fur with wired ears, fluffy tail and original bow! $65 12) 21” Rare Brown Teenager factory fancy from wig to darling shoes wearing a precious pink tulle gown with hang tag - a love! $395 13) Very Rare Cabinet Heubach mold ‘9599’, wonderful 7.5” unlisted model with side part hair w/molded bow, closed mouth, special orig. body and clothes. Choice $650 14 -16) Super Rare Two-Face Child Most unusual double dolly faced child w/ glass eyes, one side blue, the other side brown. Specially constructed 2-sided garments, wig and bonnet! One of it’s kind! $1200

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17) Magnificent 25” Rabery & Delphieu Bebe - What dignity in the unique expression of this mid 1880’s jeune fille with such dominant paperweight rich blue eyes set in her snow pure bisque with closed mouth w/ slight tongue! So self assured in her antique self patterned silken ensemble including underlayers and old leather shoes. Luscious! $3250

19) Elaborate Parian with Decorated Plate - molded blouse with ruffled collar and glazed tie and hair comb; multiple intricate comb marks in her long dense hang curls; plus original body w/ porcelain limbs and fine old attire as well. $695 20) 11” all Original Gibson Girl - attired in 4 splendid tailored Edwardian layers, proper mint original body w/bisque limbs, minor hl around neck under blouse - no reglue, sleep eyes - just $595 21) 1850’s Fashionable China Lady - with gold Alice hairband, snood, copious brush marks. Her slender waisted lady body wears an exquisite Original Plum Silk Fashion Gown, with pleats, swags and train, rarely seen on a china. 20” tall. $895

18) Stately Gottschalk ‘ 1903 House ‘ w/ Original Papers - This handsome elaborate home, signed 1903, is an early ‘Blue Roof’ (old repaint) with exceptional brilliantly colored lithography in remarkable condition inside and out! Complete with original chimneys, glass windows w/curtains, four rooms w.

7” and 8” ceilings and interior doorways. It is accessible from each side. An architectural masterpiece with numerous features all in a manageable 10” by 20” by 22” size! $1795 5” Chamber Maid, original and mint $325… furnishings available for sale.

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22) 10 Framed Victorian Die Cuts - 10” by 16” of mint antique German die cuts featuring a 10” child, one w/ doll, etc. $125 23) Dressing for Dinner - A formal couple, he is 7.5” in white tie and tails with handsome molded mustache - She is 7” with molded bust and jtd. arms in lavish gown and petticoats, The Perfect Couple! $495 24) English Wooden Hand Puppets - brilliant carving and coloring, great condition, original fresh costumes, each 18” long with provenance. $495 22

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18) Splendid Gottschalk ‘ 1903 House ‘ - shown with access sides open. Original steps with planted flower pots too! (see other page) $1795 25) Important and Rare 30” Pre-1900 Columbian - Only very few of this very rare size were made and this one is signed, all original and painted by the hand of Emma Adams!

Brilliant clean color with minor loss. No touch ups!

As if new! and in such wonderful layers of 25 original clothes and shoes. Museum class! $5000

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26) Rare Labelled 31” Lerch Child - Stunning! and so impossible to find in this mint condition with the convex eyes and 1867 label. She has a great original body and ask about her wonderful heirloom layered clothes and heeled leather boots! A rare and remarkable American beauty. $2750

27) 15” Elusive Bebe Schmitt This sensuous ‘long face’ model has glimmering hazel paper weight eyes w/ shaded eyelids and soft brows plus an abundant and mint antique wig crowns her signed head.

Her opulent brimmed chapeau with matching couture ensemble drape the rare Schmitt signed body. So important and so lovely… and possibly sold... please call.

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28) Life Size 37.5” ‘Bebe Cosmopolite’ - Her lustrous satin bisque surrounds big endearing sleep eyes and dimpled chin. Framed by hip length French human hair ringlets, on chunky signed, excellent body; plus wonderful heirloom costume with those stylish red leather antique shoes. Full of life! $1650

29) 22” Pink Tint 1840’s Damenkoph China - elegant pressed china with refined ladylike features, in creamy glaze, 29 winged panels and coiled bun high in back of her long neck. So stately in her floor length black evening gown contrasting her lovely antique slender glazed arms. Stunning! $2250

30) 29.5” Kestner 164 Child - early Kestner artwork and deep modeling with soft feathered brows, rimmed deep blue sleep eyes with lashes, porcelain teeth and tender mouth are offset by her rich waist length French tresses; plus her signed original body wearing her soft pink fancy dress with lace tiers and pleated sash. Compelling. $795

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

717-484-1200 Mobile: 610-662-5473 ourant@me.com All Original Bebe Jumeau. This lovely 20� Tete Jumeau Bebe has flawless bisque, big blue eyes, a closed mouth and applied pierced ears. She wears a beautiful Jumeau couture floral print and pink satin dress with a lace and ribbon bonnet and Jumeau shoes. $6950.

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AUCTION GALLERY

14” Bru Modele Bebe #0, perfect pale bisque, outstanding outlined bulging p/w eyes, luscious lashes, early mauve blush under brows & ant. Fr. lambs wool wig & orig. pate, gorgeous ant. Fr. aqua silk Bru dress & ant. Fr. aqua silk hat, ant. socks & “signed” EJ shoes w/rosettes, First Generation Bru face, RARE fully jointed Modele wooden body (including ankles). Most desirable & rarest Bru body. Tremendous presence is breathtaking!!! CALL FOR PRICE

7” Gebruder Heubach Pouty, glass eyes gorgeous peaches &cream bisque, orig. braided mohair wig & pate, orig. silk dress, orig. slip, undies, orig. leather shoes & orig. socks, ant. hat, On orig. five piece jointed compo. body. ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE & rare tiny size!!! $3900.

4.5” All Bisque S & H, perfect pale bisque, glass eyes, orig. braided mohair wig & orig. pate, all orig. silk plaid costume w/matching hat, orig. sip & undies, “swivel neck”, high blue stockings, orig. early “peg strung” all bisque body. GORGEOUS sweet face!!! Out of my collection!! $4675.

6.5” Kestner All Bisque Pouty, glass eyes, perfect bisque overall, “swivel neck”, orig. long braided mohair wig w/ orig. hair ribbon & pate vintage crocheted dress, w/multi strap boots, on perfect orig. Kestner all bisque early peg strung body.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL pouty face!!! $3800.

6” Gebruder Heubach All Bisque Coquette, fabulous bisque overall, 3 molded hair bows, deeply modeled hair, op/cl/mo w/2 molded teeth & side glancing painted eyes, darling dress made from ant. netted lace & ribbons, painted shoes w/molded bows. As cute as can be!!! GREAT!!!! $1450.

24” S & H #939 DEP, cl/mo, gorgeous bisque, huge bulging threaded p/w eyes, early “closed dome” magnificent ant. hand tied mohair wig, fabulous ant. frilly silk & lace dress, ant. Fr. furry hat & ant. leather shoes, on GREAT early orig. chunky str. wrist 8 ball body (old varnish on lower arms, not noticeable). Very early doll & a KNOCK OUT!!! $3275.

11.5” Cloth, made especially for 2015 UFDC, “A Dream Come True”, 66th Annual Convention held in Kansas City, named “Stella”, by Susan Fosnot & is a Ltd. Edition of 900, painted eyes, painted face & detailed hair, cotton dress, slip & matching undies w/silky boots. In perfect condition, never displayed, orig. bag, from non smoking environment!! Very well done & a GREAT collector’s item. $135.

5” All Bisque Bye-Lo Baby, “swivel neck”, bl. sl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, magnificent orig. lace & ribbon gown, matching bonnet, diaper & pink painted shoes, “signed” on back. An Absolute JEWEL!! $1250.

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

I buy dolls and sell on consignment. • LAYAWAY AVAILABLE • Member UFDC & NADDA

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n amazing and flawless Schmitt et Fils Bebe, 14” with skin wig over cork pate. straight waisted wood and composition body and wearing an exceptional antique costume, sold for $7,700 at Sweetbriar’s February 6 auction. www.sweetbriarauctions.com

The Tender Years (The Small of It All.)

Deborah Varner 303-850-7800 queenbeev1@comcast.net • Member UFDC Layaways welcomed and consignments taken.

Spring Has Sprung Sale!

18” K * R 112 Elise.

Fabulous modeling.

Open/closed mouth. Two incised upper teeth. BR. mohair wig. Beautiful Bl. intaglio eyes. White adorned dress with pink silk ribbon and jewel at waist. Abundant undergarments. Antique straw/lace hat with old velvet flowers. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ELISE I HAVE EVER SEEN! CALL FOR PRICE. 303-850-7800.

4 1/2” All orig. all bisque mignonette.

Wears rare factory installed gold bracelet.

Early peg strung.

Orig. dress of silk and velvet. Four strap/red boo-tines. Blonde mohair wig. Gorgeous br. glass eyes.

Beautiful and rare. Was $ 3,175 Now $ 2,700

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E 8 J Jumeau. Fabulous face with excellent modeling. BL. PW. eyes. Dk. lashes. Early French chunky body.

Applied ears/pierced. Orig. cork pate. Head coil intact. Lg. Lips. Red Jumeau earrings. ST. wrists. Jumeau shoes. Wears orig. burgundy colored silk dress with lots of undergarments.

Elaborate French presentation hat. THIS DOLL HAS IT ALL! Was $ 8,100. Now $ 7,500.

17” Incised Jumeau.

Chunky French body with SW. Mkd. Depose Jumeau with red tick marks. Creamy bisque with soft blushing.

Dk. Bl. threaded PW eyes. Feathered brows and long lashes. Orig. wig. Luscious lips.

Orig. Bl. silk/lace dress with block pleats.

Matching bonnet. French leather shoes. Pearl earrings. One of the most beautiful incised I have ever seen. Was $ 7,650. Now $ 7,250 See me on RubyLane.com

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12” French Series Two Portrait Jumeau. Excellent modeling.

Strong Bl. eyes. Blush under brows. Orig. luscious blonde with/lots of curls. Orig. pate. Head coil intact.

Wears orig. pale blue dress with lace overlay. French presentation hat with feathers/ velvet ribbon and lace galore. Well priced. Was $ 7,550. Now $ 7,275.

17” Gerbruder Heubach 7246 pouty character. Has the beautiful pink bisque of all the Heubachs. Bl. sleep eyes. Lt. brunette H.H. wig. Long lashes. Excellent body finish. Wears white lawn and lace dress. Brunette wig is tied up in back with blue bow. A very sweet and special doll. Was $ 3,350. Now $ 2,875.

Morphy Auctions’ March Premier Toy Sales Event To Feature Outstanding Selections This two-day auction includes over 160 carefully curated lots of exceptional dolls, doll clothing and accessories, miniature and scaled furniture, and other fine doll-related collectibles.

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pring is just around the corner, and so is Morphy Auctions’ March 4th 5th, 2016 Doll and Toy event!

No item is more worthy of the royal treatment in this sales event than an exceptional all original Queen Anne doll. This 17” rarity is from circa 1720, and is unquestionably one of the finest wooden dolls of its type to come to market in memory. This remarkable example is preserved in a gilt glass case and is being sold with a charming period painting. She comes to life with glass eyes, rosy cheeks, red lips, and a human hair wig. Most interestingly, she has writing on her silk bodice.

Her wardrobe and accessories include leather fingerless gloves trimmed in blue, several layers of clothing, a quilted underskirt, a lace trimmed hat, a pair of silk boots, as well as a perfectly scaled handkerchief and pincushion.

The Morphy sale presents 19 worldclass examples of dolls by Jumeau in an irresistible array of sizes and presentations. Good things come in threes with this sale’s offering of First Series Portrait Jumeau Bebes. These pretty-as-a-picture dolls include a very attractive 15-1/2” Bebe with highly desirable almond cut eyes; a stunning 17” Bebe with tricolor glass eyes with extensive threading; and an exceptional 17” Bebe with unusually attractive, traditional Jumeau facial features.

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An exceptional all original Queen Anne is being sold with this period portrait.

Below: First Series Portrait Jumeau Bebes.

Jumeau E.7 J. Bebe.

E.10 J. Jumeau Bebe w/Jumeau Box.

Other Jumeau highlights include a 15” Second Series Portrait Jumeau Bebe with exceptionally fine painted facial details and the appeal of a First Series Portrait example and a very attractive 16” Jumeau E.7 J. Bebe on a straightwristed marked body in excellent, original condition. A 22” Bebe marked Depose E.10 J. with fine bisque, brown paperweight eyes, and her original Jumeau box, is the whole package indeed.

Collectors will undoubtedly say “oui” to this auction’s three Bru examples on offer, with the finest being a 16” Bebe with a Chevrot body and striking blue paperweight eyes.

Other fine French dolls include a 21” wired-eyed Figure “C” Steiner Bebe with a playful smile and well defined ears and an unmarked, 18” kid-over-wood French fashion doll with cobalt blue eyes and finely painted facial features.

Fine dolls from Germany are also well represented in this event. A 21” impressive Kestner child doll with an early bisque socket head marked “14” with sleeping eyes, is a dream come true. A seldom seen and practically life-sized 251/2” Heubach 8413 Character Baby with a smiling face and beautiful complexion is sure to garner interest. The 12‑1/2” rare, fully jointed turn of last century felt Steiff farmer doll has things buttoned up with his early and authentic felt outfit that is integral to his body. This farmer is quite the charmer and comes with a robust provenance – including having been discovered in the attic of an abandoned apartment building scheduled for demolition.

This sale will put collectors in a playful mood with its great selections of doll related novelties, accessories, clothing, furniture, and other rarities. Poetry in motion describes a very rare Ives Blakeslee “Old Woman in the Shoe” rolling pull toy based on the Mother Goose nursery rhyme. Remarkably, it comes with eight of its original dolls,

2nd Series Portrait Jumeau Bebe.

Bru Jne 7 Bebe w/Chevrot body.

which is most unusual given these tiny characters were almost always lost to time. Also making a splash here are a number of German bisque bathing beauties, most notably a spectacular large-size standing bather on a pier.

This looker has wonderful facial painting, as well as her original clothing and wig. Also of interest, a pair of 7” French paper mache dollhouse dolls with kid bodies and wooden lower limbs.

This sale also offers fine selections of antique Christmas and holiday selections, nodders, automatons, candy containers, and Steiff and R. John Wright editions inspired by classic and traditional childhood icons.

Wired Eyed Figure “C” Steiner.

Kid over Wood French Fashion.

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Impressive Kestner Child Doll.

Heubach 8413 Character Baby.

Ives Blakeslee “Old Woman in the Shoe.”

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Large German Bisque Wigged Bathing Beauty.

According to Jay Lowe, Morphy Auctions’ Head of Doll Division, “My team and I are delighted to present these fine dolls and doll related items as part of Morphy’s upcoming early spring sales event. We aim to offer a great selection of the most desirable brands and makers, so that every collector can find something that calls to them. I am particularly drawn to this sale’s great range of Jumeau Bebes on offer. And the Queen Anne doll is in a class by itself. I am positive you will find a few new favorites as well!”

About Morphy Auctions: Morphy Auctions is headquartered in Denver, Pennsylvania. The company also has an office in Las Vegas, Nevada. A full service auction house, the company presents over 30 premier auctions annually, as well as monthly discovery sales. Morphy’s team of specialists includes the nation’s finest and most recognized experts in popular collecting categories including advertising; firearms; fine automobiles, automobilia and petroliana; coin-operated machines; antiques, fine, and decorative art; dolls, bears, toys, and trains; cast iron; coins; marbles; and jewelry.

Morphy Auctions is owned by President and Founder Dan Morphy, himself a lifelong and passionate collector of antiques, banks, and numerous other categories. Morphy’s has been in business since 2004 and has grown from two to over 65 employees in over a decade.

Morphy Auctions is located at 2000 North Reading Road, Denver, PA 17517. We can be reached by phone at 717-3353435, by fax at 717-336-7115, and by email at info@morphyauctions.com. Morphy Auctions is open seven days a week from 9am to 4pm. For more information on Morphy’s, please visit www.MorphyAuctions.com or contact Jay Lowe, Department Head, Doll Division 717-335-3435. Jay.Lowe@morphyauctions.com

Pair French Paper Mache Doll House Twins.

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Original Steiff Burgemeister.

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14” Alabama child in all original condition/paint with the typical maker markings stamped in black ink on the front torso. Overall very fine original condition with some loss of “hair” coloring on top of head. $1100 13 1/2” F. 2/0 G. Bebe. A nice package, this blue eyed Bebe is on a kid body with bisque lower arms, dressed in vintage clothing with matching shoes & socks. Beautiful pale bisque with no flaws, no cheek rubs, no hairlines to head or bisque shoulder plate! $5000 A fabulous 8” Goodyear Rubber doll with its original box. In remarkable all original condition this doll resembles a Spanish dancer of sorts...a most unusual pose. As is typical these dolls were from mid 19th century and the label has a bevy of writing upon the label. If looking for a Goodyear doll this is perhaps one of the finest examples known! $1750 Vichy “Dunce” Schoolboy Automaton. A classic late 19th, early 20th century automata created by Gustav Vichy featuring a schoolboy seated upon his desk. When the mechanism is activated he turns his head, alternately raises and lowers his arms, kicks his one leg, his “donkey

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ears” flap all while a music tune plays. In excellent working order and ready to place amongst your French Bebe’s. $6500 17 1/2” Hilda toddler. This fellow has the typical chubby fully jointed composition body, blue glass sleep eyes, vintage clothing and his original skin wig. Fine colored bisque with no flaws he is marked 245 “HILDA” on the rear of his head. Original skin wig not fully removed but guaranteed to be free of any hairlines etc. to the bisque head. $1950 20” Bru Jne 7 Bebe. A very nice example of the desirable Bru mold with blue paperweight eyes, fine pale bisque (slight color loss to nose tip but not offensive), perfect bisque lower arms and on an all kid body.

The bisque head, which has no damage, is marked only with the #7, the shoulder plate is marked Bru Jne on the right shoulder with a very faint # on left shoulder. Perhaps in her original Bru dress & antique shoes (lady in gown on soles) this Bebe comes from a very old collection that was assembled in the 1960-1970’s time period! $17,500

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Doll Talk R

ecently Marie Lehmann sent me the August, 1941 issue of Doll Talk. As many of you know Doll Talk was published by Kimport Dolls of Independence, Missouri. Marie, a long-time collector, has been kind enough over the years to send me old magazines with articles on dolls, the most recent on Kathe Kruse which can be seen in last year’s October issue.

Measuring only 7 inches by 5 inches, Doll Talk is a delight to read and very conversational in tone. Those of you who enjoy early doll books know what I mean; while short on factual data, they are a pleasure to read. Interspersed between the dolls for sale are many letters from subscribers and interesting tidbits from Ruby McKim, who along with her husband owned Kimport. Reader input was encouraged, in fact in the August 1941 issue, prizes in the form of credit from $1 to $3 were offered for submitting detailed information on their Greiner dolls.

One of Ruby McKim’s tidbits caught my eye, “We’ve not the slightest idea how they got across borders and the ocean, but news is that there’s a little box of funny, mischievous little Becassines for us in New York. All joints, even wrists and ankles are still ball-and-socket so she can strike a hundred awkward poses, each as comical as her dumb little face. She’s 8 inches tall and $5.00, unless air express, etc., has given her a too “hifalutin” sense of values.” Here the author is surely talking about the Becassines made by the Swiss company Bucherer.

On the dolls from the Door of Hope she wrote, “In the days before the invader came, mission workrooms were sunny and cheerful. Here was a literal ‘Door of Hope’ for many Chinese girls, a chance to become respectable, self-supporting citizens. Today faces and hearts are sad there but fingers work steadily on for the need is greater than ever before. Heads and hands are carved of smooth ivorytoned wood. Bodies are of cloth, stuffed trim and solid. Removable garments are made in perfect detail, complete even to tiny frog fasteners of the typical silks or cottons. There are children and old folk, rich and poor, bride and widow, merchant and farmer. Each is authentic and beautiful.”

Several dolls are listed, pictured here are the the farmer, 11” for $6.50 and Amah and Baby 11” $7.50 and a 6” Little Boy for $4.45. Grab your time machine!

Rosa of Brazil is described as a charming figure from the picturesque town of Bahia in Brazil. “Like all working women of this quaint city, she wears a full skirt and fringed shawl; big golden earrings complete her costume. As all burdens of any description are carried on the heads of both men and women, Rosa balances a wicker basket of felt fruit atop her jaunty turban. Note the elaborate ruffs on her sleeves, and the large appliqué flowers. The dusky color of her piquant features, molded from felt, blends with the brilliant colors she loves and makes her a vivid figure.” Available in a 14” and 9” size for $6.95 and $3.50.

The McKim’s lament that dolls from Canada are harder to come by than dolls from Australia, South Africa and the Indies. On a family trip to Montreal, they were thrilled to encounter some old homespun New Brunswick dolls, Gramp and Granny of New Brunswick about which it was written, “As solid and wholesome as New Brunswick villagers themselves are small Gramp and Granny. Their plump little faces fair shine with good nature. Garments are fashioned of soft handwoven woolens in the softest homespun shades. Add such deals as Granny’s fascinator, saque and muff, Gramp’s thumb mittens and side whiskers and you have one of the most delightful pairs in the collection. And since it has taken us longer to get neighbors from the Dominion just north of the border than from most any other country, we’re might proud to present Gramp and Granny.” The 8” and 7-1/2” dolls were priced at $3.00 each.

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ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE

DOLL AUCTION

Friday, March 11 at 9:30 a.m.

120 South Spring Street Louisville, Kentucky 40206

Also found in Canada were the Montagnais Indians. “Real collector items are these handmade dolls of caribou and cloth, of fur, dyed wool and native personality! You’ll know Pierre, the Trapper, had a French grandsire because of the dashing trim of his beard, the boulevard tilt of his fur decked cap! Marie Tagalong express her appreciation of things Parisian too in the brilliant Four-winds cap, embroidered thumb mittens, in print and plaid and multicolored hose.

Made by an inhabitant of County Saguenay on the North Shore of St. Lawrence Bay. Original tags of birch bark identity each doll: they are really grand old Canadian stock.” The 10” dolls were priced at $4.95 each.

The United Federation of Dolls would be incorporated in 1949.

Judging from the many enthusiastic letters from Kimport subscribers eagerly awaiting their next doll, it was an organization whose time had come. One reader, a Mrs. C. Dale from Kansas summed it up, “There really is no end to what a hobby can uncover for you – especially a Doll Hobby. Its paths open friendships, opportunity, treasure chests of forgotten memories and endless conversations.”

Donna C Kaonis

HAYS & ASSOCIATES, Inc. will be selling at

ABSOLUTE AUCTION collections of dolls & accessories from two Kentucky estates & individual consignors.

A partial listing follows: ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE DOLLS: French Jumeau, Steiners, Eden Bebe & S.F.B.J. dolls - French fashion dolls by Jumeau & Barrois - German bisque including character dolls Chinas - Schoenhut girl doll w/molded hair bow - Wax - Papiermache - Composition including a large Shirley Temple baby doll Hard plastic - Doll vignettes - Doll artist dolls - Ethnic dolls - Doll clothing - Doll accessories - Doll furniture - Steiff animals Doll parts - Madame Alexander dolls - Hermann bears - vintage Barbies & accessories - half dolls - Ginny doll w/trunk & wardrobe - cast iron fire truck - complete set of The Bears of Sagamore by Midwest of Cannon Falls - Disney dolls - Terri Lees Please see our web site for pictures and further details.

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Step Inside An English

by Elizabeth Bentley Hamilton

More than a century of ever-growing climbing vines of roses, ivy and wisteria cover much of the exterior of most Victorian English country homes, almost as though the houses were now merely a background for the beauty of the vines themselves.

This dolls’ house, however, presents an unencumbered look at a house from that time period, architecturally correct in its detail, attractive yet imposing in its appearance.

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n 2013 I purchased a handsome English Victorian dolls’ house from Sondra Krueger of Forest Ranch, CA. Built between 1860 and 1870, this dark beige painted house with its black roof and deep bay windows measures 27” high, 31” wide and 16-1/2” in depth. Though constructed of sturdy wood, rows of carefully measured and painted lines give the impression of stone blocks. The facade has three windows across the top floor and two bay windows on the floor below, one on either side of the entranceway. The panes of glass are original, even to the transom above the working front door with its ornate knob. The chimneys descend the length of the house, one on each side.

With its staid appearance replicating real homes of the time period, this doll’s house showed evidence of having been well-loved by its little owners. Generations of playtime have resulted in the inability of the two hinged front panels to fully close as they once did. A small vertical space is visible between them. The house has two latched panels on the back which also remove, enabling two to four children to play in it at the same time.

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Victorian Dolls’ House

With the front panels open, four inviting rooms are revealed, occupied by a comfortable mid-Victorian family of china-head dolls. Surrounded by their period-appropriate furnishings, the family is enjoying an afternoon at home. As it is a Thursday, callers may be received or leave their cards. To Mother’s delight, this day has brought a visit from her sister and niece, whose company she always enjoys.

Refreshments will be served, past family anecdotes recalled and new ones revealed!

Nurse is a sweet china-head with a peg-wooden body and articulated upper limbs. Her lower extremities have been painted white then glazed to give the appearance of china, yet her shoes are painted the traditional peg-wooden red instead of black. Just like the other dolls in the house, her attire is completely original. Pushing an early wicker baby carriage, she has brought her young charge home from a favorite walk around the tall boxwoods and gardens beyond.

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Thinking of entering Nanny School, a young helper carefully watches Baby eat from his small pewter porringer while Nurse hastens to the kitchen with instructions for Cook. Baby is a one-piece seated china “frozen Charlie” from the collection of the late Richard Wright, whose knowledge is still available to us on re-runs of “Antiques Roadshow.” An old wooden dolly sits in front of a colorful Bristol glass tea set waiting for her owner who has stepped next door. The Guardian Angel painting on the back wall framed in gold Dresden papers is beloved by the children. An ABC book with delicately painted illustrations printed in London in the mid-1800s stands under the sewing table.

Hand-carved and dressed in hand-made clothing for Mother when she was a little girl, Dolly is happy to be loved once again! Seated in her original hand-made chair, she is a true child’s companion requiring neither the care nor the attention paid to the lovely fashion dolls.

This two-story house has been set up with a nursery and bedroom above a kitchen and parlor. Working wooden paneled doors separate the rooms on each floor. Each room has its original built-in fireplace, fitted tin grate, and a mantle broad enough to accommodate everything from pitchers and plants to chambersticks and a Bible.

The original wallpapers of white with floral vine and leaf designs are seen throughout, with a second layer having a similar pattern still visible in some areas.

The only known provenance of this fine example of an English dolls’ house from the 1860s is that it came from the collection of the late Evelyn Ackerman, esteemed artist, author and collector, whose research I very much admire.

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Wearing black flat-heeled boots just like Mama’s, her little girl feels quite at home in the bedroom as she often sits on the small sofa playing with her china doll while her mother sews. The beige silk on the sewing basket matches the covering on the folding dressing screen near the bed. The bedroom and the nursery are furnished with Rock and Graner, Biedermeier, and early Kestner dressers purchased from Sondra Krueger.

A lovely selection of early French china, glass and crystal perfume bottles decorate the back of Mother’s dressing table.

Gracious and serene, Mother has pupiled blue eyes, rosy pink cheeks and a gently smiling rosebud mouth.

Her dress of melting black silk is original, as are her layers of eyelet petticoats and undergarments. She has come upstairs for a moment to locate a special gift she bought for her sister while in London – two beautifully decorated long hat pins, so fashionable in Victorian times.

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Crowded with pots, pans, pitchers and everyday Treenware, this is a comfortably stocked kitchen. An early wooden cupboard is in the far left corner and a delicate, early spinning wheel stands by a hand-woven caneback chair near the fireplace. Painted their signature shade of red, the wooden Rau chairs with upholstered seats were made in Germany ca. 1840. They and two others in the parlor were purchased from Susan Singer who owned Lucy’s Doll House, as was the black Evans and Cartwright pressed tin stove against the back wall. The ivory holder by the door contains its original cloth-covered umbrellas with carved ivory handles.

Wearing her original bonnet, shawl and layers of clothing, dear little Cook, only 4” tall, is an early peg-wooden from the Grodnertal area. Once part of the late Flora Gil Jacob’s Private Collection, she was sold at auction in 2014.

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correct to its time period, and had spent considerable time uncovering the original wallpapers inside the four rooms, but left examples of different papers used over the years on the inside of the front-opening panels. While re-papering these panels would enhance the overall attractive appearance of the interior, a telling part of the history of this dolls’ house no longer would be visible. As the house had come to her unfurnished and without provenance, she filled it with appropriate dolls and furnishings selected from her own collection, thereby turning it into a proper Victorian home.

I, too, received this dolls’ house unfurnished with the exception of a wonderful English wool rug which almost covered the parlor floor. Its colorful and unusual pattern was not the least faded despite its age and its knotted, long fringe was still intact. This rug and the addition of other floor coverings, curtains and draperies of the time period, followed by the placement of a few paintings and mirrors on the walls softened the somewhat somber appearance of the house, bringing out the feeling of warmth attributed to a home.

Individually selected, one by one a family of mid-19th century chinahead dolls moved in. With the inclusion of period-appropriate furnishings, my goal of creating an inviting scene mirroring life in the stately looking homes of the English countryside during the Victorian era was realized.

While her aunt and cousin prepare to enjoy some fruit, Mother’s oldest daughter sits on the sofa looking through the family album. The ornately decorated pressed-tin piano nearby has a large key on the front which winds up its still-working music box. A long mirror attached to a fern stand is braced against the opposite wall. To the right of the fireplace an ormolu three-tiered stand, with a birdcage on the top shelf, and the clothes brush set above, brighten the interior. A Bristol glass tea service on a silver tray rests on a table in front of the sofa, and a decorative china set sits on the carved Ravensburg credenza near the door of this fashionably crowded 19th century parlor.

Mother’s sister wears her upswept hair in a rolled curl on top of her head. Pierced ears and hanging earrings are unusual in a doll of only 6”, but hers are original, as is her necklace of gold-washed metal beads and her green dress trimmed with gold lace. She is pictured and discussed on pages 72, 101, and 175 of Evelyn Ackerman’s highly valued book “Dolls in Miniature,” to which one refers again and again.

As the afternoon visit comes to an end, Sister and her daughter promise to call again soon.

Father has come home shortly before dinner; a maid prepares the dining room table as evening approaches this engaging English dolls’ house and the contented family of Victorian dolls within.

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Join us for our spring tour of the Thuringian and Erzgebirge regions of Germany, especially planned with the interests of toy, doll and Christmas collectors in mind!

After a most successful Fall tour to the Erzgebirge and Thuringian regions of Germany, a May 2016 tour is now planned. Everyone agreed, the Fall tour was so special because of the size, allowing it to be spontaneous and personal, and the museums I discovered where we were the first group of Americans to have visited. There will be antique buying opportunities along the way, in addition to spending the day shopping at the Puppenfestival antique markets in Neustadt and Sonneberg on May 5th, 2016.

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A Most Enduring Cat

by Julie Blewis photos Andy Ourant unless noted

A large version of the Roullet et Decamps automaton.

Courtesy Theriault’s

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uss in Boots made his first literary appearance in “Tales of Time Passed, Tales of Mother Goose,� which was originally published in 1697 by French writer Charles Perrault, and in English for the first time in 1729. The longevity of this fanciful feline is truly astounding and he remains a current favorite as evident by the recent Disney animated films with Puss in Boots. These early tales were frequently intended to impart a morality lesson. In this case the moral is there is a great disadvantage in receiving a large inheritance that required no effort from the beneficiary. However, diligence and ingenuity are far more valuable than wealth from others. Puss in Boots uses his wit and smarts to achieve his goals, often by cheating, pretending, threatening and lying. He seems to endorse the sentiment that the ends justifies the means. It is a wonder that with these character flaws, or attributes, depending on your perspective, that Puss in Boots became such a popular fictional character!

Charles Perrault is also the author of some of our other cherished fairy tale characters including Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty whose protagonists are more admirable role models.

A smaller automaton with musical base.

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Steiff cat c. 1915-1917

French twins

As with many beloved fictional characters, Puss in Boots has inspired a large number of dolls. With his wonderful hat, collar, and of course, those great boots, it is not surprising. The oldest versions pictured here are attributed to Roullet et Decamps and are automatons dating between 1890-1900. The larger example is 26” with a body constructed of papiermache and covered in white fur. He has green cat eyes, hinged jaw, painted teeth, with cape, sword and the signature boots of black paper-mache. The smaller version is only 19” including the base. The body is similar to the larger model; the eyes are much lighter in color and he is dressed fancifully with plumed hat, jacket instead of a cape and a cane in place of the sword. Of course he too has his trademark boots, again of papier-mache but he is grasping a mouse in one hand. The automatons could be made with or without music, and the first is an example without the music but just with a few simple movements and the second has similar movements but with music.

No Puss in Boots collection would be complete without a Steiff rendition. Produced from 1912-1917 the Steiff examples is 15” with yellow and black glass eyes, stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed at the shoulders and hip. Sporting a ruff collar, 34

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Mohair pair of Puss in Boots dolls

Unusual version with striped fur

Wonderful Allie Kat version

Composition and papier-mache head dolls

floppy hat and signature boots the Steiff cat has a FF button in his ear and is a most appealing and dapper fella!

The pair pictured in the “Steiff” mode are believed to be French, which makes sense given the French origin of the tale. Just like the Steiff doll, they have the swivel neck, and jointing at the shoulders and hip, but stand 14” and have little black beaded eyes. The French “twins” do vary from each other by the color of their boots but with the same jacket and hat. I would estimate their manufacture date to also track with the Steiff in the early 1900s.

The final pair of mohair stuffed Puss in Boots dolls are of an unknown manufacturers, probably German or French, and dating to the same period as the Steiff and French twins. Unlike the French pair, these two are not by the same manufacturer though both are 11” with grey boots, swivel neck and jointing at the arms and hips. The one with the purple vest and hat (probably added much later on) has longer mohair and even though both have the yellow and black eyes they have different looks to their faces.

It becomes apparent that there are a number of renditions of Puss in Boots that are unmarked and of unknown manufacturer, although frequently of European origin. With the book being published first in French and retaining its popularity, it can be assumed that many of these cat dolls were coming out of France. The example pictured above with a unique two-colored coat has a hard body that has been flocked with a gray coat accented with black stripes. He measures 15” and has the most unique hinged mouth, that when pried open reveals a pink tongue. The nose is molded and the collar is original to the piece, as are the leatherette boots.

He seems to have a strong resemblance to the original Puss in Boots and is quite the dandy.

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Tiny Hertwig all bisque

Paper litho on wood and a felt variation.

The pair pictured with heads of papier-mache and composition once again date to the 1900-1910 period. The smaller one at 12” has a composition head with hand painted features on a stuffed body with velour clothes incorporated into the design of the body and molded composition boots. The other cat is 17” and is entirely constructed of papier-mache with painted features and a very colorfully painted and molded costume. It is jointed at the arms and legs with sculpted oversized boots.

This variation is more “comic” in style and looks like he knows he is destined for Disney animation! Theriault’s has attributed him to Cesar, a French manufacturer of carton toys and masks. A third composition variation, not pictured here, was produced by Freundlich Novelty Corp, of New York in 1934, showing the popularity of this cat had gone across the ocean. That doll is 11” on an all composition Patsy-type jointed body with a painted white cat head and felt clothes. Freundlich produced similar style dolls of the Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Pigs.

My personal favorite of the Puss in Boots dolls is the very rare Allie Kat manufactured by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck of Germany in 1920 and designed by the American artist Georgene Averill. Allie Kats are all rare, but this one was clearly intended to be a rendition of Puss in Boots and is rather unique with few examples known. Previously part of the Richard Wright collection, he has a bisque flange 36

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head incised “Allie Kat Copr. By Georgene Averill” with green glass sleep eyes, smiling open mouth with tiny teeth and a wobble tongue. The bodies of the Allie Kats can be cloth or fur covered, with this one having a velour covered stuffed body with the molded signature composition boots.

The only other bisque version pictured is the tiny 2” all bisque cat, attributed to Hertwig & Co. of Germany. A large range of little jointed all bisque animals were produced in the 1920s with small jointed limbs and often crocheted clothes that are highly collectible today. One of the cat variations has tiny black boots to set him apart from the other felines. A lot of personality in such a tiny package!

The final picture is also the latest of the dolls, a 12” felt over wire armature Puss in Boots, probably of Italian manufacturer made sometime in the second half of the twentieth century. About that same time Babs in Germany was also making a wide range of small felt dolls, also with a wire armature for posing, among them a 4” Puss in Boots not pictured here.

Next to the felt doll is a paper doll mounted on wood that is the most accurate rendition of the original Puss in Boots that sprang into life and our hearts over 300 years ago. With his recent catapulting back into fame and children’s consciousness with the Disney movies, there appears to be no stopping this mischievous and Enduring feline.

Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy Bears Inc. 13.5” Kammer & Reinhart Artist 1915-27, great detailing $250.

21” Effanbee Dewees Cochran American Child – minty compo in original shoes & possibly coat & hat, clear eyes, HH wig in original set $1195.

9” CM “2” 3 hole Belton on French bj body, blue PW eyes, pierced ears $1250.

22.5” Shirley Temple w/ box, mint compo & paint, all original maybe a FAO or Marshall Fields special dress & coat, not tagged $795. 11.5” Dionne in tagged coat & Molley dress, original shoes, slight crazing $125.

17” Pierotti English wax 1900, blue glass eyes, blonde mohair wig, mint body w/ wax arms & legs, reinforced crack on left front shoulder $750.

19” Cuno, Otto & Dressel w/ K*R 117N look, blue sleep eyes, HH wig, repainted body $485. 18.5” S & H Santa 1249, blue sleep eyes, mohair wig $625.

21” Tete Jumeau 10, brown PW eyes, antique clothing & mohair wig, pink leather boots $3800. 19” Beautiful mohair Schuco Yes – No Bear, US Zone tag, works great $795.

18” & 15.5” Effanbee Little Lady’s w/ trunk & clothes – as found. 18” has mint compo, 15.5” all original clothes, wonderful compo body, face crazed, 17 pieces, 12 curlers & trunk w/ tray $210.

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Madame Alexander Dolls: 21” All original compo Margaret O’ Brien, crazing overall $265. 20” 1949 Polly Pigtails all original with Maggie face $295. 17” Hard Plastic Margaret O’Brien in original style dress $165.

16.5” Patsy look a like w/ suitcase & 14 pieces clothing $165. 14” Parsons & Jackson Co. baby in biskoline celluloid, blue painted eyes $89.95

Ginny – Walkers: F – 1960 Southern Belle #1152, BKW $110. SLW in Yellow Pink organdy $115. SLW in #41 My Tiny Miss Series 1954, no hat $95. SLW in 1955 #46 Fun Time Dutch Girl $95. BLW in #7064 1957 Bride $95. SLW in #32 1954 For Rain or Shine $95.

B – SLW in 1955 And Away Way Go #54 $125. SLW in 1953 Ski #49 of Gatabouts Series $145. SLW Red Head in tagged floral print dress $99.95. SLW in Blue tagged dress $95. SLW in 1954 Kinder Crowd #23 $145. SLW in 1957 #7125 $95.

Alexanders: F – SLW Wendy Loves Pinafores #429 1955 SLW, no hat $90. 1953 Strung Bride $125. SLW Groom, coat flocking as is $75. SLW 1955 The Best Man #461 $180. B- SLW Little Tiny Genius #750 1956 $105. BKW All Original in Polka Dot Dress $95. BKW 1959 #420 Billy all original $165. BKW in 1956 Oriental Influence #591 $145.

SLW in 1958 Wendy’s Morning dress $110.

Ginny – Strung Dolls: F – 1953 Angela #65 Debutante Series w/wrist tag $225. Brunette Poodle Cut in 1953 Linda #21 of Kindergarten $265. Crib Crowd Baby in 1950 #1800 series outfit $445. 1953 All Original in #39 Lucy Tiny Miss Series $225. 1952 Poodle Cut in 1954 #63 First Corsage Series 150. B – 1951 Ginny in #24 April Kindergarten Kiddles Series $150. Blonde in 1953 Ice Skater #5050, body stained $120. SLW 1953 in Carol #26 Kindergarten Afternoon $165.

Ginny in 1953 Stormy Weather #75 Talon Zipper Series $115.

1952 Doll in 1956 Formals #6063 $155.

Effanbee Patsy’s: 19” Patsy Ann all original in floral dress, combo, shoes & socks, beautiful compo, one small craze on back of head $235. 17” Patsy Joan all original w/ wrist tag, slight crazing $195.

16.5” Wigged Patsy Joan in vintage dress, HH wig, faint crazing $145. 14.5” Patricia all original w/ finger nails, professionally painted arms $125. 9.5” Patsyette all original w/ hang tag & wrist heart tag, few paint flakes $130.

16” Effanbee Tommy Tucker w/ big blue sleep eyes, mohair wig, slight crazing $95. 14” DyDee Baby in beautiful shape, small paint rub on back of head $110. 8.5” Pair Effanbee Patsy Babyette, all original, slight crazing $125.

Nancy Ann Storybook Muffie: Ash blond in floral dress $95. Blonde 1954 in #501 Nursery Style $115.

Muffie in 1953 Sunday Best #801 – 1, missing hat $110.

1955 Muffie all original in #702 Red velvet outfit $155.

1955 Muffie all original in #604, lime green dress & hat $155. Ginger (small eyed) by Cosmopolitan in Ginny dress $79.95

17” All Original 1928 Baby Dimples, E.I. H. Horsman, wonderful compo and beautiful coloring $125.

6” 1960’s Steiff golden bear $150. 5” Steiff Paddy w/ chest tag $72.50. 6” Steiff Giraffe $41.50. 14” Grace Cory Rockwell Little Brother by Averill Mfg., 1927, original outfit, some crazing $220.

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From the Hands of Little Ladies Bleuette’s Crochet & Knit Patterns

by Nicki Burley

Rose bed jacket crocheted from the 1914 sewing pattern Veste Kimono, used as a template.

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hen I first discovered Bleuette, I was enchanted by the idea of a doll who had over 1000 clothing patterns. What couldn’t I make for her? Truly, I had no idea that I was opening the door onto an entire world of paths to follow and study. Bleuette’s own journey began in 1905 with the publication of La Semaine de Suzette (LSdS), a weekly conservative Catholic magazine which promoted the fine arts of French womanhood in an increasingly secular society.

It quickly became the premier magazine for French girls, and publication continued for 55 years, interrupted only by World War II. Through its patterns for the Bleuette family of dolls, we have an invaluable roadmap of fashion history that provides a glimpse into the lives of real middle and upper-class girls… we can know what they wore, for what activity, how it was made, and what should be worn with it. Everything a little girl might need in her own world, year by year, could be crafted in miniature for Bleuette with needles, thread, hooks, and yarn.

Mirroring human fashions, Bleuettes in LSdS evolved over the decades from frilly ladies to sporty adventurers. The first dolls may have visited the seashore and attended garden parties, but later they also played sports, flew in airplanes, joined the Girl Scouts, and traveled the globe. Even the construction techniques shown in each issue reflected emerging new attitudes toward childhood. By the 1920s, the early complex and tailored pattern pieces had been replaced by one-piece “kimono sleeve” bodice patterns. Where Bleuette once primly posed in her pattern illustrations, now she played in loose, flowing outfits, just as real girls were more actively engaged in the outside world. Children could finally wear clothing they could

This cozy winter coat, Vareuse en Laine from 1916, was crocheted using template shapes provided in LSdS issue #50.

Photo: Martha Nichols Right: Colorful 1920 coat paired with gaiters from 1916 to keep Bleuette’s legs warm. Photo: Martha Nichols

move in and which could be easily cleaned by their mothers, who had less paid help in the home. Social rules began to relax as well, so that people changed less often throughout the day for various social occasions. A family’s wealth was displayed more through the exquisite cut of a dress than through yards of lace and silk.

Similar changes in taste can be traced through the crocheted and knitted items offered throughout the publication of LSdS. When Bleuette appeared in the early twentieth century, both types of work were considered indispensable skills for women of quality.

They remained common throughout the century, but their uses and position in society changed dramatically during that time.

Knitting’s historical documentation stretches at least as far back as the early Middle Ages. Some paintings even show Mary serenely knitting beside the Christ child, indicating that it was an acceptable pastime for medieval ladies. Under the European guild system, however, elaborate knitting for the wealthy and the church was the domain of trained

craftsmen. With the invention of knitting machines in the late 16 century, the craft began to be associated with practical items such as stockings. By Bleuette’s day, its status had fallen among French society women, who considered it a more utilitarian than decorative craft.

This attitude is reflected in early issues of La Semaine de Suzette. Besides a 1905 boa and muff set made in a looped stitch called “Point d’Astrakhan” in imitation of caracul lamb fur, plain stockings were the only knit patterns to appear for many years.

Published in 1905 and 1916, they were considered “American,” not French, and the 1916 issue even showed how to make them on a homemade type of knitting machine, comprised of nails arranged in a row on a small board. When the straight piece was completed, it was sewn together with a seam up the back. This practical method is much easier to work in a small scale than conventional sock patterns, which require knitting in the round with four doubleended needles. Knitted outerwear didn’t appear until 1924, with the publication of a sailor blouse th

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“Robe en Laine” from 1928 is a popular pattern, shown here with the split-brim cloche designed to go with it.

Photo: Nicki Burley

The 1916 Petit chapeau en laine makes a lovely addition to antique Madeline’s fall wardrobe. Photo: Martha Nichols

made from silk yarn. Slim and sporty knit vests and sweaters peppered a few issues after this, but from the 1930s on, knitting patterns outnumbered crochet, as usual following the lead of the human fashion world. Eventually, patterns appeared for all kinds of items: dresses, ski outfits, swimwear, jackets, undergarments, and blankets. Many knitting patterns were also published for Bleuette’s baby brother, Bambino, who was introduced in the 1920s. Knitting had become popular for babies as the fabric it created was smooth, warm, and flexible. While knitting can be quite complex, featuring lace work, cables, or multi-colored designs, LSdS patterns focused on simple styles with basic stitches and no more than a few color changes.

In contrast to knitting, crochet’s history is more mysterious, with no surviving early pieces, no paintings to examine, and no specialized guilds.

There are many possibilities – it may have been worked with fingers by native peoples, come from the East, or invented by French nuns in the 16 th

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century as a way to imitate lace – but it seems most likely that it developed from a type of embroidery known as tambour work, which originated in China.

In this craft, the thread is held below the surface of the fabric, and a needle-fine hook is pierced through the fabric to bring up a loop of the thread; repeating this stitch creates a tiny chain stitch. Eventually, someone thought to remove the fabric and work the stitch alone, hence the French term “crochet en l’air,” meaning “hook in the air.” All crochet stitches are worked on a base of chain stitches. Crochet patterns had become ubiquitous by the mid-Victorian era, but were often incomplete and relied on the reader interpreting the picture, rather than the directions.

Many people learned new stitches by simply borrowing “samplers” from friends and guessing how they had been made. Whatever its origins, crochet is ideal for decorative items. The knots which form the stitches beautifully mimic expensive lace, and complex shapes can be created because it is worked one stitch at a time.

Above, a knitted sweater in progress is shown beside its template, which is labeled with measurements to ensure a good fit.

Photo: Martha Nichols Left: 1905 #43 “Fur� muff knit in Astrakhan stitch to mimic caracul lamb fur.

Genevieve is ready for school to begin in her knitted 1938 Petite Robe au Tricot from #48, paired with a classic crocheted beret from 1917, #3. Photo: Nicki Burley

Right: 1905 #49 Petticoat crocheted using both Tunisian and Marguerite stitches.

Images: www.dressingbleuette.com

Bleuette appeared at the height of the Edwardian era, when elaborate fancy work was all the rage.

Society women purchased entire dresses handmade of dimensional Irish crochet and filled their homes with their own handiwork. Discouraged from doing much in the way of productive work, women of means spent their days crafting antimacassar sets for their sofas, rose-strewn doilies for their tables, lace pen wipers, and frilled pillow covers. Crochet was also used to create practical, yet delicate, items such as nightgown yokes, morning caps, curtains, and decorative edgings for towels. The sheer amount of time required to make these detailed pieces ensured that crochet was mainly a pastime for the wealthy, hence its higher status at that time.

Bleuette’s little mothers, the Suzettes, were provided with patterns to crochet all sorts of doll wear in the first 30 years that LSdS was published. Illustrating its usefulness for dolls is the fact that four crochet

patterns were published in the first year alone: a dress, an evening cape, a jacket, and a petticoat. Except for the cape, these are fairly complex patterns using less common stitches such as Tunisian, which is worked similarly to knitting, with a row of loops on a doubleended hook; and marguerite, a clustered stitch that resembles stars or daisies. Perhaps there was a protest, because the following year only features one crochet project: a simple bed cover, woven with ribbons! Later patterns tended to use combinations of basic single and double crochet stitches.

Though basic stitches are created just as they were in the past, older patterns can be confusing to follow for many reasons. Techniques have changed; it was considered vulgar to work the back of a piece, so Victorian patterns instructed readers to break the thread at the end of every row, rather than work back and forth as is done today. The wording is also problematic: American crochet terms are different Antique DOLL Collector

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than European, and the terms themselves are difficult to translate because they use a specialized vocabulary familiar only to needleworkers. Stitch names occasionally changed over time, and some were regional rather than universal. Helpfully, LSdS patterns often describe how to create some stitches, which clarifies which one the authors intended girls to use.

It can also be difficult to know the finished size of an antique pattern, because hook sizes or yarn weights were less standardized, though different sizes existed. Modern patterns will give crafters a gauge to work by, indicating the number of stitches and rows needed to create a fabric piece of a certain size. By making this piece before beginning the actual project, stitchers can know whether they are working at the same tension as the patternmaker, and adjust their hook size accordingly. Antique patterns, however, often suggested only that the worker stitch “loose” or “tight,” and descriptions indicated little more than that the pattern would fit “a small doll” or “a lady.”

To overcome these issues, LSdS patterns again offered several creative solutions. One was to print an illustration of the recommended hook and yarn sizes. Girls held their choices against the picture to check for similarity. Even more helpful, however, was the template method. Most modern patterns are written in a row-by-row format, describing how many stitches to make in each row. With templates, however, stitchers work until they have made a certain size piece that matches a printed picture, like a sewing pattern. LSdS illustrations often showed just half the pattern, so it was best to trace and cut out a complete template. As work progressed, the stitcher could lay her work on the template and compare it in size. It was a satisfying, low-frustration method for beginners: no matter what size hook or yarn a girl used, or how uneven her stitches, her finished piece would fit Bleuette if it was the same size as the template. It also encouraged readers to be thrifty, using whatever they found in Mother’s yarn basket, rather than begging for new yarn.

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1905 #34 Robe d’hiver, a complicated dress featuring several types of stitches and no diagrams or templates.

Illustration: www.dressingbleuette.com Photo: Inma Iglesias

An assortment of items made from crochet thread, size 10, which can lend a more delicate, in-scale look to the patterns than wool yarns.

Photo: Nicki Burley

full collection of ready-to-work, modernized patterns opened a new door this last year: my daughter and I decided to create it ourselves, with help from friends including Agnes Sura, Martha Nichols, and Deirdre Gawne, whose website, www.dressingbleuette.com, is full of free translated patterns. Together, we are carefully working through the patterns. It’s exciting to see our piece box fill up with miniature coats, hats, mittens, and purses, along with our notebook of workable patterns we plan to publish down the road.

Best of all, however, is the journey we’ve begun: all that we will discover along the way about the long agoworld of those lucky little ladies and their Bleuettes.

Bleuette’s Evening Cape Pattern: Capeline Pour Les Sorties Du Soir La Semaine de Suzette #44, 1905

T Figure A Image: Deirdre Gawne

by Nicki Burley and Agnes Sura

his is an informal head covering that Bleuette can wear when she goes out at night, and if made in red, is ideal for dressing up as Little Red Riding Hood. The original pattern advised girls to use bone, wood, or ivory hooks, and to throw away their celluloid hooks, which could catch fire if held too near a candle or fireplace! Today, try using sport weight wool and a size F (3.75 mm) hook, or fingering weight wool and a size D (3.25 mm) hook. However, you can use any size yarn and hook you have on hand, as you will simply crochet to reach a certain size piece.

You will start with a chain that is about 12-14” long, depending on the cape length you prefer. The original pattern suggests fingertip length, but a shorter elbow length is also nice. To estimate the size, hold the middle of the chain at the top of Bleuette’s head, then run each end down alongside her face, pinch it in at the neck, and drape it over her shoulder and down her arm.

To create a mid-length cape, begin by chaining 70 stitches in sport weight wool, and add 2 more to turn.

R1: Double crochet in the 3rd chain from the hook, then make 14 more (Fig A).

Next make 40 single crochet (Fig B), and finish the row with another 15 double crochet stitches. Chain 2 to turn. The single crochet stitches in the center will form the hood over Bleuette’s head, and the double crochet stitches will create the cape that reaches from her neck to her wrist.

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Figure B Image: Deirdre Gawne

Figure C Image: Deirdre Gawne

Figure D Image: Deirdre Gawne

Figure E Image: Deirdre Gawne

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row. You will end up with a strip of fabric that is narrow in the middle and wider at each end, about 14” long (Fig C). *If using fingering weight wool, chain 90 to begin. In each row, make 24 double crochet, 42 single crochet, and 24 double crochet. Work rows until the middle of the piece is about 2 ½” wide.

Fold the strip of fabric in half, then use a whip stitch to sew up the back seam.

Lace Trim: The cape is edged with a single row of scallop stitches (Fig D). Work from the inside of the cape, and attach your yarn at the beginning of the double crochet stitches. In the first stitch, make 1 double crochet, 3 double crochet, and 1 single crochet. Skip the next stitch. Continue working around the cape, making 6 double crochet stitches at each corner. End your yarn at the beginning of the single crochet stitches.

Bobble Trim: The hood is edged with a single row of rounded cluster stitches. Work from the inside of the hood so that the bobbles cup to the inside when completed. Attach your yarn, and make 5 double crochet stitches in the first stitch (Fig E). Pull your yarn out so that the last stitch looks like a large loop (Fig F).

Turn your work around, put the hook back in the first stitch, then chain 1. Turn the work back around, chain 1, skip the next stitch, and continue around the hood. If this stitch is too difficult, the pattern suggests you edge the hood with the same lace trim as on the rest of the cape.

Finish the cape by making a 10- 12” twisted or chain stitched cord and two tassels. Thread the cord through the row around the neck, then stitch the tassels to each end of the cord.

Virginie is ready to walk through the woods to Grandmother’s house in her finished wool Red Riding Hood cape, made from the 1905 evening cape pattern. Photo: Nicki Burley

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Mechanical Dolls of Composition

by Ginger Custin Strain

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here is an interesting book titled “Made to Play House” by Miriam Formanek-Brunell that discusses the commercialization of the toy industry from 18301930. It is a study of the sociological influences on the manufacture of dolls, rather than just the history of doll making. In one chapter, titled Masculinity, Technology and the Doll Economy, the author discusses men’s admiration of machines and how they brought that interest to the manufacturing of dolls.

The chapter discusses the differences between dolls that were designed by men and those designed by women during the early part of the twentieth century. The author points out that when a woman was the designer, the doll was usually soft and cuddly, had the feel of a baby in one’s arms and needed only childhood imagination to make it come alive during play. Indeed, there was no need for any type of automation in the babies designed by Martha Chase, Ella Smith, Julia Jones Beecher and Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh.

However we cannot leave John Barton Gruelle off this list of cuddly dolls. He gave his daughter, Marcella, a dusty, faceless rag doll which was found in an attic. He drew a face on the doll and named her Raggedy Ann. Marcella played with the doll so much, Gruelle wanted other children to have one too. Sadly Marcella died at age 13, but Johnny’s Raggedy Ann became a major source of revenue for the Volland Company, who produced his doll.

Little boys grew up playing with toys like trucks, planes, balls, and rocking horses that all had motion involved in the play activity. As men, involved in the manufacture of dolls, it seems, they preferred to make dolls that had some life-like animation to enhance the play value! I cannot find fault with that. In my opinion this has to do with the basic differences between men and women.

On one hand you have the gatherers and nurturers.

Women have diverse awareness and can focus on multiple tasks at once, easily moving between cooking, cleaning, and tending to children. They are more connected to their emotions and easily dream and pretend. Men have the hunter-warrior instincts and are more single-focused. They are inclined to be producers and protectors. For them action and reality are favored over emotion. Not surprisingly the “doll like” playthings for the boys of today are called “action figures”.

So it is understandable that men were interested in adding mechanics to dolls to give them more life-like attributes for play! There is no right or wrong here, just the wonderful differences in the approach to manufacturing toys for children. There is, of course, a need for both of these aspects in our doll world.

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The dolls I chose for this article will showcase the mechanical influence on the doll world. They all do something that adds to the realism of play: sleep, walk, cry, drink, wet, flirt, crawl, talk, dance, sing and whistle.

The eye mechanism is an early addition to doll mechanics. The eyes can make the subject sleep, flirt and even wink. This is most often accomplished by the use of a lead weight on a metal crossbar. The eyes move on a pivot as the doll is moved from an upright to a supine position.

Flirty eyes have an additional side to side motion.

Another of the most common mechanical additions to dolls is the ability to emit sound. This ranges from the simple diaphragm voice boxes in mama dolls, to pull string mama and papa vocals, to the rare Edison’s phonograph doll and the Webber singing doll, which were marvels of their time.

Thomas Edison’s Talking Doll of 1890 set an early milestone in the history and technology of recorded sound.

Composition Ideal baby with sleep, flirty eyes.

Courtesy Theriault’s.

Thomas Edison’s talking doll was not the commercial success its inventor hoped for.

Dolly Reckord by Averill was a mama-type doll with the records placed inside the cloth body. Courtesy The Strong, National Museum of Play

It was the world’s first recorded-audio product designed, manufactured, and sold for home entertainment. It had a rough start, however. The talking doll venture was a costly failure for Edison and his investors, who ceased sales after only a few months on the market. Production began in February 1890 and ceased in early May 1890.

While developing his original tinfoil phonograph, Thomas Edison wrote, “I propose to apply the phonograph principle to make dolls speak, sing, cry and make various sounds.”

Mounting complaints about breakage during shipment, performance defects, and returned dolls forced the decision to halt production after only three months. Needless to say this is an extremely rare doll.

The Webber singing doll, patented circa 1882, had a bellows mechanism in torso which operated by pushing an exterior wooden button, causing the doll to “sing”. The mechanism was fashioned after a reed organ. The doll’s shoulder-head was made of composition attached to a stuffed cloth body which held the mechanism.

In 1922, the Averill Manufacturing Co. issued a talking doll, using the same kind of mechanism already in use by the K & K Toy Company. Their doll was called Dolly Reckord and another similar doll called Mae Starr was issued by Effanbee. These mama-type dolls had celluloid covered cardboard cylindrical records placed inside the doll’s cloth body. These records were timed to play only on

machines licensed by the Universal Talking Toys Company of Newark N.J., who manufactured the records.

In the back of both Mae Starr and Dolly Reckord is a lever that engages the needle of the player on to the celluloid cylinder. The speaker faced the front of the doll and on the side there was a “key” to wind the phonograph mechanism.

The Madame Hendren Dolly Reckord dolls were not sold in stores according to the authors of “Phonograph Dolls that Talk and Sing” but were awarded as premiums for various sales of products or for subscribing to newspapers or magazines.

Hearing these dolls speak is definitely a fun experience.

Depending on the tightness of the wound spring she speaks fast and in a high squeaky voice that gets lower and slower as it continues to unwind. There were 20 different nursery rhymes/prayer recitations/songs on the cylinders available for these dolls and although they are slightly different in appearance they are interchangeable between the Mae and Dolly dolls.

Interestingly there is an audio file on the Internet of an Edison doll’s voice from a restored wax record, and, to me, it sounds exactly like the voice on the records played on the Mae and Dolly dolls!

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Goodwin’s Walking Doll uses a clockwork motor under the doll carriage to drive the wheels and make it appear as if the doll is walking. This rare doll was sold by www.AntiqueToysAndAutomata.com.

from the front of the front wheel to the back of the doll, 10 1/2” tall, and about 5 1/2” wide. The doll is connected to the carriage via two metal tubes in her body that receive the carriage’s handle. It works using a clockwork motor under the carriage to drive the cast iron wheels. This causes the doll to “walk” but she is actually being pulled along by the carriage.

The doll has a composite pressed linen molded head manufactured by Weigand with molded composition arms. Her hands fit over the handles of the carriage so that she can hold on to it.

Edward Ives, the founder of Ives Manufacturing Company, was a descendent of the Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford. They began by making paper dolls whose limbs moved in response to hot air. Their clockwork toys covered a wide range and included toy trains. The company was taken over

by Lionel during the depression, but the name Ives remained until 1931. Ives made this crawling baby, c. 1880. She is 12 inches in length, with a composition head and a cloth body that encloses the mechanism.

She has a realistic crawling motion.

Measuring 28 inches these carnival-type composition dolls have the an innovative metal plumbing system that allows for a wetting feature.

The boy has one of the usual faces found on carnival dolls, the other has a rarer baby face.

Ives Crawling Baby has an internal clockwork mechanism which allows a realistic crawling motion.

Courtesy Bertoia Auctions.

Carnivals dolls that wet themselves when the legs are lifted.

Inset: Metal plumbing system releases water when the doll’s leg is lifted.

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A rare mechanical wax over paper mache baby opens her mouth to receive a bottle.

Courtesy Mary White.

What would they think of next! Her eyes light up via a battery.

The mechanism in the lower body consists of a metal reservoir and a spout that opens when the dolls leg is lifted.

(I know you are laughing right about now.) The top of the water container is unscrewed and filled with water. When the doll’s legs are both down the system closes off the outlet.

There is a patent number visible on one of the container’s screw caps. I was amazed when I looked through the patent library and saw how many doll inventions have been patented. Doll manufacture was a lucrative business and companies and individuals wanted to protect their ideas and inventions.

Composition dolls and water do not mix well, so wetting dolls are uncommon in this medium. This innovative mechanism allows the water to be contained within a metal cylinder and a wooden box. The doll would however wet whatever it was standing or sitting over when the valve was open. I expect that many moms added cloth diapers and rubber pants to their child’s doll wardrobe One of my favorite carnival dolls is this 1920’s sweet girl with her deeply molded hair and blue ribbon with side bow. She is a coquette-type and a great big 29 inches tall. She has light up eye balls that still work! She is in very good condition and possibly may

have been too scary when lit up for a child to play with. She may even have been a store display rather than a prize won at a local fair. Coquette has a flange head on a cloth body stuffed with straw and has composition hands. She has a pleasing and pretty expression when unlit. Her wires extend out from under her neck and through the cloth and operate by battery. She is marked Electra on her neck-which surely fits her!

This wonderful and rare mechanical wax over papier mache baby doll with bottle and original dress is appearing courtesy of Mary White.

She has blue glass eyes, hand painted baby-like hair and wears her original sateen and lace dress.

She has a mechanism in the body to open and close her mouth when her body is pushed. A white blown glass bottle that fits in her mouth is held around her neck with a red ribbon. She is about 13-1/2” tall with composition lower legs and arms and a gauze like body. When her mouth opens you can actually see the doll’s tongue painted on the inside.

A pair of all original twins are each 14 inches tall with metal golf clubs attached at their hands by metal rods that travel through the arms and into the body. There is a metal push button on the left side that make the arms swing as if putting a golf ball. These guys are charming

Ready to tee off. A button on the left side causes their arms to swing.

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A 12-inch doll can rock her baby side to side.

Dolls that whistle or play a harmonica seem to always be boys.

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Composition walkers are plentiful on the market.

An early toy, this jack-in-the box never fails to amuse children.

Courtesy of Craig Rosborough.

with their painted side glancing eyes and short legged pants and winsome smiles.

The manufacturer is unknown, but they are very rare dolls.

A little 12-inch doll with a composition head and arms and her original wig and clothing has a wind-up mechanism that allows her to rock her baby doll side to side. She has metal shaped high heeled boots attached to solid wood legs, and a composition body with wire upper arms and metal hands.. This little Mommy has painted eyes and a rose bud closed mouth. The baby is all composition and measures under 1.5 inches.

Wind-up walking dolls are numerous including ramp walkers, skaters, and those that had leg mechanisms that allowed a waking-like action. Walking being a very human activity, it makes sense that this was one thing that dolls could do well.

This cute baby has the usual large metal shoes that give stability as the mechanism propels him forward on a flat surface. His legs and body are all metal, only his lower arms and shoulder head are composition. Composition wind up walkers are still plentiful for collectors searching to add one.

A simple movement that surprises and delights young children is the jack-inthe box. This is a very early toy, possibly be 1860s or 1870s. Most toys of this age do not have arms, but this guy has them along with expressive hand sculpts.

He measures almost 11� tall and is all original and very colorful; he even has his original hair! The lid is missing so he can stay out of his box for our enjoyment!

There are several versions of whistlers that were made in composition. This little soldier still whistles by bouncing him on the hand to compress the springs in his legs and force air through his tummy. The air is pushed out with a whistle sound. These whistlers come with both open and closed mouths and can be easily dressed and undressed. Examples of similar dolls came with a harmonica and appear to play the instrument when the springs are bounced.

One thing I have observed is that the whistlers are all boys – at least those that I have seen. Perhaps boys whistle more than girls, or maybe they just whistle at girls. Just wondering, why they are all boys?

By manipulating the doll forward the doll crawls.

Unfortunately she is limited to a crawling position.

Swing and swap doll, a precursor to the bobblehead doll.

Crawling is another childhood activity and there are dolls that wind up and crawl and those that need manual intervention to accomplish the feat! Shown here is crawling baby with a character face similar to Louis Amberg dolls. Her body is in a permanent crawl position, so that is pretty much all she can do. As you manipulate her forward the left leg and right arm move together and visa-versa. More than any other doll in this article she illustrates the fact that occasionally the final product is not as play-worthy as it originally sounded to the designer. This doll would have been very hard to dress and undress for a child, and clothing choices would easily interfere with the mechanics of crawling. However, she is a fun and unusual doll for collectors to enjoy.

An example of a pendulum toy is this 12” BobbiMae swing & sway doll, manufactured by the Wondercraft Company of NY. She was inspired by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra whose tag line, was “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye,” one of the most famous orchestras of the Big Band Era. This type of doll is the precursor to today’s bobble-head dolls.

Here is a sweet little girl (circa 1920) pull toy, attached to the vehicle at her hands and lower torso. She has cork stuffed legs and arms and moves back and forth as the cart moves forward. Her cloth hands were folded and attached over metal hooks on the handle of the buckboard.

The wood plugs in her head are for tying on her hair ribbons. She was surely a loved play thing judging be her condition. Her hair ties and shoes are replaced, but her original tattered clothing is still under her replaced vintage dress. Her cloth body is in fragile condition.

Snookums, a comic character from The Newlyweds newspaper comic strip is made of composition and mounted on a wooden base.

Wires extend from her hands and there is an Circa 1920 pull toy. attached toy top that spins on a rope. The doll is stationary.

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A charming composition head clown doll, 11 1/2” tall has a push box in his torso that when squeezed moves his hands and legs upward and he tips his hat.

Other examples of toys that can do things include velocipedes, roly poly’s, marionettes and ventriloquist dolls, roller skating, dancing and even swimming dolls. I have only scratched the surface of this collecting area and I am sure there are many examples in other collections.

Perhaps you have noticed that these dolls who can do “things” are appealing, but in most cases the clothing is not removable. Also many of the dolls have at least some metal in their construction, which limits their mobility. So as much fun as they are to look at, they may have had a limited life as a plaything for little girls who wanted to play Mommy.

Some were most likely played with by boys as well. Jack-in-the-boxes and other novelty type toys were certainly fun for either gender. Based on the rarity of some of these mechanicals it may be that they were quickly discarded.

Overall I think that mechanicals are a fun and interesting part of doll history. Certainly they contributed to realism in doll play. The patents show how technically innovative the mechanics were, even in a toy! This trend continues today in the plastic and vinyl dolls that impress us with their engineering and ingenuity.

I had to share one of the weirdest patents that I came across! It is for a doll that you put your own child’s teeth into when they lose their baby teeth! The patent was issued as of Feb 2015 for this doll! So maybe we will see it in stores soon.

Our doll world is truly amazing in scope. I do hope I have inspired you to look for more Truly weird, this mechanicals and preserve them for future doll patent allows lovers. Both men and women have contributed you to put your own child’s to the doll making process over many years and baby teeth into the differences in their approach just adds to the the doll’s mouth! fun. What a wonderful and endless variety can be found in this passion we all share for dolls!

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The STORY of MARY &

by Lois Cohorst

Mary McAboy began making her dolls with apple heads, progressing to composition and later plastic.

Shoe materials help to identify the age of the doll. Most dolls are side-glancing to the right.

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he story of two doll makers named Mary began about the same time, and it appears that both women made similar Indian dolls for the same market. They were not the same age, possibly, not even the same nationality.

It does not appear that either Mary was Indian. Still, both women made artistic Indian dolls that became popular at the same time. Confused? Well… you aren’t the only one.

Let’s talk about the first Mary, the older of the two.

She became Mary Dwyer McAboy, the originator of the Skookum dolls. Between the two Mary’s, Mary McAboy’s dolls are by far the most plentiful.

As a child, Mary grew up in Minnesota aspiring to be a teacher. She received her training in Minnesota, and she taught school there. Then, she took a teaching job in Montana where she met Frank E. McAboy. They were married in 1909. Mary was 33 years old and Frank was 26.

In 1912, Frank was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.

They moved to Phoenix, Arizona, which did help his symptoms, but he died the last week in May of 1913.

Mary returned home to Minnesota to be near her family.

She was having a hard time getting past Frank’s death. She began to occupy herself by making Indian dolls with apple heads, such as her mother made when she was a youngster.

Mary called these dolls Skookums.

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Mary made a whole village of the little creatures, put them on display at the local grocery store, and she was shocked at the reaction. She sold the entire village for, as she said, “actual money.”

The word Skookum seemed to have various meanings.

Supposedly it came from the Siwash (an adaption of the French sauvage) interpretation meaning “Bully Good” great, and wonderful. The dolls often reflect the “Bully Good” label as well as the Skookum name.

Mary registered her trademark in 1917, although she was already using the Skookum term back in 1913 when she first started making the dolls. She applied for a design patent in 1913, and it was granted in 1914. She patented three types of dolls: a male, a female, and a female with a baby all under the Skookum name.

She began to produce the dolls at her father’s home, but the business grew so rapidly she outgrew his house. Mary had to make changes.

According to Playthings magazine, 1920 Mary moved to Denver, Colorado. There she merged her business with the large western distributor of H.H. Tammen Co. of Denver in order to keep up with the sales demand. Her Skookums became a tremendous success, so much so that others appropriated the catchy name of Skookums. The apple

MARY & the Indian Dolls

growers of the Skookum Packers Association and the Louis Amberg Skookum doll are examples, and bear no connection to Mary McCoy’s dolls.

Mary remained in control of her Skookum assembly division. Therefore, the look of the dolls stayed about the same, but materials changed over the years. She stopped making the apple-head dolls in favor of a longer lasting composition, and even later she made plastic faces. All in all, she made Skookum dolls from 1914 to 1960.

To recognize these dolls, one should realize that although the apple faces were changed, the Skookum dolls were always without arms and always wrapped with folded Indian blankets. Features varied from earrings, beaded necklaces, papooses, hair ties, headbands and kerchiefs to feathered headdresses. The dolls came with braided or straight hair, representing various tribes dressed in proper costumes, ranging from a two-inch souvenir mailer to a four-foot store display.

Mary McAboy’s dolls wore shoes of all sorts. The first were made of leather, then masking tape, felt, and finally in 1948 plastic. The various shoe materials help identify the doll’s age. Another aspect of these dolls were their unique eye patterns. They are almost always looking to the right, which is bully good luck. Legend says to look left

is rare, and you might call it bully bad luck. However, a few Skookums are looking left. If they are looking straight ahead, they are probably not Skookums.

The Skookum doll bodies were stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves, and fitted into a muslin sack, which was covered by a blanket. Legs were made with wooden dowels. The hair were usually mohair, and the eyes were painted.

Regardless, the dolls were almost always wrapped in blankets and topped with jewelry and accessories.

The company closed its doors in 1960.

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he second Mary, Mary Frances Woods, made dolls similar to Mary McAboy’s Skookum dolls, but it appears that her dolls were never patented. Akin to artistic sculptures, Mary F. Woods began with leather faces that evolved into molded plaster heads covered with crepe paper for a natural weathered look. The first dolls of Mary Woods stood on podium bases and were without feet. Most of her dolls had cylinder bodies, unlike Mary McAboy’s Skookums. Still, both types are wrapped in blankets and both are often mistakenly called Skookums. The Woods dolls are more weathered in appearance and have a completely different make up than the Skookums.

M. F. Woods was born in Michigan. After her early school

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Large Skookum store displays standing nearly four feet tall.

A tiny two-inch mailer sent “bully good luck.”

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years, she traveled to Chicago to begin formal art training at the Julien School. Her strong interest in history and her passion for the West led her to leave Chicago for the land of Indians, mainly the Nez Perce, the Umatilla, and the Cheyenne. She lived on the reservation with them, observed their culture, and she came to know the tribes as friends.

Mary left the reservation for a short while and continued her artistic studies at the Chase School in New York. She arrived there sometime around 1903. However, the West and the Indian culture called her back to the source of her inspiration.

She re-located in Portland, Oregon, and began her career in earnest.

Her first endeavor was thought to be threedimensional Indian portraitures on leather. These pieces were successfully sold at curio shops and cigar stores in Portland. Then, she began to paint her doll heads on leather, trying to make them look more natural. When these dolls became successful, she changed their looks again with plaster heads covered with crepe paper. She began selling these dolls commercially about the same time that Mary McAboy began selling her Skookums commercially in 1920.

The M.F. Woods dolls were works in progress.

She struggled to add feet with a life-like appearance that would allow the dolls to stand.

Once she created wooden feet to look like moccasins, she successfully nailed them to the standing base, and like magic, it worked, and the dolls could stand.

She had spent years perfecting the designs that were solely dependent on tourist trade. Finally, her leather painted faces were replaced with molded mask faces of plaster. These faces were covered with light brown crepe paper and the bodies were stuffed at the torso and wrapped with the traditional patterned blankets. Some of her dolls are sitting, some are standing, and a few are even smoking.

According to references, one of Mary Frances Woods favorite achievements was her portrait dolls. One of her favorite portraits was that of Chief Seattle’s daughter, Angeline.

In the life of the Chief, he had two wives and sired seven children, one of which was Princess Angeline. Mary’s Angeline portrait doll was supposedly made from a picture likeness that had been taken in 1892. Angeline was born around 1829 to Chief Seattle on what is now the beach front in Seattle, Washington. Although the treaty of 1855 required Angeline’s people, the Duwamish Indians, to leave their land for reservations, Angeline stayed in Seattle at her waterfront cabin on Western Avenue.

The weathered-looking, leather-painted heads on Mary Frances Woods’ dolls were later replaced with molded plaster covered with crepe paper. Early dolls lacked feet and were easily toppled.

Angeline did laundry for money and sold hand-made baskets through “Ye Olde Curiosity Shop.” She died on May 31, 1896, and she was buried in Lake View Cemetery on Capitol Hill. She was the last direct descendant of the great Chief Seattle, for whom the city was named.

Angeline had been a familiar figure on the streets. She was bent and wrinkled, and she wore a red handkerchief over her head with a shawl about her shoulders. She walked painfully with the aid of a cane, and she was often seen as the poor old Indian woman seated on the sidewalk reciting her beads. The people of Seattle reacted in respect at her funeral ceremonies that took place at the Church of Our Lady of Good Help. The casket was in the unique form of a canoe.

Later in the year of 1920, Mary Frances Woods signed a contract with Konstucto, making them sole distributors of her dolls in both Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Shortly afterward, Mary Woods passed away, leading one to think that she may have been ill and knew she would not have long to live when she signed the contract.

Information of her death is scarce, as is most any information about her, but research indicates that she left her doll business to her son, G.B. Woods. He, apparently, respected his mother’s contract with Konstucto, because he took control of the company aggressively and continued her work until it ceased in the 1930s.

The Mary Frances Woods dolls are not plentiful, probably because she died so young.

When they do they show up at doll shows they are often misidentified as Skookums.

Mary Frances passed away shortly after 1920. Mary McAboy lived a long life and passed away in 1961 in Denver, Colorado. Both artists left us with a great doll legacy.

References: Coleman, Collector’s Encyclopedia, Vol. 11, 1086, page 1085 Skookum News, Vol. 2 No. 1 Index, online Skookum News, Vol. 1 No. 1 Index, online Princess Angeline, Wikipedia, 8/10/13

Princess Angeline, the last living descendant of Chief Seattle.

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10/24‑4/16/16. Switzerland. Parasols & Umbrellas‑from everyday object to work of art. Michel Heurtault’s museum pieces 1750‑1970 & latest creations. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

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4‑5 Denver, PA. Doll & Toy Event.

Morphy’s Auctions. 717‑335‑3435.

(F) 717‑336‑7115. info@morphyauctions. com. www.MorphyAuctions.com.

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4‑6 Rock Island, IL. Antique Spectacular.

QCCA Expo Center. Melting Pot Productions. Kimberly Schilling.

712‑326‑9964. kim@antiquespectacular.com.

4‑6 Sacramento, CA. Multi‑Day Doll Event. Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront. Independent Spirits Doll Club. Bay Area Doll Club. Anne Lien.

415‑342‑8655.

5 Asheville, NC. Doll Show.

WNC Agricultural Center. www.AshevilleDollShow.com.

5 Escondido, CA. Doll Show. Church of Resurrection. Cameo Doll Club.

Gwen Pogue. 619‑460‑4678.

5 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. WNC Agricultural Center. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. 828‑778‑4646.

5 Ft. Worth, TX. Doll & Toy Show.

Riley Center at Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary. Kyle.

405‑810‑1010.

5 Lowell, MA. Doll Show. The Onyx Room at Western Ave. Studios.

Mary Dumas. 978‑761‑1577.

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5 Melbourne, FL. Doll Show. The Heritage Isle Clubhouse. Florida Space Coast Doll Club. Kathy Gauler.

321‑537‑9316.

5 Sacramento, CA. Doll Event.

Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront.

Independent Spirits Doll Club.

Anne Lien. 415‑342‑8655.

5 Viera/Melbourne, FL. Doll Show.

The Heritage Isle Clubhouse. Florida Space Coast Doll Club. Kathy Gauler.

321‑537‑9316. kgauler@gmail.com.

6 Tucson, AZ. Toy & Doll Show. Tucson Expo Center. Tucson Miniature Automobile Club. Tom Russell.

520‑323‑1848.

9 FRANCE. Prestige Auction. Espace Marc‑Arthur Kohn. +33(0)1.44.18.73.00 (F) +33(0)1.44.18.73.09. www.kohn.fr. auction@kohn.fr.

11 Louisville, KY. Antique & Collectible Doll Auction. Hays & Associates, Inc. 502‑584‑4297. www.haysauction.com.

12 Columbia, SC. Model Train Show.

National Guard Armory. South Carolina Trade Shows. Todd Pletcher.

843‑307‑8674.

12 El Paso, TX. Doll Show. Best Western Plus. Sun Country Doll Folks of El Paso. Janna Daniels. 915‑637‑3438.

12 Lakeland, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Lake Mirror Center. Tropical Doll Study Club. Suzanne Watkins. 863‑676‑8886.

Diane Milla. 863‑644‑1144. www.tropicaldollstudyclub.com.

12‑13 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show.

Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads.

Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com.

12 Santa Barbara, CA. Doll Show.

Earl Warren Showground. Santa Barbara Doll Club. Bonnie Dunlap.

805‑733‑1261.

13 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Sherri’s Doll Show featuring Barbie Dolls. Sherri Gore. 310‑386‑4211.

13 Hasbrouck Hts., NJ. Doll Show.

Hilton Hotel Hasbrouck Hts. Rona & Jesse Kohler.

13 Lansing/DeWitt, MI. Doll Show.

Banquet & Conference Ctr. Sandy Johnson Barts. 269‑599‑1511.

SJBbetsys@comcast.net 13 Maquoketa, IA. Doll, Toy & Bear Show. Centerstone Inn & Suites.

Eastern Iowa Doll Shows.

Sherryl Newton. 319‑610‑3534. easterniowadollshows@aol.com.

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Marriott Hotel. Bay Area Doll Club of Texas. www.BayAreaDollClub.com.

Becca Hisle. 281‑614‑0077.

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18‑20 Cedar Falls, IA. Antiques & Collectibles Show. UNI‑Dome.

Kimberly Schiling. Melting Pot Productions. 712‑326‑9964. kim@antiquespectacular.com.

18‑19 Golden, CO. Doll Show. Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Table Mountain Treasures. Mary Ann. 303‑985‑2770.

19‑20 FRANCE. Fine French Dolls & Puppets Auction. Galerie De Chartres.+33(0)2 37 88 28 28 (F)+33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galeriedechartres.com.

19 Galesburg, IL. Doll & Toy Show.

Sandburg Mall. West Central Illinois Doll Club. Jane Easterly. 309‑299‑0486.

Jane_easterly@hotmail.com.

19 Glendale, CA. Doll Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Jewel City Doll Club. Dene Alcott. 818‑248‑4862.

19 Madison, WI. Doll Show. Alliant Energy Center. Madison Area Doll Club. Vicki. 608‑279‑5298. dollcoll@ charter.net. Carol. 608‑212‑9832.

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19‑20 Naples, FL. Antique Doll Auction.

Grande Beach Resort. Theriault’s.

800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com.

19 Timonium, MD. Teddy Bear Show.

Holiday Inn Hotel.

Donna Nielsen. 585‑229‑4453. tdybrshowinfo@gmail.com.

19 Venice, FL. Doll Show. Woodmere Park. Venice Doll Club. Mary Falcone.

941‑312‑4562.

20 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Doubletree

by Hilton Hotel. Bluebonnet Bebes of Houston Doll Club. Linda Sieck.

832‑526‑9595. Pat Black. 713‑688‑2984.

20 Omaha, NE. Doll, Toy & Bear Show.

Fireman’s Union Hall. Elaine Klein.

712‑253‑6555.

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2 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Fieman’s Rec. Hall. Linda Vilsack.

585‑482‑0835.

2 Nashville, TN. Doll & Bear Show.

The Inn At Opryland. Howard Knight.

802‑783‑8049. www.KnightShows.com/ Knoxville.

2 Roseville, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Placer County Fairgrounds.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake.

775‑348‑7713. crossroadsshows.com. info@crossroadsshows.com.

2 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar. Dorothy Hunt.

410‑275‑2094. SweetbriarAuctions.com.

3 Anaheim, CA. Doll, Bear & Miniature Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. National Doll Festival. Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349.

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

(F) 816‑625‑6079. frasher@aol.com.

6 Hatfield, PA. Doll Auction.

Preview April 5. Alderfer Auctions.

215‑393‑3036. www.AlderferAuction.com.

9 Buffalo, NY. Luncheon. Fairdale Banquet Center. Western New York Doll Club. Linda Vilsack. 585‑482‑0835.

9 Des Moines, IA. Doll, Bear & Toy Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Colleen Holden. 515‑986‑1975. www.desmoinesdollshow.com.

9 Kingsport, TN. Doll, Bear & Toy Show.

Kingsport Civic Auditorium. Ellen.

423‑753‑0022. Mary. 423‑247‑1639.

Cindy. 423‑292‑3682.

9 Phoenix, AZ. Dolls, Bears & Miniatures Show. Four Points Sheraton Hotel. Doll Dreamers Doll Club of Arizona. Debra.

480‑857‑2405. Lynn. 480‑888‑0672.

9 Riverside, CA. Doll, Toy & Bear Show.

Janet Goeske Senior Center.

The Inland Empire Doll Club.

Judy Day. 951‑264‑2732.

10 Dedham, MA. Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Holiday Inn. Collins Gifts.

Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699. www.CollinsGifts.com.

10 East Meadow, NY. Doll Show. Temple Emanu‑el. Doll Study Club of Long Island. Bonnie Olson. 516‑521‑2092.

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10 Toledo, OH. Doll, Bear & Toy Show.

Stranahan Great Hall. Sandy Bullock.

734‑282‑0152. Sandy4085@hotmail.com. www.toledodollshow.com.

15‑16 GERMANY. Toy‑Auction.

Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion.

0049(0)6203‑13014 (F) 0049(0)6203‑17193. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. www.spielzeugauktion.de.

15‑17 Portland, OR. BJD Event. Resin Rose BJD Expo. Airport Holiday Inn. Jamie Rist. 503‑887‑7728.

16 Austin, TX. Doll Show. Norris Center @ the Northcross Mall. Joni Holland.

817‑929‑1691.

16‑17 Columbus, OH. Doll Show. Embassy Suites‑Airport. NADDA. Ed Kolibaba.

623‑266‑2926.

16 Holland, MI. Doll Show. Holland Civic Center. West Michigan Snowbabies, Muskegon Sand Doller Doll Clubs.

Jill Sanders. 231‑780‑4544. jancidolls@gmail.com.

16 Morgantown, PA. Morgantown PA Paper Doll Luncheon. Holiday Inn. Linda Ocasio. 201‑602‑2902.

16 Ringgold, GA. Doll Show. The Colonnade. Chattanooga Doll Club. Jane Heavener. 706‑965‑6031. mjheavener@catt.com

17 Livonia, MI. Doll Show. Livonia Marriott Hotel. Grant‑a‑Wish Fund. Sherry Bonner. 248‑408‑1402.

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17 Sturbridge, MA. Doll, Toy & Bear Show. The Sturbridge Host Hotel.

Kimberly Kittredge. 860‑559‑5040.

KSKittredge@yahoo.com. treasuredmemoriesantiques.com.

23 Henrietta/Rochester, NY. Doll & Bear Show. Church of the Good Shepherd.

Henrietta Doll Lover’s Club. Dottie.

585‑889‑2015.

23 Mountlake Terrace, WA. Doll & Toy Show. The Nile Golf & Country Club.

Joy Hill. 425‑712‑1575.

24 Cincinnati, OH. Doll Show.

Sharonville Clarion Hotel. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. Margies Schultz.

513‑207‑8409. askmargie@aol.com.

24 St. Charles, IL. Doll, Bear & Toy Show. Kane County Fairgrounds.

Antique World Shows. Diana Tabin.

847‑772‑6760.

Diana@chicagotoyshow.com.

27‑29 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn, Nashua. Withington Auctions.

603‑478‑3232. withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com.

29‑5/1 Philadelphia/Essington, PA. Doll Convention. Clarion Hotel & Convention Ctr. Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library.

Terry Quinlan. 805‑687‑8901.

30 Grapevine, TX. Doll Show. Grapevine Convention Center. Metroplex Doll Club. Linda Crowsey. 409‑771‑6913.

30 Oklahoma City, OK. Doll & Toy Show. Oklahoma City Fairgrounds.

Kyle Productions Unlimited. Kyle.

405‑810‑1010.

30 Spokane, WA. Doll Show. Spokane Community College. Lilac City Doll Club. Mary Sherwood. 509‑838‑8487.

30 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions. Dorothy Hunt.

410‑275‑2094. SweetbriarAuctios.com.

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7 Batavia, NY. Doll & Bear Show. The Clarion Hotel. Saturday’s Child.

Martha Smith. 585‑506‑7948.

7 Fresno, CA. Doll Show. Hope Lutheran Community Ctr. San Joaquin Valley Doll Club. Shirley Lindal. 559‑930‑6595.

Shirleylindal68@gmail.com.

7 Greenwood, IN. Doll & Bear Show.

Greenwood United Methodist Church.

Jo Ann Gates. 317‑882‑5787. gatesja@att.net.

7 Maitland, FL. Doll Show. Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. Barbara Keehbauch.

407‑678‑5678.

11 Sequim, WA. Luncheon. Sunland Golf & Country Club. Olympic Peninsula Doll Club. Susan Wells. 360‑775‑1093.

13‑14 Albuquerque, NM. Doll & Bear Show.

MCM Elegante. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713.

TEMPLE EMANU-EL 123 Merrick Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554 Antique and collectible dolls and bears, raffles, miniatures, doll and bear artists

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Studio in a School.

Donation $6, $5 with card or ad

Contact Bonnie Olsen 516-747-1425 email hcbd41@yahoo.com

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Our annual YARD SALE Friday, April 29 and Saturday April 30!

The Doll Study Club of Long Island presents its 33rd Annual Doll and Teddy Bear Show & Sale

14 Fayetteville, NC. Doll & Toy Show.

Headquarters Library. Lafayette Doll & Toy Club. Maureen Mercer.

910‑916‑8532. maureenmercer@mac1.com.

14‑15 Las Vegas, NV. Antique Doll & Automata Auction. The Bellagio.

Theriault’s. www.theriaults.com.

800‑638‑0422.

15 Madison Hts., MI. Doll Show. UFCW Madison Place Hall. Sharon Napier.

586‑731‑3072.

15 New Hope, PA. Doll Show.

Eagle Fire Company Indoor Market.

Mark Lehmann. 215‑657‑2477.

19 Dublin, CA. Celebrating 80th Anniversary of the Nancy Ann Storybook Doll Co. Holiday Inn, Dublin‑Pleasanton. Lynn Leatherman Zimmershead. 408‑792‑7438.

20‑22 Suquamish, WA. Modern Ball‑Jointed Doll (BJD) Convention & Sale.

Clearwater Casino & Resort. Pacific North West Ball‑Jointed Doll Expo.

Marie Adair. 360‑779‑9806.

21 Columbus, IN. Doll & Bear Show.

Bartholomew Co. 4H Fairgrounds.

Doll’s Night Out Club of Columbus Indiana. Pam King. 812‑342‑6106. brking@mwinet.net.

21 Knoxville, TN. Doll & Bear Show.

Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287. www.SoutheasternDollSows.com.

21 Missoula, MT. Doll, Bear, Miniature & Toy Show. Ruby’s Inn & Convention Ctr. Bitterroot Blizzard & Montana Shinning Mountain Doll Clubs.

Kay Schrader. 406‑360‑7214.

Schrader1501@blackfoot.net.

21 Monroe Township, NJ. Luncheon.

Forsgate Country Club. Young at Heart Doll Club of New Jersey. Ed Ferry.

215‑627‑5790.

21 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young Antique & Collectible. Sandy Kline. 818‑368‑4648.

21 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Alameda County Fairgrounds.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. crossroadsshows.com. 775‑348‑7713.

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

22 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show.

Mermaid Event Ctr. CPromotions Plus.com. Carol Benson. 612‑669‑1613. carol@cpromotionsplus.com.

26‑29 Orlando, FL. Doll Convention Show.

International Palms Resort. Fire‑Flies Golden Age of Dolls. Cyndi Harris.

321‑431‑3133.

See more event listings on our website www.antiquedollcollector.com