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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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Memories of a Marriage
January 6, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA
The bride doll has a special place in the history of doll collecting. Featured is a collection of 100 French wedding globes from a private French museum, as well as antique dolls in wedding costumes, and antique cake toppers. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 128 full-color pages.
$49.00
Purple Skies, Plum Delights
January 7, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA
"The faces, it was always the faces" are the words of Lucy Morgan in describing her world-class collection of antique bisque dolls that include virtually every important maker and model from the golden years, 1860-1925. There are the elegant bébés of rich purple skies, and the impish rascals so aptly described as "plum delights". The book features the nearly 300 antique doll collection. 8.5" x 11". Hardbound. 168 full-color pages.
$59.00
Playing Their Parts
November 20, 2005 in Morristown, NJ
Automata, musical boxes, and singing birds are featured in this fabulous book. Included are detailed descriptions of each of the movements, names of music, and other historical background references. Exceptional for reference, or just to enjoy reading about and seeing these superb antique treasures. 9" x 12". Hardbound. 180 full-color pages.
$59.00
Today's Treasures, Tomorrow's Antiques
September 25, 2005 in Monterey, CA
A treasury of 250 European and American artist dolls, 1970–2000, highlighted by a collection of early dolls by R. John Wright, are featured with well-detailed descriptions and beautiful color photographs of every doll. Important for collectors is a price key to today's values of these beautiful treasures. 8.5" x 11". Hardbound. 120 full-color pages.
$49.00
Silhouettes
September 24, 2005 in Monterey, CA
The name of the collector is left unsaid, at the request of the family, although it can be said that it is a prominent, and once well-known East Coast collection featured in many early doll research books. In the collection, you will find early paper mache dolls, Bru bébés, French poupées, mignonettes, and early wax dolls. Also American cloth and china dolls, Schoenhut and early wooden dolls, including two from the collection of the early French doll and toy historian Henri d'Allegmagne. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 140 full-color pages.
$49.00
Playing Make-Believe
July 10, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA
Playing make-believe is the oldest game of childhood. Those who wonder about the why of collecting yesterday's childhood objects overlook make-believe. Playing dolls – or collecting them – transports a person from the box of how things are, into a world of boundless possibilities. The rarest of the rare antique dolls are featured in this book where the world of make-believe mixes with the veritable life journey of the doll itself. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 130 full-color pages.
$39.00
Magnifique! Family Dolls of Mildred Seeley
April 30, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV
The legendary doll collection of Mildred Seeley is featured in this art-quality book. Known among doll collectors for more than a quarter-century, Mildred Seeley autographed her many books and signed her letters with the unswerving statement “for the love of dolls.” More than 250 of the world’s most beautiful dolls from the Seeley Collection, resplendent in antique costumes and finery, are featured. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 140 full-color pages.
$49.00
With Kewpish Love
January 9, 2005 in Newport Beach, CA
Presenting more than 450 remarkable Kewpie and Rose O'Neill antique dolls and ephemera. Included are bisque action Kewpies, many never seen before, as well as original O'Neill artwork, letters, and many novelty objects, 1910–1945. 9" x 9". Hardbound. 144 full-color pages.
$49.00
J'aime Ma Bleuette
January 7, 2005 in Newport Beach, CA
The title is in French, but the book is in English. Included are more than 50 different Bleuette dolls, some with original trousseaux and boxes, along with 150 rare Bleuette costumes offered by Gautier-Langereau. Each is photographed with complete descriptions and reference to original Bleuette catalogs. 9" x 9". Hardbound. 88 full-color pages.
$39.00
Cherries Jubilee
January 8, 2005 in Newport Beach, CA
The very sound of the name, Cherries Jubilee, suggests festivity and celebration and so it's only fitting that it is the title of Theriault's 35th anniversary catalog. More than 300 of the world's finest antique dolls are included in the extraordinary auction, highlighted by the private collection of Donna Berg of Paso Robles, California, with other fine selections from private French estates. Donna Berg, herself an artist, had an eye for exceptional beauty in dolls, and the collection is instantly notable for this. 9" x 9". Hardbound. 144 full-color pages.
$49.00