4 1/2" (11 cm.) All-bisque doll with swivel head, sculpted bisque Tyrolean style hat with feather, painted side-glancing googly eyes, tiny impish smile, pin-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted shoes and socks, original flannel costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: rare model googly doll with sculpted hat is standing alongside his carved wooden hide-covered rocking horse with leather saddle and harness.
Presale Estimate:
500/700
Realized Price:
$550
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks and angular pointy-tip nose, blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted dark curly lashes, rose-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, early composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, wearing antique sailor costume, undergarments, stockings, black leather shoes, grand sailor cap. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 14. Comments: Kestner, circa 1885, the model is known as the "A.T. Kestner" for its resemblance to the French A.T. bebe of the same era, whose market the doll attempted to capture. Value Points: a rare large size of the desirable and rarely-found model, with lovely bisque having a delicate luminous patina, superb sculpting with "first-from-the-mold" definition, wonderful antique costume. Ex-June Ellen Lane collection. The signature doll was featured for several years on a Theriault's shopping bag, stationery and other ephemera, and appears on Theriault's home page website.
Presale Estimate:
6000/8500
Realized Price:
$9,750
11" (28 cm.) The cast brass curio cabinet with beveled glass windows and velvet-lined interior contains 18 miniature silver objects including five-piece parlor set with raised figural designs, clock, three statuary, sugar, creamer. goblets and more. Excellent condition. Late 1800s. $
Presale Estimate:
800/1200
Realized Price:
$950
6" (15 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead, painted facial features, blue eyes, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig, muslin body, bisque lower arms, (frail) original silk costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1890. Value Points: the lady is posed alongside rare accessories including Gilt ormolu parlor table with cabriole legs, tabletop easel with oval portrait, pedestal table with raised angelic designs by Erhard and Sohn, and wax Valentine of little girl posed under original glass dome.
Presale Estimate:
800/1000
Realized Price:
$850
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, modeled bosom and shoulderblades, blue glass inset eyes with rich spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined tongue tip, outlined and accented lips, pierced ears, dimpled chin, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid bebe body with Chevrot-hinged hips, kid-over-wooden upper arms, bisque forearms. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 5 (head and shoulders) (original Bru paper label on chest). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1884. Value Points: the beauty of the rare bebe is enhanced by very fine state of preservation, perfect bisque including hands, very fine sturdy body, lovely silk costume with matching bonnet, leather shoes impressed Bru Jne Paris 5.
Presale Estimate:
22,000/27,000
Realized Price:
$40,000
10" (25 cm.) The fancily-spindled wooden frame with bronzed-gilt finish forms a ballroom salon chair and is finished with a deeply-tufted blue silk seat with braid border. Excellent condition. French, maitrise model, mid-1900s in the 1880 style.
Presale Estimate:
300/400
Realized Price:
$400
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head with light brown ("cafe-au-lait") complexion depicting a startled child, perfectly-oval shaped face, deep amber brown paperweight inset eyes, thick black eyeliner and painted curly lashes, black brushstroked brows, accented nostrils of rounded tip nose, closed mouth modeled wide-open as though in astonishment, sculpted upper teeth, defined tongue, defined rounded chin, separately-modeled applied ears, French brown composition and wooden fully-jointed body, antique red silk Jumeau dress with embroidered tulle trim, matching wire-brimmed bonnet, undergarments, red stockings, red kidskin shoes with silk rosettes signed "Bebe Jumeau Depose 12". Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 218 11. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1892, from the firm's 200 art character series depicting children with vibrant and highly-characterized features. Value Points: flawless bisque and complexion, finest quality of painting, original body and body finish, costume appears original. Only a few examples of the 218 model were ever made, and this is the only existing example known of the brown-complexioned 218 bebe.
Presale Estimate:
140,000/180,000
Realized Price:
$240,000
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, elongated face with very full cheeks, blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with downcast lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: S 9 H 949. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1885. Value Points: beautiful spiral-threaded eyes accentuate the lovely gleaming complexion, original body and body finish, factory original costume, undergarments, leather shoes.
Presale Estimate:
1100/1400
Realized Price:
$1,200
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, brown glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely vintage silk costume and bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 204 0. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1890, rare closed mouth for this model, very dear expression, original body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
700/900
Realized Price:
$1,200
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head, pale blue glass eyes with darker blue outer rims, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, slightly open mouth with two square-cut upper teeth and one lower, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, pretty antique dress, undergarments, shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1880. Value Points: most endearing expression is accomplished by distinctive eye color and mouth/teeth modeling, original body and body finish, original wig.
Presale Estimate:
600/800
Realized Price:
$1,000