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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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Best In Show
November 6, 2004 in Whippany, NJ
Fine antique dolls along with antique toy dogs take to the ring, as collectors cast their votes. Every doll is a winner here, however, where more than 300 items of the best of the best are featured. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 120 full-color pages.
$39.00
More Mid-Century American Dolls
September 11, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
Featuring a superb private collection of more than 100 very rare 1950s Alexander-kin fashionable children and Cissettes, an extraordinary collection of fabulous and nearly impossible-to-find early boxed costumes for 1950s Alexander dolls, and a fine group of near-mint hard plastic dolls from various manufacturers. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 90 full-color pages.
$29.00
Mid-Century American Dolls-Meisner Collection
September 11, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
Laura Meisner championed the collecting of high-style fashion dolls over a twenty-year period. This one-person collection is highlighted by fashion dolls of the 1950s including Barbie, Alexander Cissy and Elise, Miss Revlon, Jill and Jan, and Miss Ginger; along with Ideal Toni, Shirley Temple, and rare Alexander hard plastic children of the 1950s. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 84 full-color pages.
$29.00
Lovingly - Jane Withers' Doll Collection
August 1, 2004 in Kansas City, MO
Being one of the most famous child stars of the late 30s, Jane Withers was in a unique position to assemble a doll collection which perfectly exemplified the popular culture of 1930's America. This book shows 200 of the finest dolls of Withers' collection, alongside black-and-white archival photographs of the child Jane Withers playing with her dolls, alongside celebrities like Walt Disney and Shirley Temple. There are numerous anecdotes told in Withers' own words. 8.5" x 8.5". Softbound. 96 full-color pages.
$29.00
Peanut Butter Picnics, Rainy Afternoons
August 1, 2004 in Kansas City, MO
In some little corners of our collective memories, we conjure the simple summer picnic. A peanut butter picnic where you take your sandwich and go down the road looking for buried treasure. This sandwich is a childhood natural, that you could fix it yourself was empowering. So, in homage to childhood and our celebration of objects of childhood, we celebrate its symbols: dolls, playthings – and peanut butter picnics. Featured are antique bisque dolls, Bleuettes, fashions and American-composition dolls. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 120 full-color pages.
$39.00
Pie in the Sky, Cow Over the Moon
May 16, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV
Mignonettes are featured along with fine antique French and German dolls, Bleuette dolls, early American composition dolls, and including the dolls of Evelyn Green from the Strong Museum, sold to benefit the collection fund. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 108 full-color pages.
$39.00
The Golden Age of Automata
May 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV
The 19th century produced a wealth of luxurious mechanical dolls and toys known as automata. Made in small studios in Paris from the years 1848–1915, these playthings brought to life both exotic and everyday events of the times. Nearly 150 of these automata, from the collection of world-renowned collector Christian Bailly, are shown in this remarkable book – a must-have addition to Bailly’s own book, "Automata: The Golden Age," published in 1987 and long out of print. Included are commentary and foreword by Christian Bailly. 9" x 12". Hardbound. 190 full-color pages.
$59.00
First Blush
March 13, 2004 in Boca Raton, FL
Superb antique dolls including Kestner, Simon and Halbig, Kammer and Rienhardt, Jumeau, Steiner, and early American cloth and paper mache folk dolls are among the fine specimens featured in this collectible book. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 96 full-color pages.
$39.00
Penny Toys From Heaven
January 11, 2004 in Newport Beach, CA
Featuring the legendary collection of the late Jane Anderson with over 250 rare antique tin penny toys. Themes range from animals to children to early aviation and automobiles. Collectors will delight in the detail and vibrancy of these tiny objects, none larger than 5". 9" x 9". Softbound. 84 full-color pages.
$39.00
Life's a Beach - Sand Pails and Sand Toys
January 11, 2004 in Newport Beach, CA
If you love childhood objects, then you will love tin sand pails. Decorated with vivid lithography, many pails depict girls playing with dolls – a perfect corollary for doll collectors. More than 400 vintage tin sand pails and related toys are presented in this book, featuring the collection of the late Jane Anderson. 9" x 9". Softbound. 120 full-color pages.
$39.00