April 2013

Antique DOLL Collector April 2013 Vol. 16, No. 3

April 2013 Vol. 16, No. 3 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

A Spring Weekend of Auctions and

at the Universal Hilton

T h e We e k e n d Fe a t u r e s T w o I m p o r t a n t A n t i q u e D o l l

Friday, April 12, 2013 Dollmastery Seminar 10 AM-4 PM. Hurry, the registration is limited to 25 persons and is nearly full. For one day you will have the pleasure of sitting around a large table while rare and beautiful dolls and costumes are passed around for your close inspection and their special features are discussed. Conducted by Florence Theriault who offers frank opinions on the world of dolls and doll collecting. Arrive about 9:30 for coffee and pastries, and plan for a day of fun and knowledge.

The seminar is free. Call 800-638-0422 to register.

Saturday, April 13, 2013 Catalogued Doll Auction, Remembering Mama Preview 9 AM x Auction 11 AM

All events will be conducted at the Universal Hilton in Los Angeles. For a free color brochure, to order catalogs, to arrange absentee bidding, or for more auction information call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or visit www.theriaults.com.

Featuring important dolls from the estate collection of Barbara Poppenheimer of Mississippi, and from the archives of the Hobby City Doll and Toy Museum of Anaheim, California.

The classic and most sought-after dolls of the 19th and early 20th century are in abundance at this fabulous cataloged doll auction.

Gorgeous poupées and bébés from important French dolls firms of the classic years peek from the catalog pages, along with the outstanding large collection of rare mid-19th century bisque and porcelain dolls with sculpted hair that were carefully sought and cherished by Barbara Poppenheimer. Collectors, too, will find topnotch dolls in all genres ranging from Schoenhut rarities to early American cloth to 1930s studio cloth (including four rare early Lenci catalogs), to a collection of composition Patsy dolls.

A 145 page full-color catalog, Remembering Mama, is available for $49.

Order online at www.theriaults.com or telephone 800-638-0422.

Both auctions will be available for viewing online after April 1 at www.theriaults.com.

Events in Los Angeles, California

April 12-14, 2013

Auctions and a One-Day Dollmastery Seminar

Sunday, April 14, 2013 Catalogued Doll Auction, Small Courtesies, the Connoisseur Collection of Evelyn Ackerman Preview 9 AM x Auction 11 AM For nearly half a century, Evelyn Ackerman of Los Angeles, turned her educated and honest eye to the study of dolls, toys, and childhood delights from past centuries. Of course, to study dolls, one must own them, study them, delight in the special features that make each one special. And along the way, these dolls multiply until they fill all the crannies and corners of a home.

Dolls of wood and wax and porcelain and cloth and bisque.

Child dolls and lady dolls – and many men. Elegant dolls in courtly finery, and simple and plain American cloth folk dolls.

Rare models from the Schoenhut firm that are seldom found today stand side-by-side with a wooden-bodied Huret bébé.

Simple pull toys compete with the elegance of small Vichy mechanical toys featuring bisque ladies. Dollhouses, lavishly furnished, peopled with numerous bisque dolls, that bring “lifebursting forces” (Ackerman, Dolls in Miniature) to the scene. Rare French mignonettes, French poupées and a Bru bébé with trunk and trousseau, all are present.

The catalogued auction will be followed by an additional 100 lots from the Ackerman collection available only for onsite bidding.

A 145 page catalog featuring over 350 lots is available for $49. Order online at www.theriaults.com or call 800-638-0422.

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Collectors have known Evelyn Ackerman through her books, most notably Dolls in Miniature and The Genius of Moritz Gottschalk, as well as her numerous articles in Antique Doll Collector, Doll News, Dolls, Doll Reader and more. Now they will have an opportunity to know her collection first hand. The connoisseur collection of Evelyn Ackerman will be presented in a catalogued auction, Small Courtesies.

Joyce Kekatos

Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. - 2. 21" "Triste #9 (Long Face) Jumeau Bebe, immaculate very pale bisque, blue p/w eyes, mauve under brows, "applied ears", orig. mohair wig & pate & orig. "head coil". "ALL FACTORY orig." wearing pale aqua challis dress adorned w/rosettes & ribbons, gorgeous orig. hat, orig. undies, socks & "signed" Jumeau shoes & ant. bracelet. Head marked #9 on orig. early "signed" Jumeau 8 ball str. wrist body. The "smallest" of the Long Face Jumeaux & is absolutely STUNNING!!! Out of a private collection!!! $28,500.

3. 4 1/2" All Bisque Bye-Lo Baby, br. sl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, wears darling orig. silk dress & socks. On orig. all bisque bent limb 3 baby body w/ "swivel neck". Includes antique 1-2 carriage lined with pink silk & bedding. An adorable little package perfect for display. TOO CUTE!!! Everything shown is included!!

Only....$1250.

4. 6" Kestner "All Bisque" #189 Googlie, perfect bisque overall, br. side glancing eyes, "swivel neck" orig. mohair braided wig & pate(excuse hairs on forehead), wears orig. wool & silk dress. On orig. fully jointed chubby all bisque toddler body. DARLING!!! $1650.

5. - 6. 9" A.M. #310 "Just Me", gorgeous side glancing blue sl. eyes, immaculate pale bisque, full orig. mohair wig & pate, wears "factory" orig. dress, undies, shoes & socks, an added ant. hat. "Signed" head & on orig. "Just Me" body in fabulous orig. condition. Great large 5-6 size & absolutely ADORABLE!!! $1995.

7. - 8. 20� French P.D. (Petit & Dumontier) Bebe, HUGE bulging blue threaded almond shaped p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, magnificent early pale bisque, fabulous ant. tailed wig w/long extensions & cork pate.

Wears magnificent burgundy fine wool & silk dress, ant. matching velvet hat , ant. slip, camisole & undies, "signed" Jumeau shoes & gorgeous Fr. ant. ermin muff. On orig. PD body w/ "metal hands". Chubby cheeks & double chin! As cute as she is beautiful!!

Only....$23,500.

9. - 10. 16" K * R 116A Toddler, o/cl/mo., gorgeous bisque, br. sl. eyes, orig. mohair wig & pate, wears darling wool sailor suit of ant.

9-10 fabrics, buret, orig. undies, orig. leather shoes & socks. On orig. fully jointed str. wrist toddler body, clean & shiny. First out of the mold modeling. ADORABLE!!! $2550.

11. - 12. 19 1/2" Incised Jumeau Bebe, mint pale bisque, beautiful bl. p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, "applied ears" fabulous full mohair wig in orig. set, orig. cork pate & "head coil". She wears "Factory Original" dropped waist Jumeau dress, ant. slip & undies, orig. crocheted socks, ant. Portrait Jumeau shoes, matching Fr. ant. silk ornate hat. Added ant. lace jacket, 14K gold bee pin as closure. Fully "signed" DEPOSE JUMEAU head & orig. 8 ball str. wrist "signed" Jumeau body. Out of a private collection & is top notch. Absolutely BREATHTAKING!!! The BEST!! $9800.

13. - 14. 14" Tete Jumeau #5 Bebe, immaculate pale bisque, huge blue p/w eyes, luscious lashes, orig. "head coil", orig. mohair wig & pate, wears magnificent "factory original" pink silk, thin wool & lace Jumeau dress, gorgeous matching slip & undies, orig. crocheted socks & stunning "Presentation" Jumeau shoes "signed" in gold leaf w/rosettes, orig. Jumeau earrings & Au Bon Marche hat. Has it all!!!

LAYAWAY AVAILABLE Member UFDC & NADDA On orig. "signed" Jumeau body. This Bebe is AMAZING!!! An (Nat'l Antique Doll Dealers Assn.)

OUTSTANDING example with great originality!!! $9550.

I buy dolls and sell on consignment.

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

Member NADDA and UFDC

BUYING & SELLING QUALITY DOLLS FOR OVER 19 YEARS 1-3. 17 1/2” Huret fashion, bisque head, glass eyes, marked Huret body (inherent flaw on temple). $14,500.

4. 16” Series C Steiner bebe with rare open mouth. Fantastic face and marked Steiner body! $8500.

5. 21” Francois Gaultier Block Letter bebe, rich brown p.w. eyes, wonderful body... stunning! $8400.

6. 17 3/4” Jumeau Bebe Reclame w/ that super special expression. $4975.

Exhibiting: April 27 - Northern California Doll and Teddy Bear Show, Pleasanton CA, Alameda Fairgrounds May 4-5 - Chicago NADDA Show, Rosemont IL, Embassy Suites Hotel at O’Hare Airport

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

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Gala Grand Opening of Carmel Doll Shop At last! One and all are cordially invited to attend the Gala Grand Opening of Carmel Doll Shop in our new, and forever home, in Pacific Grove, California. Please come and help us celebrate the completion of nearly three years of extensive restoration to our historic, circa 1902 building.

Be prepared to party with your hosts, the original bad boys Max and Moritz, as they too, will be on hand to celebrate the launch of their digitally remastered 2-DVD boxed-set that includes Mothers Little Angels, along with the never-beforereleased Max and Moritz – The Hollywood Adventure. The boys and their friends will be in attendance, so come join them and enjoy an elegant day of not only delicious refreshments, but also get acquainted with Max’s and Moritz’s new digs.

Mark your calendars for a day of festivities!

Saturday, June 22, 2013 is when all the fun happens at 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California.

Bring your doll friends along, and plan to have a whole lot of fun - Max and Moritz style. But please be nice and drop the boys a note to let them know you will be in attendance.

Festivities begin at 11am and will last as long as Max and Moritz do!

Carmel Doll Shop 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Michael Canadas and David Robinson (831) 643-1902 Members of UFDC & NADDA Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Layaway • Always Buying, Selling and Trading Fine Antique Dolls

Please visit WWW.CARMELDOLLSHOP.COM Carmel Doll Shop can now be found on Ruby Lane – buying has never been easier!

The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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HELEN JENSEN’S LAUGHING CHILD FROM SCULPTURE TO BORGFELDT

NADDA MAY 4 AND 5 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND CROSSROADS DOLL & TEDDY BEAR SHOW, FEB. 2

by Carol Corson The author’s purchase of a Gladdie doll led to research about its designer.

A VISIT WITH EVELYN PHILLIPS

by Donna C. Kaonis Turning sixty-five marked a new exciting chapter in this collector’s life.

Emporium Mystery Calendar Classified

About The Cover It all started with a sculpture of their two-year old daughter. Its popularity led to a doll that would be imported and distributed though George Borgfeldt. In Carol Corson’s article you will see the appeal of this happy child depicted in a variety of mediums. Photo by Andy Ourant

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DOLL COLLECTORS OF AMERICA SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF DOLLS BY J. D. KESTNER

by Donelle Denery A comprehensive Kestner exhibit celebrated the 76th anniversary of The Doll Collectors of America.

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OLD SMUGGLER AND OTHER RARE ADVERTISING DOLLS

by Ursula Mertz A look back at some of our rare advertising trademark dolls.

MYSTERY DOLLS IN MY COLLECTION

by Bernice Millman In spite of not being marked, sometimes you just can’t resist a doll!

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

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3. (left to right) 4-1/2” French face early cobalt blue gl. eyes, orig. clothes and lavender hose $295.Yellow Boot Pair – 5” glass eye in vintage silk, some upper leg chips, plus her 3” Kestner 208 ‘doll’ with socket head! $575 the pair. 4-1/2” All original Kestner 150, sleep eyes w/ wax! $250. Great clothes!

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1. Mint in Box Hanna Kruse – 10” Tina and Linchen, West German 1950’s, mint in clean boxes with lids, tissue, tags and ties! Each $145

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2, 4 & 6. Only Gbr. Heubach could create such a beguiling fantasy and move the imagination as in the case of this provocative woodland fantasy depicting a Puckish fellow as half rabbit, half merry maker - the elfin spirit of an unspoiled boy! $1495

5. 17-1/2” Special Kathe Kruse Doll I – this early wide eyed youngster with mint facial painting and endearing aspect has separately applied ears, thumbs, wide hips, original clothes and shoes – all unplayed and 2 different UFDC Blue Ribbons to underscore his exceptional merit! $4200 5 4

7 & 8. 19” Fully Signed Tete Jumeau – size 9, very pure ivory luster bisque, blue PW’s, closed mouth, hidden flaw beneath orig. pate and wig, early signed stiff wrist body in raw silk with antique shoes – a beauty! $2900

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9 & 10. Exceptional 24” Bru Jne R - your first, or only, Bru should be a special one with all the spellbound beauty of her older sisters.

This elegant tall young lady with original mint signed Bru body provides all that …and flawless bisque, dreamy hazel PW’s and the confidence of beauty. $4800

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11. 15” Heirloom Doll w/Photo – very beautiful turned head, glowing amber PW’s, closed mouth, pretty original clothes and shoes with a photo of her young owner. $550 12. 6” Simon Halbig Type All Bisque – with socket head, closed mouth, sleep eyes with wax, hip length original braided mignonette wig, long slender limbs, the real thing! $1500

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15. 8” Mechanical ‘Jumping Jane’ in Original Box. Wind her up and see her hop from side to side with reckless abandon and no regard for her original clothes and wig! $595. Equally perky Celluloid Mechanical Rabbit seated upon a tin tree stump who strums and nods from side to side! $395 16. Attic original and spotlessly clean 16” K * R 122 blue eyed baby, factory wig and body with beautifully embroidered and tailored original ensemble. $575 17. This working Musical Marotte is beautiful and very elegant in its original multi-toned silk costume with a profusion of lace frivolities and original jester’s cap! $495 (see #32) 18. ‘Helga’ – Die Schöne Wiener Puppe – 10” all original composition ‘googly’ with factory label, sleep eyes and charming traditional woodland village costume. $395

19. Age of Indulgence!

Frivolity, luxury and history combine in this 19” French Carton Polichinelle in its original silk costume replete with bells, fringe and gold foiled paper decorations! $1495

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20 & 21. Picture this 27” Lifesize Bent Knee Talking Toddler with 17-1/2” circ. head! The open mouth character with glistening bisque by Hertel Schwab is so unusual with 4 teeth befitting his age and the working voice box built into the specially designed head! Beautiful body - all excellent from bonnet to leather slippers! $1200

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22. 13” Miniature Script Series Kestner – choice ‘long face’ model, orig. mohair wig, mint body, factory chemise and shoes! $595. Rare 11” Cabinet Kestner ‘174’ – never seen, she’s mint with early stiff wrists. Imagine how sweet to dress! $575 23. 13” Bahr and Proschild Toddler – mint 23 bisque, pearl blue sleep eyes/lashes and factory wig; plus precious fully jointed mint chubby body. Yours to dress! $895 Candy Container Rabbit - $85 24. 25” Bru Jne Bebe – stunning artist Bru ‘size 15’ with dazzling blue PW’s, antique wig, composition jtd. body and elegant ensemble, $295 25. 25” Unusual SPBH Boy – scarce mold ‘5000’, perfect quality, antique wig, the perfect escort in well tailored dress suit! $550 24

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26. With lifelike dewey blush, round young eyes, lovely features and vintage flounced layers of pink ruffles, this 18” French Trade DEP is in bloom! $695

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27. Victorian Candy Container – wax head, glass eyes, in fancy wicker basket with hinged lid. $250 5” Steiff Rabbit, mint, swivel neck, $75 28. Heubach Piano Baby – mint holding factory hand painted egg! $250. 5-1/2” Heubach Bunny Child – mint, signed and scarce! $350

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P.O. Box 1410 • NY, NY 10023 30. 16” Terri Lee ‘Easter Parade’ – early Pat. Pend. Model mint in springtime best outfit, with rare Daisy on wrist, label and bonnet, even hairnet! $450 31. 12” Pierced Ear China – so pretty is her translucent glaze, dainty earrings and original body with the delicate porcelain limbs. $395 32. Musical Marotte – top quality in working condition with a convenient display stand as well! See also #17 $495. French Candy Container – stiffened fabric egg with label, and googly whimsy. $100

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38. 24” Closed Mouth Bru Jne R – what aristocratic style and elegant bearing in this exquisite Bru ingénue with those chiseled features and haunting PW eyes beneath exquisite brows. (see #9 and #10). $4800

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Box 462, Natick Mass. 01760-0005 Phone: (508) 545-1424 E-Mail: nasdoll@comcast.net Presbyterian $2500., Columbian $6000., Moravian $3000.

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Auction Preview: Bertoia May 3

Silber & Fleming Dollhouse. This 19th century house has original exterior façade, a long balcony across the second story with scalloped awning. The house opens as one large door in front to reveal four large rooms (rooms 16-1/2” h. x 16-1/2” w.), kitchen has large fireplace w/built in Evans & Cartwright cooking range, two other rooms have fireplaces, all rooms have early old wallpaper, 47-1/2” h. x 35” w. x 18-1/2” d.

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It is part of a two-day sale May 3 and 4 that will continue with comic character toys, cast iron, Schoenhut toys, banks, European toys, doorstops and country store items.

For more information visit www.BertoiaAuctions.com.

Bertoia Auctions, 2141 DeMarco Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360 856.692.1881 Miniature furniture made by Harrass. An elaborate fireplace, marble mantle, carved columns, tin hearth area with ormolu decoration with a matching sofa. Fireplace measures 10 1/2” h. Sofa 6-3/4” h. x 8”

Gottschalk bungalow house.

All original 1920’s dollhouse is beautifully preserved, bottom front opens a large room and a small room. Second floor front lifts up, there is one large center room with small room on each side, side door on porch opens to a tiny room, original furniture comes including fourteen pieces of Gottschalk furniture and other miscellaneous pieces.

18-1/2” x 20-1/4” w.

Ormolu banquet lamp with ruffled globe, ormolu framed print of angel playing a flute, and round ormolu table with impressed designs. Lamp 3-1/4” h. Table 2 3/4” h.

Rare carved miniature soap scenes.

Unique scene of maiden and buildings with trees in heavy card frame, frame has heavily carved leaves & flowers, along with hinged walnut carved soap scene of lady feeding chickens & trees. Frame 5” h. x 3 3/4”.

Rare miniature boulle parlor set. This eleven piece set includes a Boulle sofa with gold transfer work and gilt paper trims, eight side chairs and two arm chairs. The sofa at the highest point measures 6-1/2”.

Replica of Civil War dollhouse, hand crafted by the Mott Family at Knotts Berry Farm in CA, the exterior is clapboard & painted white, there are six large rooms on front of house and six large room on back, all viewing is done through plexiglass, The entire attic space is partitioned into rooms. The house is furnished w/old and hand-crafted pieces, (many items glued down), furniture throughout the house is old pine or hand-crafted new items of the 1950’s-1960’s. Incredible detail! The house comes apart in two sections, elaborate staircase w/ carved spindles and newel posts. 42” h. x 88” l. x 46” w.

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CROSSROADS Doll & Teddy Bear Show

NADDA May 4 and 5 Birthday Celebration

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ADDA (National Antique Doll Dealers Association) will present its 25th anniversary show and sale in Chicago, Saturday May 4th and Sunday, May 5th. The show will be held at the Chicago O’Hare Embassy Suites, with a free shuttle service from the airport to the hotel.

Many NADDA dealers are participating in the birthday celebration and have been saving their best selections for the upcoming show. On Saturday Lynette Gross will present a program on Benefit Dolls and on Sunday, Fritzi Martinez Fritzi will be discussing rare German (Fritzi’s Antique Dolls) character dolls wearing ethnic costumes. is doing a program on German character dolls in original ethnic clothing. The dolls discussed will be on display in the Hospitality Room throughout the two-day show where attendees may also enjoy coffee and a slice of NADDA’s birthday cake.

The suite format is the favorite venue for NADDA shows, allowing customers and dealers to become better acquainted and talk dolls in a relaxed atmosphere. Each suite is an individual doll shop adding to the excitement and anticipation.

NADDA is having a terrific raffle drawing for customers. One lucky guest will receive a $400 gift certificate to be used at the show. The drawing will take place on Saturday afternoon so that the winner will have the rest of Saturday and all day Sunday to spend their prize with the dealer of their choice.

Admission to the show is $6 or $5 with an ad or discount card.

The Embassy Suites O’Hare Rosemont is located at 5500 North River Road Rosemont, IL. The hotel is offering a reduced parking rate of $15 per day to both dealers and customers of the NADDA show. For hotel reservations call 847-678-4000. The programs will be at 9AM both mornings and show hours are Saturday 10AM to 5PM and Sunday 10AM to 2PM. We hope to see you there!

Portland, Oregon Feb. 2, 2013

t’s still winter, and we felt like we were coming out of hibernation to enjoy the first doll show of the year… it is always so exciting. And exciting it was! The rooms were jam-packed with the best dealers in the West, and the aisles were filled with enthusiastic collectors. In fact, every minute of the show was literally filled with something for everyone. Junior collectors wrote notes of gratitude for the Junior Collectors Tea sponsored by the Time Travelers Doll Club, collectors showed off their new purchases, and wish lists were being discussed. This very well may have been the most memorable Winter show ever! Ah, Spring! I feel your presence!!

For more information: www.dolls4all.com

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Kestner Baby

Antique Steiff bear with lithographed cloth doll

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Lynette Gross will present a program on benefit dolls that were created and sold to fund worthy causes.

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Sandy’s Dream Dolls Always Buying Dolls of Quality Thompson’s Antique Mall 602.228.1829 281.339.0269 skayk43@aol.com Call for doll information Member UFDC & NADDA

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P.O. Box 5206 Lancaster, PA 17606 Call Toll Free 1-888-JAY LOWE or (717) 396-9879 or FAX 717-396-1114 Email: big.birds@comcast.net

1) 24” German clockwork nodder depicting a uniformed Bellhop, circa 1920`s. In all original condition, with some minimal fading to his felt clothing, he is in working order. $2450 2) 28” S&H 1488 character child on a jointed composition toddler body. An unusually large example with beautiful bisque, blue glass sleep eyes and the bisque head is free of damage other than a slight cheek scuff. $3750 3) 28” black haired china doll on a cloth body with china limbs. Attired in a cotton print dress with a center part hairdo, this china is quite impressive in size! $325 4) 7” “JUST ME” with a fired bisque head.

Marked on rear of head GERMANY 310 A.11/0 M. She is on the typical composition 5-piece body normally found with the A.M. 323 or 253 googly heads. Her cotton & felt clothing is original and she also has brown glass sleep eyes. $600 5) 16” Frozen Charlotte with blonde hair and finely decorated facial features. Overall a white glazed china body with a pink toned head, a very exceptional example and seldom found in this size. $525

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Helen Jensen’s Laughing Child

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t started with a doll. It usually does. This one was 20 1/2” tall with a biscaloid head, a cloth torso and composition arms and legs. She has an extensive wardrobe that is a picture of a well dressed child of the end of the 1920s. I photographed her with all her clothes and thought I’d like to write a article about her. Time passed, as it will, with no accomplishment.

(Note to readers, a future article by the author will focus on this doll and her wardrobe.) Then a plaster bust of the original sculpture used for Gladdie’s doll head showed up at an auction of the Yvonne Baird Collection at the Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA. Interest was rekindled with a change of theme. How did this doll come into being? Who was the Helen Jensen whose signature was on the back of the doll’s neck? Was she a doll designer or an artist? Andy Ourant, who took the catalog photo of the plaster model, gave me a copy of the photo and permission to use it.

The next great event was a trip to the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art planned in conjunction with the Schoenhut Collectors’ Convention being held in Bellevue, Washington. I went out a day early just to see an original bronze model of a statue called Laughing Child, by Helen Jensen as well as the largest example found of a bisque head version of Gladdie in the museum collection. Rosalie Whyel and her daughter, and co-director of the museum, Shelley Helzer, were more than gracious, hauling items out for me to study and photograph and best of all, Rosalie discussing her observations of the bust, including her real doubt

An original bronze head by Helen Webster Jensen called Laughing Child. Taken at the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art.

Signature on original sculpture

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From Sculpture to Borgfeldt

by Carol Corson

that it was of the same child as the doll. I absolutely love discussing observations with other curious collectors as they make me see more and notice details that I had previously missed. Yvonne Baird had sent me a copy of an article by Holger Jensen, Helen’s husband, written for Coronet Magazine in May, 1957 and reproduced by Theriault Auctions when they sold the large example to the museum. It is the history in this article I use for this writing.

According to Holger Jensen, Helen and he, having recently left studies at the Chicago Art Institute, were given an exhibit of their sculpture at a Miami, Florida gallery. They had 23 completed sculptures and wanted one more to fill the gallery. Helen made a quick portrait of their two year old daughter, Janet, and he cast it in bronze. He doesn’t specify how he accomplished the casting, but does say that the speed with which Helen accomplished the original clay sculpture gave it an impressionistic charm. The sculpture, which the Jensens titled “Laughing Child”, sold for $50. He says that an executive from “a doll and novelty company in New York” bought a bronze copy and invited them to the company to arrange to make a doll from it. They were delighted at the idea of royalties to add to their tiny income, but became dismayed when they found out that it would be at least a year before the doll came out and the royalties would begin. While they were in New York the model was seen in the manager’s office and several orders for bronze castings were placed by people who came into the office and fell in love with the figure.

The money they were given allowed the Jensens to make ten more copies to take on the road with them. It seemed that every time they completely ran out of money another bronze copy sold. The Jensen’s referred to the statue as their guardian angel. They even paid for

The 20-1/2” biscaloid Gladdie that inspired the search.

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28 “ Gladdie with porcelain head. This version has an open mouth with 5 set in teeth and a tongue and grey blue eyes. Photo by Charles Backus, Copyright 2009 Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art.

28” Gladdie dressed as Buster Brown with original bronze sculpture. Photo

by Charles Backus, Copyright 2009 Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art.

the birth of their third child with one of the figures. By then the royalties from the resulting doll began to come.

Rosalie Whyel observed that “Laughing Child is slimmer and appears older than Gladdie, causing her to doubt that they represent the same child. However, it seems to me that two things caused the change in the design. The first is that the younger chubbier doll model allows it to represent either a boy or a girl.

The museum’s 28” bisque version is presented as a boy, while the biscaloid version I studied is clearly meant to be a girl. The second cause would be that the child, Janet Jensen, had a slim neck, a fine pointed chin and wonderful laugh lines around her eyes. To make an exact copy of her head would have required more undercuts in the mold and probably a mold of more than two pieces. In any case the details would have been more expensive to make. The doll came out in 1929, just as American doll and toy makers needed to make less expensive children’s

Brown biscaloid Gladdie with glass sleep eyes. The color is the same on the inside of the head.

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All bisque version of Gladdie with open mouth and four teeth. She has a commercial chemise and a small home made wardrobe. Becky Ourant Collection. Photo by Andy Ourant

playthings, as people had less money to spend on items unnecessary to their daily living. In spite of the depression, the doll must have sold fairly well, as there are quite a few examples found.

There are variations in the mold of different examples. The biscaloid version has an open /closed mouth with a molded tongue and tooth ridge with teeth indicated by painting. The bisque version usually has an open mouth, with separate set in teeth and tongue, but occasionally is found with the open/ closed mouth modeling. The heads were produced in Germany in porcelain bisque, apparently by Alt, Beck and Gottschalck, and in biscaloid. According to the German Doll Encyclopedia 1800 1939 by Jürgen and Marianne Cieslik, an earthenware product called “biscoloid” (spelling difference) was registered

by Hertwig & Company in 1929.

Both versions have cloth bodies with composition straight legs and curved arms. There is a very rare all bisque version. The dolls were imported and distributed by George Borgfeldt & Co.

Twin Gladdies from the Julie Blewis Collection. Photo by Andy Ourant

Another 28” porcelain headed Gladdie.

This one has brown eyes an open closed mouth with the same molded tongue and teeth that one sees in the biscaloid version. From the collection of Julie Blewis. Photo by Andy Ourant.

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Blessed with the palest bisque, this first period portrait is a stunner.

Left, Evelyn enjoys creating inviting vignettes with her small dolls.

A Visit with

Evelyn Phillips

by Donna C. Kaonis photos by Paula Claydon

A gorgeous C Steiner wears a magnificent formal gown.

A Kestner 221 googly can’t hide her delight that spring is coming!

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urning sixty-five marked a new, exciting chapter in the life of Evelyn Phillips. Retiring as a clothing designer, she could now, with her children grown, become a full time antique doll dealer.

But before we get to that, let’s get to know Evelyn and the fascinating career path that brought her considerable success and accomplishment. Born into a family of three boys, she was admittedly more than a little bit spoiled. Her father worked in New York City’s garment district, commonly referred to as the “rag trade” and her mother was a clothing designer.

Dolls were Evelyn’s refuge from her brothers’ boisterous games. From an early age, she adored dolls and was encouraged by her mother to make clothes for them. During school holidays when her mother had to work, Evelyn would visit her relatives, taking along a doll for which she would make an entire wardrobe. She recalls how she and the cousins would fashion a doll carriage out of a shoe box by poking a hole in one end and putting a string through it with a knot at one end so they could pull it along with their dollies in tow.

Following high school, Evelyn attended the New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology and upon graduation opened a ladies’ clothing shop on the lower floor of the family’s apartment building. Located around the corner from the city’s Grand Concourse, famous for its Art Deco architecture, she named her store The Shop Around the Corner, a nod to the beloved Jimmy Stewart movie of the same title. The skills that she learned buying for her ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Several groups of dolls are kept under glass domes, here (left to right), a Kammer & Reinhardt Gretchen #114, Block letter FG, Gebruder Heubach Baby, and Simon Halbig #886 All Bisque.

shop enabled her to become an assistant to a clothing buyer and soon the head of the department.

Pregnant with her first child and unable to find a robe that she felt was fashionable enough to take to the hospital, she designed her own. “My brother-in-law, who has just bought clothing factory, came to the hospital and admired my robe, said Evelyn. “He was keeping his Spanish employees but was in need of a designer and so I went to work for him, at first two days a week and eventually three.

I didn’t speak Spanish but I showed them how to take the existing patterns and modify them, mostly by adding trim and embellishments.” Soon she was designing fine lingerie and robes for Lord & Taylor and Best & Company and eventually had her own dress label at the plus size clothing store Lane Bryant.

Before writing this article I didn’t know Evelyn’s background but learning of her life in the fashion industry came as no surprise. Always elegantly attired and beautifully accessorized, she stands out from the crowd.

I seriously doubt if she owns a pair of jeans. “My friends always kid me about everything being so coordinated. I keep things I love forever,” she says.

By the time Evelyn retired from the fashion industry at age 65 she was a serious collector, not only of dolls, but doll carriages, samplers, baskets, doll houses, Staffordshire,

Evelyn’s favorite dolls are the Simon Halbig 949 and the Kammer & Reinhardt #128 toddler who is holding an all bisque googly with jointed arms and legs.

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French and German bisque dolls are a perfect complement. The Bru Jne 4 front and center presides over the group.

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In back, a Gebruder Heubach pouty girl, Kestner Hilda Baby and a rare Baby Stewart with removable bonnet.

Toys, miniature furniture and dolls are always within sight in Evelyn’s cozy living room.

ladies’ beaded bags, doll sized chairs, toys, dolls’ shoes and miniature sewing machines. “My son Billy had moved to Chartre, France and I visited him twice a year.

At that time the currency rate was highly favorable and I was able to come home with some wonderful things.”

One of her finds was a beautiful Jumeau head that curiously was sheared off at the bottom. The shop owner wanted a $100 for it and Evelyn bought it hoping that one day she could find a body for it. Later she learned it was a head made for an automaton and miraculously was able to purchase the correct automaton body.

The gradual transition from collector to dealer was marked by two fortuitous incidents. “My son was only eight years old when I discovered he and his friends were using a lovely antique chest as a target for their BB guns. I decided if the chest was to survive I better sell it and arranged for a local antique shop owner to come and take a look. The woman loved the chest and offered me a Bru priced at $12,000 as payment. I was thrilled! My husband Dick was very skeptical of this transaction, but the very next day at a doll show I sold the Bru for a profit.

I still remember waiting for Dick to come home that day; I met him in the driveway waving the check. It was a great I told you so moment.”

The defining moment that changed her life happened over thirty years ago when she saw an ad in Women’s Wear

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A Darling Kestner 143 that is celebrating Christmas.

A beautiful EJ Jumeau, shares space with a JDK 243 Oriental Child and a Simon Halbig Oriental all bisque.

A few of the many miniature doll carriages in Evelyn’s collection.

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Daily. It showed a fur vault in the garment district, practically next door to Evelyn’s work place, where hanging from the ceiling were dozens of French dolls, none of them dressed or wigged. It turned out that the furrier’s brother was an antique doll dealer from Argentina who would visit the states periodically bringing dolls for sale (customs required no clothing or wigs). “The prices were wonderful and I had a customer who was able to wig and costume the dolls. Soon others found about the fur vault loaded with French dolls, but for a time I had an exclusive. It really financed my then fledgling doll business.” says Evelyn.

The past thirty years of experience has taught Evelyn that you never stop learning. She has amassed a doll reference library that has served her well. “I still keep a stack of books by my bed, and no matter how many times I go through them, I always see something I didn’t see before.”

As far as Evelyn’s personal preferences in dolls, she will tell you that faces are everything. She has an abhorrence of nylon and polyester and cringes if an antique doll is dressed in synthetic modern fabrics.

Her background in fashion gives her foremost an appreciation of quality. She doesn’t mind if a doll’s clothing needs to be replaced and naturally uses antique

Doll size purses, mirrors, and miniature chairs make a decorative display.

fabrics, laces and trim to recreate a beautiful costume. For the last few years Evelyn has gradually been divesting herself of some of her dolls, her daughter and eight great grandchildren being the lucky recipients. She loves knowing that her favorite dolls will be cherished in the family. “Appreciating the exquisite craftsmanship of things no longer produced can be an intoxicating source of pleasure, which I hope my grandchildren will pass on to their children.”

Two wonderful careers and she continues non-stop. Now in her early nineties, Evelyn continues to find life exciting thanks to her determination to keep on doing what she loves. She is active in her doll club, Tuesday’s Child, one of the oldest in the country and maintains her website, evelynphillipsdolls.com. In spite of recovering from a recent total knee replacement, she is looking forward to her next trip to France. Evelyn is an inspiration and a reminder as George Eliot once wrote, “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

A special thank you to Paula Claydon, a close associate of Evelyn Phillips.

An impressive Christian Hacker dollhouse.

A lovely Jumeau automaton is about to check her make-up.

Evelyn has always enjoyed folk art, this child’s hutch in old blue paint, filled with children’s china is an example.

Made for the French trade this all original diminutive S & H 886 is a gem.

A lovely doll by Rabery & Delphieu has been in Evelyn’s collection for over thirty years.

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The core of the sale is a fresh-to-the-market collection from the mid-west assembled over the past 60 years and remarkable for its depth of French Bébés and large dolls, supplemented by choice additions from other noted collections.

French Bébés: H., A.T., 4 Long-Face Jumeaux, 4 Brus, 5 F.G.s, more than 13 Jumeaux, Steiners, R.D.s, E.D. Jullien, Paris Bébé, SFBJs, DEPs French Fashions: 9 including 4 large F.G.s, and one with trunk and accessories German Characters: K & R 117 & 114, A.M. 400 & 233.

S & H 1279, Oriental 1129, Heubachs, large babies, flirty-eyed models German Bisque: Kestner closed and open mouth, Bru-type, Simon & Halbig, K & R, Kuhnlenz, Handwerck, Bahr & Proschild, Kley & Hahn, Bergmann, large Kester all-bisques Googlies: JDK 221, A.M. 253 & 241, “Hug Me Kiddie” Large Dolls: Over 100 French and German bisque exceeding 28”, 4 chinas Name Dolls: S & H Santa, Heubach Santa, Jutta, Eleanore, Baby Blanche, Dainty Dorothy, Hilda Cloth Dolls: Alexander boxed “Susie Q”, Venus, Steiff Artist: Roche, Emma Clear, Himstedt, Plusczok, Akira Blount Teddy Bears: Early Steiff and others, vintage teddy bear books Special Interest: Cage and crèche dolls, Queen Ann Dolls, Bliss House, doll shoes, clothing and accessories Collectibles: #1 Barbie, Barbie Perfectly Plaid Set, vinyl and composition Shirley Temples, boxed 1923 “Campbell Kid,” boxed Amberg “It,” boxed F & B “Honey,”

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Doll Collectors of America Special Exhibit of Dolls by

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by Donelle Denery

oll Collectors of America (DCA) is the oldest doll club in the United States. It celebrated its 76th birthday in 2011. Each year, a special annual weekend is planned for members and their guests. DCA focuses only on antique dolls and features a special exhibit during some of the annual get togethers. In 2011, the dolls of J.D. Kestner were the subject of the special exhibit.

Although there are many ways to categorize Kestner dolls, for our special exhibit, we grouped Kestner dolls as early dolls (papier mache and wax), china, early bisque (mid 1890’s and earlier), all bisque, later bisque (later than mid 1890’s), character dolls and lady dolls.

In studying Kestner dolls, you need to understand a little history of the firm. Johannes Daniel Kestner was an extremely savvy and influential businessman. He began his firm in approximately 1805 making household goods of papier-mache and wood. Between 1816 and 1824, their knowledge and skill in woodworking translated to high quality bodies on early Kestner dolls with articulated wooden bodies and papier mache heads. Just prior to 1850, Kestner is said to have employed three quarters of the population in and around Waltershausen.

During the 1850’s, Kestner added china head dolls with china limbs which greatly increased the company’s sales. After J. D. Kestner died in 1858, the firm was run by various people until his grandson, Adolf Kestner, took over the firm in 1863. In 1860, the Kestner firm purchased a porcelain factory in Ohrdruf and enabling them to produce their own porcelain. The number of employees grew to 1,700.

The exhibit included china dolls with rare hair styles, rarity features or uncommon hair color (Photos 1, 2 and 3) as well as the more commonly found Kestner chinas (Photo 4). Look closely at the facial features of this china doll which exhibits some of the painting styles Kestner commonly used: no paint between the upper and lower lips and a hollow red circle in the nostril (Photo 5) and a curved line for a tear duct and eye highlights that could be made by removing some paint from the iris (Photo 6).

Photo 1: China with bun and wonderful original outfit

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Photo 2: Rare cafĂŠ au lait color hair and elaborate, molded black snood

Photo 3: Grouping of rare chinas

Photo 5: Detail of lip and nostril painting on china

Photo 6: Detail of eye highlight and tear duct on china

Photo 4: Grouping of more commonly found chinas

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Photo 7: Kestner Bru, notice Kestner’s attempt at Bru-like teeth.

Photo 9: Early Kestner bisque head dolls on chunky bodies

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Photo 8: Kestner AT

As the French Bebe’s with bisque heads and composition bodies became popular, Kestner’s porcelain factory enabled them to compete with the French doll makers. Kestner was one of a few German firms which made both bodies and heads and was always known for its products of superior quality. It is interesting to note that later doll heads incised with “Made in Germany” were made from 1892 on and the early alphabet series was replaced with mold numbers in the mid 1890’s. So, for example, a doll head incised “Made in Germany” and/or with a numeric mold number was likely made after 1892.

Imitating the popular French dolls of the era, Kestner was one of the many German firms who made dolls to directly compete with and resemble their French cousins. The socalled Kestner Bru (Photo 7) and Kestner AT (Photo 8) are two such dolls. It is easy to see the influence of the French doll market when you examine the painting of some of these early dolls. Notice that many of these early dolls on composition bodies have a chunky body structure with straight wrists which closely resembles bodies of Schmitt & Fils, another trait borrowed from the French doll market (Photo 9). Particularly popular during this period where dolls with pouty faces. This sad looking young lady has a rarity factor of articulated ankles on its chunky composition body (Photo 10 & 11). Some Kestner

Photo 10: Typical early Kestner pouty face

Photo 11: Articulated ankle of composition body of doll shown in Photo 10

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Photo 13: Kestner crown label on all bisque

Photo 14: Caucasian Kestner AT all bisque

Photo 15: Ethnic Kestner AT all bisque

Photo 16: 11-1/2” early Kestner all bisque

dolls had grey eyes and almost all had plaster pates, which were not commonly used by many other German doll firms. In photo 12 a sweet little girl, who quite possibly wears her original outfit, has square cut teeth – a characteristic sometimes found on early Kestners.

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Photo 17: All bisque with articulated knees

Photo 18: Swivel waist all bisque

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7” Orsini all bisque “Mimi” $3500.

8-1/2” all bisque doll $695.

Queen Anne satinwood desk 11-1/4” tall x 10-1/2” wide $1950.

George lll kneehole desk 8-1/2” tall x 9-1/4” wide $1500. Signed early watercolor $195.

16” Kestner child $995.

7-1/2” S & H doll $450.

Pair golden oak beds 7-3/4” long x 4” wide $195.

Photo 19: Googlies with articulated knees and elbows

bisque dolls of Kestner. The Kestner firm made all bisque dolls over a long period of time – from the 1880’s to post WWI. Kestner all bisque mold numbers were generally in the 100, 200 and 500 series. Many all bisques had a label with the Kestner crown, the company’s trademark, glued onto their chest (Photo 13). In a paper version, this crown was also attached to original clothing, such as chemises, on many dolls dressed by Kestner.

Kestner sometimes took popular dolls and made them in a variety of sizes. Shown here are two all bisque Kestner AT’s in two different skin tones (Photos 14 & 15). Sometimes the all bisque dolls would have different variations in limbs with the same head and body. The Caucasian doll has molded boots and one hand closed and one hand open. The ethnic doll has bare feet and both hands are open. Limbs did not always have the same incised mold number as the head and body. This apparent common “mix and match” often confuses collectors who think there should be matching mold numbers on the entire all bisque doll. This is not necessarily true of all bisque dolls made by Kestner.

While most all bisques were in the 5 – 6” height, Kestner made some all bisques which were 11” or taller. Shown here is an 11-1/2” pouty all bisque (Photo 16). If you look closely at her eyebrows, you can see individually painted strokes, a trait of many Kestner earlier dolls. Kestner also had difficult to achieve articulation on some of their all bisque dolls.

Shown here are several examples of Kestner’s complex articulation: jointed knees with fancy boots (Photo 17), swivel waist which is perhaps the rarest of the all bisque articulations (Photo 18), and jointed elbows and knees as seen on some of these all bisque Googlies (Photo 19). Kestner was also known for making their all bisque dolls in many sizes, such as the Googlies shown here (Photo 20).

How many ways could Kestner make one doll mold look different?

The Bye-Lo is a good example. The all bisque version came in many sizes, wigged or painted hair, glass sleep eyes or painted eyes (Photos 21 & 22).

American markets greatly influenced the design of doll heads after WWI. The Bye-Lo’s, for instance, were produced for George Borgfeldt & Co.

Photo 21: All bisque Bye-Lo with painted hair and glass sleep eyes and bare feet

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And who can resist a bride with her trousseau? (Photo 23) Especially one who has a secret – bare feet which have been painted with beautiful boots and stockings (Photo 24)!

The Kestner mold number 171 is one of the most popular of Kestner’s dolls judging from the number still found in collections today. This mold number was produced over a long period of years with two variations in the eyelashes. Some 171’s had both upper and lower eyelashes painted on a slant. Other 171’s had only mohair upper lashes and a fringe of straight down painted lower lashes. Adding to the popularity of the 171 was the 1911 promotion by Ladies’ Home Journal. Children who sold three yearly subscriptions to the LHJ received an 18” Kestner 171 named “Daisy”. The promotion was so popular, Kestner could not keep up with the demand and similar dolls by other German manufacturers were given as the promotion progressed. Shown here is a stunningly original Daisy with the rarity factor of pink ribbons on her chemise instead of blue (Photo 25).

Another extremely popular doll of this time was mold number 143. Although produced from the late 1890’s on, long before the character dolls started around 1908, the 143 has an almost character face. The 143 is found on a variety of composition bodies: child, toddler and baby and in a wide range of sizes. Shown here is a diminutive 9” Kestner 143 (Photo 26).

Some collectors refer to this doll as the doll with the “chipmunk cheeks!”

The special exhibit could have had an entire category for baby dolls but instead these dolls were included with the later bisque period, in which many were produced. Pictured is the oriental baby, mold 243 in an outfit likely from Gump’s department store in San Francisco (Photo 27). This doll has both painted hair and a mohair wig with a long queue! He is a quintessential example of what a collector would like to find when looking for this doll.

Hilda is one of doll collector’s most beloved dolls. Her delicate painting and softly sculptured features greatly add to her charm. Hilda is found with several variations in body and hair. She is most often found on a bent leg baby body with either a mohair wig or painted, molded hair. Less often the doll is found with a toddler body and a skin wig, as shown here (Photo 28). One of the hardest to find Kestner dolls is often referred to as “Bonnet Hilda” (Photos 29 and 30). This sweet little

Photo 23: All bisque bride

Photo 24: Detail of painted boots over bare feet of bride

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Photo 27: Kestner 243, oriental baby Photo 31: Kestner 247 looks like an older version of Hilda

Photo 28: Toddler Hilda as a boy with a skin wig

Photo 25: Kestner 171, an original Daisy from the 1911 Ladies’ Home Journal premium

Photos 29 & 30: Rare Bonnet Hilda

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Photo 32: Kestner 241, looks like an even older version of Hilda

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doll is found on both baby and toddler bodies. When you examine Kestner dolls of this period, especially in the 200 series with sleep eyes and open mouths, you see a strong family resemblance. It is easy to see how similar the doll mold number 247 (Photo 31), looks like a slightly older child than Hilda. And, the doll mold number 241, looks like an even older sibling of Hilda (Photo 32). The family resemblance is so strong, it makes us wonder - was the sculptor sculpting his own children or a family of siblings?

In 1908, Kestner began its character series of dolls. Many German firms had character dolls in their line in the years leading up to WWI. Shown here are many of the dolls from Kestner’s character series. A number of these dolls came with both painted and sleep eye versions, ranged in size from 11” to 24” and were found both with and without a mold number. Kestner produced a number of character dolls for other companies such as Catterfelder Puppenfabrik and Kley & Hahn.

It is amazing how different the same mold can look when you look at a boy and a girl from mold number 179 (Photo 33). As you can see, Kestner made many of their character dolls as both a girl and a boy. Many of the dolls in Kestner’s character series came in both painted eye and glass sleep eye, with the painted eye generally being the more common.

The 183 is an example of a mold which had both a painted and glass sleep eye version (Photo 34 & 35).

The happy face mold number 185 was a very popular doll and there were several examples in the exhibit.

One example wears what might be an original outfit (Photo 36). Even in the 11” size, the characters have a wide range of facial expressions… the 208 looks so sad she might cry….178 – the first in Kestner’s

Photo 34 & 35: 183 as painted eye and glass sleep eye version

Photo 33: Girl and Boy mold number 179

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Photo 37: Mold’s # 208, 178, 212

Photo 38: Kestner box set, doll on body is a 185, heads on left are (from the top) 178, 184, 174

character series and the only one with molded hair – looks confident….the 212 looks defiant (Photo 37).

Several German doll companies created box sets for their dolls but the Kestner box set is probably the most widely known.

Kestner made box sets with three different sizes of dolls: 11”, 15” and 18”. Most commonly the box sets, which featured one finished doll and three additional heads, had one dolly-face and three character dolls as is seen here (Photo 38).

Only a few lady dolls came to the exhibit. Kestner made two popular bisque head dolls on lady-style bodies starting around 1908. Mold 172 was based on drawings of Charles Dana Gibson. This doll is often called “The Gibson Girl” and commonly was found on a leather or cloth body with bisque arms (Photo 39). Mold 162 was found on a composition lady body (molded breasts and a slender waist). These dolls were sometimes found with extensive wardrobes. Blanche, shown here, has approximately 60 articles of clothing and accessories.

Her provenance indicates her clothing was made in Paris in 1908 (Photo 40).

Adolf Kestner died in 1918 and the Kestner firm was continued by three long time employees until the 1930’s. Today, the dolls of Kestner continue to be favorites of many collectors.

Photos by: Cynthia Musser, Elizabeth A. Coleman, Howard Foulke, Nancy Smith, Penny Hadfield, Diane Vourderis and Donelle Denery Photo 39: Kestner 172 Lady doll, the classic Gibson Girl of the Edwardian era

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Special thanks to Kate Reed, Lynette Gross, Dominique Perrin, Margaret Dowling, Susan Popp, Jan Foulke, Diane Vourderis, Betty Nett, Nancy Smith, Virginia Aris, Penny Hadfield, Jean Grout, Robyn Katz, Kathy Turner, Coleman Collection, Collection of Linda Edward and all the members of Doll Collectors of America who gave permission for the images of their dolls to be used in this article so others could learn.

Photo 40: Kestner 162 Lady doll. Composition lady body of doll (above)

REFERENCES: Foulke, Jan , Kestner – King of Dollmakers, Hobby House Press, Inc., Revised 1989.

Coleman, Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., Evelyn J. Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1968.

Coleman, Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., Evelyn J. Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls Vol.2, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1986.

Cieslik, Jurgen and Cieslik, Marianne German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939, Marks, Dates, Facts, Hobby House Press, Inc., 1985.

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In Our Memories

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hristine Lorman was born in Hollywood, California in 1926 and always had a true love of dolls. Not only were they a symbol of beauty, in her eyes, they each had a story and life of their own. Her mother, with a keen awareness of this passion gave her a brand new Deanna Durbin doll In 1938. She explained to a young Christine that this was to be “the last doll for a girl her age”. It wasn’t long before her mother realized that this would not be the last... it was only the beginning.

As Christine grew older, she continued to collect and appreciate beautiful dolls. In the 1970s, she entered the doll business as a professional collector and dealer. Although her devoted husband, John Lorman Jr., was initially reluctant about this new business venture, she won him over with her conviction, eye for exceptional pieces, and keen business savvy. They soon began attending doll shows together and made a name for themselves in the industry.

In 1996, they left California to relocate in Las Vegas, Nevada. One year later John L. Lorman Jr. passed away. Christine continued to actively work within the doll community so long as she was healthfully able to do so.

Christine recently passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family. She was a very loving woman with a strong work ethic and even stronger moral standing. There is no question that our Grandmother was a true lady. As anyone who knew her would expect, the very Deanna Durbin given to her 75 years ago still stands in perfect condition, to be passed down through the family from here on out.

We share this story with you in loving memory of our dear Grandmother. She will forever live on in our hearts and memories.

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Old Smuggler and Other Rare Advertising Dolls

by Ursula Mertz

photos by Christopher Partridge

Old Smuggler

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22” Old Smuggler. No Identification marks. He was made of rubber over a wire armature. He is all original. The close-up of Old Smuggler reveals that his eyes are decals.

14” Peter Pan, marked Amberg // Pat. Pend. // L.A.&S © 1928. Cloth tag marked: An Amberg Doll With A //Body Twist //all, all its own! // Pat. Pend.

SFR No. 320.016. All original. He is made of all composition and jointed at the neck, shoulders, hips and waist. Close-up of Peter Pan. Note the special treatment of outlined eye openings and eye shadow.

e caught my attention at a doll show. At 22 inches he towered over most of the dolls displayed on the table. His whimsical features and impish smile appealed to me. He was dressed as a Scotsman in a green jacket, plaid kilt and tam. The dealer indicated that he was an advertising doll for Old Smuggler scotch, but she had no further information to prove her claim. I was intrigued, and the purchase was made.

Eager to find more information, I started with the local liquor store and learned that Old Smuggler scotch was still available, but no one had ever seen my Old Smuggler. I guessed that he was available before WW II, as he was made of rubber over a wire armature. After World War II, I reasoned, such items would be made of plastic.

Extensive searches on the Internet yielded some information.

I had hoped that I would find advertising posters depicting my guy. The earliest illustrated ad and label I located was from 1948 and showed a drawing of the Old Smuggler dressed in tam and kilt, just like mine. I had hoped for a picture based on a photograph of an actual figure. The ad had been placed by W. A. Taylor of New York City.

Eventually, a 10” molded vinyl doll was located on eBay. His face and outfit were of similar design as my man. A molded medallion on his chest displayed the following information: “ Old Smuggler The Fashionable Scotch.”

This circumstantial evidence lets me assume that my 22” figure actually is an early advertising item for Old Smuggler scotch. Does any reader have more proof of that? I would love to hear from you.

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Amberg’s Peter Pan

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ome time ago, a Peter Pan doll in all original costume joined my collection. In the February 1929 issue of Playthings, the Louis Amberg & Son Company of New York City had offered three “Sensational Hits,” one of them being my Peter Pan doll. He was easily recognizable in the ad illustration, because of his special features. With small impish nose, bangs and side swept hair he looked the part.

I assumed that the reason for offering a Peter Pan doll might have been a current event, such as a popular film or play. To this day, Peter Pan has been a perennial favorite with children and adults. The original play was written by Scottish playwright J. M. Barry and had its first performance in London on December 27, 1904. From then on the story of Peter Pan, the young boy that didn’t want to grow up, traveled the world in the form of several motion pictures, a Broadway musical, children’s books and a classic Disney cartoon etc. A silent film had been shown in New York City in 1924, produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Herbert Brenon.

The part of Peter Pan was played by Betty Bronson.

Obviously, that could not have been the reason to produce a Peter Pan doll, five years later, in 1929.

Some time after I bought a cute little cotton dress.

The dress label stated: “Made of a (logo) Peter Pan Fabric. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Guaranteed Fast Color.”

What caught my attention was the logo. It showed a figure with pointy pompom cap holding a palette in one hand and paintbrush in the other. The print type of the words with the logo was also familiar. I had seen both before in the 1929 Louis Amberg ad right next to the illustration of their Peter Pan doll.

A search on the Internet revealed that this logo belonged to a fabric company. It was registered under No. 0261241 on September 10, 1929 and issued to Henry Glass & Co., 46-50 White Street, New York, NY. Further information stated that “the Trade Mark ‘Peter Pan’ has been continuously used in the business of said corporation since June 21,1917.”

I further learned that Peter Pan fabrics are still available today.

Additional trade magazine ads placed by the Amberg firm in 1929 do not shed light on what the arrangements were between the fabric company and Amberg. The fact that Amberg commissioned the design of a special head for their Peter Pan doll rather than just using one they had in stock and dressing it in an appropriate costume, is an indication that this was no ordinary project.

Apparently, something did not work out as expected with the promotion of this special, very attractive doll.

Amberg’s Peter Pan is a rare find in today’s collector market. Additional dresses with the Peter Pan fabric label have not been seen.

There is one additional fact that may have come into play. One year later, in 1930, the E. I. Horsman Company of New York City bought Amberg’s composition doll line.

While Horsman continued to sell the “It” doll, they may have decided to drop Peter Pan.

Peter Pan dressed in the Peter Pan Fabrics dress.

An ad in the February 1929 Playthings advertised three of Amberg’s “sensational hits,” one of them, a Peter Pan doll. The logo, depicting a elf-like figure with a palette and paint brush, is the same as the dress label.

Dress Label marked: “Made Of A // (logo) // Peter Pan // Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. // Fabric // Guaranteed Fast Color.” (First line of text hidden in the seam.)

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Zu-Zu ginger snaps advertisement as seen painted on the side of a two story building.

16” Zu-Zu Kid showing off her original Zu-Zu Ginger Snaps box.

No identifying marks. She is all original, except for her paper hat. Composition flange head, hands and molded boots.

Cork stuffed body and limbs, fully jointed with inside disks.

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nother infrequently seen advertising doll is the Zu-Zu Kid introduced by the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company of New York City in 1916. Their ad seen in the Playthings issue of February, 1916 announced: “Another Sensation in Doll Land! The “Zu-Zu” Kid Comes to Join the Famous “Uneeda” Kid. Now they travel together – the most famous travelers in Doll Land – our old friend, the Uneeda Kid, with his lady friend.”

The Zu-Zu Kid derived her name from a brand of ginger snaps sold by the National Biscuit Company. Obviously, Ideal expected their cute little girl dressed in a clown suit ride to success on the coat tails of their well known Uneeda Kid. This was not going to happen. As mentioned before, the Zu-Zu Kid is a hard to find doll.

I consider myself lucky to own an example of this little charmer wearing her original, star studded clown suit. Just recently I was able to acquire her original Zu-Zu Ginger Snaps box, but her pointed same fabric cap still goes missing and the paper hat I made will have to do.

Adding this new accessory for the Zu-Zu Kid made me again wonder why the Uneeda Kid, advertising Saltine

In this close-up we can see that the Zu-Zu Kid features what is known as an open/closed mouth with four painted teeth.

Side panel of the Zu-Zu box depicting two clowns. (A Zu-Zu box previously seen on the inter net did not show the clowns).

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Crackers, was so much more successful than the Zu-Zu Kid with her ginger snaps. Was the lack of success to blame on the cookies or the doll? The National Biscuit Company did promote their ginger snaps in a big way, as an advertisement on the side of a two- story building proves. Apparently, the ginger snaps were still being sold in the late nineteen sixties and early seventies. On the Internet, one can peruse several pages depicting Zu-Zu advertising items.

On studying the huge advertising on the wall, one is attracted to the clown face of the Zu-Zu Kid seen there. It is the traditional clown face one would expect: A chalky, white face with drawn on, exaggerated eyes and big painted mouth. Our Zu-Zu doll, on the other hand, has the face of a real girl.

How could Ideal possibly fail to appreciate the terribly important “recognition factor?”

One assumes that they were thinking just a bit too much about the Uneeda Kid whose promotional material showed a real boy in a yellow rain slicker. For collectors, Ideal’s mistake is their gain: Uneeda Kid and Zu-Zu Kid look good standing on the shelf side by side. They do travel well together!

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Mystery Dolls In My Collection

by Bernice Millman

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ost doll collectors will agree that dolls having no obvious identification marks often find their way into our collections. When a doll appeals to us, it doesn’t really matter who made the doll or where it came from, we just want that doll!

As I sorted through my own collection of undocumented dolls, I came across many more enigmas than I had imagined. It is my hope that one or two mysterious examples will be recognized by my readers and if so, will share their knowledge with me and others.

Mystery Doll #1 My first mystery doll has a hang tag that reads “Thea Hosaeus Berlin.”

This square bit of cardboard anchored to the doll’s wrist by a red cord is the only identification on this 16” cloth child. She came into my collection many years ago when I found her at The Atlantique Show in Atlantic City, N.J. Her head, made of flesh toned silky fabric, features startlingly blue painted eyes outlined with fringed lashes and sweetly painted facial features that declare her as unique. A blond mohair wig gently curves around of her cheeks.

The slim torso is closed by side seams.

The right arm is bent at the elbow while the left arm hangs straight. The hands lacking finger detail are shaped like the letter “c”.

Her legs, crudely gathered at the top are swing jointed at the hips. When the doll is undressed her head appears too large for her body.

Many searches through doll reference works yielded no information nor did the name Thea Hosaeus appear in any of these works.

Mystery Doll #2 This unusual doll is all wood and stands 17” tall. Her head is a solid round wooden ball with flat painted facial features. A wig made of yellow yarn is styled with bangs and multi-curls.

The narrow rounded torso, squared off at the hips allows for sitting. Her arms and legs are jointed at shoulders and hips. Her limbs are loosely strung and allow the doll to sit and pose with ease.

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Fingers are not emphasized and only the slightest indication of thumbs, with painted pink fingernails, are evident. Her legs are simple sticks that feature extremely large flat feet, completed by black painted shoes and white painted socks.

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wrist. One, a shield shaped tag that reads: “This is Melissa in her Summer Frock ”(on one side) and “An original creation exclusive with Capesley Dolls Philadelphia, Pa. Patent pending” on the opposite side. The second tag is oblong and gives instructions as to the proper care of the doll along with the following information: This doll is guaranteed by the designer, Helen Smiley, Philadelphia 10, Pa. Patented Feb. 6, 1945, No.1405304 U.S. Patent Office. The patent search revealed a serious error on the part of the U.S. Patent Office, since the above number matches to a mechanical contraption and not the doll.

A telephone search in the Philadelphia area annoyed several people with the last name of Smiley, but yielded no information.

This unusual girl looks so much like a Gulliver’s size version of the Schoenhut Pinn doll and is coincidently also made by a Philadelphia native. Could it be that Ms. Smiley played with Schoenhut Pinn dolls in her childhood and was inspired to create her own larger version? I found this mystery at a doll exhibit and show held at the Maryland Historical Society. She has been in my collection for about fifteen years.

Mystery Doll #3 I first saw Celeste, at a very upscale cosmetics boutique, fetchingly displayed among lovely items of merchandise made up of fabric that matched the pattern in her costume.

Created more as an advertising eye-catching ploy then a doll, this 23” doll has a resin composite shoulder head. Her facial features are flat with the mere hint of a molded nose. A lovely pink mouth and slightly blushed cheeks make this doll a real knockout.

She wears a waist length wig made of abundant amounts of Raffia. A simply constructed body of soft white cloth, with arms stitched at the shoulders ending in mitt hands and legs that are swing jointed at the hips. Her shaped feet with upturned toes feature printed black slippers. Her construction is very reminiscent of a boudoir doll of the 1920’s.

Around her neck hangs a cardboard tag reads “the doll is a Nordic House Design, NYC.” Nordic House Designs made lovely raincoats, umbrellas and matching travel accessories. As before mentioned, these items were made of the same fabric as Celeste’s costume.

I learned from the Nordic House that the doll designer is Josephine Alexander. She also designed the clothing for the doll which was made in the Nordic factory where the boutique items are also manufactured. I was informed the faces were painted by an artist who had a studio in Woodstock, New York. Enclosed in the box that came with the doll is a certificate that tells the same details as the neck tag. This Celeste is item number 50 out of 500 manufactured. What a delightful surprise to find the certificate is signed by Mary Englebrite. Is she the artist in Woodstock, New York who painted the face of this doll? If so, it must have been early in her career. Calls to the Englebrite Studio have gone unanswered leaving me to wonder.

Mystery Doll #4 A sweet-faced boy resides in my collection of mystery dolls. He is very special having been gifted to me by several dear friends to celebrate a landmark birthday.

An oil painted cloth face features deeply inset brown eyes, a beautifully molded nose and a shy smile on his lips. Cheeks that still retain their rosy glow and lightly painted brown hair brushes his face in wispy curls, very reminiscent of a Kruse child, add to his charm. His neck is stitched onto a slim but well padded cloth torso, with wooden ball jointed 52

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shoulders, elbows and wrists. His legs are jointed at the hips by way of metal discs and his toes are delineated by red embroidery thread.

On the doll’s lower rear is stamped the following information: D R Patent, 25 216, (a 7 or 1, not clear), however, DRP-translates as Deitche Reich Patent or German Registered Patent.

The only bit of information I was able to get came from Coleman’s Encyclopedia that was taken from an article or ad in March 1926 Toy Trader. It states that this German Patent Model was granted for 18 years to Dr. Oscar Arendt.

A smaller example of this doll came into my collection recently. For comparison, these two were stripped bare and characteristics compared. How exciting to find the smaller 13” version made exactly the same as the 16” doll. The smaller example, however, lacks the stamped information on his rump. It seems as if these boys are a pair of mysteries.

Mystery Doll #5 My next Mystery Doll does not resemble what is commonly accepted as a Bing doll, however, when making a comparison of her body construction and fabric to an authenticated Bing, (albeit, a much smaller version) it revealed that the body construction and fabric are identical. Yet, another clue is the undergarments worn by each doll are an exact match.

Facial features, however, bear no resemblance either in construction or painting to what is accepted as a Bing. Her full face with tiny pointed chin, full mouth and moveable tin eyes add charm to the little girl. A blond mohair wig styled in the mode of

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the 1920’s verifies her era of manufacture. Her clothing is made of felt, including her shoes that are similar to the felt shoes found on Bing dolls. She is definitely an example of the Art Doll Movement.

According to Coleman, Bing Werke is also known to have manufactured a cloth art doll, with a mask type hand painted face and inserted flirty eyes. Some of these dolls were dressed in felt clothing as well. My little girl seems to fit into this description. Could she be this seldom found version of a Bing doll?

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Mystery Doll #6 This little mystery girl is a 16” bundle of charm.

Her head is covered with stockinet and has molded hand painted features, large blue eyes. A pert nose, full pink cheeks, a sweet mouth and a most appealing a double chin describes her facial characteristics. A side parted dark blond mohair wig hides slightly molded ears. Her well-shaped cloth body is firmly stuffed and her arms and legs swivel.

Her costume is very reminiscent of the French or Italian dolls of that era. According to a note tucked into her dress by a former owner, it states this doll is of Bavarian origin.

Perhaps she truly is and if so, possibly the product of Otto Hausser who took over doll manufacturing from Emil Pfeiffer in Vienna in 1894. By 1927 the company was making a Lenci-type felt doll that resembles this one.

The soles of her black and white shoe read HAUSER (not Hausser) WEIN (Vienna) MSAL stamped in a triangle. I wish I could confirm that she was made by Hausser!

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Mystery Dolls #7 A mysterious pair live arm in arm in my doll case. It is obvious, this 14” gentleman and his lady have never been separated. They were originally displayed at a UFDC convention standing shoulder to shoulder in a gilt shadow box from which I liberated them.

Their bodies are shaped by armatures covered with fine cotton and stuffed with batting. Both heads are made of a plaster like substance with molded and painted features.

From their amusing facial characteristics it is obvious the artist was blessed with a fine sense of humor.

The lady is posed with her chin tucked coyly into her neck. Her nose is extremely exaggerated in length and is tinted a deep pink at its tip. The beautifully painted eyes are downcast. Her smiling red lips and very rosy cheeks disclose an artistic hand. A wig of red yarn is hand sewn onto a silk base. Her cloth arms are painted from the elbows ending in separate long fingers.

Her male companion with his most prominent red tipped nose is a perfect match for this lady. Well painted eyes, very rosy cheeks and a red smiling mouth are enhanced by a painted black moustache and Van Dyke beard. His wig of black animal hair is short and curly and ends in sideburns. He is amusing to look at, yet retains certain elegance, enhanced by an ornate silk suit and top hat. His body construction matches that of his lady. The clothing on both dolls is so delicate that I didn’t dare disturb anything in order to satisfy my curiosity.

This comedic pair initially gives the appearance of being French. Adding to the mystery of origin, a small piece of cardboard bearing English lettering was found tucked into the crown of the gentleman’s top hat. This could mean the dolls might be American or possibly French made.

This pair is not at all what a doll factory would mass produce. It seems they were meant to represent a special occasion or event. The doll maker used a wild and wonderful imagination when creating this couple.

Without any marks or identification the origin of these dolls shall remain a mystery.

Mystery Doll #8 A large placid girl is the best way to describe this next mystery doll. Her shoulder head is of very fine composition featuring deeply molded eyes. Very full cheeks and slightly parted almost colorless lips reveal small painted teeth. Her brown mohair wig is firmly glued over brown molded hair that is only apparent when the wig is lifted. The wig is anchored onto her head by three tiny brass tacks that bear the inscription “D. CENTRAL 2.”

Her firmly stuffed cloth body contains a large voice box.

Arms that swivel at the shoulders are half cloth ending in wooden lower arms with carved fingers. Her swing legs are half cloth from hips to just above the composition molded rosy knees. An interesting feature of her body jointing reveals two thin knotted elastic strands originating from the back of the doll through the torso of the front, knotted again and 54

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9 extending down into the upper part of the legs, through the leg to the rear of the legs and again knotted. There does not appear to be a reason for this since the doll can stand and sit well.

With her solid and serious demeanor, she might well have been a “best friend and confidant” to the lucky child that owned her.

Mystery Doll #9 Only 11” tall, but so full of character! This boy’s paper mache head has molded facial features that have been touched by an artistic hand. Heavily lidded and multi lashed eyes with arched brows and a smiling mouth revealing white teeth are charming.

His body is made of a heavy cardboard tube that ends just below the waist. There is no lower body. His cloth arms end in stitched detailed hands. The boy stays upright by means of a wooden stand that slides into the tube.

Dressed as a hotel bellboy, he may have been an advertising item. His spiffy uniform jacket is blue felt with yellow trim and double breasted brass buttons down the front. The bottom of the uniform gives the impression of trousers due to a seam down the middle but is actually one piece of fabric, very full at the hips and tapering down towards the hem. His head is round and bald but

covered by a cunning pill box hat that matches his jacket. My overall impression of this fellow is that he is French. Perhaps he plied his trade at a swanky hotel in Paris in the late 1920’s or ‘30’s. He has no marks.

Mystery Doll #10 Oh la la! My last mystery doll is without a doubt a “Frenchie”. From her cloche hat to her gold “leather slippers” she oozes charm and sex appeal.

Her swivel head and deep shoulder-plate are flesh toned chamois (suede). The torso is made of heavy cotton with tiny applied breasts, shapely swivel arms and legs made of a fine silky fabric. She is disc jointed at shoulders and hips. The metal discs are imprinted with the words PARIS DEPOSE and are covered with circular cloth patches. This doll is meticulously made.

A blond floss wig, in flapper style, caresses her cheeks. Huge green eyes, surrounded by flirty lashes, and accented by highly arched brows, a “Clara Bow” smiling mouth and a pert little nose and chin describe her brightly embroidered facial features.

Her roaring twenties era costume is accessorized by a lace evening bag that holds a long wooden cigarette. According to Dominique Pennegues, the author of an article published in Antique Doll Collector Collector, April, 2010 issue, the doll is classified as a French Boudoir Doll. Ms. Pennegues states: “There are only three others like her known to exist”. This poses a double mystery, who made this doll and what was the reason for the exclusivity? While puzzling and often frustrating to the doll collector, the secret origin of these dolls adds a certain charm as well as another dimension to the pleasure of collecting.

Credits: Cloth Dolls, Identification and Price Guide.

1920’s and 1930’s by Polly Judd The Encyclopedia of Dolls by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman Vol.1 Doll Home Library Series The Schoenhuts, their book Vol., 9 by Marlowe Cooper

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

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

2/1-6/22/13. Musee de la Poupee- Paris. Ethnicities Dolls Reflecting People New Exhibition. 01 42 72 73 11. www.museedelapoupeeparis.com.

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1 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous On Monday Night Auction. Theriault’s Headquarters. Theriault’s.

800-638-0422. (F) 410-224.2515. www.theriaults.com.

3-5 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction Inc. www.withingtonauction.com.

603-478-3232.

5-7 New Harmony, IN. Doll Show & Workshops. New Harmony Conference Center. Gateway Doll Study Club of St. Louis. Rhoda Wade. 618-387-1255 or 618-384-8735. www.newharmonytristatedollshow.com.

6 Des Moines, IA. 25th Annual Spring Doll & Toy Show.

Iowa State Fairgrounds. Colleen Holden. 515-986-1975.

6 Myrtle Beach, SC. Doll & Bear Show. Sea Mist Resort.

Knight Shows & Events. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com.

6 Ringgold, GA. Doll Show. The Colonnade.

Chattanooga Doll Club. Jane Heavener. 706-965-6031. mjheavener@catt.com.

6 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions. 410-275-2094.

7 Youngwood (Greensburg), PA. Doll & Toy Show.

Youngwood Fire Hall. Laurel Highlands Doll Club.

Penny Fetter. 724-832-0282.

7 Ontario, Canada. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. London Ukrainian Centre. April Norton. 519-433-8888.

10 Hatfield, PA. Doll Auction. Alderfer Auction & Appraisal. 215-393-3036. www.AlderferAuction.com.

12-14 Los Angeles, CA. Marquis Auction Weekend.

Hilton-University City. Theriault’s. 800-638-0422.

(F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com.

12-13 Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. Big Toy Auction. spielzeugauktion@t-online.de. www.spielzeugauktion. de. 0049(0)6203-13014 (F) 0049(0)6203-17193.

13-14 Bethlehem, PA. Antique City Festival. Lehigh University Fieldhouse. 800-822-4119. www.AntiqueCityShow.com.

13 Charlottesville, VA. The Dogwood Festival Doll Show.

389 Elk Drive. Judith Seay. 434-295-2628.

13 E. Syracuse, NY. Doll Show. E. Syracuse Community Center. 315-698-4501. Oldolls1@hotmail.com.

13 Holland, MI. Doll Show. Holland Civic Center.

W. Michigan Snowbabies, Muskegon Sand Doller Doll Club. Barb Kuznicki. 616-633-1720. vballbarb@aol.com.

13 Houston, TX. Doll Sale. Brenda Waters. 281-304-6010. texaswahine@sbcglobalnet.

13 League City, TX. Doll Show & Luncheon. So. Shore Harbour Country Club. The Doll Club of Houston.

Brenda Waters. 281-304-6010.

13 San Jose, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Santa Clara Fairgrounds. Crossroads. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all. com.

14 Cincinnati, OH. 19th Annual Doll & Toy Show. Holiday Inn I-275 North. Queen Barbie Doll Club. Margie Schultz. 513-207-8409.

14 Toledo, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Stranahan Great Hall.

Sandy Bullock. 734-282-0152. www.toledodollshow. com. Sandy4085@hotmail.com.

14 Whitman, MA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Knights of Columbus. Whitman Mother’s Club. Norma Gardner.

781-534-5769.

19 Chehalis, WA. Dolls: From Out of the Attic Exhibit.

Lewis County Museum. 360-748-0831.

19-20 Newark, OH. Artist Dolls & Dollhouse Miniatures Auction & Show. Apple Tree Auction Center.

800-842-3526. www.mcmastersharris.com. mark@mcmastersharris.com.

19-21 Ralston, NE. Antique Spectacular. Ralston Event Ctr. Kimberly Schillig. Melting Pot Productions.

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

20 Arcadia, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Arcadia Masonic Center. Forever Young Antique & Collectible Dolls.

818-368-4648.

20 Austin, TX. Doll Show. Norris Center @ the Northcross Mall. Joni Holland. 817-929-1691.

20-10/6 Basle, Switzerland. Special Exhibition.

Spielzeug Welten Toy Worlds Museum Basle. www.toy-worlds-museum-basle.ch.

20 Cedar Rapids, IA. Doll & Toy Show. Teamster’s Union Hall. Elaine. 712-889-2154.

20 Columbia, SC. Doll Show. National Guard Armory.

Columbia SC Doll Club. Cheryl. 803-438-9578. www.columbiascdollclub.org.

20 Erie, PA. Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel & Conf. Ctr. Luncheon.

Penn/NY Doll Club. Norma Koch. 814-899-5889.

20-21 Gaithersburg, MD. Black Memorabilia Doll & Collectible Show. Montgomery County Fairgrounds.

301-649-1915. www.johnsonshows.com.

Visit the United Federation of Doll Club’s Inc.. in the Learning Room © on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the

162nd Eastern National Antique to Modern Show and Sale in Gaithersburg, MD. Members of UFDC will once again present our doll “show and tell.” See the dolls hear the speakers - have your dolly repaired or restrung - win door prizes!

The featured speaker on June 2 is Val Star. Hear her educational and entertaining lecture “Antique Dolls: Large and Small We Love Them All” at 1 pm.

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20 Largo, FL. Doll Show. The Royal Palms of Largo.

Land O’Lakes Doll Club of Tampa. 813-854-6208.

20-21 Livonia, MI. Doll Show. Livonia Marriott. Sherry Bonner. 586-996-4428.

20 Sparks, NV. Reno Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn. 775-342-7629. www.melindasdolls.com.

20 Spokane, WA. Doll Show. Spokane Community College. Bldg.#6. sewsewmary@netzero.net.

Mary Sherwood. 509-838-8487.

20 Tucson, AZ. Doll Show. Tucson Convention Center.

Karen. 520-321-0003. Karen@TucsonDollShow.com.

21 Columbus, OH. Doll Show. Aladdin Shrine Center.

McMasters Harris. Mark Harris. 800-842-3526.

21 Sturbridge, MA. 11th Annual Doll & Toy & Bear Holiday Show. Sturbridge Host Hotel. Kimberly Kittredge. www.treasuredmemoriesantiques.com.

860-559-5040. KSKittredge@yahoo.com.

23 Ford, PA. Doll & Doll Accessories Auction. William H. Bunch Auctions. 610-558-1800. (F) 610-558-0885. info@williambunchauctions.com.

24 Anaheim, CA. Spring Doll & Collectors Show.

Anaheim Plaza Hotel. 831-438-5349. DollFestival@aol. com.

27-28 Columbus, OH. Artistic Figure in Cloth & Clay. Double Tree Columbus/Worthington. Cyndy’s Dolls. Cyndy Sieving. 614-397-4147.

27 Denver, PA. Doll Auction. Morphy Auctions. 717-3353435. (F) 717-336-7115. morphy@morphyauctions.com.

27 Fullerton, CA. Best Little Doll Club of Orange County Luncheon & Doll Show. Michele Wise. 949-586-1385.

27 Henrietta, NY. Doll Show. The Church of the Good Shepherd. Henrietta Doll Lovers Club. Dottie.

585-889-1015. Odailey622@aol.com.

27 Phoenix, AZ. Valley of the Sun Doll Club Luncheon.

Dobson Ranch Inn. 480-831-9081.

27 Pleasanton, CA. Doll Show. Alameda County Fairgrounds. Herman Shows. www.hermanshows.com.

27 Raleigh, NC. Doll & Bear Show. NC Fairgrounds.

Knight SE Doll Shows. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com.

28 Oakville, Ontario. Greater Toronto Doll Show.

Holiday Inn. Mary Lou. 416-221-3093. greatertorontodollshow@gto.net.

28 St. Charles, IL. Chicago Toy Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Antique World Shows, Inc. Herb Regan.

847-800-3009. www.chicagotoyshow.com.

30 Largo, FL. Doll & Bear Show & Luncheon. Royal Palms of Largo. Land O’Lakes of Tampa Bay, FL Doll Club.

Kathleen Short. 813-854-6208. kpswalling@aol.com.

4 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Al Bahr Temple. Mini Doll Friends of Southern CA. Gloria Osborn. 619-298-2447.

Globob31@gmail.com.

11 Batavia, NY. Doll & Bear Show. The Clarion Hotel.

Saturday’s Child. 585-265-1226. 585-506-7948.

11 Bremerton, WA. Doll Show. Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside. Marie Adair. 360-779-9806.

11 Columbia, SC. Antique Doll Show. Knight SE Doll & Bear Shows. 803-783-8049. www.KnightShows.com.

11 Kimberly, WI. Doll Show. Tanners Grill. Enchanting Dolls of the Fox Valley. Sharon Roxanne Wallis.

920-739-0461. dolldiva@new.rr.com.

11 Nazareth, PA. Doll Auction. Dotta Auction Co. 610-759-7389. (F) 610-759-3992. www.dottaauction.com.

11 Santa Cruz, CA. Doll & Bear & Arts Show. The Hotel Paradox. National Doll Festival. 831-438-5349.

16-19 Orlando, FL. Doll Convention. International Palms Resort. Fire-Flies Golden Age of Dolls. 636-825-7584.

17-18 Nevada City, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Nevada City Elks Club. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713.

18 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Diane Clifford. 858-449-0835.

19 Madison Heights, MI. Doll Show. United Food & Commerical Workers. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier. 586-731-3072.

19 Mayfield Heights/Cleveland, OH. Doll & Bear Show.

Sherwin-Gilmore Party Center. Eileen Green.

440-729-9690.

19 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. Carol Benson. 507-864-3073.

19 New Hope, PA. Doll Show. Eagle Fire Hall.

Mark Lehmann. 215-657-2477.

21 Oxford, England. Fine Dolls & Teddy Bears & Juvenalia. Bonhams. +44 (0) 20 8963 2839. leigh.gotch@bonhams.com.

25 Annapolis, MD. Elan Auction. Sheraton. Theriault’s.

800-638-0422. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com.

25 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Pasadena Elks Lodge.

Forever Young Antique & Collectible Dolls.

818-368-4648.

25 Santa Cruz, CA. SciFi & Comic & Game & Toy Show.

The Hotel Paradox. National Doll Festival.

831-438-5349.

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2-4 Philadelphia (Essington), PA. Doll & Bear Convention.

Ramada Airport Hotel. Terry Quinlan. 805-687-8901.

2-6 Stevenson, WA. Convention & Show. Old B Dolls with Patti Ulrich. Skamania Lodge. 503-556-2441.

3-4 Vallejo, CA. Doll Show. Vallejo Fairgrounds. 925-2294190. (F) 925-229-5369. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

3 Vineland, NJ. Dollhouse & Furniture Auction. Bertoia Auctions. 856-692-1881.

4 Atlanta, GA. Annual Atlanta Doll Club Luncheon.

Marriott Atlanta, Shirley Davis. 770-381-5040.

4-5 Chicago, IL. Doll Show & Sale. Embassy Suites.

National Antique Doll Dealers Association (NADDA).

847-678-4000.

4 Dover, NH. Doll Show & Sale. Dover Elks Hall.

San-D-Over Dollars. Trudi Googins. 603-868-7039.

4 Fullerton, CA. Doll Show & Luncheon. The Crowne Plaza. Nancy E. Cooper. 714-449-9796.

4 Maitland, FL. Annual Doll Show. Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. 407-678-5678. bkeenbauch@cfl.rr.com.

4 Oklahoma City, OK. Doll Show. Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Expo Hall #11. Kyle Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

4 Ottawa. Doll Show. Ernst & Young Centre.

613-825-9326.

4 Salt Lake City, UT. Doll Show. Utah State Fairpark.

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

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Calendar continued from page 61 26 Gaithersurg, MD. Discover Day Auction. Hilton.

Theriault’s. 800-638-0422. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com.

27 Annapolis, MD. TEN2GO Auction. Sheraton.

Theriault’s. 800-638-0422. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com.

31 Dallas, TX. Doll Convention. Hilton Anatole.

Kelly Herrington. 972-317-7175.

JUNE

1-2 Bismarck/Mundan, ND. Luncheon & Doll Show.

Best Western Seven Seas Hotel. Bismarck Doll Friends.

Ila Marvel. 701-258-7869.

1-2 Gaithersburg, MD. Eastern National Doll Show.

Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Bellman Events.

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

1 Montgomery, AL. Doll Event & Luncheon. Arrowhead Country Club. The Montgomery Area Doll & Toy Club. 334-279-8018.

1 Prescott, AZ. Annual Prescott Doll Show. Wyndham Garden Hotel. Lynne Shoblom. 928-713-1909. Diane Vigne. 928-308-2644.

2 Belleville, IL. Doll & Toy Collectible Show. St. Clair County Fairgrounds Belle-Clair Expo Bldg. Kay Weber.

618-233-0940.

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

9 Naperville, IL. Doll Show. Marriott Hotel. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125.

9 Sandwich, MA. Doll Show. American Legion Hall.

Yesteryears Doll Study Association. Cynthia Burke.

508-697-5781. Jennifer Sweeneyjaide73@hotmail.com.

13 Arcadia, CA. Doll Show. Arcadia Masonic Center.

Sandy Kline. 818-368-4648.

15 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction.

Crescent Shrine. 410-275-2094. Sweetbriar Auctions.

Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2094.

22 Beachwood/Cleveland, OH. Luncheon & Doll Show.

Hilton Cleveland East/Beachwood. The Cleveland Doll Club. Pat Dutchman. 440-785-4183.

22-23 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Event. Dorothy Drake. www.dolls4all.com.

26 Louisville, KY. Madame Alexander Doll Club Convention. Louisville Marriott Downtown.

212-368-1047.

28 Darby, MT. Doll & Toy Show. Darby Community Clubhouse. www.bitterrootbabies.com. Kay Schrader.

406-360-7214.

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Free Parking • Catered • Raffle

Phone 623/266-2926 or cell 206/295-8585

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

Antique and Collectible Dolls Teddy Bears • Old Toys Accessories • Clothing

American Legion Hall 20 Main Street (Rt. 130), Sandwich, MA

Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa

Lynne & Di’s Third Annual Doll Show & Sale New Day, New Location

Sponsored by the Yesteryears Doll Study Association Information: Cynthia Burke 508-697-5781 or Jennifer Sweeneyjaide73@hotmail.com A Quality Show in the Beautiful Village of Sandwich, Cape Cod

Dolls & Toys & Bears OH MY! DOLL SHOW & SALE! Sunday September 29, 2013

10am to 4pm - Crowne Plaza Hotel 3131 Campus Drive, Plymouth, MN 55441

Sunday December 8, 2013

10am to 4pm - Cape Coral Yacht Club 5819 Driftwood Pkwy, Cape Coral, FL 33904 On site Doll Repair & Apprasials Admission: $5 Adults $1 kids 10 & under

For more info 239-282-9499 www.dollstoysbearsohmy.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Sherman’s Antiques

& Doll Hospital

1103 6th St. N.W. Winter Haven Florida 33881 We specialize in antique and collectable toys and dolls and also deal in all types of antiques. Our doll doctor has over 20 years experience with all doll services performed on site. We make as well as restore teddy bears too. Our doll doctor can make wigs, clothes or any service your doll may need. We are located in central Florida and opened year around seven days a week. Monday thru Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm. Call 863-956-4333 or 863-221-4035. Email: Jerry@Shermansantiques.net Website: www.shermansantiques.net Member of UFDC and Doll Doctors Association of America

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

Please visit our website for a fine selection of antique dolls, dollhouse dolls, dollhouse miniatures, teddy bears, all bisque dolls, bathing beauties, kewpies, dresser boxes, snow babies, half dolls, and doll accessories at www.thedollworks.net

• Crocheted and knit socks and clothes for small and large antique dolls and others.

• Can copy old doll clothes from originals (sewing) • Replacement arms and legs for china head dolls • Compo bodies and replacement parts for antique and old dolls • Exact copies made of old bisque dolls and some old compo dolls • Miniature and doll house dolls

Email: smacmot@gmail.com phone 406-245-7190 leave message

Early Babette Schweizer furniture

www.TheDollWorks.net

FRIZELLBURG ANTIQUE STORE A quality group shop specializing in dolls, toys

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

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

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

I can also do appraisals by mail. Victoria Way, P. O. Box 501, Tehachapi, CA 93582. Phone 661-823-7828 or 661-972-7728. Please visit my website at www.doll-appraisals.com or www.antiquedollappraisals.com

and holidays. Visit our website today!

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

We also carry a quality line of antiques, textiles, furniture and jewelry.

30 years of experience where you can buy or sell with confidence. Call us with your wants, we have an ever-changing inventory.

410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850

ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810-4351.

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

RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION LINKS TO YOUR FAVORITE ADVERTISERS SEARCH OUR BACK ISSUES LIST PATTERNS AND MORE AT: WWW.ANTIQUEDOLLCOLLECTOR.COM

Silber and Fleming Dollhouse

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

Place Your Ad Here a classified marketplace for antique dolls and related merchandise Copy Ads: 35 cents per word, no limit; $12 minimum Ads with a border and boldface, add $10 to word total BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ADS we can convert your color ads to black and white 1/12 page ( 2 1/2” h x 2 3/8” w) $40 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $50 FULL COLOR PHOTO ADS 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $125

10 Sami Court, Englishtown, NJ 07726 Ph. 732-536-4101 Email: santiqbebe@aol.com www.sarabernsteindolls.com www.rubylane.com/shops/sarabernsteindolls 64

ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

APRIL 2013

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

Please include payment with your ad. Larger ads are considered display ads — call us for information. 1-888-800-2588.

Open by appointment only in January and February

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

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SEE US AT THESE UPCOMING SHOWS

New Harmony Doll Show, Sun April 7, New Harmony, IN Toledo Doll & Bear Show, April 14, Stranahan Great Hall, Toledo, OH Chicago Toy & Doll Show, April 28, Kane County Fairgrounds, St. Charles, IL NADDA Chicago Show, May 4 & 5, Embassy Suites, Rosemont, IL Dollicious Doll Show & Sale, May 19, UFCW Hall, Madison Hts, MI

UFDC

Buying entire collections and dolls of merit.

Please call 630-553-7757 or 630 247-1144 cell

e-mail: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

Located in Stoudtburg Village 8 N. Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA 19501 Currently open by appointment or Sundays by chance

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

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

Now there are two ways to buy great dolls from us...

Becky’s Back Room

Open 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, visit our exclusive shop at BECKYSBACKROOM.RUBYLANE.COM New dolls listed every week!