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"Saying Good-bye, Coming Home" Marquis Doll Aucton - Saturday, March 25, 2023

A fine collection of private owner dolls will be saying goodbye and seeking a new home when they make their appearance at Theriault’s March 25 auction to be conducted at our new gallery in Annapolis, Maryland. The treasures abound. The collection is highlighted by an exceptional English early wooden doll, fine early paper mache dolls, and French dolls highlighted by a stunningly beautiful early period A.T. bébé, Bru, a wooden-bodied Bébé Modele and smiling model poupées. There are more than 300 lots in this one-day auction. Order your catalog today. For more information call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com.
$69.00
Early Lenci Dolls - The Elaine Romberg Collection Marquis Auction - Sunday, March 26, 2023

The Elaine Romberg Collection of “Lenci Art” presents Lenci dolls and ephemera from the 1920-1940 era, with historical background about the pieces. The collection remarkably includes 160 pieces from the premiere Lenci ad of 1920, as well as important and very rare celebrity dolls including Valentino as The Sheik, Josephine Baker in her famous banana costume, and Bombita of bullfighting fame. At Theriault's Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland. Order your catalog today. For more information call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com.
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A Matter of Circumstance
October 17, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona

Featuring private estate dolls from important French and German collections. Rare and exquisite French bisque bebes from the most sought after doll makers including Bru, Schmitt, Halopeau ("H"), Jumeau, Joanny, Steiner, Gaultier, and others. German bisque art characters that are as captivating as they are rare from Kammer and Reinhardt, Kestner, Simon and Halbig, and Gebruder Heubach. There are miscevious googlies, elegant poupees, mignonettes, all-bisque characters, early Kathe Kruse, rare ladies of bisque and porcelain with sculpted hair, early wooden and American folk, fine early maitrise miniature furniture, and rare Schoenhut models. 300 lots are featured. Softbound. 8.5" x 11". 140 pages.
$49.00
Love, Shirley Temple, Collector's Book
July 14, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri

"Love, Shirley Temple - Movie Costumes, Dolls, and Childhood Memorabilia from Her Personal Archives." Commemorative catalog with special features not available to online viewers. The personal childhood collection of Shirley Temple, comprising over 500 costumes, dolls, playthings and memorabilia from 1928-1940. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 356 full-color pages.
$75.00
Among Friends, The Billie and Paige Welker Collection
July 15, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri

"Among Friends, The Billie and Paige Welker Collection." An Extraordinary Private Collection of Rare French Bébés, German Characters, and American Folk Dolls." Commemorative catalog with special features not available to online viewers. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 160 full-color pages.
$75.00
What Frolicks Are Here
May 2, 2015 in Morristown, NJ

"What Frolicks Are Here - Fine Antique Dolls from Estates and Private Collections." Commemorative catalog with special features not available to online viewers. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 132 full-color pages.
$49.00
The Lifelong Collection of Berta Leon Hackney
March 28-29, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV

Commemorative catalog of the Berta Leon Hackney Collection, with special features not available to online viewers, is available for $75 including prices realized. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 260 full-color pages.
$75.00
Cotillion - The Susan Whittaker Collection
January 9-11, 2015 in Newport Beach, CA

Featured is the famous estate collection of Susan Whittaker of Beverly Hills highlighted by an extraordinary array of the rarest of French bébés (H, AT, Bru, Jumeau, Schmitt and a fabulous Marque) and more than 200 exceptional early mignonettes, delightfully counterpointed by more than 50 googlies in the rarest models and sizes known to exist. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 204 full-color pages.
$75.00
Inspiration! The Robert Tonner Collection
November 23, 2014 in New York City, NY

Every important doll designer throughout history has drawn inspiration from those who came before. Robert Tonner, considered by most to be the premiere contemporary designer of today’s high fashion dolls, is no exception. His inspiration, he avers, has been the extraordinary fashion ladies of the 1950s, and over several decades he has quietly assembled an important collection of rarities from this period. They are presented in the aptly entitled catalog, Inspiration! 9" x 9". Softbound. 188 full-color pages.
$49.00
Let the Music Begin!
November 22, 2014 in New York City, NY

An old French children’s game, En Avant la Musique, graces the back cover and serves as the theme of the auction - “Let the Music Begin!” Exceptional dolls from private collections are featured ranging from French firms of Bru, Jumeau, Schmitt, Steiner, and others, and highlighted by the extremely rare Jumeau art character 201, of which only one other example is known to exist. The great diversity of the 350 wonderful dolls in a harmonious concert with one common theme: the superb condition and originality of each doll. 9" x 9". Softbound. 160 full-color pages.
$59.00
The Blackler Collection (Part 2 of 2-Vol set)
October 5-6, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA

The private collection of Diane and Valerie Blackler of Naples, California, offers the most exceptional collection of American cloth dolls ever presented, highlighted by folk art dolls, 19th century studio dolls, and black folk dolls. Over 500 dolls appear in the auction catalog. 9" x 9". Softbound. 192 full-color pages. Order includes "At Play in a Field of Dolls."
$79.00
At Play in a Field of Dolls (Part 1 of 2-Vol set)
October 4, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA

Featuring the fine Lois Cohorst antique doll collection of the Marysville Doll Museum on the Pony Express Trail of Kansas, as well as private estate dolls from important French and German collections. 9" x 9". Softbound. 132 full-color pages. Order includes "The Blacker Collection."
$79.00