Oh, My Stars and Garters!
In America we say “Oh, my goodness”, an expression of delight and astonishment. In England, the exclamation “Oh, my stars and garters!” has the same meaning. Both meanings are appropriate for the Sharon Jerome antique doll collection which will be of great delight and, also, worthy of the highest order. More than 400 important antique dolls, automata, early doll houses and miniatures are offered in this auction, including, appropriately early English wooden dolls. Softbound. 8.5" x 11". 136 pages.
$59.00
Catalog Lot List details
27"w. (69 cm.) x 31"h. Oil painting on canvas depicting a brown-haired girl wearing a white dress with ruffled collar of broderie Anglaise, and with dainty feathering of curls at the top of her forehead. In original gilt wooden frame with framer's mark, and signed in red by the artist "Daniels 1877". Excellent condition. Anson Daniels of Medway, Massachusetts (1813-1884), the 19th century New England artist/poet, "a man of broad and generous culture" according to documents in the Medway Historical Society, was known especially for his portrait work.
Presale Estimate:
3000/5000
Realized Price:
$2,000
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head with light-brown complexion, brown glass sleep eyes, painted curly lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, black mohair wig, brown composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 201. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1900. Value Points: pretty wide-eyed child has beautiful brown complexion, original wig and body finish, and is wearing lovely antique costume.
Presale Estimate:
900/1200
Realized Price:
$900
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue spiral-threaded glass eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils of rounded tip nose, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, composition and wooden ball-jointed body with straight wrists, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 204 12. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1890. Value Points: bright-eyed child with charming expression, impressed dimples around mouth and eyes, original body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
400/500
Realized Price:
$550
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, blue spiral-threaded glass eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 204 5. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1890. Value Points: an especially pretty closed mouth child, in the French manner, with rich spiral-threaded eyes, original early body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
700/900
Realized Price:
$1,000
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, brown glass inset eyes, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, composition body with jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 208 4. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1890s. Value Points: most endearing all-original doll with factory-original dress and bonnet, undergarments, socks and shoes. Ex-Mary Merritt Doll Museum.
Presale Estimate:
800/1200
Realized Price:
$650
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, four porcelain tiny teeth, brunette mohair wig, composition body jointed at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 224 3. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1890. Value Points: charming young bright-eyed lad with wonderful velvet costume and lace, lace collar and cuffs.
Presale Estimate:
400/500
Realized Price:
$850
16" (41 cm.) Of golden mohair with long snout, black shoe-button eyes, black re-embroidered nose, swivel head, back hump, excelsior fill, jointing at arms and hips, felt paws. Fair/good condition with sparse mohair on nose, repair to felt on paws, Germany, Steiff, with original underscored-F Steiff button in ear, circa 1915.
Presale Estimate:
300/500
Realized Price:
$700
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head with very deeply-impressed sculpted facial features, upper-glancing painted brown eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, painted curly lashes, accented eye corners and nostrils, rounded tip nose, closed mouth with full outlined lips, impressed dimples at lip corners and chin, brunette mohair wig in side-coiled braids over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique brown linen dress with handmade lace trim, blouse, undergarments, socks, shoes, lace cap. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K made in Germany 208 14 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1910 from their art character series. Value Points: pristine original condition of the extremely rare model, notably so in this large size, enhanced by superb detail of facial modeling, flawless complexion, original wig, body and body finish, antique costume. Few examples of the size 14 model of the painted eye character 208 are known to exist. Provenance: The childhood doll of Miss Willie Pearl Davis of Douglas, Georgia, born 1905, the doll was tenderly cherished in the Davis family home until the passing of Willie Pearl in 2000, when it was acquired by a local Douglas doll collector who has preserved the doll until this date.
Presale Estimate:
25,000/35,000
Realized Price:
$23,000
20" (50 cm.) Bisque socket head, pale blue painted eyes, thick black upper eyeliner, heavy eyelids, one-stroke dash brows, closed mouth with accent line between the lips, auburn mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, hands repainted. Marks: K*R 101 50. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1910, the model marketed as "Marie" from the firm's art character series of that year. Value Points: especially well-defined wistful expression with choice bisque and painting, wonderful antique costume.
Presale Estimate:
1100/1500
Realized Price:
$1,900
15" (38 cm.) Standing at an upright wooden piano is a bisque-head bebe with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, long painted lashes and brows, closed mouth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, paper mache hands, purple velvet dress with lace, undergarments, shoes; the piano has elaborate ormolu candlesticks, music rack and handles, silver basket with silk flowers, and faux keys. When wound, music plays, the girl turns her head side to side and moves her hands up and down "playing" the piano. Condition: generally excellent, music and movement function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 3 (and artist checkmarks). Comments: Vichy, circa 1890. Value Points: well-preserved parlor automaton with wonderful luxury details of piano, pretty music, charming petite size, and original presentation as a rare luxury candy box, the lid lifting for access to the surprise bon-bons.
Presale Estimate:
6500/8500
Realized Price:
$5,000