July 2014

Antique DOLL Collector July 2014 Vol. 17, No. 6

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Marquis Cataloged Doll Auction “As in a Looking Glass” Preview 9 AM. Auction 11 A.M.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Estate Doll Auction (list available) Preview 9 AM. Auction 11 AM.

At the San Antonio Hyatt Regency Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

A 140-page full-color catalog with photographs and historical descriptions of each doll is available for $59 by calling 800-638-0422 or visit theriaults.com. Absentee, telephone, and live online bidding is available if you cannot attend.

The important cataloged auction on Tuesday, July 15 will highlight dolls from five major collections including those of noted early collectors Jean Strong of Williamsville, New York (Bru, Jumeau, Huret, fashions, automata, and American cloth), Bonnie Tussing of Florida (classic Bébés and rare German characters), and Patricia Cox of Portland, Oregon (A.T., Jumeau, Bru, German characters, and rare automata). As well, there are extraordinary original dolls and automata fresh from French estates, and part one of important carved wooden and Neopolitan dolls of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum (sold to benefit the museum’s collections fund).

PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Mar yland 21404 Toll-free: 800-638-0422 • Fax: 410-224-2515

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Educational videos ab out antique dolls— a v a i l a b l e f o r v i e w i n g o n Yo u Tu b e .

Florence Theriault, co-founder of Theriault’s, will be your guide in her many virtual walk-throughs that explore details, highlights, and rarities of the many exciting antique dolls that are offered at Theriault’s famous doll auctions.

Simply visit theriaults.com/vignette After July 1st, watch for a new video featuring rare dolls from the “As in a Looking Glass” auction to be sold July 15, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, Texas.

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Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 7” Baby Bud All Bisque, perfect bisque overall (has a little rub where his fingers hit his face on each side, non detracting), orig. mohair wig, br. sl. eyes. Marked “Baby Bud” on his back.

DARLING!! $675.

16 1/2” E. 7 J. Jumeau Bebe, perfect pale pressed bisque, orig. head coil, blue threaded p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, orig. mohair wig & pate. Wears ant. FACTORY Jumeau dress, ant. undies, ant. Fr. shoes & crocheted socks plus magnificent FACTORY Jumeau velvet hat w/plume. On orig. early st. wrist Jumeau body.

Tremendous presence. Absolute KNOCKOUT!!! $8875.

16 1/2” S & H #1009 DEP, gorgeous bisque, blue sl. eyes, orig. wig & an extra, wears orig. batiste dress, orig. shoes, ant. slip, orig. red shoes & ant. velvet hat. On orig. S & H body.

STUNNING!! $1750.

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6” “Our Fairy” All Bisque, br. sl.eyes, perfect bisque overall, orig. mohair wig, ant.dress.

PRECIOUS & great large size. $1100.

13” Kestner 128, cl/mo, Immaculate pale bisque, gorgeous blue sl.eyes, fabulous orig. mohair wig in orig.set, wears gorgeous FACTORY orig. batiste & lace dress, undie set matches lace trim on her dress, orig. leather shoes & socks & fabulous ant. ruffled bonnet.

On orig. Kestner body. Too BEAUTIFUL for words. An AMAZING beauty!!! $2900.

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

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

10" A.M. #240 Kewpie Googlie Toddler, huge blue sl. eyes, big watermelon mouth, painted & molded hair, mint pale bisque, wears great ant. dress w/crisscross stitching & rouching & lace collar, ant. crocheted socks & shoes. On orig. 5 pc. toddler body. The cutest one I have ever seen!!! $5500.

5” Kestner “All Bisque” Jointed Googlie, br. side glancing sl. eyes, watermelon mouth, mint bisque overall, orig. mohair wig, orig. net & silk ribbon dress & orig. undies.

RARE model with desirable “jointed elbows and knees”. ADORABLE & sure to make you smile!!! $3800.

12” Steiner Series C Bebe, perfect pale bisque, huge blue p/w eyes. luscious lashes, early mauve blush under brows, fabulous ant. mohair wig in orig. set, orig. pate, orig. batiste & lace dress & orig. “marked” #2 shoes w/rosettes, matching #2 on head, orig. socks & darling ant. hat. On orig. early st. wrist Steiner body, great cabinet size, tremendous presence. GORGEOUS!! $7500.

7” Fun-E-Flex “Pluto the Pup”, wooden body, suede ears, completely poseable legs, tail and neck. Made in the 1930’s.

Has his identifying tag on his neck and is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! $650.

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An early 15 1/2” closed mouth German on a jointed composition body with straight wrists in her original clothing. Marked on the rear of head 52-47, she has brown paperweight eyes and an inquisitive look on her face. A nice cabinet sized doll that is also fresh to the market from a Pennsylvania attic. $975 A fantastic 20” closed mouth black “A.T.” Kestner child on a fully jointed straight wristed composition body. Dressed in a period outfit with set brown eyes and cafe au-lait bisque. It is very unusual to find such a large example. $6000

mirror all while a melody plays. In excellent working order and free of any damage to the bisque head or hands. $4750 A wonderful 13” “A.T.” Kestner character child on a jointed wrist Kestner body. Quite the endearing expression having copied the “look” of its French counterpart...A. Thullier. Dressed in a more recent outfit she unfortunately has a faint hairline behind her ear and thus priced accordingly. $2250

Seated on the lap of the previous doll is a 3 1/2” Kewpie Soldier mkd with the typical “C” on the underside of his feet. Overall in very fine condition with no damage to the bisque. $375

An all original 39cm (15”) K*R 101 Marie. Great expression with nice bisque, on the proper pink jointed K*R body wearing her original white cotton outfit & undergarments. A few minor wig chips mostly at the rear of the head and all hidden by the original blonde mohair wig. $1900

A 22” Jumeau Automation of a young lady powdering her nose and looking into her mirror. The doll is standing on an unusually styled fabric covered base, marked Tete Jumeau # 4 with a closed mouth, amber paperweight eyes, bisque arms, pale bisque & her original fanciful bebe style outfit. When activated she raises her hand to powder her nose then turns her head to glance in the

An early 21” S&H 949 character child on a chunky ball jointed composition body. Typical of these early Simon & Halbig dolls they have heavy bisque and quite expressive facial features. This gal has brown glass sleep eyes, pale flawless bisque and dressed in an antique white cotton outfit with her original brown mohair wig. $975

Lynette Gross Selling a diverse array of unique and antique dolls

Telephone (317) 844-6459 Email LynetteDolls@yahoo.com

Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.

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See you at the UFDC Salesroom in San Antonio!

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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Important Doll Auction in San Antonio on July 15

All original dolls, source material and fascinating archival photographs from this center of the doll-making industry.

by Samy Odin With the recent discovery of an original catalog, we can now identify dolls made by this Lenci competitor.

THERIAULT’S CELEBRATES TEXAS HISTORY

DRESSING DOLLS IN THE WALTERSHAUSEN AREA OF GERMANY by Mary Krombholz

About The Cover Our July cover

ALMA, UNVEILING A GREAT ITALIAN DOLL COMPANY

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GALLUBA AND HOFMANN; ALWAYS IN FASHION

by Sharon Hope Weintraub These unusual bisque seated ladies from the early 20th century starred in a 1983 national advertisement.

features one of the dolls to be offered at the Theriault’s July 15 auction in San Antonio, Texas, an exquisite Bru Brevete with the rare original body. Everything from sublime French bebes from the Golden Age to rare German bisque art characters, French automatons, mignonettes, American dolls including an Izannah Walker, and early paper mache and porcelain dolls from three important collections will be sold. Here’s a firsthand look! Photo courtesy Theriault’s.

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A MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY HOOD FOR A CHILD DOLL by Susan Sirkis

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THE GRAND TOUR EUROPEAN TRAVEL FOR DOLL COLLECTORS

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by Donna C. Kaonis The recent TLC tour to Italy, Switzerland and Germany offered non-stop doll and toy museums, festivals and flea markets.

PLAYING WITH GOOGLIES

by Alf Ertsland These delightful dolls love being photographed!

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The author shows us how to make a doll hood with soutache using modern materials.

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clear features, this quality miniature w/ glass eyes and hip length orig. mohair wig boasts elaborated drop waist period crocheted ensemble incl. pantalettes and hat! $750.

2. 18” Early K * R ‘192’ Sophisticate – if you love complete and lavish antiquity consider this original premier model, first in a legendary series, with sweeping hat, finely constructed Greenway style dress, fancy unders and factory leather shoes – plus the early K * R stiff wrist body of course! You’ll want none other $795.

3. Rafael Tuck ‘Sweet Sybil’ – richly colored and festooned this striking easel back paper doll is doll-like indeed with several changes of fashionable dresses w/matching hats – all contained in original box. $250. (See #15) 4. 8” Mint Brown K * R Toddler – scarce ‘easy to see’ size, ‘starfish hands,’ orig. wig, 2 porc. teeth, lovely color and complexion, (dress not shown), contained in a small trunk with extra dress, hat and orig. must see miniature christening gown with robe and bonnet! $1100.

5. In all their creativity Lenci produced only one model with Glass Flirty Eyes. This Factory Original young miss with 2 tags and her own Lenci Dog is a delight! With stylish brimmed bonnet and stunning red and black checkered silk taffeta gown, she is a ‘must have’ – for dog lovers too! $1595.

6. ‘Spears’ Multi Head Character in Box – paper dolls took up the excitement of character dolls too as in this Rare Boxed Set containing the doll, 4 different heads and all the outfits! A colorful treasure comes with display easel for cabinet color! $450.

7. See # 5 8. 16” Museum Class ‘Taufling’ – prime example of this 1878 first edition Schilling with orig. wig in 5 layers of perfect original christening clothes incl. the flannel swaddling!

A one owner estate doll for the lover of Motschmann and other early historic and iconic dolls. $495.

9. We love the sweet heart of this 20” ‘pretty in pink’ demure Rare Brown Fashion Doll with tag, orig. wig and 5 layers of tulle gown with matching shoes! $395.

10. Lenci Dog (see #5) 11. Renowned in the history of 50’s modern dolls this Mint Pat. Pend. Terri Lee is early with big brown eyes and original labeled clothes including velvet coat! $395.

12. 16” Rare Brown Terri Lee ‘Patty-Jo’ – being hand painted no two are alike as seen in her lively expression and widely set exaggerated black eyebrows – matching the orig. pigtailed wig. An early Pat. Pend.

Treasure with the daisy on her wrist and dashing velvet coat/hat ensemble! $750.

13. Stupendous describes this outrageous Gladdie Boy in an unheard of 28” size w/ 17” circ. head! With the original body in his elegant period linen belted suit w/ silk velvet trim and brass buttons, you’ll thrill to the excitement of Gladdie as you’ve never seen him before – and probably never will again! $1495 14. True Love was never such fun as this Cabinet Size Pair of 12” Pierrots with rare bisque heads and original costumes – he with his serenading wooden guitar – it’s Kismet! $325.

15. Rafael Tuck with wardrobe (see #3) 16. Art Deco Boudoir Creation – charming long lashes fantasy with painted silk glamour, boutique dressed in charmed pink with her own slim and pretty hand painted hat box for her broad brimmed chapeau and accessories! $395.

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Rare Black China $2500

Sonneberg Child $2200

Steiff Teddy Bear $150

Frozen Charlotte with Wig $295

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Top Row: 1. 21” Petit & Dumoutier, exceptionally rare. She is an outstanding example of the much admired mold. $18000.

2. 15” Petite, Stunning Rabery and Delphieu “to die for” as the kids say. $4900.

3. 28 inches of show stopping beauty. This Santa has is all. $2400.

Bottom Row: 4. 13” Block letter Francois Gaultier.

Adorable face, gorgeous blue spiral eyes, you won’t want to put her down. $6100.

5. 13” #243 Oriental Kestner baby boy. Totally original, from head to toe, Fantastic clothes, an exceptionally adorable face and an especially desirable size. $4600.

6. 25” Gorgeous Simon Halbig #939. The quality of the doll is just superior. This face is nothing less than a work of art. One of the best 939’s we’ve ever had! $4900.

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See us in the UFDC Salesroom, July 16 to 20, 2014, in San Antonio, TX.

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Carmel Doll Shop

We’re looking forward to welcoming all of the UFDC Convention attendees to our double booth in the UFDC Salesroom in San Antonio, July 16-20.

For all of you local area collectors, please don’t miss Public Day in the UFDC Salesroom on Saturday, July 19, from 12pm to 7pm.

Michael Canadas and David Robinson (831) 643-1902 • Carmel Doll Shop 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 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!

Auction Gallery Theriault’s in Las Vegas

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he elegant Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas was the setting for Theriault’s recent auction Memorial Day weekend featuring the collection of Helen Welsh and Evelyn Heidepriem. These two important collections contributed to a well-rounded event featuring a full complement of antique dolls.

For additional results visit theriaults.com and click on Proxibid. Prices listed here do not reflect the buyer’s premium.

The “Flirtatious Red Haired Dandy” by Phalbois. 40 inches, with five movements and two tunes, formerly in the Christian Bailly collection, $48,000.

A 12-inch Schmitt et Fils, the company’s earliest model with a flat-cut neck socket known as “cup and saucer” style, $14,500.

Hotly contested, this petite Bru Jne bebe, size 2, 12 inches tall, wearing an extraordinary Scottish costume, sold for $52,000.

Another small 12-inch doll, this all original E. J. with signed shoes brought $38,000.

An all bisque mignonette measuring 7 inches, marked 5 and made

by Gaultier, wearing the original costume sold for $5,600.

Kammer and Reinhardt’s 107 character, c. 1910, the model known as “Karl,” 12 inches, $13,000.

Considered one of the rarest Lenci dolls, the 1928 felt portrait doll of Valentino as the Sheik, 30 inches, brought $26,000.

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Tel: 425.765.4010 Beautifulbebes@outlook.com A captivating, childlike rendition of a sought after doll. Beautiful execution of painting gives her a tender appearance, accentuated by her plump cheeks and innocent expression. She has the classic heavy lidded dreamy painted eyes and is garbed in a silk crème and lavender checkered dress in enfantine style with black velvet trim and antique straw sun hat with black feather and velvet accents. She also carries a black velvet jacket and black parasol. Mlle. has a desirable stamped Huret wooden articulated body. Please email or call for details~ Meet a magical mademoiselle...clearly a beauty with large sapphire blue eyes, sweetly painted features, exquisite orig wig in long curled set over cork pate & Parisienne couterier summer ensemble with lovely flounced ruffles and tiny rosebud accents. Her most desirable feature; her beautiful highly articulated wood body with perfect bisque arms and carved feet.

The kid over wood covering is in excellent, clean condition. She assumes many poses... beauty and talent! $8,995~

Exceptionally gorgeous smiling portrait doll attributed to Dehors with life-like movement in the neck enabling the doll to pose quite realistically. This is a very hard to find model and she has an extra (not shown) original summer weight ensemble. She is in overall excellent condition with replaced bisque arms and sturdy kid body. Please email or call for details~

Truly adorable, tiny size 1 Bru Jne from the Henri Chevrot period with bisque articulated arms and wooden legs.

A sensational little jewel in excellent condition. $17,500~ (Special convention pricing this month only!)

For excellent service contact Beautiful Bebes when Selling or Consigning!

We are excited to see you!

July 17th-20th • JW Marriot Resort Ballroom Shared Passions UFDC Convention Salesroom

Early Premier Portrait Jumeau with deep chocolate paper weight eyes; incised 8 and signed body. Superior mohair wig, antique ivory dress with petal pink sash and complimentary bonnet. $7995~ Fabulous Incised Depose marked 10 with gorgeous face, deep blue paper weight eyes, original mohair wig, sage taffeta silk dress and French wired bonnet. Truly beautiful. $8995~

Member UFDC & NADDA

Very beautiful Jumeau fashion doll.

Stands 17” tall, dressed in very rich looking black velvet ensemble with beaded feathered hat (not shown), orig ornate wig, pierced ears, swivel neck. This is a doll with exceptional presence! $5500~

Petite 15” Bru Poupée with sweet serene expression.

Original wig and charming couturier forest green silk ensemble with jaunty lace and flower bonnet.

Excellent! $4800~

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1. 13 1/2” English poured wax portrait of a young King George V. $1275. 2. Endearing 21” Philadelphia Baby with repaint so old, it has it’s own patina! Who knows what is or is not underneath? $2250. 3. 18” Kestner 180 character, so rare with open/closed mouth. $2850. 4. 20 1/2” Biscaloid version of SFBJ 237 character in orig. clothes. $995. 5. 21” Bru Jne. R, who walks, kisses, and says Mama! $5200. 6. 16 1/2” Simon Halbig 1039, chocolate bisque, unusual carton torso. $795. .7. Unique and seldom found New York Rubber Doll in orig. box in surprisingly preserved condition. $1450. 8. 13 1/2” Simon Halbig 1358, mocha bisque, rare size. $6200.

SEE YOU IN SAN ANTONIO!

Stop by our booth and pick up a free gift. (while supplies last)

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Always Buying Dolls of Quality For a Houston adventure please visit our spacious location at

Thompson’s Antique Center of Texas Texas’ largest antique center with over 50 antique dolls and accessories for sale.

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Theriault’s Celebrates Texas History

Emile Jumeau’s Bebe Triste in the rare smallest size 9 is presented in her original costume from the Ernestine Jumeau workshops.

Stunningly beautiful early period Bru Brevete with rare original body and exquisite costume.

The early French bisque poupee has a rare and beautiful body by Clement.

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Opening the auction as #1, and standing guard over all, is a French bisque poupee by Gaultier in superb antique regimental costume.

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Six beautiful Bru bebes including this rare Bebe Modele with wooden body, and “circle/dot” model in original costume are featured in the “As in a Looking Glass” auction.

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o captivating was the beauty of the legendary 19th-century British actress Lily Langtry, that the infamous Judge Roy Bean of Texas (“the only law west of the Pecos”) fell madly in love, named his hardscrabble courtroom-saloon “The Jersey Lily” in her honor and even changed the name of his Texas hometown from Eagle Tree to Langtry - even though the two had never met. When Lily toured America with her theatrical company in the 1880s and 1890s, his presence was often noted in the audience, and likely he applauded wildly at her performance in the popular play “As in a Looking Glass”.

Aptly titled, “As in a Looking Glass” is Theriault’s July 15 cataloged doll auction in San Antonio, Texas. It is likely that even Judge Roy Bean would appreciate the bevy of beauties to be presented there. Three important private collections are featured including that of Jean Strong of Williamsville,

at Important Doll Auction in San Antonio on July 15

German black-complexioned bisque art character, model 1358, by Simon and Halbig is especially artistic in larger 22� size.

Two lovely brown-eyed bebes from the firm of Leon Casimir Bru.

Classic bebe from the golden age of Bru in stunning antique green velvet costume and with original signed Bru shoes.

American folk art is represented by pensive-faced Izannah Walker doll with ringlet curls.

New York, with highlights ranging from the most sublime of French bebes from the Golden Age to rare German bisque art characters, French automatons, mignonettes, American dolls including Izannah Walker, and early paper mache and porcelain dolls.

Ladies of fashion, as was Lily Langtry herself, wearing their original fine costumes are highlights of the auction, including several models with extensive trousseaux.

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Precious tiny taufling babies are so delightful; included is a porcelain example and a black paper mache model in original costume.

The apogee of French bebes is the exquisite A.T. by Thuilier; this 18” blue-eyed example is in a fine antique costume.

The German closed mouth doll known as “A.T. Kestner” is especially charming in the petite 10” size.

Known as Princess Angeline for her exact likeness to the elder image of the daughter of Chief Seattle, the model was created by Gebruder Heubach firm of Germany, and is very rare.

A 180 page full color catalog with photographs and historical descriptions of each doll is available for $59 by calling 800-638-0422 or visit www.theriaults.com. Absentee, telephone, and live online bidding are available if you cannot attend.

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Poupees with rare bodies and provenance are in attendance at the auction including “Lily” from the doll shop of Lavalle-Peronne, and a stunning 33” beauty with a curvaceous wooden fullyarticulated body.

The early 20th century Renaissance of the French Doll is represented by a fine wax lady by Lafitte Desirat, an artistic Prevost-Huret poupee with wooden body, and a delightful coquettish lady on self-base with original costume designed by Milliere.

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We are bringing a fabulous collection out for sale for the first time!

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Antique wood carved horse, second series portrait, large all bisque, fabulous size 2 E D.

See you at the Greatest Doll Show of the year!

UFDC

UFDC national convention salesroom in San Antonio, Texas. Location is JW Marriott San Antonio hill country resort. Sales room hours are: Thursday July 17th after opening ceremony till 10:30. Friday July 18th 12PM to 6 PM. NEW! Saturday July 19th “PUBLIC DAY” 12 PM to 7 PM. (YOU CAN FLY IN FOR THIS) Sunday July 20th 9 AM to 1 PM. (LAST CHANCE!)

Dressing Dolls in the Waltershausen Area of Germany

By Mary Krombholz

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he picturesque town of Waltershausen, with a population of 10,287 in 2012, looks much like it did when doll making was the principal occupation of the townspeople (1). The castle (Schloss) Tenneberg dates back to 1176, and it contains an excellent doll museum filled with dolls made in the Waltershausen area. The town never housed a porcelain factory, but 19 doll factories remain in Waltershausen to remind visitors of the town’s doll-making history.

Thomas Reinecke, longtime Director of the Waltershausen Doll Museum, researched and located all of the old doll factories which are still standing in Waltershausen. Reinecke is credited for finding the doll factory buildings in the January 25, 1996 issue of the Ciesliks’ Puppenmagazin. All 19 Waltershausen doll factories are pictured in that issue.

The Kestner doll and porcelain factory made a series of bisquehead dolls marked with letters of the alphabet. The lower edge of the shoulder plate and the back of the head on this 14-inch Kestner doll (2), circa 1880s, are both marked with the letter D.. The center of the original plaster pate also contains the incised letter D and the number 4. The doll is wearing an original wig, a dress embellished with feather stitching, a lace-trimmed petticoat, lace-trimmed pantalets, shoes and socks.

The Alt, Beck & Gottschalck porcelain factory in Nauendorf, Thuringia made the bisque shoulder head (3) for this 15-inch doll circa 1880. The lower edge of the shoulder plate is marked: 698 4. The original cloth body and leather arms were made by the Wagner & Zetsche doll factory in Ilmenau, Thuringia. The doll is wearing an original wig, hat, dress, underwear, shoes and socks.

This 15-inch bisque socket-head doll (4), circa 1880s, was made by the Kestner doll and porcelain factory.

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The only mark on the back of the head is the size number 7. The doll has an original plaster pate, as well as an original wig, underwear, dress, socks and shoes.

Page 18 of my original 1918 Kestner sample book pictures a group of wigs (Perucken) made at the factory (5).

The wigs vary in length and styling.

An oral history provided by the daughter of a wig maker described the creation of doll wigs with the following words: “Predominantly women work on doll wigs at home.

Their work hours were 12 to 16 hours a day. We made wigs for every type of doll according to the wishes of our customers. We made wigs with long and short hair, braids, buns and curls. Gazekappen (caps made of thin gauze) in various sizes served as a base for the wigs. On these caps we stitched or glued simple hair strands and hair partings made from mohair, synthetic hair and real human hair.

To style the hair we put the caps on wooden-head forms which were adjustable in size, so the wig caps did not slip. We often used curling irons in various sizes which were heated in a gas ame. We combed the requested

hairstyle, pressed the hot curling iron in a piece of beeswax and burned the curls and waves into the straight hair.

In the end we cut the hair and bangs to the desired length. For very curly hairstyles we wrapped the hair on metal rods and put these rods into a hot oven. We had to be very careful to make sure the temperature was not so high that it burned the hair. The heat shaped the hair into curls. The size of the curls depended on the diameter of the metal rods, and we used thin rods for small curls and thick rods for large curls.� This account of wig

making is from the Tessmer book described in the Sonneberg articles.

Although these oral histories describe home workers in the Sonneberg area, doll making was carried out in an identical manner in the homes of Waltershausen workers.

Seventy-two pairs of boxed doll shoes are pictured on page 20 in the original 1918 Kestner sample book (6). Fifty-three pairs have rounded toes and shoelaces. The high-heeled pairs on the bottom row have pointed toes. An oral history given by a home worker provides the following ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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information on making doll shoes: “Every doll, whether dressed in a beautiful dress or a simple play dress, should always have the right footwear. It was the job of the doll shoe maker to produce these shoes.

We worked at home in our small family business and delivered shoes twice a week to the doll makers in the larger doll factories. My father formed the shoe soles out of cardboard with the help of a special cutter and a large wooden hammer. Women and children usually made the upper shoe parts out of heavy paper, oilcloth or leather. My mother sewed the upper parts with her sewing machine and then she glued them onto the soles.

Eyelets and laces were added, and buckles and bows also decorated the shoes. The color and material of the doll shoes varied with the changes in fashion. For a small, simple pair of paper shoes without any extras we received what would be 35 cents a dozen in American money. The average weekly wage of all family members in 1900 was about 30 German Marks.

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This bisque socket head, GM 1891, was made by the Simon & Halbig porcelain factory for the Roullet & Decamps French doll factory (7). The eyes move from side to side by means of a mechanism inside the head. The doll walks by means of a key-wound mechanism. The doll is wearing a replaced wig and original leather underpants, lace-trimmed pantalets and petticoat, dress, socks and shoes.

The back of the head is marked: S.H./1039//Germany//DEP//10½.

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The circa 1892 bisque socket head on this 12-inch doll (8) was made by the Simon & Halbig porcelain factory for the Roullet & Decamps French doll factory. The 12-inch doll, advertised as “Ondine,” has a keywound, mechanical cork and wooden swimming body with metal hands. The back of head is marked: 1079/2//DEP// SH//Germany. The doll is wearing an original wig, hair decoration, and lacetrimmed bathing attire.

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The circa 1908 Munich Art dolls are credited with initiating the German character doll movement. Marion Kaulitz designed and made the clothing for many of the dolls which were described as “full of individuality and character and yet childish, so truehearted and bright, so charmingly pert and rakish.” This 13-inch Munich Art doll (10) is wearing an original wig, underwear, blouse, laced vest, skirt, apron, socks and shoes.

The Simon & Halbig porcelain factory made this bisque socket head, marked: K*R//114//26 (11) for the Kaemmer & Reinhardt doll factory in Waltershausen. Advertised as “Gretchen,” the 10-inch doll is completely original, and has never been undressed. The original box protected the doll from light damage, and she looks exactly as she did when she was first offered for sale circa 1909.

This 1911 archival photograph (12) which has been hand colored, is pictured on page 20 in my original Kaemmer & Reinhardt 25th Anniversary Booklet. Twelve women, seated at long wooden tables, are making wigs which resemble the

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original wig worn by the “Gretchen” character doll pictured in the preceding photograph.

The Hertel & Schwab porcelain factory, located in Stuetzhaus, Thuringia, made this 15-inch character baby circa 1912 (13). The bisque head is marked: 151//8½. The doll is dressed in original underwear and lace-trimmed baby dress.

The Baehr & Proeschild porcelain factory in Ohrdruf made this bisque character head (14), marked: Germany//K&H (inside) Banner//525//1, for the Kley & Hahn Banner//525//1 doll factory. The 11-inch doll, circa 1912, is wearing original underwear and lace-trimmed baby dress.

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The Simon & Halbig porcelain factory made this bisque character head, marked: K*R//Simon & Halbig//121//36, for the Kaemmer & Reinhardt doll factory (15).

The 10-inch doll, sold as “My Little Darling,” has a 5-piece composition baby body. The 121 mold number was registered in 1912, and the heads were still listed in the K&R 1928 catalog.

This 1911 archival photograph (16), which has been hand colored, is pictured on page 12 of my original Kaemmer & Reinhardt 25th Anniversary booklet. It shows rows of completed K&R dolls in a K&R sample room, including a character baby similar to the 122 mold number example pictured in the preceding photograph. The Simon & Halbig bisque character heads are mounted on K&R composition child, toddler and baby bodies in the photograph. Thuringian sample rooms were kept filled so that buyers could see the factory’s finished products and place doll orders twelve months of each year.

Three “Mein Liebling” character babies, with Simon & Halbig bisque socket heads (17), were made for the Kaemmer & Reinhardt doll factory.

These identical heads are marked: K&R//Simon & Halbig//126 along with the size numbers in centimeters.

The heads are mounted on jointed composition bodies which represent a child (center), a toddler (right) and a baby (left). The 14½-inch doll in the center has flirty eyes which move by means of a lever on the back of the head.

The dolls are wearing original wigs, underwear and dresses.

This 1911 archival photograph (18),which has been hand colored, is pictured on page 22 of the original Kaemmer & Reinhardt 25th Anniversary booklet. Two women are placing wigs on K&R bisque socket-head dolls on the left side of the photograph, and a box of dressed and wigged K&R character dolls are visible in a box in the far left foreground of the photograph. Boxed dolls are stacked next to the man standing at a tall desk on the right side of the photograph.

These two 3½-inch all-bisque Kewpies “Huggers” (19) were made by the Kestner porcelain factory, and well as other Thuringian porcelain factories, circa 1913 on. The bride originally wore a white crepe-paper bridal dress, but all that is left of her original clothing is a small strip of the net veil which partially encircled her head. The groom is 26

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wearing an original crepe-paper top hat, tuxedo jacket and pants. The groom’s bare feet with molded toes are painted black to simulate shoes.

This sample-book page of dolls’ house dolls (20) is from my 1918 Kestner sample book. Twenty one shoulder-head dolls with cloth bodies and bisque lower limbs are pictured.

Five unmarked Kestner dolls’ house dolls (21), circa 1890s on, are dressed in original clothing. By comparing the modeling and facial painting of these dolls with the dolls pictured on the Kestner sample book page, it is apparent that they were made by the Kestner porcelain factory. The dolls pictured here all have bisque shoulder heads and cloth bodies with bisque lower arms and legs.

They vary from 5½ to 7 inches in height.

The 7-inch doll in the center, dressed in an original military uniform, is wearing a red-felt jacket, black-felt pants, as well as black oilcloth boots. The jacket and pants are elaborately trimmed with goldcolored, embossed paper. The soldier’s original accessories include a red, goldtrimmed shield and a realistic pewter curved sword with a gold handle. In 1892, an identical doll sold for 82 cents in a New York toy store.

These five unmarked Kestner dolls’ house dolls (22), 5 to 6 inches tall, have bisque shoulder heads, cloth bodies and bisque lower arms and legs. A 1913 F.A.O. Schwartz catalog advertised: “Dolls’ house dolls for use in dolls’ houses. We have a large variety of small dressed dolls such as gentlemen and ladies in different costumes. We also have maids, nurses, waiters, butlers, cooks, etc. The dolls measure from five to seven inches, and range in price from 50 cents to $1.50.”

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Bisque head “Uncle Sam” doll 12-1/2” tall $1250.

Alma, Unveiling a Great

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by Samy Odin

or a long time, dolls made by the ALMA company in Cremona, Italy were mildly appreciated by cloth doll collectors.

Since the publication of the The Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls by the Colemans (Crown, 1986), then in 1990, Cloth Dolls by Polly Judd (Hobby House Press), Le Bambole Lenci by Michela Giorgi and Hernietta Solmavico (Idea Libri) in 2003 and Lenci, the History and the Dolls by Nancy Lazenby in 2007 (Reverie Publishing), the doll community has been aware of the

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A recently discovered Alma catalog from the early years of the company allows us to finally identify these wonderful dolls.

Italian Doll Company

A young girl still retains her original hang tag.

existence of the Alma dolls, but the lack of documentation about them keeps Alma creations marginal compared to those by Lenci.

A recent discovery brings the production of this exemplary firm into a new light. A catalogue dating from the early years of this company makes

it now possible to identify several ALMA models.

Settled in Cremona, ALMA was founded by Matteo Soldi on July 15, 1926. It specialized in “bambole artistiche” (artistic dolls) made of felt with hand-painted features. Looking at the paper tag shown on one of the ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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The charming and well-executed Chinese boy #304. French private collection.

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dolls displayed at Musée de la Poupée-Paris, one can notice that the name of the company was an acrostic: “Alacriter Laboravi Maxima Attinges”, which means, “he who works hard gets maximum results”.

It seems evident that this formula was meant to compete with the acrostic Lenci had used on its own

labels “Ludus Est Nobis Constanter Industria” (play is our constant business). Even the square shape of the paper tag, sewn onto the doll garments, was reminiscent of Lenci’s.

The catalogue that the Musée de la Poupée-Paris acquired some time ago shows how deeply the Alma production was modeled on Lenci’s

example, yet nevertheless, revealing a different style.

According to Giorgi/Solmavico’s research, this was a typical family affair. The founder had his two daughters work with him, as well as his son-in-law, Vincenzo Pera, who ended up running the company after 1929. Matteo Soldi was actually 72 when he founded ALMA; this leads me to think he actually brought the financial assets to make the project of this company come to fruition for his daughters, who had the skills and the energy to make it work. Maria and Anita Soldi were the artistic and crafting heart of ALMA, when the male figures seem to have been essentially involved in the finances and in the sales.

Between the two world wars it was still critical, for an Italian woman, to run a business on her own. For

those who made it happen, it seemed easier or more appropriate to register their firm under the name of either their father, brother or husband. It was the case, for example, of Elena König Scavini with Lenci or Clelia Broggi with Clelia.

This unveiled catalogue shows the same type of organization that composed Lenci catalogues from the early thirties: babies to ladies, toddlers to teenagers, small dolls 28 cm tall (11”) to large dolls standing 75 cm (almost 30”), boys and girls with Caucasian or exotic features, dressed in urban or traditional garments…

64 different models are presented in this catalogue!

Such a diversified offer could only be possible for a successful company with a large number of employees and an efficient managing committee.

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Some dolls seem inspired by specific models

by Lenci, such as Alma’s Pepi (#171 in size 50), which is very similar to Lenci’s Jack (#1500A of 1930) with its typical embroidered apron, or Alma’s little boy wearing a knitted cardigan and a felt pair of shorts (#169 in size 50) dressed like Lenci’s classic #300/10, also featured in the 1930 catalogue, only to name a few among the most obvious “look-a-likes”. Most of the dolls shown in this document are, like Lenci dolls, in the style of the late 1920s and early 1930s, with painted features that always include side-glancing eyes

and wearing garments obtained from the combination of felt and organdy.

What makes most Alma dolls very recognizable from Lencis is their assembling system. Most of them were elastic strung, like a regular articulated doll, when Lenci dolls have an assembling system closer to one used for plush animals.

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Some Alma models featured in this early catalogue are also documented in private collections. Page 100 of Lazenby’s book, for example, shows the groom #143 and this confirms the fact that it was indeed conceived with no hat.

In a French private collection the Chinese boy #304 holds his typical pottery jars.

The largest dolls presented in the Alma catalogue measure 75 cm in height (30”). One in this size, preserved in the museum’s collection, wears a spectacular buccaneer costume, but it is not featured in the catalogue shown in these pages. Lenci hasn’t made any doll wearing a similar costume, which makes this creation by Alma even more special. The doll wears high heels boots cut from a black oilcloth.

The rest of the costume is made of quality felt in a combination of white, red and black. Boudoir dolls

by Alma seem to be very appreciated by advanced collectors, who recognize the high quality of their manufacture and the refinement of the details on their outfits.

I hope that this catalogue will give an opportunity to cloth doll lovers to better recognize Alma-made dolls preserved in their collections and I look forward to keeping in touch with those of you who wish to share their Alma dolls for an on-going study about this thrilling topic.

The author can be reached at samy.odin@noos.fr.

Thank you to Françoise Thevenot for her contribution to this article and to Lori Santamaura for her help in the purchase of the “little girl with a bow”, now displayed at Musée de la Poupée-Paris.

A dashing buccaneer by Alma in the museum’s collection shows a high degree of sophistication.

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Galluba and Hofmann; Always in Fashion

By Sharon Hope Weintraub

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friend and fellow collector alerted me to the 1983 Nina Ricci fashion advertisement pictured here.

What caught her eye was not the courtier dress, but the three seated ladies. These beautiful bisque belles are Edwardian fashion ladies by the German firm of Galluba and Hofmann, dating from the 1910s.

Below is an illustration from a Galluba catalogue, showing how this trio originally sat for tea. Note the ormolu decorations on the Empire-style furniture, as well as the elegant Edwardian fashions of real silk and lace, topped by magnificent miniature millinery.

Galluba clearly lavished as much care in costuming its bisque belles as it did in creating them!

As dainty and delicate as her tiny teacup and saucer, the damsel on the next page has long lost her outfit to time, but retains her lavish mohair wig and still sits in her original wooden chair with its velvet upholstery and ormolu decoration. She is now clad only in her molded undergarments, pale-yellow stockings, and bronze boots. Of superb bisque and modeling, she is 8 inches tall.

Although she is unmarked, her chair is stamped underneath with the Galluba mark, an intertwined “G” and “H” inside a crowned shield. Made of thin wood, lacquered to look like rich red mahogany, and trimmed with tiny ormolu ornaments, the chair is every bit as delicate and fragile as its sitter. Clearly Galluba’s opulent aristocrats were intended to adorn an adult’s china cabinet and not a child’s dollhouse.

To her right is another bisque beauty from the Galluba tea party. Again, time has claimed her original garments, leaving her dressed only in her molded underwear, pale blue stockings, and bronze pumps with lavish bows. In her right hand she holds a molded folded fan. Of the same superb workmanship as her sister, she is also unmarked. Since time has taken her chair, she borrowed her sister’s for this sitting. Her face is rather unusual, as there are tiny teeth painted between her parted lips. She is 7.25 inches tall.

The final figure from the trio, the literary lady, has an original wig and headdress every bit as extraordinary and exquisite as the beauteous belle herself. On her lap is a molded newspaper on a stick holder. She has also lost her original outfit, as well as her chair. Now wearing only her molded underwear, blue stockings, and bronze one-strap pumps, she is 8.25 inches high and incised underneath “408 B.”

1983 Nina Ricci fashion advertisement photographed by Angus McBean.

Photo from Galluba and Hofmann catalogue.

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L-R: 8-inch tall bisque fashion lady by Galluba and Hofmann, original wooden chair. Note her exquisite face and graceful hands.

7.25 inch tall bisque fashion lady by Galluba and Hofmann with lovely features, full original mohair wig, and rather toothy smile.

A variation of the literary lady, the high-fashion femme to her right has a marvelous molded gown that is the epitome of Edwardian elegance. She also has not only her original lush mohair wig, but her ormolu-adorned chair. Again of the finest bisque and modeling, she is 7.25 inches tall, and neither she nor her chair are marked.

The Ricci advertisement was taken by the famed British photographer, Angus McBean. Born in South Wales in 1904, as a child McBean was fascinated by film and theatre, spending many hours in the local cinema watching silent films. At 15 years old, he bought his first camera. After working in a bank and as an antiques restorer, in 1932 McBean began his theatre career, creating scenery and building props. In 1936, McBean took the production photographs for Ivor Novello’s play, “The Happy Hypocrite.” Society photographer Hugh Cecil was so impressed

by McBean’s pictures, he took him on as an assistant, but, after 18 months, McBean left to open his own studio in London, where, over the next quarter of the century, he took portraits of many of the great stars of the British theater, as well as serving as the official photographer for many major theaters. When deteriorating health forced McBean to close his studio, he continued to work, taking photographs for album covers for EMI Records, including The Beatles, and photographing portraits of the talented and famous, such as Agatha Christie, and Laurence Olivier. McBean died in 1990, on the night of his 86th birthday.

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L-R: Measuring 8.25 inches high, this beauty is incised underneath “408 B.” She has a rather overwhelming chapeau.

8.25 inch tall bisque fashion lady by Galluba and Hofmann. She is the epitome of Edwardian elegance.

Below, three Galluba and Hofmann fashion ladies from the McBean estate under glass dome.

These lovely ladies not only appeared in the Ricci advertisement, for McBean twice used them in his custom Christmas cards. Beginning in 1936, McBean almost annually created his own clever cards, typically featuring the photographer in a black and white surrealistic setting, using both his skills as a theatrical design to build the miniature sets and as a photographer to capture the dreamlike scenes.

The elegant trio first starred with McBean in his 1956 card, as the bearded McBean, dressed in a dapper striped Edwardian jacket and white trousers, and the ladies took tea on the deck of a luxury ocean liner, a life saver on the railing behind them carrying the name “S.S. Angus.“ His 1982 card used a photomontage similar to that in the Ricci ad, only it was McBean sharing tea with the ladies, as a larger McBean lifted the glass dome.

On April 12, 2013, the English auction house, Lacy Scott and Knight, offered a vast collection of McBean photographs and memorabilia, consigned by his long-time assistant and partner, David Ball. Included was the petite tea party who had starred in the Ricci ad and McBean’s holiday cards. The ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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generous collector who purchased this set has shared a photo of the famous three under their glass dome.

The mischievous McBean added the miniature beer bottles and tiny cigarettes. (The ladies appear without their glass cover here.) The furniture, while it fits them, appears slightly out-of-scale and does not match the furniture in the Galluba catalogue. I wonder if McBean, who often built miniature settings for his photographs, created the table and chair for this trio?

The McBean ladies wear what appears to be their original, if somewhat faded and time-worn, Edwardian outfits.

The fact that three bisque belles from the 1910s can star in a 1983 advertisement for a modern French fashion house shows that beauty, elegance, and Galluba and Hofmann are always in fashion!

Bibliography Cieslik, Jurgen and Maryanne. German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939. Cumberland, Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1985.

National Portrait Gallery. “McBean’s Christmas Cards.” http://www.npg.org.uk/learning/ digital/distance-learning/features/angus-mcbeans-christmas-cards.php Lacy Scott and Knight. “The Angus McBean Collection. April 12, 2013.” http://www.lskauctioncentre.co.uk/media/4975085/mcbean_collection.pdf

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Circa 1840’s attributed to Jacob Petit with extensive trousseau.

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Playing with GOOGLIES

by Alf Ertsland

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ooglies should be celebrated this year. For more than one hundred years they have been a part of the great common heritage of dolls we all have enjoyed and shared. Few other dolls have the same ability to evoke a need for playing. Each time you look at them they seem so happy and content, flirty and mischievous and they really bring out the best in you. They are fun to display, alone, or with other dolls.

Of course a few of them are grumpy, sulky and angry, but their caricatured expressions are as enjoyable as the smiling ones.

Rose O’Neill’s creation of the Kewpies was the impetus for the googlies which followed shortly after production of the Kewpies in doll form. Googlies have been produced in various materials: bisque, paper

“Julia,” Kestner 221 size 5.

mache, celluloid, plastic, rubber and metal. In this article I will focus primarily on the classic googlies with heads of bisque.

Doll collecting was a rather new hobby in Norway when we hesitantly started out in 1982. Like most novice collectors, we collected what we found in the market. Finding any kind of dolls was a major event, whether it was about a simple Armand Marseille, a baby doll by Kâmmer and Reinhardt, or a slightly more sophisticated doll from CF Kling.

Looking back at the end of 1800 and the beginning of 1900, Norway was a rather poor country. Only a few stores had dolls in their assortment. Most dolls were simple china or bisque head dolls, often attached to homemade cloth bodies.

“Rödluvan,” (Little Red Riding Hood) AM 200, almost 10 inches.

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From Left: “Millie,” (named after Mildred Seeley, of course.) “Agnes,” “Ada,” and “Julia.”

K&R had a sales office in Copenhagen, explaining why so many K&R 126 and a few other molds found their way to Norway in the early 20th century.

Many rare and expensive character dolls were brought to light during the 1980’s and 90’s, and some of us probably remember the record-breaking prices from auction houses around the world.

These were also the decades when several new books on dolls came onto the market.

Serious collectors and researchers shared their experiences and gave us better knowledge about dolls.

I remember one particular photo of a SFBJ googly, mold 245 in a book by François Theimer, Ann Marie and Jacques Porot,

“Agnes,” a Kestner 221, size 7 and her little Steiff cat.

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“Ada,” and Maja, a Kämmer & Reinhardt, 131, 16 inches tall.

She is wearing a Norwegian National costume from Telemark.

released in 1986. This photo of a ginger hair googly with huge eyes really opened our hearts and helped us in discovering these treasures.

We suddenly had a new interest, and the hunting for googlies had begun. As the years passed by, we became more used to attending auctions and fairs abroad. This was the only way to find specific dolls.

Kestner googlies were rather easy to find, but at that time we found them too expensive for our budget.

We had also developed interest in French Bébés and German character dolls, and it was sometimes

Carlotta, a SFBJ 245, is a big girl at size 4.

“Didot”, Hertel Schwaab & Co molds 172, 14 inches.

hard to choose one doll for another. This is a well-known issue for many collectors with a limited budget.

In the beginning of 1990’s we were offered several dolls from a collector in Sweden, who had been collecting since the early seventies. We received some lovely photos and among them were some charming Kestner googlies. We had a minor problem however. Based on our financial situation, we were hesitant to buy anything. Yet, based on our emotions we could simply not say no. The only way to solve this was to make a visit and see for ourselves.

Group of Armand Marseille googlies, mold 200 and 210. Largest is 12 inches.

“Ada,” by her chair.

Size 10

This is how we were introduced to “Agnes,” “Julia” and “Rödluvan,” (Little Red Riding Hood). The meeting with these irresistible dolls utterly influenced our perception of googlies.

The seller was a sweet, elderly lady who had loved her dolls dearly for decades and gave each of them specific names provided the original owners had not named them.

We returned home with an empty wallet, but we brought with us a suitcase full of wonderful dolls. Other googlies were gradually added to our collection. Shortly after our meeting with the Kestner googlies, we were offered a large, wonderful K&R 131 from another collector.

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Playing in a circle

This new relationship has brought much joy to us during the years. She was definitely the first googly that invited us to play with her and thus, she obtained a very prominent position in our house. This led naturally to regular photo sessions in the garden.

For a couple of middle-aged men, this was pretty fun, and brought many cheerful comments from family and friends.

Even though we continued collecting other kind of dolls, googlies always had our attention, and now and then made their entries into our collection. Traveling to France in search of dolls was great fun in the 80’s and 90’s. That is were we found our Hertel, Schwab & Co, mold 172. Almost 15 years later, a long awaited companion, arrived, a mold 173. She is so far our last purchase and came unplanned and unexpected early last summer.

I believe she has the biggest smile there is.

We still hoped to obtain the googly that captured our attention, and the search for a large SFBJ 245 continued. A few were up for auction, but they slipped out of our hands for one reason or another. It actually took 25 years of searching to find the one we wanted. Our reservations when it came to price range had vanished a long time ago.

When Carlotta arrived, she was still as highly appreciated as she would have been during our first years of collecting. Carlotta, a SFBJ 245, is a big girl at size 4. Her eyes are huge, and her inviting smile completely irresistible.

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“Millie,” Kestner 221, size 6 with her Steiff teddy bear.

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A group of smaller googlies holding a tea party. From left: Kestner all bisque, 292; Wislisenus, bisque head, marked AW; Limbach, marked SK 10; Kestner all bisque 292, and far right a Kestner, 111 with jointed knees and elbows, 5.25 inches. In front another Kestner all bisque mold 189, 4.25 inches.

“Mirella,” SFBJ 245, size 4 in her Navy Suit, 13.5 inches.

“Thea,” Einco, rarer shoulder head version.

Mold 8764, size 3. Head made by Gebrüder Heubach. She stands 12 inches tall.

“Thea” Einco, mold 8764, size 3 and “Nurse Beetle,” a “Hug me Kiddie” with composition mask face, with her syringes. Both dolls produced by Eisenmann & Co.

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Group of Gebruder Heubach googlies

Just one year after, we randomly found Mirella, another 245, also a size 4! They have slightly different looks and body types. First one has the classical SFBJ toddler body with slanted hips, the other also with a quite chubby body, more similar to the usual body used for SFBJ character dolls. They are a wonderful couple well worth the long wait.

It is a real challenge to present so many googlies with so many different characteristics. Some of them stand more clearly out than others with exquisite defined characteristics. It has been such great fun photographing these dolls. This was also a way to become even more familiar with all the different expressions. Like I mentioned in the beginning, they are not all laughing and smiling. Some are quite thoughtful,

“Carlotta” standing, and “Lotta,” an SFBJ 245/ 23, 9 inches tall. She has tipped over backwards into a large Marklin carriage.

Gebruder Heubach girl with top knots playing with a jump rope. The two smiling dolls at the right are the seldom seen mold 8995. The largest doll in this group is 11 inches.

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“Nanette” H, S&Co, 173 and “Didot” HS&Co, 172.

and some quite modest or shy. By photographing them in different angles, a new expression appears. And by putting two or more of them together, new situations and new emotions emerge.

Our collection is far from complete, and probably never will be. The most important thing has been the joy of collecting. It is a goal in itself. Along the way one will need enthusiasm, patience and intuition. These are qualities that do not always go so well together, but sometimes can give amazing results. The googlies will deďŹ nitely keep on bringing us a little extra sunshine every day.

Dolls from the collection of Alf Ertsland and Svein Hellberg.

Maja, a K * R 131, clearly enjoys being photographed.

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The Tender Years

Deborah Varner 303-850-7800

queenbeev1@comcast.net • Member UFDC Layaways welcomed and consignments taken.

15” Fire A Steiner. Couture and factory orig. Wears/hat/dress in purple silk. Long blonde mohair.

Dk. Bl. Pw. eyes. Feathered brows. Finely strokes lashes.

Has her first place ribbon from Nationals in 1978. $ 7,850.

12” French Second Series Portrait. Creamy white bisque.

Strong bl. eyes.

Blush under brows. Orig. blonde mohair wig. Orig. pate.

Jumeau head coil intact. Orig. clothes/ Fabulous presentation hat. St. wrists. $ 8,650

11” Simon/Halbig 739. One of the first in the S&H series. Well over a hundred plus years old. Couture.

Factory orig. Lt. Br. toned skin color. Br. eyes.

Pierced ears. Om. with teeth. Orig. dress and hat with lace. Orig. red socks & old br. leather shoes. A TREASURE. $ 3,250.

8” FS&Company 1295 toddler. Orig with added hat.

OM. with teeth. Dk. Bl. eyes. Excellent body finish.

Starfish hands.

Blonde braids.

Jointed at neck, arms and legs. TOO DARLING FOR WORDS. $ 1,550.

18” French E 8 J Jumeau, Bright blue PW eyes. All orig. with added presentation hat.

Orig. cork pate with head coil intact. Chunky French body with SW. French shoes mkd. 8. Fabulous modeling.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL $ 8,700.

4 1/2” Mignonette.

Dressed in red silk with red silk beret.

SO SWEET. $ 1,925.

NOW ACCEPTING

2” Angel half doll. Made in Germany by a company named Orlik. $ 155.

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Marion Maus Specializing in Dolls and Miniatures

Ellicott City, MD • Email mmausantiques@gmail.com Phone 443-838-8565 • Member NADDA, UFDC

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The Grand Tour European Travel for Doll Collectors

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by Donna C. Kaonis

recently returned from the TLC doll tour to Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Like many of you who have taken escorted tours, the itinerary typically involves historical ruins and churches (as the British say abc, i.e. another bloody church). Not that I have anything against famous landmarks…and in fact we did see several revered sites including the Dresden Frauenkirche, the breathtaking church that was destroyed and then rebuilt after the reunification of Germany. The emphasis of the TLC tour however was on toy, doll and Christmas museums and the week-long Puppenfestival International in Germany. How wonderful to be with like-minded collectors who share your interests!

Lynn Murray, ably assisted by her sister Anne Thorton-Trump and business partner Marshall Martin, were our guides for the nineteenday trip. As many of you know TLC has been conducting tours for twenty years and know exactly what venues appeal to the specific tastes of doll collectors.

In the coming months I will share photos of the trip. Museums allowed us to take photos providing we did not use a flash, so please forgive the less than professional quality of my photos.

The photos shown here were taken in Hagnau am Bodensee at the Das Kleine Museum in Germany, whose owner and proprietor Gerda Rößler has lovingly acquired an outstanding collection of early dolls and doll rooms.

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A Mid-Nineteenth Century Hood for a Child Doll

By Susan Sirkis

Original hood modeled by an antique Huret belonging to Lynn Murray. Photos Lynn Murray

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here were two exhibits at the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc., 2013 convention that provided stunning inspiration to doll dressmakers. One was the chef d’oeuvre of Sylvia MacNeil whose beautiful doll Chiffonette was endowed with a gorgeous wardrobe created

by Sylvia over a period of thirty years. The other, Les Modes Enfantines curated by Lynn Murray and presented by The Les Ruban Aubergines Club, showed garments contemporary with the exhibit dolls. Both exhibits explored fashions designed specifically for the Rohmer/Huret type midNineteenth Century child-like dolls made in France. Both exhibits were full of wonderful designs crying to be recreated by modern seamstresses for either original or, more likely, modern dolls made in the old style.

And yet, no two exhibits could be more different. The Chiffonnette exhibit showcased the extraordinary talents of a modern seamstress while the Enfantine exhibit displayed garments made to be played with by children who were lucky enough to possess original dolls. One exhibit showed beautiful clothing, new and luscious; the other exposed clothing mellowed by time and worn by play. Each has a great deal to teach the modern doll seamstress both in inspiration and technique.

An observed commonality between the two exhibits was the ubiquitous pique dress with soutache braid trim. It would appear from the number of these dresses still extant that they were very popular. The antique garments in this style appear to be professionally made. They were made in several colors: cream, white, tan, brown and pale green

have been observed in the past few years. While not always available to investigate, similarities in outward appearance are striking. Sewing techniques are straightforward and somewhat basic. All stitching is hand done. Short sleeves and pleated skirts are characteristic; bretelles are sometimes present and sometimes not. The garments present an almost irresistible challenge to today’s doll dressmaker: change the size to fit a favored doll; make the pattern; sew the trimming in place. The plan is to create a tour de force for dolly.

The problem with the plan is that today’s available fabrics and trims are vastly different from those manufactured when the styles were new. Cotton pique, the fabric of choice for the original clothing, is now only available from speciality suppliers, as is soutache. Today soutache is made of rayon, nylon or polyester instead of the original silk or cotton. Its maneuverability is reduced by half, at least. It is also not as narrow as the original. Plus, colors are not as appealing as they once were and because so much test-tube fabrication is used, it does not dye well.

As to fabric, local stores usually do not carry cotton piques: it is often necessary to search the internet and order fabric.

If the dressmaker wants to try the technique NOW, a throw down challenge must be met. The challenge addressed here is to modify the technique of applying soutache to a hood using only locally available fabrics and trims.

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and sun bonnets. Many fashion doll wardrobes are found to contain bonnets and hoods. Additionally, hoods were worn in the winter for warmth. Often knitted or crocheted, they were also made of fabric. Several names were used to describe these items including “hood.”

Children wore them as well as ladies.

The pattern presented here in both 16” and 12” size, is based on a doll hood in the collection of Lynn Murray who generously loaned it for study. The original is made in ribbed cotton pique trimmed with cotton soutache and binding. The soutache appears to have been applied at least in part after the hood was constructed. Seams on the inside are not finished and the garment appears to have been washed several times but the seams have not deteriorated. Most of the fabrics for the reproduction were purchased locally at Joann’s Fabrics and Michaels Crafts. Luckily, there is a fashion for making jewelry out of soutache now so it is possible to find. Be warned; the amount of braid used in this technique is astounding. Buy the braid by the yard rather than the cute little packages in the jewelry aisle.

Original hood made of waffle pique.

Original Hood: outside showing seam joining brim to hood.

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t is absolutely imperative that you be sure the pattern fits your doll before you begin applying any of the braid trimming. To do this, make the hood in muslin, cutting and sewing as directed. If you find the pattern lacking in some area, make it over, altering it as you do.

If you make changes, use your muslin to make a sharply defined paper pattern with clearly marked lines and braid diagrams. Use a fine pointed sharpie and white paper to make the pattern. If you needed no changes you may copy the pattern from this magazine.

Cut out each pattern piece. Use Scotch or masking tape to affix it to a translucent surface - a windowpane on a sunny day will work. Use a sharply pointed lead pencil to lightly trace the outline of the pattern on the right side of the piece. It is only necessary to mark the dots for the braid design. Release the fabric. The brim and center back can be trimmed before assembly: the hood itself must be cut out before the braid is applied.

Braid Instructions

Soutache braid is a narrow, woven braid. Thread is woven over two parallel lengths of narrow cord in such a way that they are joined into one with an infinitesimal herringbone pattern. The modern generally available

Original hood: inside.

Modern soutache braid; by pulling the threads slightly it becomes possible to shape the braid into patterns.

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braid is 3mm wide. Sewing soutache to a surface gives new meaning to “stitch in the ditch” since the classic way of affixing it to a surface fabric is to sew through the channel created by the two cords. Because soutache is often applied in curlicue designs it is necessary to manipulate the braid.

Cut a piece of braid at least six times longer than the length of the area to be covered. Apply a good fabric glue to one end to seal the fibers. Dig into the other end of the braid to reveal the base cords. Pull them just a little, as though you were going to gather the cord.

Experience will teach you how much of the cords to pull. Work the covering along the cords as though you were gathering them. Care has to be taken to pull the cords all the way to the other (glued) end of the cord just enough so that the braid can be bent into shape on the design. This procedure is of great assistance in laying the braid on the design but there is a trade-off. If the cords are pulled too tightly, the soutache becomes thickened and will be unattractive when applied to the design. Practice, practice, practice!

Use pins to apply the braid to the penciled design.

Insert pins through the dots of the design picking up as little of the cloth under the dot as possible. Weave the soutache over and around the pins as shown. As you pass each pin, bend the braid into a curved shape to make it fit. Always wrap in the same direction so that the layers of braid overlap in the same direction. Wrap about two inches at a time. Pin the extra braid out of the way as you use small stitches to attach the braid to the design. A combination of running, back and overcast stitches will be the most useful. Take great care to match thread to the braid color. Keep the surface stitches as invisible as possible...stitch in the center channel as much as possible. This is a good television activity since a really good TV program seems to make the work go faster! Again, practice, practice, practice!

Reproduction hoods.

Hood in progress: the best pins to use are 3/4 inch sequin pins.

The pins are inserted just under the dots. Braid is then twisted and shaped around the pins.

Reproduction hood: center back.

Wrong side of center back piece: note variety of stitches used to hold braid in place.

Inside reproduction hood.

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Other Options For Trim

Using readily available soutache for the 12” patterns is not advisable. Try it on a small sample.

Should you decide not to use soutache, there are other options for applying designs to the surface of the fabric. Cording can be used. Available in craft and fabric stores, cording small enough can be a satisfactory replacement for braid if the cord is soft enough to bend. Cotton yarn can be used. Thread, tightly crocheted into a chain stitch applied as braid may be considered.

Embroidery perhaps offers the best alternative.

Following the design with either stem stitch or chain stitch is attractive as well as a better scale for the smaller dolls. Use two strands of floss and keep the stitches small so the curves and circles are not lost. If you use embroidery you may want to consider tracing the entire design. Again, patience is required. This decoration whether applied or stitched, is tedious to accomplish, but beautiful when finished.

Hood Assembly Instructions Reproduction hood, front: Doll created by Suzanne McBrayer.

NOTE: Coming this summer: a Wish Booklet Electronic Resource Pattern CD with a wardrobe for mid-century children’s styles based on the Les Rubans Aubergine exhibit and the doll clothing collection of Lynn Murray.

Reproduction hood, back.

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1. Apply braid trim to the brim and center back piece of hood.

2. Sew the center back seam of the hood. Apply braid to curtain as described.

3. Gather slightly along double dotted lines. Draw up to fit around center back piece, matching notches.

4. Sew center back piece to gathered section of hood, around curved section, right sides facing.

5. Make pleats as indicated in curtain. First pin, then baste in place along the top edge of curtain.

6. Turn under the seam allowance at bottom of center back piece. Whip the edge in place to top of curtain, closing the gap. Sew in place securely running a row of stitches along the inside of the seam if necessary to keep the pleats in place.

Trim the inside seam neatly. It may be overcast if you wish. Press.

7. Sew the brim to the hood along the straight front edge matching notches. Place the wrong side of the brim against the right side of the hood. Trim the seam neatly. It may be overcast if you wish. Press.

8. Bind the entire edge of the hood with a bias strip matching the color of the braid trim. Press.

9. Sew cotton tape or ribbon where indicated by Xs on pattern. You may want to adjust the position of the tapes to make the hood fit your doll as shown in the illustrations. The tapes tie under the doll’s chin to hold the hood in place.

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Victoria: The Enduring Legacy of Lady Alexander

by Denise Buese

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

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

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

See us at the UFDC Publishers Preview

Order your copy of Victoria: The Enduring Legacy of Lady Alexander today! $45 plus $5 shipping Send check or money order to: Denise Buese, P.O. Box 91282, Pasadena, CA 91109 Or order online at DeniseBueseOriginals.com

The Enchanting Trousseau of Chiffonnette

Another Best Seller by Sylvia Mac Neil

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

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

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

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

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

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ichy’s “Gentleman Smoker,“ a musical automaton from 1900, 35 inches, with professional restoration by Christian Bailly, sold for approximately $32,500 at Auction Team Breker’s May 24 auction.

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his size 10 E. J. A with pressed bisque, blue paperweight eyes and fixed wrists, measuring 25 inches tall, realized approximately $24,000 at the May 17 auction conducted by the Galerie de Chartres.

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n exceptional circle dot Bebe Bru model from the first period, with pressed bisque on a swivel neck, 29 inches, brought nearly $16,500 at Francois Theimer’s May 31 auction in Paris.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation: Auction Team Breker. Otto-Hahn-Str. 10, 50997, Koeln, Germany. www.breker.com Galerie de Chartres, 10 rue Claude BERNARD, ZA Le Coudray BP 70129 Email: chartres@galeriedechartres.com 28630 Le coudray CHARTRES Theimer Auctions, 4 rue des Cavaliers 89130 TOUCY France. www.theimer.fr

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ost collectors know that the December Gaithersburg show is one of the premiere doll events of the year.

While the other three annual events are not as large, they remain quality shows with many great antique doll dealers.

Perhaps they may even offer the collector a competitive advantage. The June show included two free programs: Building an Eclectic Collection and VEB Bad Kösen Dolls, as well as free doll stringing and a display of Russian Stacking Dolls. Here are some of the wonderful dolls seen at the recent June show. The next event will be held September 13 and 14.

Late 1700’s wooden, all original (including case). Donna Kirsch Smith, Portland, IN

Hilda toddler and 13-inch JDK 247.

Fritzi’s Antique Dolls, Yorkvile, IL, email: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

Lencis were priced (left to right) $1795, $1795, $3250 and $2750. Phil May, Ocean Grove, NJ, email: dollmanofog@aol.com

Barrois portrait, $6250. Jackie Allington, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, email: nickandjackie@ gmail.com

Val Star, Wayne, IL, email: vakstarantiques@earthlink.net

Suzie Q and Bobby Q by Alexander. Laura Turner, Frizellburg Antiques, Westminster, MD.

Heubach’s Baby Stuart and a Scottish lad.

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These artist dolls supplied a lot of chuckles. My Little Dolls, Gaithersburg, MD, email: Jennhaj2@yahoo.com

Jumeaus (left to right) $2800, $2200 and $2200. Virginia Aris, Pennington, NJ, email: Virginiaaris@aol.com

Jumeau Triste, Figure A Steiner and Radiquet & Cordonnier fashion.

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Tory Beth Radwick, Chester Spring, PA, email: tradwick@aol.com

Bahr and Proschild Wendy look-a-like, $2685. Strawbear Antiques, Atlanta, GA, email: strawbearantiques@gmail.com

Oma’s Toy Box, Bel Air, MD.

All original twin wax dolls in original box. Nancy McCray, Cedar Rapids, IA, email: nimc@acninc.net

Jonathan Green spoke on Kathe Kruse dolls made during the Soviet German zoning. Jonathan Green, Little Falls, NJ.

Peggye Tombro, Warren, NJ, email: ptombro@gmail.com

Marion Maus Antiques, Ellicott City, MD, email: mmausantiques@ aol.com

Sue Brightwell, New Brighton, PA. Dolls, Etc. Port Orange, FL.

Ecole des Poupees – Sandra Sue Field Trip – September 13-15 Learn about the Sandra Sue Story in Annapolis, Maryland

September Gaithersburg Show – 13 & 14

Free admission & early entry included Saturday Night Banquet Dinner Special Sandra Sue exhibit at the Show Sunday afternoon visit charming, historic Annapolis followed by dinner

Monday Picnic at the Benson Hammond Museum to see the original oversized Sandra Sue Doll House Afternoon lecture by Margaret Kincaid and Dinner at Barbara Stone’s waterfront home in Annapolis

Cost $250 per person Contact Margaret Kincaid 646-709-4340 or Margaret.kincaid@gmail.com or write to: 17 Elmwood Road, Baltimore, MD 21210 ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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

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

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

Call us with your wants, we have an ever-changing inventory 410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850.

31-inch Kestner 171, exc. bisque and signed body, $895. 29-inch Handwerck Simon Halbig, also exc. bisque, bj body with some minor touch up, $750

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

12 Miles North West of Washington DC (I-270) Exit 10 to red light, turn left, follow fairgrounds signs.

Hotels: HOLIDAY INN 301.948.8900 HILTON 301.977.8900 Ask for special rates for Bellman Doll Show. Book hotel 30 days before each show

3 International Airports Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Dulles International (IAD) Baltimore / Washington International (BWI)

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

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

4/19-10/5/14.

Switzerland Special Exhibition.

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.toy-worlds-museum-basle.ch.

July 13 Ewing, NJ. Doll & Bear Show.

W. Trenton Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1. Delaware Valley Doll Club of NJ. 609-586-4041. www.dvdenj.org.

14-18 San Antonio, TX. National Doll Festival. Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk.

RJ Lowman. 831-438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com.

15 San Antonio, TX. Doll Auction. Hyatt Regency.

Theriaults. 800-638-0422.

16-20 San Antonio, TX. UFDC Doll Convention. JW Marriot San Antonio Hill Country Resort.

Reservations: 877-622-3140.

Info.: www.ufdc.org.

19 San Antonio, TX. Doll Show Public Day. JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Counrty Resort.

UFDC. Loretta Nardone.

24-25 Newark, OH. Doll Auction.

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

31-8/2 Austin, TX. Doll Convention (BJD). Omni Southpark.

Ball Joint Doll Collectors Convention. Sherri Rhein.

512-414-3793.

August

2 Huntsville, AL. Doll Show.

Jaycees Building. Twickenham Doll Club. Sonya Heim.

256-479-3251.

2 Nashua, NH. Doll Show.

Holiday Inn. Rainbow Bazaar Shows. Cindy Amburgey.

978-857-9576.

6-9 Philadelphia, PA. Doll Convention. Double Tree.

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

8-10 Monroeville, PA. Toy Show.

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

9 San Diego, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Al Bahr Shriner’s Center. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com.

Calendar cont. on page 64

UFDC’S FALL DOLL FESTIVAL IN THE LEARNING ROOM!

Come to the 167th Eastern National Doll Show and Sale! Join the UFDC in the Learning Room © on September 13 and 14 in Gaithersburg, MD. Programs at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday will include Sandra Sue Dolls and Richwood Toys and others to be announced. There will also be displays, doll stringing and repair, UFDC club sales tables, hourly door prizes including Antique Doll Collector subscriptions and free tickets for upcoming Eastern National Doll Shows!

Come to the show and find that doll treasure you have been searching for. Join the Fall Doll Festival in the Learning Room - all activities are free and open to all doll show attendees. For more information about UFDC and its activities in the Learning Room contact Barbara Stone at BSConsults@aol.com.

Calendar cont. from page 68 14 Binghamton, NY. Teddy Bear Convention. Double Tree by Hilton. Teddy Bear Artist Invitational. Cindy Malchoff.

518-562-4076.

14-17 Orlando, FL. National Institute of American Doll Artists Convention. Bohemian Hotel Celebration. Stephanie Blythe. 415-455-8415.

16 Arcadia, CA. Doll Show.

Masonic Center. Forever Young Antiques. Sandy Kline.

818-368-4648.

16 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show.

WNC Agricultural Center.

Land O’Sky Doll Club.

Lue. 828-883-4899.

Nancy. 704-466-3430.

16 Peoria, IL. Doll & Toy Show.

Barrack’s Cater Inn. Julie Bronski. 312-919-7135.

16 Roanoke, VA. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Valley View. Knight SE Doll & Bear Shows. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com.

17 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Doll & Bear Show. Hilton Hotel.

JMK Shows. Rona or Jesse Kohler. 352-527-6666.

20-22 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction.

Holiday Inn Nashua.

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

22-23 Billings, MT. Doll Show.

Billings Hotel & Convention Center. 406-723-2176. mtanaman@aol.com.

23 Louisville, KY. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn East.

Knight SE Doll & Bear Shows. www.knightshows.com.

803-783-8049.

24 Bellevue, WA. Doll & Toy Show. Red Lion Hotel. The Antique Doll & Toy Market.

Lisa Pepin. 206-362-8723.

24 Mankato, MN. Doll Show.

Best Western. Lady Slipper Doll Club. Carolyn.

952-873-4489.

24 Strongsville, OH. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Holiday Inn. Northern Ohio Doll & Bear Show. Gail Lemmon.

440-396-5386.

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30 Florence, SC. Doll & Toy Show. SiMT Conference Center. Pee Dee Doll Club.

Angie Hayek. 843-472-1311.

30 Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show. National Guard Armory. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. www.dolls4all.com.

30 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. 700 Highland Drive.

Sweetbriar. 410-275-2094.

September 3-7 Greenwood Village, CO. Doll Show. Doubletree Hotel. Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys.

Deanna Thomas.

303-651-6856.

6 Las Cruces, NM. Doll Show.

Columbus Conference Center.

Dona Ana Doll Club. Gloria Sanders. 575-523-1413.

6 Salisbury, NC. Doll & Bear Show. Salisbury Civic Center.

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

6 Talbott, TN. Doll & Bear Show. W Hamblen Co. V. Fire.

Morristown Doll Club. Gail Twine. 865-475-3323.

6 Waco, TX. Doll Show. Lion’s Den. Kyle Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

7 Anaheim, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel.

Rowbear. 831 438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com.

7 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus.

Carol Benson. 612-669-1613.

7 Valparaiso, IN. Doll & Miniature Show. Porter County Expo Center.

Valparaiso Dolls & Friends Club. Vera Johnson.

219-476-7384. Sandy Ilgen.

219-364-8830.

10-13 Orlando, FL. Doll Convention.

Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista in Walt Disney Resort.

Modern Doll Collectors Convention. Karen Schoewe.

13-15 Annapolis, MD. Ecole des Poupees - Sandra Sue Field Trip. Margaret Kincaid.

646-709-4340.

Margaret.kincaid@gmail.com.

13-14 Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show. Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Bellman Events.

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

InfoDOLLS@comcast.net.

13 Roseville, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Crossroads.

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

13 San Diego, CA. Doll Show.

Al Bahr Temple. Delightful Dolls of Southern California.

Linda Smith. 619-265-0443. lpaynesmith@cox.net.

14 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show featuring Barbie Dolls.

Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore.

310-386-4211.

14 Covington, KY. Doll Show.

Radisson Inn. Triple Crown Doll Club. Mary Kremer.

513-874-1895. Marymooget74@ zoomtown.com.

14 Houston, TX. Doll Show.

Double Tree Hotel by Hilton.

First Houston Doll Club.

Carolyn Johnson.

409-945-2796.

14 Maquoketa, IA. Doll & Toy Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds. Eastern Iowa Doll Shows. Sherryl Newton.

319-610-3534.

20 Alexander, NY. Doll Show.

Firemen’s Rec. Hall. Linda Vilsack. 585-482-0835.

20 Charleston, SC. Doll & Bear Show. Knight Southeastern Doll & Bear Shows. 803-7838049. www.knightshows.com.

20 Oxnard, CA. Doll & Toy Show. Courtyard by Marriott.

Margo. 805-445-9443. nellmargo@yahoo.com.

20 San Antonio, TX. Doll Show.

Schertz Civic Center. Dorothy Meredith. 830-606-5868. dmeredith@dolldr.com.

21 Nashua, NH. Doll Show.

Crown Plaza. Granite State & Nellie Perkins Doll Clubs.

Brenda Thomas. 603-472-3523.

Karen Vencent. 603-547-3492.

Calendar cont. on page 72

Sherman’s Antiques

& Doll Hospital

106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859-289-3344 Hours: 11-4, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or by appointment.

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

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 Simon & Halbig Twin Dollhouse Children

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

Early Schoenhut hobo clown in all-original, excellent condition - $425. Always a large selection of Schoenhut toys for sale at my Ruby Lane site - Andy’s Schoenhut Shop on rubylane.com. Contact me at benjamincr@ comcast.net or by phone at 201-675-8434.

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

www.frizellburgantiques.com

ON THE WEB AT:

www.HoneyandShars.com New dolls added weekly

Member of UFDC & NADDA Great kitchen room box with original graining and contents. $595

Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa

www.TheDollWorks.net

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

Email: honeyandshars@yahoo.com

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

Kathy’s and Terry’s Dolls

MY LITTLE DOLL CO.

“Quality shop of vintage dolls, clothes & accessories”

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

Buy • Sell • Repair • Consign 443-223-4956

See you at the national UFDC convention in San Antonio!

F & B Tinyette Toddlers in their 1936 Texas Centennial oufits

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

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

French Steiner Phenix Bebe, 15” with orig. box $3200

WWW.MYLITTLEDOLLS.COM

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ANTIQUE DOLLS

21 Omaha, NE. Doll & Toy Show.

Fireman’s Union Hall. Elaine’s Dolls. 712-889-2154.

712-253-6555.

24 London, England. Fine & Rare Character Dolls.

Bonhams. Rachel Gotch. +44 (0) 208- 963-2838. Rachel. gotch@bonhams.com.

27 Golden, CO. Doll Show.

Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

Time After Time Doll Club of Denver. Lorella Farmer.

303-988-8591.

27 Joplin, MO. Doll & Toy Show.

Joplin Senior Citizen Center.

The Heartland Doll Club.

Betty Wirick. 417-781-7956.

27 Lewiston, ID. Doll & Bear Show. Lewis Clark State College. Lewis –Clark Doll Club. Rhonda Barnes.

509-780-8387. smglawson@gmail.com.

27 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Alameda Counnty Fairgrounds. Dorothy Drake.

Crossroads. 775-348-7713.

28 Mayfield Heights, OH. Doll Show. Sherwin-Gilmore Party Center. Eileen Green.

440-729-9690.

Lynne Shoblom 928-445-5908 or 928-713-1909 email: victorianretreat@msn.com Please check out my shop on Ruby Lane: www.victorianretreat.rubylane.com Website: www.victorianretreat.com Like us on FaceBook...www.facebook.com/VictorianRetreat

Beautiful Dolls and Accessories at Reasonable Prices!

Member of UFDC and NADDA

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

215-794-8164. Email: alloyd@nni.com RubyLane.com/ shops/anntiquedolls Member NADDA, UFDC ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 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 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

October

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

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

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

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Dolls & Toys & Bears OH MY!

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

Medina Entertainment Center 500 HWY 55, Medina, MN 55340

Sunday October 5, 2014

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

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

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

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

www.DollsToysBearsOhMy.com

5 Medina, MN. Doll Show.

Medina Entertainment Center. 239-282-9499. www.

DollsToysBearsOhMy.com.

12 Toledo, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Stranahan Great Hall. www.toledodollshow.com.

Sandy Bullock. 734-282-0152.

Sandy4085@hotmail.com.

November 8 Denver, PA. Premier Doll Auction. Morphy Auctions.

877-968-8880. (F) 717-336-7115. www.MorphyAuctions.com.

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