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"Open the Gates, Swing Wide the Portals" Marquis Auction of Antique Dolls - Monday, August 1, 2022
"Open the Gates, Swing Wide the Portals" A Grand Exhibition and Marquis Auction of Rare Antique Dolls and Playthings at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel, St Louis, Missouri on Monday, August 1, 2022. The auction features four important collections from Lorna Lieberman, Part One of Louise Hedrick, Kathryn DeFillipo, and the Keith and Donna Kaonis Schoenhut Collection. Collectors are invited to attend the important one-day exhibition and auction which offers live attendance bidding, live internet bidding, live telephone bidding and absentee bidding. For more information call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com.
$69.00
Golden Age of Ningyō, Japanese Dolls from the Ayervais Collection - Saturday, October 15, 2022
The important one-owner collection of Michael Ayervais of New York was assembled over more than 30 years, and features important examples highlighted in museum exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mingei Museum, and Morikami Museum, and shown in Ningyō, The Art of the Japanese Doll by Alan Scott Pate who is serving as consultant and cataloguer for this auction. A superb full color catalog will be available for the auction in September. For more information call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com.
$75.00
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Dimples & Sawdust
October 11, 2008 in Half Moon Bay, CA
The legendary doll collection of early doll author and connoisseur, Madaline Selfridge, is presented in rich colors, against a background of delicate early valentines and paper ephemera also collected by her. 8.5" X 11". Softbound. 148 full-color pages.
$59.00
A Fine Pretending Tea
May 8, 2008 in Chicago, IL
More than 400 fine antique dolls, ranging from French bébés, and highlighted by a petite kid-bodied A.T. from a private owner, to rare German bisque characters including Hertel and Schwab's 111, solemn faced girl, and an exceptional group of dolls formerly in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. Also examples of early Edo period Japanese dolls, a fine group of Chinese wooden Door of Hope dolls, American cloth dolls, bisque mignonettes and Schoenhuts. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 148 full-color pages.
$49.00
Private Collections
March 29, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ
Featuring the best of the best dolls from discriminating private owners and estates. Wonderful dolls from superb French and German bisque, fine French poupées, wax and paper mache dolls. Rare Kewpies and all-bisque characters are included along with a group of desirable near mint portrait Cissy dolls. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 152 full-color pages.
$49.00
The Wee Ones
January 4, 2008 in Newport Beach, CA
Mischief is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes the wide-eyed "who, me?" of the mischief-maker leaves no room for doubt. Meet more than 200 rascals and scamps with twinkles in their eyes or a whistle on their lips. And you'll find snow babies, comic characters, and related novelty dolls, too. Most are wee, but, just for scale, we've included a group of big brother googlies, too! 9" x 9". Hardbound. 72 full-color pages.
$49.00
In the Mind's Eye - The Geri Baker Collection
January 5, 2008 in Newport Beach, CA
Featuring the Geri E. Baker world-class collection of antique dolls, including important examples by French dollmakers Thuillier, Halopeau, Bru, Schmitt, and Jumeau, in superb original costumes, along with an outstanding collection of French poupées highlighted by the famous Blondinette and her trousseau. There are, too, rare German bisque art character dolls as well as early dolls including the very rare one-of-a-kind French wooden court dolls. 8" x 12". Hardbound. 160 full-color pages.
$75.00
When the Circus came to Town
November 11, 2007 in Morristown, NJ
A fabulous collection of antique dolls, toys, automata and even glass canes is presented. Historical background of each piece is given, as well as the actual personal history of many of the objects including the famous "Consuelo's Bridesmaid" and Jumbo the Elephant, a gift of P.T. Barnum to his friend Wesley Redhead. The rare Levitation Man automata, of which only two are known in the world, is also shown with detailed multi-photographs. 9" x 12". Hardbound. 148 full-color pages.
$75.00
Images
September 22, 2007 in Bellevue, WA
Highlighting several fine small private collections from America and Europe. Of special interest are the estate dolls of the late Marion Holt of Pennsylvania. Collectors will also be delighted by a number of petite Jumeau bébés, all-original French bébés, early china dolls, paper dolls, and two poupées with trousseaux. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 120 full-color pages.
$49.00
Grand Notes - Collection of Carole Zvonar
July 15, 2007 in Detroit, MI
"I bought my first antique doll for $1 when I was 5 years old," she said. "Antiques are the only dolls I have ever loved." Dr. Carole Jean Stoessel Zvonar has collected antique dolls from the age of 5. Her lifetime achievement of collecting those dolls is all shown in this commemorative catalog. 8" x 11". Hardbound. 144 full-color pages.
$59.00
A Cherished Collection - Madame Andrée Petyt
May 5, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV
Madame Andrée Petyt, the elegant European lady whose collection was visited by Belgian royalty, never played with dolls as a child. She came to dolls, she explained, through a love of fashion and an enduring fascination with doll costumes and the history of clothing those dolls personified. This explains the particular vision of Madame Petyt whose extraordinary collection of rare dolls in exquisite costumes is featured in a commemorative book with historic references. 8.5" x 11". Hardbound. 188 full-color pages.
$75.00
Two Different Worlds
March 17, 2007 in Atlanta, GA
Two very different doll worlds mingle in a delightful mélange. There is, on the one hand, the sophisticated world of Parisian dolls, chic, fashionable, and French dolls from Paris store Au Nain Bleu. And then there is the world of plain and simple, highlighted by a collection of Ella Smith cloth dolls and Alabama babies. A century ago, at the end of the 19th century, each prospered, likely unknown to each other, but stellar quality the same. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 112 full-color pages.
$49.00