Remembering Mama
Featuring important dolls from the estate collection of Barbara Poppenheimer of Mississippi, and from the archives of the Hobby City Doll and Toy Museum of Anaheim, California. Gorgeous poupées and bébés from important French doll firms of the classic years peek from the catalog pages, along with the outstanding large collection of rare mid-19th century bisque and porcelain dolls with sculpted hair that were carefully sought and cherished by Barbara Poppenheimer. 9" x 9". Softbound. 140 full-color pages.
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Catalog Lot List details
20" (51 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat,light brown
sculpted hair in soft waves away from her face and behind her sculpted ears,arranged curls at
center forehead and chignon at the back crown that is held by a sculpted black band,painted
blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,delicate one-stroke brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth
with center accent line,muslin stitch-jointed body with sewn-on stockings and leather
boots,leather arms,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa
1870. Value Points: superb detail of sculpting of rare coiffure in rare brown color,rare model.
Presale Estimate:
800/1200
Realized Price:
$750
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted lashes and brows,accented
nostrils,open mouth,four porcelain teeth,brunette mohair wig,composition ball-jointed body.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: L. Halbig K*R 30. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt,circa
1915. Value Points: the petite child with original body and body finish is wearing her original
cotton dress and undergarments,shoes and socks,and is presented in her original trunk with
additional dress,robe,romper suit and additional undergarments.
Presale Estimate:
600/900
Realized Price:
$750
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep and "flirty" eyes,painted lashes,brush-stroked
and feathered brows,accented nostrils,open mouth,shaded and outlined lips,four porcelain
teeth,pierced ears,brunette mohair wig,composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 46. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt,circa
1915. Value Points: very pretty dolly-face model with flirty eyes,original body and body
finish,wearing pretty antique dress,undergarments,shoes and socks.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$800
6" (15 cm.) h. pot. Of white porcelain with gilt edging and various scenes from the nursery tale
"The House That Jack Built",including lidded pot,lidded sugar,two creamers,waste bowl,six
cups,six plate,and six saucers. Excellent condition. Germany,circa 1900.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$200
4 1/2" (11 cm.) Of fine white porcelain with unusual sepia-toned scenes depicting variously,a
woman writing a letter as she sits in her garden,and others,comprising lidded
teapot,creamer,sugar,two serving plates,six cups and six saucers. Excellent condition.
Germany,circa 1890.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$500
13" (33 cm.) All-composition with socket head,sculpted short brown bobbed hair with bands and
sculpted head band,painted large brown side-glancing eyes,painted features,closed mouth with
bow-shaped lips,five-piece composition body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Effanbee
Patsy Pat. Pending. Comments: Effanbee,circa 1930s. Value Points: beautiful complexion and
painting,wearing original tagged costume,shoes and socks.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$250
22" (56 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face having oil-painted complexion,hair and
facial features,shaded brown hair with scalloped curls framing the face,shaded blue eyes with
white eyedots,arched brows,outlined nose,closed mouth with outlined lips,stitch-jointing of arms
and legs. Condition: original finish with darkening of varnish,muslin torso is water-spotted.
Comments: Emma Adams who presented her cloth doll at the Chicago Columbian World
Exposition of 1893,where it was the first American doll to ever be awarded a Gold Medal,known
thereafter as the Columbian Doll. Value Points: rare doll was superbly-painted features in the
manner of American portrait painters of the late-19th century,original costume.
Presale Estimate:
1500/2500
Realized Price:
$3,000
20" (51 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate,large blue/grey glass
paperweight eyes with spiral threading,dark eyeliner,rose blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked
and feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with shaded and
outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,kid poupee body with shapely
torso,gusset-jointing,stitched and separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 5
(head and shoulder plate). Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa
1878. Value Points: a luxury-quality poupee from Jumeau with exceptionally beautiful
face,original elaborately arranged mohair wig with long ringlet curls and ribbon-threaded
braids,near mint body.
Presale Estimate:
3000/4000
Realized Price:
$4,600
19" (48 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat,blonde
sculpted hair waved softly at the sides of her face and captured into a sculpted black snood with
black edging and large bows at each side,painted blue downcast eyes,red and black upper
eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented nostrils,outlined closed mouth,muslin stitch-jointed
body,bisque lower arms,nice antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
Germany,circa 1865. Value Points: rare model whose beautifully-detailed sculpted snood is
designed to appear prominently at front view of face as well as back of head.
Presale Estimate:
900/1200
Realized Price:
$1,300
11" (28 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult man with sculpted grey helmet having black brim and
yellow straps and emblem,and sculpted blue feather,brown sculpted hair,brows,wide curly
moustache and little goatee,painted brown eyes,tiny closed mouth,wooden block body and
carved hands and black painted boots. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3/3 -2/0.
Comments: Germany,circa 1870,maker unknown. Value Points: very rare doll with outstanding
sculpting of helmet.
Presale Estimate:
800/1200
Realized Price:
$650