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"Echoes of Old Remembered Times" Marquis Doll Auction - January 23 and 24, 2021

Outstanding antique dolls from private estates are offered to discerning collectors in this two day auction ranging from the finest French bisque bébés and poupées to German art characters, early wooden and paper mache dolls, early 20th century American dolls, doll rooms and stores and all the treasures of childhood past one expects from a Theriault Marquis auction. Catalog available for $59.
$59.00
The Doll as Theatre: Neapolitan and Continental Dolls of the 17th and 18th Century from the Hanne Büktas Collection: Volume Two - Softbound

Hanne Büktas began the pursuit of Continental dolls including Grodnertal, Genoese and Neapolitans, and, as was the case with her poupée collection, the pursuit encompassed each aspect of that collecting niche, including furnishings, accessories, animals, and other accoutrements. This is her final remaining collection, her favorite, and it will be presented in a special one-day event December 5, 2020 and a 2nd part March 6, 2021. A special commemorative 2-volume catalog is in preparation and will feature nearly 500 dolls and hundreds of related ephemera, furnishings, and accessories. Volume One ships Mid-November, Volume Two ships Mid-February.
$75.00
The Doll as Theatre: Neapolitan and Continental Dolls of the 17th and 18th Century from the Hanne Büktas Collection: Volume Two - Deluxe Hardbound

Hanne Büktas began the pursuit of Continental dolls including Grodnertal, Genoese and Neapolitans, and, as was the case with her poupée collection, the pursuit encompassed each aspect of that collecting niche, including furnishings, accessories, animals, and other accoutrements. This is her final remaining collection, her favorite, and it will be presented in a special one-day event December 5, 2020 and a 2nd part March 6, 2021. A special commemorative 2-volume catalog is in preparation and will feature nearly 500 dolls and hundreds of related ephemera, furnishings, and accessories. Volume One ships Mid-November, Volume Two ships Mid-February.
$105.00
The Doll as Theatre: Neapolitan and Continental Dolls of the 17th and 18th Century from the Hanne Büktas Collection: Vol 1-2 - Softbound

Hanne Büktas began the pursuit of Continental dolls including Grodnertal, Genoese and Neapolitans, and, as was the case with her poupée collection, the pursuit encompassed each aspect of that collecting niche, including furnishings, accessories, animals, and other accoutrements. This is her final remaining collection, her favorite, and it will be presented in a special one-day event December 5, 2020 and a 2nd part March 6, 2021. A special commemorative 2-volume catalog is in preparation and will feature nearly 500 dolls and hundreds of related ephemera, furnishings, and accessories. Volume One ships Mid-November, Volume Two ships Mid-February.
$125.00
THE DOLL AS THEATRE: NEAPOLITAN AND CONTINENTAL DOLLS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY FROM THE HANNE BÜKTAS COLLECTION: VOL 1-2 - DELUXE HARDBOUND

Hanne Büktas began the pursuit of Continental dolls including Grodnertal, Genoese and Neapolitans, and, as was the case with her poupée collection, the pursuit encompassed each aspect of that collecting niche, including furnishings, accessories, animals, and other accoutrements. This is her final remaining collection, her favorite, and it will be presented in a special one-day event December 5, 2020 and a 2nd part March 6, 2021. A special commemorative 2-volume catalog is in preparation and will feature nearly 500 dolls and hundreds of related ephemera, furnishings, and accessories. Volume One ships Mid-November, Volume Two ships Mid-February.
$165.00
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What Finespun Threads
Sunday, March 12, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida

Several hundred wonderful antique doll costumes including fashion gowns, bebe dresses, character doll costumes, bonnets, shoes and accessories are featured in this fabulous collection. The rarity of antique costumes has become more evident with each passing year, ensuring that this collection will entice every collector wishing to refresh their doll wardrobes. Each piece is featured (many with front and back views) in a full color catalog. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 144 pages.
$59.00
Fascination
January 8, 2017 in Newport Beach, California

The legendary doll collection of Samy Odin from the Musée de la Poupée of Paris is the subject of this extraordinary one-person auction. Many of the more than 400 dolls in the collection, most mirroring the amazing history of the French doll, have been featured in the books authored by Samy Odin, and in numerous articles appearing in Antique Doll Collector. The catalog features more than 500 wonderful antique dolls and playthings. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 196 pages.
$75.00
The Voyage Continues
January 7, 2017 in Newport Beach, California

Filled with a bounty of dolls, many owning trunks of costumes and accessories, each bound from its past journeys and now hopefully inclined to its next home, this extraordinary auction celebrates the passage of the doll, through history, through the hands of loving owners, generation after generation. Join Theriault’s to celebrate this continuing voyage, and, for yourself, bring home a doll. The catalog features more than 500 of the world’s finest dolls, toys, automata, and related childhood playthings. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 148 pages.
$75.00
A Time For Gratitude
November 13, 2016 in Annapolis, Maryland

The end of each year seems a time of reflection, of gratitude for family and good friends and all that is fortunate in our lives. Beginning with the quintessential American holiday — Thanksgiving — a giving of thanks — and continuing with days and weeks of community, sharing, and gratitude, it is, too, the time to rekindle our sense of history. How perfect, then, is an auction of antique dolls, those memorable links to childhood past. Theriault's merrily presents — with gratitude for another year in the company of fine friends and precious treasures — our annual holiday antique doll auction in a 8.5" x 11" softbound catalog featuring nearly 300 lots.
$49.00
For the Love of the Ladies
October 1-2, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona

The Estelle Rose Johnston Collection of Important Dolls from the 18th and Early 19th Century. After the July 2013 Part I auction of the legendary collector Estelle Johnston, Estelle fulfilled a lifelong dream. She moved from her beloved Atlanta to the rocky seacoast of California. And with her went favored dolls. Early dolls of wood and paper mache, fine porcelain dolls, and exceptional poupées from the French golden years. This final collection of Estelle Rose Johnston, encompassing several hundred remarkable dolls, were presented in this single-owner estate auction. 8" x 11.5". Softbound. 200 full-color pages.
$59.00
Bread and Roses
July 26, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

The Ursula Brecht collection of more than 300 important dolls and ephemera will be presented at a Marquis auction, Bread and Roses, conducted by Theriault's on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. The auction includes exceptional French dolls, rare Lenci dolls from the personal collection of Lenci doll author, Nancy Lazenby, important dollhouse rooms and furnishings from the Hanne Büktas Collection, and more. 9" x 12". Hardbound. 220 pages.
$75.00
Soirée: Antique Dolls and Automata
May 14, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Over 250 of the world’s finest and rare antique dolls, automata, and music boxes are offered on Saturday, May 14th featuring the collection of the late Ron Connor of Rogers, Arkansas collected over many decades. 9" x 12". Softbound. 160 pages.
$75.00
Sanctuary
March 19, 2016 in Naples, Florida

The world’s finest antique dolls are offered, highlighted by important dolls from the Toby Kinslow collection. Over 350 rare and fine antique dolls are presented including a very choice collection of French bébés from Bru, Steiner, Schmitt, Jumeau and others, as well as their earlier poupées, many with portrait faces and most with desirable articulated wooden bodies. There are rare German bisque characters, French automata, German handwind toys, dolls with trousseaux, rare Japanese Ichimatsu, curiosities including French toy hotte baskets filled with miniature toys, Thorne room, bathing beauties, The Sewing Companion lady, rare Kewpies and much more. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 148 pages.
$59.00
Forever Young
January 9, 2016 in Newport Beach, California

The Alice Florence Schott Collection of rare early dolls has not been long-lost, but rather lost-in-plain-sight. Bequeathed to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (of which Alice Schott was one of the founders) in the mid-1900s, the dolls have been carefully-preserved in the museum archives for decades. Highlighted by a superb all-original French bisque art doll by Albert Marque, with life-long provenance. 10” x 10”. Hardbound.180 pages.
$59.00
The Carabet Collection of Antique Japanese Dolls
January 10, 2016 in Newport Beach, California

Some astute American collectors have made the study and careful acquisition of important Japanese dolls their mission. One such collection, features this collection, and in its homage an outstanding 200-page hardbound book has been prepared. Featuring dolls from the Carabet Collection of antique Japanese Ningyō at auction. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 184 pages.
$75.00