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The Doll as Theatre: Neapolitan and Continental Dolls from the Hanne Büktas Collection - March 6, 2021. 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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Past Perfect
November 1, 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ

In the quest for vintage Alexander dolls, one must make the choice: the rare or the perfect. Dolls appear as they left the shelves half a century ago. And then at a second glance, you notice that they are the rare models that appear on the market only a few times each decade. Such is the collection of the late Martha Hester of Houston, Texas, whose dolls were among those featured in the book Madame Alexander Dolls, An American Legend. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 100 full-color pages.
$49.00
Dance of the Hours
July 12, 2009 in Atlanta, GA

Featuring the extremely rare portrait model designed by the Parisian sculptor Albert Marque. A very rare Princess Juliana by Gebruder Heubach, early cloth dolls, Kathe Kruse, Schoenhut toys, and paper mache characters. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 136 full-color pages.
$59.00
Playful Art - The 20th Century Doll
July 12, 2009 in Atlanta, GA

Featuring dolls from the private collection of John Axe, more than 250 dolls that were the beloved playthings of American children from 1920s to 1960s. Ranging from wonderful Shirley Temple dolls, #1 Barbies to Pinocchio, Dionne Quintuplets, Charlie McCarthy, and other celebrity and character composition models. 9.5" x 9.5". Softbound. 124 full-color pages.
$39.00
Let The Little Lambs Play
April 26, 2009 in Short Hills, NJ

Theriault's offers a springtime bouquet of dolls, a felicitous mixture of beautiful bébés and innocent cloth folk dolls, of tiny yet elegant all bisque mignonettes and rowdy plump-bodied toddlers, of saucy studio cloth dolls and slender-bodied paper mache and bisque ladies. More than 300 fine antique and vintage dolls along with a garden of other childhood fancies and ephemera. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 144 full-color pages.
$49.00
The Ties that Bind
January 11, 2009 in Newport Beach, CA

More than 300 antique doll costumes are featured, including gowns for fashionable lady dolls, dresses for French bébés or German bisque children, along with bonnets, shoes and complete trousseaux. Divided into chapters by theme and decade. 8.5" x 11". Softbound. 120 full-color pages.
$49.00
Keeper of the Dolls
January 10, 2009 in Newport Beach, CA

More than 300 of the world's rarest antique dolls are featured, along with dollhouses, pull toys, paintings of children, miniature dolls, fine doll furniture and identification and documentation for every object. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 165 full-color pages.
$75.00
M'Lady - Margaret Hartshorn Collection
January 9, 2009 in Newport Beach, CA

M'Lady, the landmark collection of the late Margaret Hartshorn of Asheville, North Carolina, features fine early 18th and 19th century lady dolls of wood, cloth and porcelain. Mrs. Hartshorn entered her dolls in many UFDC competitions and collectors will be astounded at the blue ribbons that so many of her dolls were awarded. 8" x 11". Hardbound. 136 full-color pages.
$59.00
Music Motion, Fancy
November 23, 2008 in Morristown, NJ

Rare automata and musical boxes from the 19th century are featured, including several outstanding models never previously documented. Multiple images of many pieces capture the "actions" of acrobats, clowns, and magicians. 9" x 12". Hardbound. 158 full-color pages.
$75.00
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