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Antique DOLL Collector November/December 2021 Vol. 24, No. 11

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1. Vintage 6” 50s Jointed Steiff Lion With Glass Eyes Mohair. $75 2. 13” Steiff Mohair Replica Teddy Bear With Button And Tags 0213/36. $125 3. Steiff Rough Rider Teddy Bear With All ID And Tags. $125 4. Vintage 50s Steiff Terrier Dog Ginny’s Pup With Glass Eyes. $85 5. Vintage 50s Steiff Tagged Dalmatian Dog With Glass Eyes. $95 6. 0156/38 Steiff Mrs. Santa Bear New In Box With All Tags And ID. $110 7. 0155/38 Steiff Santa Bear New In Box With All Tags And ID. $110 8. Vintage 50’s Steiff Poodle Dog With Glass Eyes And Button. $75

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9. 13” Steiff Mohair Replica Teddy Bear With Button And Tags 0213/36. $125 10. 12” Vintage 50s Steiff Monkey With Glass Eyes $85 11. Antique French Very Large 8” C1890 Borzoi Dog To Display w/ French Fashion Doll $695 12. Antique trunk to display with dolls, French in Origin. $325 13. Antique Sterling Handmade Georgian Period Natural Rosecut Diamond Rare Earrings $2295. Great for large doll 14. Antique Sterling Handmade Georgian Period Natural Rosecut Diamond Pendant Great for Large Doll or You! $2295 *Holiday Offer valid through December 31, 2021

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1. 22” Jumeau youthful portrait fashion, swivel neck, fine leather body. $4250.

2. 26” Grand Gaultier fashion, swivel neck, gusseted leather body, original presentation. $4500.

3. 23 ½” Kling molded blond hair lady w/ fancy hairdo, glass eyes, pierced ears, highly decorated, molded bisque collar, shoulders and even a hair ornament. Some minor chips. $2350.

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17.5” French Beauty Beautiful example of a desirable Parisienne doll w/ articulated legs and exceptional bisque arms certain to add sensation and charm to your collection. M. Emanuel Cruchet was an innovator! He patented this design in 1862. The illustrated Panorama of Parisienne Dolls by Francois Theimer documents w/photos & X-rays of inner workings. Articulated at shoulders, elbows, hips & knees.

Body made of wood w/creamy kidskin cover. The cover to the knees is made as pants. Excellent condition. $7900

18” Kestner Child Darling 18” Kestner 260. Overall excellent condition!

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1) Early Cabinet Size Blue Roof Gottschalk - a 2-room house only 11” tall! Orig papers in & out. $850; A fine 7” Doll House Lady - All Orig. Silks. $275 2) 9.5” All Orig. Halbig - in layers of Winter Knit ensemble $295; Factory Original 7” Winter Heubach - in lambs wool Baby Ensemble w. gowns! $395 3) 17” Pre-1900 French Trade Child Fashion - haunting PWs & ALL ORIG. w.

Matching Shoes & Hat. $595; Holiday All Bisque 3.5” - gl. eyes, fancy lambswool Hooded Coat Dress, long hair! $350 4) 15” All Original KR 192 - 5-layers from woolen coat to Factory Leather Shoes plus mint mohair wig. $595 5) Working Heubach Pull Toy! - mechanical baby kicks his limbs and talks when pulled! only 8” long. $595; All Original 4” Christmas All Bisque Googly - mint in her red Crepe Paper layers! $225 6) 23” Sensational Kestner Lady! - all Mint & Orig: fancy wig, pate, sgnd. stiff wrist lady body, Silk Factory Shoes, plus her fabulous Dress Coat, Gloves, Muff & Hat! The works! $1595 7) ‘First Period’ R.D. Bebe - early Pressed Bisque, All Orig pate, hip length wig, RD body & Clothes & Shoes!

French elegance! $4200 8) 13” Heubach Winter Muff Chid - rare, mint & sgnd. Holiday Figure! $425 9) 3.5” Holiday Pair All Bisques - in Matching Winter Woolens w. Hats and scarfs! $395 10) Very Rare 8”x7” Heubach Satchel Baby important as-found lidded Candy Container of Newborn delivered in doctor’s bag! $1495 11) All Original Estate Handwerck - from Wig to Shoes, a 16” precious one owner child! $395 12) Hand Painted Wooden Box ca:1900 - quaint winter scene w. Horse Drawn Sled, 6” diameter. $350 13) All Original ‘Baby Gloria’ - scarce 15” ‘Gerber’ type w. dimples & smile in sweet delicate layers! $395

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14) The Elusive ‘Moon Face’ Steiner - this 19” earliest of Steiner Bebes still has her orig. Mint Goatskin Wig & Pate, mint pale bisque, Original jtd. Stiff Wrist Body, and her Original Clothes & Shoes. She also has the finest Ivory Silk Couture w. Chapeau. A most treasured gift!! $7900 15) Victorian Christmas Angel - att. Montanari ca:1870 - mint 15” Poured Wax w. Rooted Hair, gl.

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16) 17” Scarce Poured Wax Male - Gl. Eyes, orig. Rooted Hair, poured limbs, and handsome Original Suit & Shoes. So few! $1495 17) Romantic Lucy Peck Poured Wax - Gl. Eyes w. uncut Rooted Hair & Brows, original Signed Body w. Perfect Limbs and most charming heirloom silk Jumper, Hat & Leather Shoes. $1495

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18) Handsome 16” Black Creche Prince - Gl. Eye Neapolitan in original delicate Silk Clothing w Gold Brocade, beautiful features & early om, Teeth & Tongue. $1495 19) 12” Mint & Original 1830’s English Pedlar - historic work of C.H. White of London, leather face, skin wig, Hooded Cape & Original Tray & Wares - no replacements! An historic icon. $1250 20) Rare 10” French Paludier Pedlar- important 1860’s Shell Lady ‘Flower Seller’ w. rare Wax Head in elaborate & excel. condition w.

Cape, Shawl & Basket of Flowers all made from shells w. Dome. $1495

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21) Choice 17” Pierced Ear Grecian China - mint doll; orig. porcelain limbs, fancy hairdo & antique earrings, rare hairstyle in a Cabinet Size. $1795 22) Artist Made Christmas Pedlar - this 22” stunning and mint ensemble of 6-dolls by Nicole Sayre won UFDC Blue & also Best in Show! All mint! All 6-dolls just $450. Only 3 made!

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24) Grand 23” French Glass Eye China Fashion - In the style of Huret, pink tint, blue Glass eyes, orig. cork Pate, Wig & Body, wired fingers, high style Heirloom Clothes, Corset & Boots. Magnifique! $3900 25) Very Rare Neapolitan Creche Angel - this impossible to find 9” tall figure has Glass Eyes & perfect limbs. Ideal & important addition to your Presipio & Holiday. A prize! $2250 24

26) The Rare 26” EJA in Factory Clothes & Shoes’ - made for only 2-3 years this sumptuous sister to the Long Face was only made only in this size range. She is a UFDC First Place Winner with Signed Stiff Wrist Body, dreamy Blue PWs, shaded lids and early Emile Jumeau Exhibition Gold Lettered Shoes. The ultimate! $16,500

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Corset Cover. $7900 28) ‘Lady Pembroke’ - A Rare Alexis Herbillion Poupée w.

Original Clothes & written Provenance - the history of this well documented two generation fashion and its evolution is rivaled only by its beauty and rarity. Purchased overseas and meticulously dressed by the owner aboard the English steamer ‘Pembroke’. This important 1858 patent features a rare Kid Over Wood Swivel Waist & Jointed Ankles w. mint ¾ bisque arms. One of a kind treasure. $9200

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Happy holidays!!!

This year we are delighted to present to you Antique Doll Collector’s holiday double issue. It is chock full of doll delights especially extensive coverage of the returning live doll shows.

We could not make this magazine without you! So, the team at Antique Doll Collector wants to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many people who have contributed their expertise, energy, and love to this special issue; as well as to those who participate with us throughout the year. Your generosity of spirit, depth of knowledge, and passion for dolls is extraordinary and truly inspiring.

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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward

What Are You Referring To? ecently I was asked what doll books I keep on my reference library shelf.

This caused me to start thinking about the value of these reference books and what using them has added to my life. From my earliest days as a collector, it was impressed upon me how important it was to understand the items I wanted to collect. In the marketplace, knowing if a doll is “right,” is it what it is purported to be, is it on the correct body, is it costumed appropriately is hugely important. All of these questions need to be answered in our own minds before reaching for our wallets. Of course, talking with dealers, asking questions, and examining examples in person are all great ways to learn but having a basic foundation rooted in creditable research is a huge advantage to any collector.

Building a basic foundation for study of antique dolls can be as easy as collecting a few wellresearched volumes to be your guide. As you can see my copies are somewhat battered from The other consideration that I years of heavy use but each one has unlocked a world of doll knowledge for me. became aware of is the many, many happy hours I have spent over the course of the past 40-plus years with my reference books. Sometimes hot on the trail of information about a specific doll topic and often just leafing through a volume, being drawn by a beautiful or interesting photo, and reading about a doll I had never seen in real life. Sometimes this led to a quest to find the doll, and sometimes the knowledge was its own reward.

These books have not only educated me on the dolls I adore and pursue, but have also led to a broadened knowledge and appreciation of world history. I fully believe that doll collecting has the power to make the world a better place. Dolls bring history alive, and by understanding the history of human civilization, we better understand who we are as a species today. Our commonalities become clear, and our ability to interact with each other in positive and meaningful ways is increased – a pretty big return for the price of a few books.

So, what books would I recommend? That’s a loaded question – I try to buy every doll book possible, and I have found that there is something of interest in every one of them. But for those just beginning to assemble a doll reference library, here are my top picks.

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1) 12inch Very rare Bru jne size 1! Bright sky-blue paperweight eyes. Original Bru clothing, marked size 1 Bru jne shoes, and original Bru top knot wig!

Perfect pale bisque and perfect Bru hands on a marked chevrot body. Head and shoulder plate marked Bru jne 1. Free of cracks, chips, or hairlines. Perfection! $34,000 2) 14inch darling Steiner with blue eyes that look into your soul! Her dress is made of antique fabric and lace with a French human hair wig to match her brows.

Perfect bisque free of cracks, chips, or hairlines. A wonderful little cabinet sized Steiner. $2900 3) 16 1/2inch Super rare A5T. Brilliant blue spiral eyes with perfect painting and AT expression on her wood and compo body with original finish. Original wig. Dress made of antique fabric and lace. Wonderful antique hat and blue antique shoes. She has a very faint firing line from her ear to the outer eye corner.

Otherwise, she is in perfect condition. $29000.

4) 24inch gorgeous blue eyed Bru jne 10 on her early Bru wood body. Antique clothing, shoes, wig, and underwear. Very crisp modeling with tongue tip. Her painting and expression are exceptional.

Beautiful creamy perfect bisque with no cracks, chips, or hairlines. head marked Bru jne 10. Original body finish. A stunning example of Bru’s best work! $29,000 5) 28inch K*R 117N Mein Liebling. Well working blue flirty eyes. Antique wig, clothing, undies and shoes. Perfect bisque free of cracks, chips, or hairlines.

Original body finish. A pure delight! $3500 6) 23inch blue eyed stunning E 11 J with long antique tailed wig. Antique dress, undies, and shoes. Pale perfect bisque and crisp modeling with expressive painting. Original straight wristed body and original body finish. A gorgeous EJ example. $5900

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Of course with each passing day the line between antique and vintage moves a little more. Doll materials and manufacturers that were considered almost modern when I first began to collect have now joined the ranks of antique and older vintage dolls. Newer books have kept pace with recording the history of these dolls.

materials and makers are now hitting the one-hundredyear mark, I would also include Ursula Mertz’ Collector’s Encyclopedia of Composition Dolls, Collector Books, 1999 and the Collector’s Encyclopedia of Composition Dolls Vol. II, Collector Books, 2004.

These recommendations are just the beginning. Over the past 30 years, many exceptional books have been researched, written, and published about narrow focus areas within antique doll collecting. One can find excellent study guides on Paper-Mache, China, Wax, German Porcelain, Cloth, Wood, Composition, and Plastics. Many are complete studies of individual artists or companies.

In addition to current works, many of the best reference books are now found on the secondary market. Auction houses (be sure to check those bargain box lots as a world of information and enjoyment may be waiting inside!) and booksellers at shows and online offer a wealth of knowledge for the collector. Time spent with a good reference book is one of the joys of the collecting life and will give you something solid to refer to when chasing that next doll.

I have always felt that every collector of antique dolls should have copies of these six books: The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls Vol. I by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., Evelyn J. Coleman. Crown Publishers, Inc., 1968 The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls Vol. II by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., Evelyn J. Coleman, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1986 The Collector’s Book of Dolls’ Clothes by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., Evelyn J. Coleman, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975 Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik German Doll Encyclopedia

by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik. Hobby House Press, 1985 And the 2 Volume set, The Encyclopedia of French Dolls by Francois & Danielle Theimer, Gold Horse Publishing, 2003 These six volumes provide a sound basis for the study of the broad field of antique dolls. Today, as dolls of later Every doll reference book has something wonderful to add to the story of dolls. Before you know it, your shelves can be filled with a lifetime’s worth of pleasant study and admiration, adding to the enjoyment of our hobby.

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9” All Bisque Bahr & Proschild 121 Mignonette w/ jointed head & brown sleep eyes, pierced ears, few chips by hip stringing holes, brown 1 strap shoes, left finger chipped $795.

15” Blue Glass Sleep Eyed K star R 114, HH wig, antique clothing, great coloring & pouty expression $3995.

5” German Hertwig all bisque girl w/ molded hair & blue bow $162.50

23” Kestner 167 H Germany, brown sl eyes, original mohair wig, shoes & socks, left hand middle finger missing $545.

8.5” K star R, blue sl eyes, Flapper body, mohair wig $195.

13.5” K star R 121 All original blue eyed beautiful baby, mohair wig, small scuff on left cheek $365.

13” K star R 116A Baby, blue sl eyes, beautiful coloring, mohair wig $495.

21” CM Pouty Kestner marked 14, blue st eyes, early compo & wood straight wrist body, pale bisque w/ beautiful painting & molding, antique clothing & shoes $2595.

9” AM 323 Googlie on 5 piece toddler body, blue sl eyes, orig 26.5” CM Kestner 128, brown sl mohair wig $445. eyes, HH wig & plaster pate, antique 6.34” AM 323 Googlie, brown clothing, left pinkie missing $1550. sl eyes, 5 piece body, paint wear on left leg $255.

11.5” CM French Looking #1 possible Limbach, all orig clothing & leather boots, brown sl eyes, HH wig, small baking crack at rim $525.

7.5” Early German 2 hole Sonnenberg Belton 0 w/ flange head on wooden torso & compo limbs, black eyes, vintage clothing $245.

15” Kestner 220 on Toddler body, blue sleep eyes, 2 - ½” hairlines on bridge of nose or mold line?, head marked F Made in Germany 10, JDK 220 $1250.

16.5” S & H 1009 6 ½ DEP, st Germany, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, repainted arms & hands $395.

20.5” Alexander Cynthia 1952-53 beautiful doll in vintage organdy Dress by Sarah, few paint rubs, hard to find doll & size $695.

14” SFBJ 230, brown PW eyes, some repaint on torso, hairline above left eye $425.

4.5” German 1940 – 50’s Erna Meyer pair in Austrian ethnic costumes $155.

4.5” German Erna Meyer pair in ethnic costumes $155.

14” OOAK Hansel & Gretel by Ann Hieronymus in ce bruce rnit, jointed necks, cloth bodies, fabulous sculpting & painting $1250.

12.5” Horsman 1947 Campbell Kid Pair in box w/ tags, mint compo, few chips & crazing on boys head seam & few crazies on left hand $555.

15” S & H 1079 Made for French Trade sold at Au Nain Bleu Paris, blue sl eyes, original mohair wig, pierced ears, some repair on feet $995.

17” Handwerck 109 – 7 ½ H, brown sl eyes, mohair wig, pierced ears, beautiful body $425.

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22” Simon & Halbig 1159 Lady Doll on marked German lady body, brown sl eyes, replaced upper left thigh, antique costume & mohair wig $1495.

23” OM Jumeau 7, w/ blue PW eyes, antique HH wig, pierced ears, beautiful coloring $1695.

18.5” Depose Tete Jumeau marked in red on stiff wrist 8 ball body, brown PW eyes, antique HH wig, pierced ears, beautiful coloring $1695.

Kathe Kruse Dolls Beautiful coloring, few scuffs on faces, I have not cleaned them at all.

20” V111 1930’s, blonde HH hand knotted wig, brown painted eyes & facial features, original teddy & socks, vintage clothing, few scuffs on face $795.

19.5” V111 late 40’s, blond HH wig, brown painted eyes & facial features, scuff on cheek, nose & lip, redressed in vintage clothes $595.

8.5” Rare Heubach Water Pitcher? Arm/ stopper comes off to pour, starburst mark on back, great character face, right foot glued at ankle $695.

24” S & H 9 ½, blue sl eyes, pierced ears, mohair wig, beautiful body $425.

17” Baby Gloria RBL New York, A M, blue sl eyes, celluloid hands, original?

Tagged dress $395 10” Blank Button Steiff Teddy Bear, mohair & felt is in beautiful condition, great face $1650.

17.5” Alexander Leslie 1965 All Original in Ball gown w/ ring & tag, (Polly face), beautiful coloring $225.

31” Simon & Halbig Heinrich Handwerck w/ original mohair wig, shoes & socks, brown sl eyes $625.

20.5” 71 UNIS France 149 301 8, blue sl eyes, pretty coloring, nice body w/ few chips on left hand, $545.

7” All bisque Scootles Rose O’Neill design 1925 Japan, repair by neck $99.95 2.25” Seated Pierrot German holding cymbals, chip on base $75.

2.5” Seated Scheherazade w/ mirror $165.

4.5” Early German figurine of smiling girl holding dress out, baking lines at ankles, fabulous face $159.95

13” Ideal Shirley Temple Dolls All Original w/ pins, clear eyes Pink organdy Curly Top dress, compo in mint condition $295.

Blue & White Curly Top dress, slight overall crazing $195.

12.5” R J Wright Celebration Scootles, signed tag, no box $395.

12.5” Cameo Giggles doll #9613 Mint w/ Tag & Box 1949, no crazing $495.

13.5” Diana Effner Shared Passions UFDC 2014 San Antonio Vinyl Dolls – Mint in Box Mary Jo - beautifully hand painted face $755.

Ana - sweet hand painted face $655.

16” Kestner 237 H 12 JDK 237 Hilda on baby body, fur wig, blue sl eyes $1095.

16.5” Effanbee Patsy Joan with really nice compo, clear eyes All original in blue & white check outfit & hat $250.

Wearing Vintage dress & shoes $185.

9” Waldi Steiff Hunter Dog with hat, no gun $95.

Chicago’s finest selection of Antique, Modern and Collectible Dolls, Barbie, Gene, Alexander, Tonner, Fashion Royalty, Steiff, Dollhouses and Accessories.

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15” Fany 231 DRGM 248 A2M on toddler bj body, blue sl eyes, orig HH wig, small black spot side of nose, vintage clothing & hat $2950.

3” Steiff Teddy Baby 1930 – 40’s smallest size made, mohair & velvet as is $250.

22” Erica by Simon & Halbig 1489 on toddler body, blue sleep eyes $2895.

10” Steiff Rabbit in mohair w/ jointed head $110.

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12.5” All Original French DEP 2, blue sl eyes, silk dress as is, HH wig $875.

25” K star R S & H, blue sleep eyes, beautiful body, small peppering by nose & left cheek $395.

10” All Original Pair of Halbig K * R (#26) Girl blue sl eyes & (#192) Boy brown sl eyes , on BJ bodies, girl has a ½“ hairline at neck, mohair wigs $950.

10.5” SFBJ 301 0, blue sl eyes, mohair wig, sweet bj body $395.

16.5” Early Kestner w/ square cut teeth, brown sleep eyes, C Germany 7, sweet face, repainted body $575.

4.5” x 3” Steiff Mohair Elephant, back feet have glue on them $40.50

15” K stat R 126 32 on jointed toddler body, brown sl eyes, HH wig $455.

13.5” Hilda 237 Toddler, blue sl eyes, orig mohair wig & clothing? $1495.

30” French Jullien 11 beautiful blue sleep eyes, body labeled ‘Bebe Marque J.J. L’ Universal Incassable’, hands repainted $1895.

11.75” CM Pouty Theodore Recknagle marked R1X4/0, blue st eyes, repainted hands & lower legs, hairline on forehead $475.

All Original German Kling Dolls in well detailed Ethnic costumes 9” All original Norwegian Bride with beautiful molded boots $195.

12.5” All original in Norwegian Bunad with beaded bodice $195.

7.5” Glass eyed All original in Swedish costume $150.

9”All original in Norwegian Bunad w/ beading on bodice $160.

17” Emperis Handcrafted in England Agent Snow Wolf – George Farrell, amazing detailing resin body w/ fabulous outfit- shirt, pants, vest, belt, boots, sun glasses, gun, wig, very limited edition $1595.

25” K star R S & H, brown sl eyes, pierced ears, beautiful body, HH wig $345.

11 & 10” Door of Hope Mission Dolls from Shanghi, China 1920’s w/ wood carved arms, his pigtail missing, she has carved bun $695. Pair

14.5” Fabulous Gebruder Heubach 1880 Baseball Pair – Batter & Pitcher, wonderful bright coloring & perfect except for small chip on baseball plate at feet of batter, both stamped, batter - small baking crack on base below right shoe $1425.

6029 N. Northwest Hwy. Chicago, IL 60631 • 773-594-1540 • (800-442-3655 orders only) • Fax 773- 594-1710 Open by appointment. Near O’Hare, Park Ridge & Niles

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From the Private Collection of Audrey Fanning Port Orange, Florida (owner of Dolls, Etc.)

Audrey Fanning’s personal doll collection was lovingly created and curated over 35 years of collecting. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to own a special doll from her private collection.

27” shield mark long face French Schmitt with Schmitt 8 ball body. Doll has long mohair wig, paperweight brown eyes and antique red dress and clothes. $15,500

23” marked early portrait Jumeau fashion lady on leather body with swivel neck and bisque shoulder plate. Doll has long mohair wig, brown paperweight eyes with antique clothes. $5000

24” size 11 French Tête Jumeau Bebe with early straight wrist Jumeau body with closed mouth. Doll has brown paperweight eyes, Jumeau marked original clothes and shoes. $5000

13.5” early FG bride fashion lady with closed mouth, rare light blue paperweight eyes, original mohair wig, earings, original antique clothes $4000

13” portrait face Jumeau fashion on leather body with swivel neck on bisque shoulder plate with RARE bisque lower arms, paperweight eyes and old clothes $6000

27” shield mark long face Schmitt with 8 ball Schmitt body. Mohair wig, paperweight brown eyes, and blue antique dress and clothes. $15500

Dolls will be on display at Gaithersburg, MD, Saturday December 4th, 2021

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come all ye faithful to the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel (Toy Worlds Museum Basle). Every year, in the Advent season, the Museum spruces itself up with a glittering new holiday show. In 2021 the Christmas Exhibition puts the spotlight on Saint Nicholas and his evolution into Santa Claus. The show runs from November 6th 2021 to February 13th 2022.

The exhibition presents Saint Nicholas in various shapes and hues, pictured here. Some images are reminiscent of his early days, as Bishop of Myra; sometimes he is dressed in a green, brown or blue coat trimmed with white fur, as befits Ded Moroz in Russia.

The show also features Victorian Christmas decorations, with Santas arriving in hot-air balloons or Zeppelins, as well as candy containers full of sweet secrets. Within the museum young visitors are invited to record a poem for Saint Nicholas (or père Noël, Weihnachtsmann, Santa …) and make it a part of the exhibition. They will get a coloring and a puzzle book. On 6 December, Santiglaus himself pays a visit to our young visitors!

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The big white-bearded man in a red coat has seen 1500 years of worship, cutesy kitsch, relentless commercialisation, and appropriation for educational purposes. He is known by different names across the globe (Santiglaus, Sinterklaas, Santa Claus, Père Noël) and is expected to rewards good children with presents, naughty ones with the rod.

The Santa tradition begins with Saint Nicholas, who is a combination of two historical figures, Bishop Nicholas of Myra (4th Century) and Nicholas of Sion (6th century), both of whom lived in what is now Turkey. According to legend, Saint Nicholas performed many miracles: he pacified a storm, brought the dead to life, and protected women from prostitution. He has been venerated in Europe as a patron saint of children since medieval times.

Until the Reformation in the 16th century, it was Nicholas who brought the presents, but the new Protestantism rejected the veneration of saints. In 1535, it was still Nicholas who brought presents to Martin Luther’s children. Ten years later, Luther’s outgoings for

the “holy Christ” were noted in his accounts. From Christ emerged the Christ Child (Christkind), who replaced Nicholas as the gift-bringer. In the 19th Century, Nicholas returned as a bringer of gifts, albeit in a secular shape.

As early as 1820, the Grimm brothers’ German dictionary described Weihnachtsmann, which in some places was synonymous with the Christ Child, as a “word without history.” August Hoffmann von Fallersleben’s song “Tomorrow Weihnachtsmann is coming” indicates that Weihnachtsmann was bringing the gifts in 1835.

Sinterklaas arrived in America with Dutch emigrants in the 18th century.

Far from home, he lost his religious roots and became Santa Claus, who had hardly anything in common with the Bishop. The image of the jolly

man in a red coat spread in the 19th century, long before Coca-Cola started in 1931 to use him for Christmas campaigns. He returned to Europe with a big belly, reindeer, and a new name.

Today, numerous traditions and modern images coexist: the faithful venerate Saint Nicholas, while the advertising industry favors Santa Claus – or Weihnachtsmann in the German-speaking part of the world – because he makes the tills ring. Bishop Nicholas of Myra would no doubt be surprised to see what has become of him. For more information, see their website at swm-basel.ch.

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Your favorite dealers are excited to see you in Gaithersburg on Saturday, December 4th!

Valerie Fogel’s Beautiful

Straw Bear Antiques Ron & Robyn Martin

Atlanta, GA 678-705-7190 | strawbearantiques@gmail.com

Margaret Gray Kincaid

Marion Maus Ellicott City, MD Tel: 443-838-8565

mmausantiques@gmail.com

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Historic Preservation & Antiques Tel: 603-938-2344 Cell: 646-709-4340 265 Forest Street, Bradford, NH margaret.kincaid@gmail.com

Bébés

“Fine Dolls & Precious Playthings from the Past” www.beautifulbebes.com & www.bebesatticfinds.rubylane.com Antique Dolls & Fine Accessories beautifulbebes@outlook.com | 425-765-4010

McHugh’s Dolls

Richmond, VA Mchughsdollstoys@aol.com 804-938-6749

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COME SEE US!

Eastern National Doll Show & Sale DECEMBER 4, 2021 - 10 am to 5 pm Happy Holidays!

Kathy’s & Terry’s Dolls

Quality shop of vintage dolls, clothes & accessories

Small Wonders Antiques/ Frizellburg Antique Store Laura Turner • Westminster, MD Tel: 410-848-0664, 410-875-2850 frizellburgantiques@yahoo.com

All Dolled Up Gail Lemmon glemn@frontier.com 440-396-5386

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Rare 8” Parian with original clothing, braided long curls, molded bisque corset and lower arms, and blue luster boots. $2,495.

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

Fritzi’s Antique Dolls

We will be set up with a fabulous collection of beautiful dolls!

Fritzi’s cell# 630-247-1144 Rick’s cell# 630-247-1219 fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net Member NADDA and UFDC

Deborah Fratino

debfratino@aol.com Tel: 203-434-6733 Member NADDA and UFDC

Signature Dolls Charles & Alicia Carver

407-435-2890 | alicia@signature-dolls.com Featuring Limited Edition Grodner Tal Dolls Inspired by Queen Victoria’s Dolls Created by Charles & Alicia Carver www.carverwoodenrecreations.com/

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SO MANY OF US TO SEE AND VISIT! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2021

at THE FAIRGROUNDS, 16 Chestnut St. Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Diane’s Doll Shoppe

One of a Kind Artist Dolls and Bears www.DianesDollShoppe.com ddrake5555@aol.com 203-531-3370

Cats Cradle - Glen C. Rollins Roxanne Morrison

Provo, Utah 801-374-1832 www.catscradlegallery.com

Ford1964@erols.com 215-628-2466

Jackie Everett Antiques and Miniatures

Historic Ellicott City 443-695-2780 | jackiemom4@aol.com www.rubylane.com/shop/jackieeverett

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Sue Brightwell Tel: 724-843-2170 citegal@comcast.net

Mary Jo’s Enchanted Doll Closet Mary Jo Koets

Tel: 616-243-0403 | Cell: 616-822-1280

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Patty Seitz

26” Jumeau Doll/ wearing her Jumeau Shoes $1,400.00

Visit me at:

rubylane.com/shop/antiqueworldusa

pseitz49@hotmail.com (805) 218-3119

Primitive Wooden Doll Costume Stands

DollCostumeStand.com Designed for Costume Collectors & Doll Seamstresses Current Sizes Available: 15-16” Huret (fits DP Resin Body) 13.5” Large Fashion (Eugenie/Leather Body) 12” Standard French Fashion 10” Bleuette 14” Rosette / Patsy / Toni 7-8” French Fashion 6” Hitty 18” American Girl (limited availability)

Ask questions by visiting our new website dollcostumestand.com as we add more products.

Follow us on Facebook: TheDollmakerCostumes Call or text us to chat: (859) 816-5176

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a Healthy and Happy New Year!

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Frizellburg Anniversary Halloween Party

Frizellburg Antique Store Celebrates their 26th Anniversary in a Spirited Way

by Monica Bessette The first weekend of October, I visited Frizellburg Antique Store to join in the KICKOFF celebration of their 26th Anniversary, and their monthlong Halloween party.

Laura Turner, owner and proprietor of Frizellburg This brick & mortar shop is my Antiques local favorite. If antique dolls and bears of all sizes and shapes, doll clothes and furniture, and dollhouse dolls and miniatures are on your list of favorites, pay a visit to Frizellburg Antique Store, in Frizellburg, Maryland – right off Rt 140.

Every corner of the store was decked out with Halloween decorations, and the dolls and bears were definitely in the SPIRIT--wearing Halloween hats and costumes.

All this happened each weekend in October, culminating in the final day on Halloween, Sunday, October 31, where they drew winners of the many raffle and door prizes. Of course, costumes were encouraged!

“But this awesome Halloween opportunity has passed,” you say. Fear not! Laura and her staff create magical displays for all special DOLLIDAYS, especially Christmas, which is right around the corner.

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Manufacturers of Fine Doll Jewelry, Brass Accessories, Miniature Trunks & Hardware 336 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 Phone 203-775-4717 Email: info@catspawonline.com

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

Accessorize Your Dolls!

Cats Paw has been in business since 1982 specializing in quality reproductions made from antique originals, and unique old store stock. Our antique reproductions are made by hand using the lost wax technique, and each item is hand finished to achieve an authentic “antique” look. We offer exquisite doll accessories that only look expensive!

• Jewelry • Trunks • Items for the Boudoir • Buttons and Clasps • Purse Frames • Presentation Boxes • Bleuette Accessories & More

Joyce Kekatos joycedolls@aol.com 917-859-2446 or 718-863-0373

I buy dolls and will sell on consignment. LAYAWAY AVAILABLE • Member UFDC & NADDA www.grandmasatticdolls.com • Look for me on Ruby Lane!

R. John Wright Disney Geppetto & Pinocchio,

14” Tete Jumeau #5 Bebe,

immaculate bisque, Series 1 Ltd. pw. eyes, Edition. MIB/ orig. “head Cert. of Auth. coil”, long Tags and the HH wig & orig. box. One cork pate, ant. of the BEST. Only batiste & lace dress, $2,800 orig. matching slip & undies, ant. hat, orig. pink crocheted socks & “fully marked” pink silk Jumeau shoes & “signed” Jumeau body.

SHE’S SIMPLY FABULOUS!! $4700

See you in Gaithersburg Dec. 4!

McHugh’s Richmond Virginia • 804-938-6749

Find us at: rubylane.com/shop/McHughsRVA

5” All Bisque Orsini “Didi,”

sleep eyes, perfect bisque overall & ant. mohair wig, knitted dress, ant. undies & matching hat, has the Orsini pointed finger & smiling “Didi” face, orig. “signed” all bisque Orsini body.

A PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL. $2275.

4” All Bisque Bye-Lo Baby

w/Pink Shoes, gl. eyes, mint bisque, orig. mohair wig, organdy baby gown, matching bonnet & diaper, orig. perfect bent limb baby body, incl. ant. canopy bed w/lace curtains & ribbons, lace covered pink pillow. matching lace covered mattress.

A beautiful set up. A little GEM!!!

$1175.

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Anne Demuth

Buying & Selling Fine Antique Dolls 1025 Bowman Rd., Westfield, NC 27053

Open House for the Entire Holiday Season!

Find my latest treasures in a charming setting.

Make an appointment to visit my private doll shop.

Socially distanced and by appointment only.

Please call or text me to make an appointment:

336.755.1400

You’ll be greeted by lots of brand new items, pictured below, and by goodies galore and fabulous opportunities to buy, sell or trade!

Choose from my 20 plus year doll collection including hundreds of antique and vintage dolls. Plus, pick through my huge collection of antique and vintage doll dresses, slips, chemise, pantaloons, shoes, wigs, ribbons, fabrics, furniture and accessories.

Bring your dolls to dress, trade and repair.

If you are thinking of selling your doll treasures, I buy everything from one doll, or doll accessory, to an entire collection, including: dolls, shoes, clothes, wigs, miniatures, doll jewelry, doll houses, furniture and accessories.

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The National Antique Doll Dealers Association (NADDA) show returned in 2021 after a yearlong hiatus on a glorious early September weekend in charming Charleston, South Carolina. More than 20 dealers came from around the country to connect with friends, talk dolls, and to magically create shops out of hotel suites to display rooms full of exquisite dolls in an intimate setting. Attending a NADDA show is often akin to visiting the world’s best doll museums paired with a superb and relaxed buying opportunity. This year’s shopping and learning experience was no exception. Sheila Needle and Sue Brightwell gave a lively seminar on Chinas and Alicia Carver’s discussion of Grodnertals and early woodens was fascinating. A wide variety of dolls were available in every price range from the exceedingly rare and high end to the more frequently found and less expensive. It was a delight to see Alan Pate’s exquisite Japanese dolls and thrilling to see several extremely rare early woodens from England and the Continent. There were plenty of French fashions, from Huret to Bru and Jumeau to Barrois, in addition to luxurious French bébés and expressive German characters. In the vintage category there was even a #1 Barbie!

Ticketed attendees were treated to a fabulous tour of historic Charleston including a unique opportunity to see a significant private doll collection.

And serendipitously, each night, a trumpeter filled the atrium with uplifting music. What an incredibly special way to attend a doll show for shoppers and dealers alike! If you missed the fun this year do not miss it again. Watch for the NADDA show’s new date and location and put it on your calendar for 2022.

Left to right, front row: Sue Callan, Sue Brightwell, Countess Marie Tarnowska, Marion Maus, Moira Hatton Second right: woman in black, Gail Lemmon, Sheila Needle, Fritzi Martinez, Kathy Ray Back row: Rick Martinez, Mary Ann Spinelli, Conie Lowe, Jay Lowe, new President of NADDA Gail Lemmon, Antique and Vintage Dolls and animals

Mary Ann Spinelli, Lily and her wardrobe

All the best to the Gaithersburg Show & Sale and all my doll friends!

Valerie Fogel, miniature rooms and beautiful bébés

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and joyful 2022! dorothymcgonagle@comcast.net | 978-771-7774

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Samy Odin & Margaret Kincaid are back at

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Quality European Dolls from the 19th to early 20th century A very fine selection of Bleuette dolls Antique fabric and haberdashery Curiosa and Ephemera

www.cherubinsparis.com samy.odin@cherubins.fr Cell +336 73013051 margaret.kincaid@gmail.com Cell 646-709-4340 Land line 603-938-2344

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Show Reports Ohio National Doll Show & Sale (cont’d from page 32) Several hundred very enthusiastic doll collectors and dealers from throughout the United States gathered for a fabulous, jam-packed weekend of doll activities at the Ohio National Doll Show in Wilmington, Ohio. Due to the inspired and tireless efforts of Gail Lemmon and Billye Harris, the Ohio National Doll Show has developed into one of Americas premier doll events. The show’s motto is “a doll show the way they used to be” and this year it sure was!

Taking place on Saturday and Sunday October 2nd and 3rd there was more to do and see than there was time to do it!

Billye Harris and Gail Saturday began early with a breakfast Lemmon talk by Alan Pate on Japanese Dolls of Ohio. Lunch featured Jonathan Green discussing Käthe Kruse, followed by Tea with Bradley Justice who focused on fashions in doll clothing. The evening finished with a lovely candle lit dinner including a fascinating presentation by Andy Ourant on English woodens.

One of the striking elements of the show was the clear delight of the participants; happy simply to be together. People spontaneously volunteered to help with any little thing that needed to be done… table set ups, flower placements, party favor distribution and more. There was a special comradery this year, a generosity of spirit among the many attendees, that showed itself throughout the event and it was lovely.

The sales room, inhabited by more than 70 dealers from across the country, was filled to the brim with dolls of all descriptions.

Many enthusiastic collectors lined up early to get first pick.

Even so, sales were brisk throughout the day as collectors took advantage of the in person buying opportunity and huge selection of varied and exceptional dolls. The Ohio National has something to offer for every style of collector in every price range.

Gail Lemmon and Billye Harris’ longtime goal for the Ohio National has been to create an event with a ‘mini convention vibe.’

They want their show to offer learning opportunities, great dolls (thanks to support of top local, regional, and national dealers) excellent food and lots of camaraderie and fun. Hats off to them.

They’ve succeeded!

Above top left: the excitement of waiting for the show to open!

Above bottom left: Bradley Justice presentation on doll fashions Above right (2 photos): display of Jonathan Green’s dolls to enhance his lecture on Käthe Kruse

Alan Scott Pate’s Japanese doll display

Billye Harris

English Wooden from Ourant Marshall Martin presentation Karla Moreland

Billye Harris, Bradley Justice before the dinner presentation by Andy Ourant (right) on the history of English Woodens.

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Gail Lemmon, All Dolled Up

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Tea Time at the Bradley Justice fashion presentation!

Mary Jo Koets, doll costumes

Lynette Gross Ron and Robyn Martin, Straw Bear Antiques

North Carolina Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures

Sylvia Butler, Tarheel Creations

Diane Drake, Diane’s Doll Shoppe

Gilda Dreher, Gilda Fabrics

Bradley Justice, The Swell Doll Shop

Brigid McHugh Jones and Louise McHugh

The Naples Doll Club 2022 Annual Doll Show and Sale Saturday, January 15, 2022 9am to 4pm

Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears Sue Brightwell

Kathy George, La Petite Brocante

Joyce Dolls

Jonathan Green

Intensive Doll Care Hospital

To be held at: New Hope Event Center 7675 Davis Blvd., Naples, FL 34104 Early Bird Admission: $10 Adults $6 Children Under 10 FREE Get $1 coupon at: www.dollshowusa.com (proceeds benefit local charities) Doll Appraisals $5 per doll For Dealer/Travel Info contact Colleen Holden dolls50265@aol.com

Julie Cecutti

Sheila Scalf, Dollville

General Information Contact Bonnie Basch 440-572-1223 THE BEST IN DOLLS AND DOLL RELATED ITEMS!

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Auction News

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ere and from around the world, news of recent auctions, including the results of some fine antique doll sales. Also, information on future auctions to look forward to, both in person and on line….

Hays Auction On October 8th 2021, Hays conducted a successful auction in Louisville, Kentucky. To quote Ken Hays, “We had the privilege of selling a wonderful, diminutive 10 ¼” high Queen Anne wooden doll from the 1700s. She had her original hair, lovely glass eyes and a swivel neck. This fashion doll was costumed for the period in antique clothing. She has traveled for thirty years with her owner and her husband, residing in several foreign countries before retiring to Florida and then to Kentucky. Her owner protected her under glass and away for light. At auction she commanded an impressive $29,000 plus buyer commission. Her former owner is thrilled that the Queen Anne is returning to England where she was hand-crafted as a luxury doll.”

For more information, go to Hays Auction, haysauction.com.

Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion

A SAMPLE OF LADENBURGER SPIELZEUGAUKTION’S FALL AUCTION RESULTS: No. 4106 – Bru, Franz. Bébé, bisque porcelain socket head, Bru Jeune, No. 14 Result: $5342 (4600 Euros)

No. 4127 – JDK Kestner Googly, 221, bisque porcelain socket head Result: $3600 (3100 Euros)

No. 4194 – Simon & Halbig, exceptional bisque porcelain socket head doll Result: $4645 (4000 Euros)

Hays Auction - Full length and close-up images of Queen Anne wooden doll

Ladenburger held another successful event featuring antique dolls and toys on October 1st and 2nd, 2021, in Germany. Find more prices and pictures from the auction in Germany; all are shown here and are on their website. For a chance to see more of the exceptional dolls sold during the Fall Auction, go to Ladenburger’s website at spielzeugauktion.de/.

No. 4263 – Bru Jeune No. 5, Franz Bébé, bisque porcelain socket head.

Result: $8941 (7700 Euros) No. 4216 – Kestner bisque porcelain socket head, No. 18.

Result: $6038 (5200 Euros)

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The Extraordinary Artistry of Dorothy Wendell Heizer

By Sue Nile

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Mrs. Heizer with one of her dolls The Family Circle magazine, Aug 12, 1938

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orothy Wendell Heizer was an extraordinary artist who, using some of the simplest materials, such as fabrics, beads, cotton stuffing, and thread, created masterpieces in the doll world. She was a charter member of the National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA), had museum exhibitions, and numerous publications of her work, including a book by Helen Bullard, a co-charter member of NIADA. We will look at a short biography of Mrs. Heizer’s life, how she constructed her dolls, and the subjects she used when creating her dolls.

Helen Bullard said in her monograph on Mrs. Heizer, “She is one of those lucky people who knew from the beginning what she wished to do.”* Indeed, at age eight she longed for a French bisque lady doll. Her mother was traveling to California to be treated for advanced tuberculosis and left instructions for the doll to be purchased for Dorothy.

Unfortunately, a French child doll was purchased instead, leaving Dorothy disappointed. When her mother passed away later that year (1889) Dorothy and two brothers were sent to California to live with her maternal aunt and uncle. While in California, she had a china doll with a lady figure and another doll with a lovely bisque head and hair that she could brush.

Remembering her desire for a ‘real lady’ doll, she took the head off the china doll and put the bisque head on the body to achieve what she wanted. Now she had a doll where she could pin together costumes and change hairstyles. When she went back east to Pennsylvania the next year, she was working on doll clothes by cutting, draping, and pinning, never sewing.

Dorothy’s love of fashion continued to fuel her dollmaking efforts. At age ten she created paper dolls with fashionable wardrobes and used a sticky wax to attach the outfits to the dolls. Impressed with her work, her father took the dolls to Schwartz’s in Philadelphia where they sold for $3.50 each. Her attempts at making clothes for herself were ‘sketchy,’ but the artist persevered and in 1899, she entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Her primary interest was in portraiture painting, so she focused on anatomy, sculpture, and study of the figure. After 3½ years in school, she suffered a nervous breakdown and withdrew. In 1904,

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she traveled to Colorado where she met her future husband, Charles Edward Heizer. She did not paint; she continued to work on clothing for herself and improved her sewing skills.

After she married in 1906, she was busy helping her husband run his father’s hotel and raising a family. She did have several attempts at making dolls but was dissatisfied with the results. She improved her sewing skills with the help of her sister-in-law and mother-in-law and began dressing commercial dolls. Her sister-in-law taught her how to turn a tube right-side-out, a technique she used later on doll’s fingers. The family returned east and settled in Essex Falls, New Jersey where she began making dolls to sell at church bazaars. Now 40, she returned to school, taking a course in New York on life painting and drawing. Her husband felt her dolls needed to be seen and called Hickson Department Store in New York, saying his wife was making interesting dolls. She brought an example to the store and received orders for eleven more dolls.

After a sale of two dolls to the Newark Museum, she gained an agent, Mrs. Curtis. This led to more commissions for historical dolls for the Newark Museum. Mrs. Noyes of Washington D.C. requested six dolls in period costumes. In 1923, she created a rag doll that was sold as a kit through Modern Priscilla magazine. Pretty Miss Penelope was designed

by Mrs. Heizer and reproduced on flesh-colored fabric with the face already printed. Instructions detailing how to needle sculpt the doll’s head and clothing patterns stamped on the fabric were included.

Through Mrs. Curtis, she received a commercial commission for the Corticelli Silk Company. She made a doll of Irene Castle, a famous ballroom dancer, known in movies and Broadway shows.

It was her first doll with separate turned fingers and she sold it to the Corticelli Company for $100.

After that, different agents and shops, feature articles in newspapers and magazines, and exhibitions all spread the word of her exquisite work. In November of 1928, she created a flapper pattern doll and clothing for Modern Priscilla magazine. Patterns were sold for the doll, a hat, coat, dress, and pajamas. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, her work continued to evolve and improve. Always interested in making her dolls better, she developed a technique for setting the head in a natural line on the shoulders. Even her sewing dolls, dolls she made to hold sewing instruments, several of which she made to be sold at a Bar Harbor, Maine gift shop, were lovely. Most of her work was different, individual dolls, created for museums or collectors.

Sewing doll, note the sewing implements in the pockets, private collection Antique DOLL Collector

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Once she finished the six period dolls for Mrs. Noyes, she started on a series of sixteen queens for her. She also made multiple dolls for Arts and Crafts Exhibitions. When her husband died in 1936, she managed to make her living by making dolls. In fact, in 1938, a Trans-Lux film company came to the Maine family cottage she was staying at and filmed her working on a contemporary doll in a dirndl.Later she heard of an exhibition of dolls at Spears in New York which included several of her dolls. She went to view the exhibition and noted that some of her dolls were crooked. She asked to speak to the person in charge, Mary E. Lewis, founder of the United Federation of Doll Clubs. This show traveled around the country and was reviewed in multiple magazines.

In the fall, Mrs. Velvalee Dickinson came to Maine to visit and took back several dolls to sell in her New York shop. In one of Mrs. Dickinson’s newsletters, she writes “I have the good fortune to again have a few of Dorothy Heizer’s beautiful dolls. Of course, you are familiar with these dolls and know that they are really the finest handmade dolls of our time. Mrs. Heizer once made only large dolls for which she received handsome prices. However, I have persuaded her to make a smaller doll to sell at a lower figure. These dolls are just as complete in every detail as her larger ones. They are approximately ten inches high. At the present time, I have a Queen Victoria, Madame Recamier, Marie Antionette, Queen Elizabeth, and a beautiful Madonna. These figures will be about $35 each. If you are interested, but cannot come in to see these dolls, I will gladly send you a picture.” – Velvalee Dickinson Newsletter, Coleman Collection, 1940 Mrs. Heizer continued making dolls until her eyesight failed her in 1962. When she passed in 1973, she had left an amazing legacy to the art world.

To create her dolls, Mrs. Heizer started with a portrait. She would scale the size of the doll based on the size she wanted the completed doll. Her scale of dolls was unusual – in the small size, a six-foot man would be 10 1/8 inches; in the medium size, he would be 13 ½ inches; in the large size, he would be 14 ¼ inches; and in the largest size, he would 15 ¾ inches. She began using this scale for her dolls sometime in the early 1930s. She would draw a skeleton, adjust for the body and clothing, and have an exact size for the finished doll, both dressed and undressed. Using copper wire, she created the skeleton, covered it with eiderdown cotton, then stretched cotton crepe for the skin. Building up the face using organdy, eiderdown, flannel, and covered wired, she set small wooden beads for eyes. Once again, cotton crepe was stretched over the face with a seam beneath the chin and needle sculpting around the eyes, nostrils, and ears, then sewn up the back of the head. Hair was sewn to the head, the crepe was painted with opaque watercolors, and the doll was set to dry while she began work on the clothing. Once the face was dry, she would complete the facial features, again using watercolors. Her earlier dolls had cotton stuffing rather than the eiderdown to create the body shape, and she used dyed cotton for the skin instead of the technique of painting the crepe.

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Mary Lewis holding the Heizer Princess Elizabeth in her wedding gown, UFDC collection Next page: Construction, Look magazine 4/12/1938

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Blue Boy, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc.

Thomas Jefferson, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc.

If jewelry was to be added or beadwork done on the gown, she meticulously counted the number of jewels in her source picture so she could replicate it with beads. She would carefully make the same clothing from the portrait, creating her own patterns for the clothes.

Mrs. Noyes suggested she make the clothing non-removable in the 1930s; earlier dolls could be undressed.

From 1940 – 1961, based on her records, she and Helen Bullard counted 367 dolls that she had created. Even extrapolating that backward to her dolls of the 1920s, her production was probably limited to 700 – 800 dolls. Of the dolls themselves, her records show 112 different subjects that she created, balancing her portraits of royalty with American subjects, fashion dolls, and literary characters. The range of the royalty characters is astounding from Marie Antoinette and French Kings to Henry VIII and his wives, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Isabella of Castile, and Catherine the Great. It is believed she created thirty different American subjects including Martha and George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and Benjamin Franklin.

Her literary characters included Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and a series of Mother Goose dolls, such as Mary, Mary, and Bo-Peep.

Period pieces included peddlers and ladies in fashions from different eras.

L-R: Mary, Queen of Scots, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc. Catherine The Great, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc.

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Madonna, private collection

Princess Elizabeth II in her wedding gown, courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions

Peddler, private collection

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L-R: Girl with original box, made as a gift for Heizer’s niece, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc. Two girls with original box, made as a gift for Heizer’s niece, courtesy of Withington Auctions, Inc.

The Lady of 1940, doll by Dorothy Heizer, Private Collection

Exacting and precise, her health was negatively impacted when she took on projects such as Elizabeth II in her wedding gown and Louis XV. For Elizabeth II, she suffered a nervous breakdown after sewing 45,000 seed pearls and rhinestones on the wedding gown. For Louis XV, she used 18,000 seed pearls to create the fleur de lis on his cape. Her son sent a letter to Mrs. Wells, who had commissioned the dolls of Louis XV and Madame du Pompadour, explaining there was a delay with Madame du Pompadour due to a problem with his mother’s right hand after all of Louis’ beadwork.

For simpler enjoyment, she made dolls for her family.

On Antiques Roadshow Mrs. Heizer’s niece arrived with a group of lovely dolls made by her aunt and given to her when she came to visit. Some even included their boxes with hand-drawn, hand-painted, and signed labels. Mostly figures of little girls, they were a departure from the portrait dolls Mrs. Heizer typically had created.

Regardless of which of Mrs. Heizer’s dolls you are attracted to, each one is a very special work of art. From her simpler early dolls and kits to her extraordinary beadwork and attention to detail, every doll remains a testament to Mrs. Heizer’s exacting precision, and love of her subject.

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Penny Brite and

Her Fascinating Furniture by Donna W. Brown

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Other young girls made doll furniture out of match boxes stacked up as dresser drawers and used shoe boxes as beds. Both served the children well as they played with their beloved dolls. In 1963, the Deluxe Reading Corporation/ Topper Toys under the direction of owner, Henry Orenstein, changed the doll paradigm and provided all girls with an adorable doll and her own fascinating furniture at a moderate price.

The viny l8-inch doll was Penny Brite who had short blonde hair and side glancing painted eyes. She was jointed at the neck, arms and legs, and her limbs were flexible enough to be bent into lifelike poses. She was marked “Deluxe Reading Corp 1963” on her head, and “Deluxe Reading Corp Elizabeth NJ Pat. Pending” on her back Penny cost only $1.29 and came in a hard plastic case. She wore a red pleated dress and matching hair bow attached with a straight pin, flat white shoes, and a booklet showing available outfits and furniture. Though the Penny doll depicted a young girl, not a fashion doll, she had a sports car and teenage-style wardrobe.

Furniture sets were constructed of hard plastic and elaborate in design, but they were brittle and easily broken. This makes complete sets difficult to find today unless boxed and unopened. All three sets of furniture and her car set included a cardboard cutout of Penny wearing an appropriate outfit.

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Penny Brite was sold in a plastic case and wore a red dress with matching bow.

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Kitchen Dinette set illustration from side of box. Set came with a dish cabinet and sink, table, two chairs, dress, apron, and accessories.

Penny Brite’s Kitchen Dinette set included a dish cabinet and sink, a rinse tray with cups and saucers, table, two chairs, a lazy Susan, glasses, and a dress and apron. The set came in either blue and white or green and white furniture. In 1965, it was offered in the Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog for $4.79.

Penny’s Beauty Parlor was listed for $3.99 and included a stool, pivoting hairdryer on a stand, a sink with a mirror, and a chair that tilted and turned.

The sink could hold water so Penny could actually have her hair washed while wearing a yellow smock embroidered with a P. that came with the set.

The Bedroom set, which sold for $4.99 in the Montgomery Ward catalog, came with a white canopy bed, much like the Barbie canopy bed made by Suzy Goose. Penny’s came with a pink bedspread and pillow trimmed in white lace trim. In addition, it had a dressing table with matching pink ruffled skirt. The table displayed two lamps and a large mirror. The lamps were usually white but have been found in green and brown. The set also had a Penny cutout wearing a two-piece blue pajama outfit.

Sink, chair and smock from Penny Brite’s Beauty Parlor set. Also came with a hair dryer, stool, and accessories.

Bedroom set vanity with stool, two lamps, and mirror.

Set also came with a white bed with pink canopy, spread, pillow, and pajamas.

Penny is wearing her Flower Girl dress.

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The School Room included a desk with attached seat, blackboard and easel, briefcase, pen, and book. The chalkboard was real and came with a full-size box of chalk and an eraser. A plaid jumper outfit completed the set, which sold for $3.99.

Penny had a Travel Set that featured a blue streamline sports car with bucket seats and a radio antenna. It included a suitcase, hat box, shoulder bag, pet dog, and a red coat and hat. It sold for $5.39 in 1965, but recently sold for over $100 on eBay. Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys was always creating new ways to market their dolls. In 1964, they designed

Desk and blackboard from the School Room set, which also included chalk, book, pencil, and plaid jumper.

a spinning carousel store display, The Wonderful World of Penny Brite. It featured seven Penny dolls posing in various scenes. The first scene depicted Penny in the red dress she wore when purchased alone. In the others she wore outfits that could be purchased in elaborate gift packages. One scene included Chit-Chat, a white cotton top that had, “chit chat” embroidered on it, black pants, red princess phone, date book, red flat shoes, hanger, and booklet. Another scene showed Anchors Aweigh a twopiece sailor outfit with matching hat, which also came with red shoes and purse.

Chit Chat ensemble with a red princess phone and datebook.

Box illustration from Penny Brite’s Travel Set featuring her blue streamline sports car, luggage, and dog.

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Other outfits included in the carousel were Winter Princess with Penny wearing slacks, a sweater, matching hat, and ice skates. Singing in the Rain featured boots, umbrella, raincoat, and hat, Sun and Fun included a bathing suit, hooded coverup, bag, and towel. One of the most popular outfits was Flower Girl; it included a long pink gown with two tier skirt trimmed with flowered embroidery and lace bodice. It came with fabric flower bouquet, pink hair ribbon, white hanger, and flat pink shoes.

Three scenes from the store advertising carousel display. Outfits shown are Winter Princess, Chit Chat and Singing in the Rain.

Singing in the Rain outfit all original, missing red plastic boots.

Penny dressed in her Sun and Fun outfit as shown in the store carousel display.

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Dish cabinet and sink with accessories from the Kitchen Dinette set.

Penny is wearing her Velvet Princess outfit.

Assortment of original Penny Brite clothing.

Penny Brite television commercials could be seen in 1965 during children’s shows, and depicted Penny posing in various positions with knees and elbows bent. Two of these black and white commercials can be seen on YouTube.

Trade magazines were bombarded with print ads for the Topper Toys wholesale market.

They also promoted a 13 ½ inch baby doll with furniture who was named Baby Brite. It did not have the selling power of the original Penny Brite.

Because of her success, several companies copied her size and face creating Penny Brite clones. In 1965, a doll named Little Tuppence was created by a company in New Zealand, Lincoln International, and was sold throughout Australia and New Zealand.

A Miss Cindy doll was manufactured by Cragstan Company, and other clones have been found, including one called Brite. The Camay Corporation also made a clone of Penny. Most of these dolls are labeled Hong Kong and, though with Penny’s likeness, they were of poor quality.

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Penny Brite clone doll made from original mold, labeled Brite.

Box states, “Made in British Colony Hong Kong.”

By the late 1960s, Penny had many more outfits, but the elaborate packaging and accessories were gone. Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys expanded their doll sales in 1970 to include the Dawn Doll collection, which overshadowed their previous dolls. They also added an extremely profitable line of toys for boys which consisted of the Johnny Seven collection of vehicles and military toys.

In 1970, Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys discontinued Penny Brite. The company went on to expand, and the following year their advertising budget was 13.5 million dollars. Unfortunately, the company soon ran into financial difficulty when an audit showed discrepancies. They declared bankruptcy in 1973. Many of their doll molds, including Penny Brite’s, were sold to other companies.

Though Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys left the doll industry to others like Mattel and Ideal, their insight into a little girl’s world and the dolls that would intrigue her had been unrivaled for over two decades. Penny Brite’s wonderful world filled with fascinating furniture is still charming collectors today.

ABOVE: Topper Toys advertisement from Playthings trade magazine, July 1964.

LEFT: Simplicity pattern for Penny Brite fashions including party dress, coat, nightgown, hats, pants, tops, and dresses.

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ANTIQUE MILITARY & HISTORICAL DOLLS STEIFF AND HARWIN

by Louis Badolato with Hilary Pauley

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ollectors are familiar with Steiff’s high quality Teddy bears and other animals, with their trademark button in the ear. However, many people don’t know about the highly realistic military and historical dolls produced by Steiff and its competitors in the early 20th century.

I stumbled upon Steiff and Harwin soldier and other historical dolls while seeking to bridge the gap in display between my 1:32" scale antique toy soldiers and 1:1" scale military uniforms and militaria collections. Along with Hilary Pauley, from whom I bought one of my favorite dolls, I discovered that Steiff, Harwin, and other WWIera manufacturers of military dolls made highly realistic 11-to-24 inch tall dolls, perhaps for similar reasons as toy companies in the 1960s and 1970s produced “Action Man” and G.I. Joe” soldier dolls.

STEIFF MILITARY & HISTORICAL DOLL PRODUCTION As early as 1892, Steiff began dabbling in doll-making, producing 21 different types of 10-inch dolls.

Their bodies and clothes were made of felt but the heads, produced by an unknown contractor, were made of a composite material stamped “unbreakable” and “washable.”

One early doll was of a sailor, and the 1897 catalogue included a character doll of a General George Washington in uniform (perhaps Steiff’s first attempt to reach an international market).

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British Police Officer “Bobby” (35cm)

in-ear. Richard Steiff was not pleased with earlier Steiff dolls whose heads resembled the porcelain or composite faces of traditional dolls. He decided to use felt and velvet, stuffed with excelsior (basically, wood shavings), black button eyes, and oversized noses, and painted with details such as eyebrows, rosy cheeks, nostrils and mustaches, to create cartoonish caricature dolls he felt would appeal to children, especially young boys. The 5-way jointed bodies were also designed in a cartoonish fashion, with short and obese or tall, elongated, skinny builds, oversized feet, and hamfisted hands. These dolls, called Karikaturpuppen, were made in 14 and 20-inch sizes. The line included men in uniform from soldiers and sailors to police and firemen. Steiff introduced the new dolls at Germany’s 1903 Leipzig Spring Fair. Among the 1903 offerings was a British “Bobby,” a German firefighter and a German sailor with red hair and beard, and bellbottomed pants.

Steiff German Fireman (43cm)

German Sailor Doll circa 1903 (35 cm)

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Some Steiff Period Advertisements Featuring the Dolls

Steiff also produced dolls of historical figures, such as Admiral Peary, and the Graf Von Zepellin.

Steiff Admiral Peary (only 263 made!) (35cm)

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From 1902/1903 until circa 1919, character dolls made by Steiff included as many as 126 soldiers in remarkably accurate uniforms, with highly realistic equipment. Almost every country was represented, from colorful Algerian Spahis and Zouaves, to United States Spanish-American War infantry and artillerymen.

Many of these soldiers, including German, Austrian,

Steiff 1911 Prussian Lieutenant with greatcoat, sword and monocle (46cm)

Steiff Austrian Kaiser Jaeger lieutenant (43cm)

Steiff British “Tommy” (35cm)

Steiff “Kelly” 1902 U.S. artillery sergeant in dress uniform (35cm)

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French, Italian Bersaglieri, and American infantrymen, were made available with optional field packs and full field equipment, with the leather boots, belts and straps reproduced in oil-cloth, and wood and metal rifles, metal swords and bayonets (with correct sword and bayonet-knots).

Steiff Pre-WWI German Infantryman in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (35cm):

Steiff Norwegian Ski Trooper (43 cm)

Steiff “Sharkey” Spanish American War U.S. Soldier (35 cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI French Infantryman in Dress Uniform with Epaulettes (35cm)

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By 1911, a variety of more realistic soldier dolls in very accurate uniforms from many nations were created

Steiff Pre-WWI German Infantryman in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (28cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Dragoon (28cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Infantryman in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap and White Belt with Bayonet (28cm)

by artist Albert Schlopsnies for Steiff, again until around 1919.

Steiff Pre-WWI German Infantryman in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Pickelhaube Helmet with Belt and some Field Equipment, jointed knees (50cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Chevauleger (cavalryman) in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (28cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Infantryman in Dunkelblau Feldmutze Cap and Waffenfrock, with white pants, and jointed knees (35cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Chevauleger (cavalryman) in Dunkelblau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (28cm)

Steiff Pre-WWI German Uhlan in Blue and Yellow Ulanka Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (28cm)

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Steiff Pre-WWI German infantryman in white fatigues and feldmutz cap (33 cm) 1914

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With the advent of the First World War and its brutal trench warfare, cartoonish representations of soldiers were frowned upon by the German government, whose War Ministry, according to a June 12, 1915, letter from the Berlin Toy Export Company Hertzog, ordered the cartoonish Steiff soldier dolls pulled from their window display. Steiff was directed only to send more realistic soldier dolls with “clean looking faces, blue eyes and painted beards.” These more realistic dolls, with correct physical proportions, smaller feet, often in removable boots with hobnailed soles, accurately proportioned facial features, blue or brown eyes, and pleasant expressions, would be produced for the remainder of the war. These War-Production soldiers were so realistically produced,

that tiny crown buttons identical to those on the real German Infantry uniforms were manufactured for the 14 and 17-inch German Infantry dolls, while a magnificent 1918 American “Doughboy” has both the Germany occupation patch on his shoulder and the WWI Victory Medal Ribbon on his chest. Steiff, a German company, focused on all branches of the German military, making dozens of different types of Cavalry (Uhlans, Dragoons, Chevaulegers, Cuirassiers), Infantry, Artillery, Military Police and Specialists, Sailors and Marines, in ranks ranging from Private to Admiral. A far more limited number of similarly accurate dolls of Weimar Republic and (eventually) Nazi Era German Soldiers were produced by Steiff in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

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Steiff 1914 Prussian Infantry Officer in Feldgrau Uniform with Pickelhaube and Sword (35 cm)

Steiff WWI German Infantryman in Feldgrau Waffenrock Tunic and Feldmutze Cap (35cm)

Steiff WWI U.S. Army “Doughboy” (35cm)

Steiff WWI German Uhlan in Feldgrau Ulanka and Chapka Helmet (35 cm)

Steiff WWI Italian Bersaglieri Doll, jointed knees (35cm)

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Steiff WWI (1914) French Infantryman in Field Uniform (28cm)

Steiff WWI (1914) French Infantryman in Field Uniform (28cm) (second version in collection)

Steiff 1915 WWI German Infantryman in Feldgrau Waffenrock & Feldmutz Cap with Rifle (28 cm)

Steiff Belgian Infantryman (33 cm) 1915

In 1915, Steiff also began production of smaller (9inch and 11-inch) “Young Heroes” dolls of soldiers of Germany and its Central Powers Allies, Austria, Turkey and Croatia.

These dolls, produced with childish faces, doll shoes rather than realistic boots, and more toyish accessories (such as rifles, swords and flags), were designed as playthings for younger children.

Steiff Turkish Soldier Doll from the “Young Heroes” collection released in 1915, with his original rifle (28cm)

Steiff Algerian Turco (French Colonial Soldier) 33 cm (1915)

Steiff WWI Austrian Infantryman 1916 (35cm)

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Steiff Algerian Zouave (French Colonial Soldier) 33 cm (1914)

German Artilleryman in Feldgrau Tunic and Feldmitze Cap (28cm)

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HARWIN SOLDIER & SAILOR DOLLS The English firm of Harwin was a company established in 1914 in London which profited from the ban of German imports during World War I. Their sales manager was Fred Taylor who previously worked as Steiff’s agent in the UK. They were able to copy Steiff products without fear of copyright infringement due to the war. Harwin made dolls copying Steiff’s pre-war

A Harwin “Ally” Bear”

Harwin “Ally” Scottish Highlander Soldier (14 inches)

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grotesque, cartoonish designs, producing plump, knob-kneed Soldier and Sailor Dolls from the various Allied Nations, including various British “Tommy,” Scottish “Ally,” French and Belgian Soldiers. Period advertisements show they also made female versions of these soldier dolls, as well as uniformed bears and dogs.

Harwin “Girl Allies Advertisement

Harwin 1914 “Ally” Highlander Officer doll (14 Inches)

Harwin Gordon Highlander (11 inches) 1915

Harwin British Sailor (35cm)

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Either Harwin, or another of the more than 70 British Companies producing Soldier Dolls during WWI, later made copies of the more realistic, properly proportioned, Steiff soldier dolls, with highly realistic equipment, produced by Steiff upon Albert Schlopsnies’s designs. These dolls were very similar to Steiff’s soldier dolls, and were produced in 11-inch, 14-inch and 17 to 20-inch sizes, like the Steiff offerings, except that the pressed felt faces only had a seam from the nose to under the chin, and had glass eyes with whites and pupils rather than the black (and later blue and brown) button eyes used by Steiff. These dolls made later in the war years by either Harwin (as several auction catalogue descriptions indicate) or a competitor (as their absence from Harwin advertising materials suggests), had very realistic faces, uniforms and actual leather rather than oil-cloth boots, belts and accessories. These exceeded even Steiff for accuracy and attention to detail.

British Hussar Doll in Green Pelisse and Busby, attributed to Harwin (50 cm)

British Infantryman (Tommy) circa 19161918 with greatcoat and Lee Enfield rifle, attributed to Harwin (45 cm)

WWI French-Algerian Spahi attributed to Harwin (50 cm) 1916

WWI Russian Imperial Guard Cavalryman, attributed to Harwin (50 cm)

REFERENCES Cieslik, Jurgen & Marianne, Button In Ear -The History of the Teddy Bear and his Friends (1989) Pfeiffer, Gunther, Steiff Sortiment 1892-1943 (2002) Kaufman, Rebekah, Steiff’s Early Soldier and Police Dolls, Antique Doll Collector, August 2016 Harwin Felt Doll History, Article. Steiff Style of London/Coleman

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German WWI Infantryman in Feldgrau greatcoat, attributed to Harwin (32 cm)

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2021 UFDC BLUE RIBBON WINNERS Part 2 of a report on the top dolls at UFDC in Baltimore, Maryland

Costumed By Exhibitor Costumes will be judged using the following criteria:

Each article of clothing, except for the shoes and socks/stockings, must be made by the exhibitor and must be removable.

All fabrics and trim used should be of the specified period or, if modern, of the correct fiber content, pattern, scale, and color representing the period. If used, accessories created by the exhibitor should be securely attached to the doll or to the costume.

Only the costume with (if any) accessories will be judged. The costume will be judged on style, workmanship, fabric selection, historic accuracy and fit on the doll.

The doll may be of any age and any material but must represent the time period specified by the category. Artist dolls and reproduction dolls can be used but must represent the period specified.

It’s a beautiful day by the seashore. Dress your lady doll, 9” -18” in a bathing costume appropriate to the 1870 to 1915 period.

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The Battle of Baltimore in 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem which would become the national anthem of the United States of America. Dress your child doll, 8” - 15”, in a Star Spangled Banner inspired outfit.

L-R: Nancy Percival, Sharron Wofsy

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Exhibitor must make entire doll, all clothing, and accessories.

Doll will be judged on design, craftsmanship, and creativity.

This category does not include reproduction dolls.

As we are By-the Sea this year, design a doll, male or female, in a mariner’s outfit. May represent an actual Armed Forces uniform or a civilian sailor-style outfit.

L-R: Kari Gluski, Vicki Christopherson

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Created By Exhibitor Design a paper doll set depicting a 1960s era Beach Party. Must be displayed on stand, easel or other suitable support, not flat on the table.

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Doll With Bisque Head – French

French fashion type on traditional cloth or leather body with cloth or leather limbs.

Joyce Shchurowsky

French fashion type on traditional cloth or leather body with other than cloth or leather arms. (Legs may be cloth or leather.)

Ann Coleman

French fashion type on body other than stated in previous two categories, such as wood, gutta percha, kid over wood, or blown leather. May have limbs of another material.

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Jumeau closed mouth, marked with recognized Jumeau mark on head and or body, or unmarked but attributed to Jumeau, excludes automata. Please copy marks on a 3x5 card to be placed with the doll. All dolls of this maker with a closed mouth must be entered in this category.

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Doll With Bisque Head – French

Bru with closed mouth.

Please copy marks on a 3x5 card to be placed with the doll.

Roger L. Arrowood

Other French closed mouth doll, such as Rabery et Delphieu, Pintel & Godchaux, S.F.B.J., etc. must be in this category.

Please copy marks on a 3x5 card to be placed with the doll.

L-R: Judy Heckert, Rita English

French doll with open mouth.

Please copy marks on 3x5 card to be placed with the doll.

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Artist reproduction of French doll with bisque head, closed mouth (can be fashion type or bébé), 22” and under. All dolls of this type must be in this category.

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Doll With Bisque Head – German

German “dollyfaced” shoulderhead style, any maker, 1880 - 1930.

Rita English

German doll referred to as Belton/ Sonnenbergtype, socket head, solid flat crown with one, two or three holes, closed mouth. All German dolls with this type head must be in this category.

L-R: Judy Heckert, Barbara Corson

German “character doll,” painted or glass eyes and closed or open/ closed mouth, with or without maker’s mark.

Include a 3x5 card showing marks and place with the doll.

L-R: Connie Knarr, Julie Blewis

Doll marked with Gebruder Heubach trademark :or other markings associated with this maker, open mouth, with a toddler or child body. Doll must date pre-1960.

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Doll With Bisque Head – German

German character baby, open or closed mouth, on compo, bent-limbed baby body with non-supporting legs. All babies of this type must be in this category.

Include a 3x5 card showing the mark identifying maker placed with this doll.

Margo Delaughter

Doll house doll, male or female, molded hair or wigged, 1870-1930.

Mary Ellen Mohn

Doll with jointed composition adult or teen body. Any maker such as Kestner, Simon Halbig, etc.

Joyce Shchurowsky

Regional costume doll, may have any type body, closed mouth, 1880 - 1940.

Include a 3x5 card showing the mark identifying costume representation.

Elisa Adams

Doll With Bisque Head – Other Than French or German

Child, 1880 - 1925, painted or glass eyes, excludes Japanese made. Includes makers such as Hancock, FuIper, De Fuisseaux, etc. Excludes Japanese.

Include a 3xS card showing marks and maker name.

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Japanese “Dollyfaced,” socket or shoulder head style doll, 1900 -1940.

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The 11 Inch

Harry Schoenhut Toddler

By

Martha Waterman Nichols

Of all the various Harry Schoenhut babies, the 11 inch articulated toddler is probably the least common.

The excellent original face paint of this wood toddler mimics that of bisque dolls: two color lips, painted eyes with whites, iris rings, and tan eye-lid line, eye and nose dots, and delicate tan eyebrows.

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The 11 inch toddler was made for nine years, from 1917 until 1926, and is the smallest size Schoenhut doll. The next smallest was the 13 inch Nature Limb baby. The 11 inch toddler is marked “H.E. Schoenhut, Copyright 1913,” the copyright for just the Harry Schoenhut babies, on a small round green decal on the back of the neck, while a green oval Schoenhut Dolls decal with the general patent date of 1911 will be found on the upper back.

The round decal on the toddler’s neck gives the Harry Schoenhut Baby patent date, while the oval decal presents the general patent for all Schoenhut dolls. Although babies were patented in 1913, 11 inch toddlers were not sold until 1917.

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They were a wigged doll with a brown mohair bob, listed in the catalogs as 11-107W. No Nature Limb babies or painted hair toddlers were made in this size. The 11 inch toddler came with shoes, socks, and a stand, and was most likely dressed in the usual girl’s union suit and possibly also in a white lawn knee-length dress. Unlike the Nature Limb baby, the toddler was not dressed in a long gown and bonnet. This 11 inch toddler retains her original wig, shoes, and socks, with a replaced union suit.

When dressing an 11 inch toddler, consider the 1917 to 1926 timeframe. Lightweight fabrics are easier to sew in this small size. Look for vintage buttons and trims in small sizes. A period sailor costume will be appropriate, as will a drop-waist dress. Thanks to the popularity of the similar-sized French bisque doll, Bleuette, the patterns published for her will also fit the smallest Schoenhut, and many are of the same time period.

You might also be able to reduce the size of other doll patterns from that era, like those in the Mary Frances Sewing Book. Susan Sirkus did this in her CD of patterns, “Mary Frances and Me.” RIGHT: Original zinc-coated steel stands for the 11 inch toddler measure 3½ inches across. This toddler also retains her original wig, white kid shoes, and cotton socks. Only her union suit and shoelaces have been replaced.

BELOW: A lace-trimmed blouse and drop waist dress was made from the Mary Frances Sewing Book’s “Party Dress” design, patterned for 11" dolls by Susan Sirkus.

BELOW RIGHT: Bleuette’s sewing pattern for this funnel-collar coat was published in La Semaine de Suzette in 1918, issue 4.

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Anna McQuilkin’s booklet, “Sew for Schoenhuts” also has a dress pattern, like the white lawn dress mentioned before, and a romper pattern for the smallest toddler. Factory rompers were made in gingham check or solid-color chambray fabric. Because of the bob hairstyle, you could dress the 11 inch toddler as a little boy. The McQuilkin pattern has been redrawn with

standard markings and seam allowances; instructions are provided.

Although more difficult to find, the 11 inch Harry Schoenhut toddler makes the perfect little sister (or brother) for your taller Schoenhut dolls.

—© 2021 Martha Waterman Nichols

Anna McQuilkin self-published her Sew For Schoenhuts booklet in 1967, including an 11 inch doll’s romper pattern to reproduce a factory-made garment.

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These are two 14 inch and one 17 inch Harry E. Schoenhut toddlers with the 11 inch toddler. They sport period-style seersucker sailor suits and a Mary Frances gingham romper and sun hat taken from the original book.

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SEWING INSTRUCTIONS MATERIALS: Gingham and blue chambray were the fabrics used at the Schoenhut factory for these belted rompers. Seersucker or pique would be appropriate, too.

Three buttons decorate the front, if you wish, and one button is added over the snap on the belt, or you can make a button hole. Snaps can close the back opening, or you may use buttons with loops or buttonholes. A bias strip finishes the neckline, of either the romper fabric, or any light weight fabric. You will also need some cord or narrow flat elastic for the romper legs, long enough to fit at the knee and be sewn into a seam.

BODICE: Sew the shoulder seams of the bodice, then sew the sleeve caps into the armseyes. Line the collar pieces (with romper fabric or another lightweight fabric scrap), turn and press. Baste the collars into position so the center back hem allowance can be turned under later. Be sure the collars are centered on the bodice front. Stitch the bias strip to the neckline, including the collars, trimming off any leftover at the ends. Press bias to the inside, and hem to cover the raw edges on the inside. Sew the side seams of the bodice and sleeves, hemming the sleeves either before or after the seam, as you choose. Set aside.

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PANTS: Sew the short center back seam and hem the rest of the center back to make the opening. Sew the entire center front seam. Turn up and sew a casing at the bottom of each leg. Secure elastic at one side of casing with stitching, run elastic through that casing, draw up to create some gentle gathers (not too tight, elastic should fit at knee level) and secure elastic to other side of casing.

Repeat for second leg. Matching seams of fronts and backs at the crotch, sew the inseam, including the casing and elastic ends.

FINISHING: Stitch the bodice to the pants, gathering or pleating the pants’ top edge to fit the bodice. Add decorative buttons to the front of the bodice. Hem the center back opening, including the ends of the bias strip at the neckline, and apply closures of your choice.

Make the belt by turning the raw edges to the inside and topstitching the ends and side closed. Add a snap closure to the belt and a decorative button, or make a buttonhole and button closure. Push the ends of the legs up to the knees and arrange the casings to be hidden when doll is wearing the rompers (see photo).

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Collector’s Corner

The Healing Power of Dolls and Tears

by Leasa “Tutu” Souza

I

am sure a lot of us have made. It is said Leo died pennycried more in the past less and was buried in a pauper’s year and a half than we grave somewhere in Illinois. have in our entire lifetime. I Museums and private certainly have. The Covid-19 collectors have preserved the Pandemic has unraveled into legacy of Leo Moss. His dolls the most devastating event of command thousands of dollars our era. Every time I’ve turned today and fewer than 100 are said on the television, someone is to exist. No one really knows, crying as they tell a story, or but they believe. Betty Formaz, something is said that makes me a Michigan doll dealer traveling cry. So, I have turned to my doll through Georgia, discovered collection for solace. his dolls in the early 1970s.

My dolls speak to me often, According to her, she purchased but this time, it wasn’t my dolls many of the family dolls Leo speaking, but a doll maker made of his children and other named Leo Moss. His spirit family members from his became my guiding light, for Leo daughter, Ruby. had overcome many obstacles in Mina with blue ribbon - Leo Moss original Formaz shared her findings his lifetime, and I could not have asked for better guidance. with a Michigan doll club and other collectors. Mina was Not much is known about Moss. He is somewhat of a the first doll brought to the spotlight, winning a blue ribbon legend, but it is believed he was born around 1850 in Macon, at the UFDC Convention of 1973, in Louisville, KY. I won Georgia, being enslaved most of his childhood. In his adult Mina, and Pansy, at a Theriault’s auction and I absolutely years he was a handyman by trade, and at some point, cherish them. They both come from the Myla Perkins began making dolls. (For more on Leo Moss and his dolls collection, directly from the Moss family through Betty see The Mystery of Leo Moss: The Art of His Dolls by Florence Formaz.

Theriault, Antique Doll Collector, March, 2018.)

Similar to Leo, I have been a Jill-of-all-trades throughout Some doubt his existence, others believe in him fervently. my lifetime, but never imagined becoming a doll maker. I There are no known records of his existence; however, what hold a Bachelor of Arts in dance, a license in cosmetology, does exist are some magnificent dolls believed to have been I am a real estate broker, an avid historic preservationist, a made by him in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Moss made former restaurateur, and currently I run a pool business with dolls for the families he worked for in the likeness of their my husband. Until last year, I had never made a doll in my children and traded them for chickens and other staple foods life, but gave it a go and now, like Leo, I create many dolls to feed his own family. Oral history tells us Leo made dolls with tears, reflecting the sadness of our multi-dimensional from left-over job materials, such as wallpaper and boot dye pandemic. I have made over 60 dolls, and making them (yes, I know this sounds far-fetched), along with scrap doll has become my life’s passion and healer. I call my dolls parts he purchased from a New York traveling salesman.

“Poignant Paper” because they are. As some hoarded toilet The salesman later betrayed Leo by running off with his paper, I used mine to make dolls. Some are shown here, and wife Lee Ann, taking their youngest child, Mina, and leaving some are advertised in this magazine. their other four children behind. Anguished over this loss, Tears are a powerful healer, releasing stress, sadness, Leo began putting a sad expression and tears on the dolls he anxiety, and joy. Our salty tears are cleansing, like the 72

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Examples of the author’s work

Nurses Comfort and Mercy, named after the USNS sent to New York and Los Angeles to treat Covid patients.

ocean lubricating our eyes, reducing stress hormones, and removing irritants. Pent up emotions can cause illness, fatigue, and pain. Crying can stimulate the production of endorphins, our body’s natural painkiller. Tears heal the heart and help us process loss, so go ahead, hug your doll and release those tears.

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Auction News (Continued from page 36) Withingtons IVOIRE GALERIE DE CHARTRE 360 (in highchair) Charming and rare baby Twin pressed biscuit head debossed “Jumeau” in a cartridge, size 1 Result: $14,515 (12,500 Euros) 361 (standing, in blue outfit) Portrait Twin Pressed bisque head, closed mouth Result: $15,095 (13,000 Euros)

Ivoire Galerie de Chartre According to Mm Elsa Gody-Babau, of Galerie de Chartre, several dolls came in above expectations at the October 2nd, 2021 Auction in France. Included are poupées (shown above), such as a rare baby portrait twin Jumeau and a portrait twin. More information and the catologues can be found at ivoire-france.com/chartres.

Coming Soon - Sweetbriar Auction The Sweetbriar Auction, February 5th, 2022, promises some especially wonderful dolls – for example, an enchanting Izannah Walker child complete with trunk and wardrobe, and a delightful Kestner-that-looks-like-aBru. To learn more, go to www.sweetbriarauctions.com.

The news from Withingtons is that after 40 great years, their auction hotel has been sold. They are trying out a new location in the same town, address below, but stay tuned.

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“Fashionable Mantelets from Chiffonnette’s Wardrobe,” by Sylvia MacNeil “The Marie Antoinette Fantasy.” Fichu Pattern by Sylvia MacNeil “A Classic Huret Dress,” by Sylvia MacNeil “Hat, Tippet, and Muff for Twelve-Inch Lady Dolls,” by Susan Sirkis “A Mid-Nineteenth Century Hood for a Child Doll,” by Susan Sirkis “Pleated Pin Cotton Dress.” A Pattern for your Jumeau, by Margaret Kincaid “A Fanciful Apron from Chiffonnette’s Trousseau,” by Sylvia MacNeil “Frivolities & Whimsicalities from Chiffonnette’s Trousseau,” by Sylvia MacNeil “Fanciful Eccentricities from Chiffonnette’s Trousseau,” by Sylvia MacNeil “From the Hands of Little Ladies, Bleuette’s Crochet and Knit Patterns,” by Nicki Burley “1877 Jumeau Walking Dress.” For 16” First Series 1, by Margaret Kincaid “Fit for an Empress, A Jacket Pattern to Fit the 15” Dollspart Huret Body,” by Nicky Burley “Nightgown and Slippers from La Semaine de Suzette,” by Nicki Burley “Croquet Ensemble Pattern for the Dollspart Jointed Body,” by Nicki Burley “A Mi-Careme FOLLY for 15” Huret on Dollspart Body,” by Nicki Burley “Classic Sailor Costume for 11” Schoenhut Toddler,” by Martha Nichols “Constance, My Little Companion,” Sewing Companion Doll, by Nicki Burley “A Doll for Every Pocket.” Sew Adorable Mignonettes, by Nicki Burley “A Walk by the Sea,” Summer Walking Dress for 12.5” Huret,” by Nicki Burley “Back to School with Fitness and Style.” 12.5” Huret c.1867, by Nicki Burley “A Christmas Fairy Tale.” Costume for a 7” all-bisque doll, by Nicki Burley “Project Lisette,” France’s Beloved 1920s Magazine and Doll, by Martha Nichols.

“The Tiniest Picnic.” Picnic dress for a 7” All-Bisque Doll, by Nicki Burley

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by Susan Sirkis Featuring patterns, French Fashion dolls, and more at

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January 2018 “Fit for an Empress, A Jacket Pattern to Fit the 15” Dollspart Huret Body,” by Nicky Burley

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Calendar of Events Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 349, Herndon, Virginia 20172 or Email: events@antiquedollcollector.com If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change. Auctions in Blue.

LONG TERM 4/27/21-3/27/22 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Special exhibition “A moving world - Steiff surprises and fascinates.” +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

11/6/21-2/13/22 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Special exhibition “Ho Ho Ho - From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus” +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

NOVEMBER 2021 4-6 ~ Albany, NY. Doll Conference. R. John Wright Dolls. The Crown Plaza Albany. Amy Cannistraci. 802-447-707. accounting@rjohnwright.com.

6 ~ Salisbury, NC. Doll Show & Sale. Salisbury Civic Center. jackiestone@charter.net. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com.

6 ~ Westhampton, NJ. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. www.sweetbriarauctions.com

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DIRECTIONS: 12 Miles North West of Washington DC (I‑270) Exit 10 to light, turn left, follow Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds signs.

HOTEL: HILTON 301.977.8900

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6 ~ Irving, TX. Doll Show & Sale. JD’s Collectibles. Atrium Hotel. Joni Holland.

817-929-1691. rbijo@aol.com.

7 ~ Hampton, NH. Annual Fall Seacoast Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Best Western Plus. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com.

7 ~ Lynnwood, WA. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Embassy Suites Hotel. Lisa Pepin. pepins4@msn.com. 206-669-7818.

7 ~ Madison Heights, MI. Doll Show & Sale.

Doll Show Productions. UFCW Hall. Michael Wolk-Laniewski. 248-252-9635. Jan Napier. 586731-3072. jannapier69@gmail.com.

7 ~ Santa Rosa, CA. Doll and Toy Show and Sale. Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Bldg.

Redwood Empire Doll and Study Club. Kitti.

707-326-0322. santarosadollshow@gmail.com. santarosadollshow.blogspot.com.

13 ~ Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque Doll & Toy Sale. Grace Church Gym. Anita Husby.

505-508-0351. nitak2@hotmail.com.

13 ~ Largo, FL. Doll Show & Sale. St. Petersburg Doll Club. Largo Event Center. Jo Valente. 727-384-1708. aldopip@tampabay.rr. com. www.dollclubs.com (FL page).

18 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Gottfried Keller’s lecture on the historical figure of Saint Nicholas and his tradition in Basel. +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

27-28, 12/4-5 & 12/11-12 ~ Switzerland.

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Workshop “Decorate sweet gifts from Santiglaus in the Christmas bakery!” +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

28 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. The Christmas classic “Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel” on the big screen. (in German).

Location: Stadtkino Basel. +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

DECEMBER 2021

4 ~ Gaithersburg, MD. ONE DAY ONLY! Doll Show & Sale. Montgomery County Agricultural Center. SFB Events/ S. Bellman. 239-440-3184 (message). sbellman714@gmail.com.

5 ~ Concord, CA. Doll Show and Sale. 101 Doll and Study Club. Crown Plaza Hotel, Concord, CA. 101dollshow@gmail.com, www.dollclubs.com.

6 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Visit from Saint Nicholas. +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

10-12 ~ Online. Doll & Teddy Bear Online Sales.

Teddy Bear Artist Invitational, Inc - TBAI. Cindy Malchoff. 518-578-0006. dollnbearshow@tbai.org. www.tbai.org/philly.html.

11 ~ Arcadia, CA. Arcadia Christmastime Show & Sale. Arcadia Masonic. Rowbear Lowman.

831-438-5349. RowbearPresents@charter.net.

JANUARY 2022

ON HOLD! 9 ~ Nashua, NH. Doll Show & Sale. 10th Annual Doll Show Bear, Toy Show and Sale for Humane Society for Greater Nashua. Central Mass Doll Collectors/Rainbow Bazaar Gifts. Cindy Amburgey. 978-857-9576.

Rainbowbaz@aol.com. rainbowbazaar.weebly.com.

15 ~ Naples, FL. Doll Show & Sale. Naples Doll Club. New Hope Event Center. Colleen Holden. 515-707-3450. Dolls50265@aol.com.

22 ~ Palm Springs, FL. Doll Show & Sale. Gold Coast Doll Study and Sunshine Doll Club of FL. St. Luke Catholic Church. Donna Sypniewski. 561-965-9460. dolznberz@aol.com.

29 ~ Glendale, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Verdugo Hills Doll Club. Glendale Civic Auditorium.

Janie Olds. 562-818-2501. j.l.olds@ca.rr.com.

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30 ~ Naperville, IL. Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Karla Moreland Presents. Marriott Hotel. 1801 North Naper Blvd. Karla Moreland.

815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net.

FEBRUARY 2022 5 ~ Slidell, LA. Nursery Rhymes. Northshore Doll Club Luncheon. Salesroom included. Pinewood Country Club. Nora Steele. 504-495-5247. norasteele16@gmail.com.

5 ~ Westhampton, NJ. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. www.sweetbriarauctions.com 19-20 ~ Dallas, TX. Doll Con Dallas 2022.

MCM Elegante Hotel Dallas. Kellyann Herrington.

469-630-2205. Kellyindallas@gmail.com. www.dollcondallas.com.

27 ~ Fullerton, CA. Fullerton Collectibles Show & Sale. Hotel Fullerton in 2 ballrooms.

Rowbear Lowman. 831-438-5349.

RowbearPresents@charter.net.

APRIL 2022

3 ~ Erlanger, KY. Doll Show & Sale. Triple Crown Doll Club. Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport. Kathy Woods. 859-663-8298.

Kathymsn@zoomtown.com. Cathy Flaig.

859-689-4255. chfalig@fuse.net.

3 ~ Dedham, MA. Spring Dedham MA Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Collins Gifts. Holiday Inn Boston-Dedham Hotel. Wendy Collins. 603969-1699. CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com 9 ~ Westhampton, NJ. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. www.sweetbriarauctions.com 10 ~ St. Charles, IL. Kane County Doll Show.

Karla Moreland Presents. Kane County Fairgrounds. Prairie Events Center West. 525 S. Randall Rd. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net.

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12 ~ Lakeland, FL. Doll & Bear Show & Sale.

Tropical Doll Study Club. Diane Milla. 863-6441144. milladiane@gmail.com. facebook.com/events/832240444134637/.

13 ~ DeWitt (Lansing), MI. Doll Show & Sale.

Banquet and Conference Center of DeWitt. Sandy Johnson Barts. 269-599-1511. SJBbetsys@comcast.net. www.lansingdollshow.com.

26 ~ Jonesborough, TN. Doll Show & Sale. The Dollhouse. Jonesborough Visitor Center. Ellen Stafford. 423-753-0022. ellen@jonesdollhouse. com. jonesdollhouse.com.

Nancy Jo’s Doll Sale For Sale Papier Mache antique body parts:

• Baby & little girl: leg, arm, torso, etc.

• Whole bodies: kid, PM girl & baby • Combo parts: ‘30s and ‘40s

All kinds, about 20 boxes plus 1950s hard plastic Toni-type

Selling all for one price $200

Fashion magazines, antique 1884, many years. Fashion prints in them.

$10 each.

We have Ladies Home Journals and other magazines.

Nancy Jo Schreeder

305 Robinson Street, Martinez, CA 94553 925-229-4190 | vallejodoll@gmail.com

Antique to Modern Dolls, *Toys and Bears Show & Sale

ONE DAY ONLY

DEC 4, 2021 Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Admission $10 First 300 Attendees Receive $2.00 Off General Admission

MARCH 2022 5 ~ Asheville, NC. Doll & Bear Show & Sale.

WNC Agricultural Center. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. jackiestone@charter.net. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com.

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DIRECTIONS: 12 Miles North West of Washington DC (I‑270) Exit 10 to light, turn left, follow Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds signs.

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JULY 2022

24 ~ Northglenn (Denver), CO. Toy & Doll Supershow. Delta Hotels by Marriott Northglenn Denver. Dana Cain. 303-347-8252.

Dana@DanaCain.com www.tdsupershow.com.

28-30 ~ Essington, PA. Doll & Teddy Bear Artist Convention. Clarion Hotel & Convention Center. Cindy Malchoff. 518-578-0006. dollnbearshow@tbai.com.

30 ~ Grapevine, TX. Doll & Toy Show & Sale.

Metroplex Doll Club. Grapevine Convention Center. Linda Crowsey. 903-429-0128. lindacc45@hotmail.com. Rodney Waller.

817-988-8019. rwaller@swbell.net.

30 ~ Mt. Juliet (Nashville) TN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Community Center. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. jackiestone@charter.net. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com.

23 ~ Rossford (Toledo), OH. Doll, Bear & Toy Show & Sale. Toledo Doll Show. Total Sports Rossford. Karen Kosies. 520-270-0179. toledo@dollshows.net. www.toledodollshow.net.

31-8/3 ~ St. Louis, MO. Dolls & Teddy Bears Show and Sale. Holiday Inn St. Louis Convention Center. 811 N. 9th St., Downtown. Rowbear Presents. Rowbear Lowman. 831-438-5349.

NationalDollFestival@charter.net.

NationalDollFestival.com.

MAY 2022

15 ~ Madison Heights, MI. Doll Show & Sale.

Doll Show Productions. UA Local 98 Plumbers.

Michael Wolk-Laniewski. 248-252-9635. Jan Napier. 586-731-3072. jannapier69@gmail.com.

21 ~ Tucker (Atlanta), GA. Doll Show & Sale.

Atlanta Doll Collectors Club. Doubletree by Hilton Atlanta Northgate. Vickey Harris. 404-543-8866. vickeydharris@aol.com. Ebony. ebonyjb@hotmail.com.

AtlantaDollCollectors.com.

AUGUST 2022

2-6 ~ St. Louis, MO. UFDC 73nd Annual Convention. Timeless Treasures. Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. 315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO. www.ufdc.org/convention.

28 ~ Dedham, MA. Summer Dedham MA Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Collins Gifts. Sturbridge Host Hotel. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699.

CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com.

OCTOBER 2022

2 ~ Plymouth, MN. Dolls & Toys & Bears OH MY! Shows by Bernadette. Annual Fall Show & Sale. Crowne Plaza Hotel. www.facebook.com/DollsToysBearsOHMY. dollstoysbearsohmy.wixsite.com/classic-layout.

Find more doll events www.antiquedollcollector.com, select “Events” tab.

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

JUNE 2022

4 ~ Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show & Sale.

Montgomery County Agricultural Center. SFB Events/ S. Bellman. 239-440-3184 (message). sbellman714@gmail.com.

12 ~ Naperville, IL. Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Karla Moreland Presents. Marriott Hotel. 1801 North Naper Blvd. Karla Moreland.

815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net.

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is in the process of digitizing all back issues. We should have this project complete by Spring 2022. There are a few issues we are missing. If you have any of the issues listed below, please contact adclisa@gmail.com, or call Lisa at 631-208-7244. Thank You May 2005, Volume 8, No. 4 Sept 2005, Volume 8, No. 8 Dec 2003, Volume 6, No. 11

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FOR SALE Large doll collection built up over 60 years.

Approx. 2,000 antique & vintage dolls of all shapes and sizes.German bisque, composition, wax, and china.

Doll-related items include: original clothes, wigs, eyes, compo bodies & body parts, book, toys, & stands.

For more information, call (330) 868-5032 or (330) 205-9624 JD Kestner, Hardwick, Hendrick, Handrach, S & H, Ling Lang, A&M, Hertel Schwab & Co., Effanbee, Morimura Brothers, G & H, Heubach Kopplesdorf, F & G, celluloid, Japanese gofun, Kämmer & Reinhardt, Kley & Hahn, C M Bergmann, Nippon, etc.

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Beautiful Bébés Fine Dolls & Precious Playthings from our Past

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Always Buying!

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Adorable 9” Wrestler All Bisque Darling large desirable All Bisque by Kestner. Beautiful spiral threaded blue eyes and mischievous expression!

Generally excellent. $3495

Two French Bébés 14” Bébé Incassable by Jumeau - There are no flowers in the garden prettier than this girl! Absolutely gorgeous bisque framing deeply shaded bronze enamel threaded eyes. Original early body, kidskin wig and superb costume in petal pink w/ matching tricorn hat. A tender Bébé c. 1879-80. Marked 4. $7995

Fantastic Tiny 4.5”Mignonette in Presentation Box - This darling is more than spoiled! She has layer upon layer of dresses, bonnets, white wear, toiletries, satin jammies and accessories all carefully snuggled inside a charming petite hinged box of pink stripes and floral paper ribbons. We count over 36 items in her presentation besides her and her beautiful bonnet. The little mignonette has a swivel head and is jointed at the hips and shoulders. All in excellent condition! $4800

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16” Early Jumeau Bébé - The magical gaze of this gorgeous early Bébé will keep you spellbound! All original costume from her head to her toes! Spectacular pale blue frock and matching bonnet covers her original blonde wig. Matching blue early marked Jumeau leather shoes marked 6 complete our darling’s toilette. Overall excellent condition. Head marked 6. Circa 1878-80 Such a treasure. $8850

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