Sanctuary
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
Catalog Lot List details
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F made in Germany 10 152 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1900. Value Points: all-original doll has soft mohair wig, pate, body, original body finish, original chemise dress, stockings and shoes.
Presale Estimate:
600/800
Realized Price:
$450
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: D made in Germany 8 (head) Excelsior (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1900. Value Points: pretty child with fine bisque has original wig, pate, body, body finish, and original store chemise dress.
Presale Estimate:
500/800
Realized Price:
$700
13" (34 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted curly lashes, mohair lashes, brush-stroked brows with feathering, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Simon & Halbig 34. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1900. Value Points: pretty child doll with rare original lashes, original body and body finish, has original trunk with an assortment of costumes and accessories. Included with the doll is a family provenance of its original owner, Elizabeth Wace, of Victoria, Canada.
Presale Estimate:
800/1200
Realized Price:
$2,000
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, dimpled chin, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique dress, undergarments, shoes and socks. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: E made in Germany 9 129 (head) excelsior (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1900. Value Points: hard to find model with beautiful bisque, original wig, body, body finish.
Presale Estimate:
500/800
Realized Price:
$450
9 1/2" (24 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 192. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1900. Value Points: the petite doll has original body and body finish, and is presented in her own trunk with three original dresses including blue silk chemise, night shift, pinafore, brown wool dress, shoes, bonnet.
Presale Estimate:
1100/1500
Realized Price:
$1,200
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, very full cheeks and throat, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with glaze-accented and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Tete Depose Paris Bebe 7 (head) Paris Bebe Depose (Paris). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: outstanding sculpting of the highly-defined features on the rare art character model, finest bisque with delicate complexion, soft mohair wig, original body and body finish, wearing original couturier costume of aqua silk dress and bonnet, undergarments, socks, signed Jumeau black leather shoes.
Presale Estimate:
6500/8500
Realized Price:
$7,000
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over Steiner pate, Steiner composition fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Steiner paris Fre A 9 (head) Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner (body). Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1888. Value Points: superb original condition of the beautiful shy-faced bebe, wearing original aqua silk dress with embroidered lace overlay, matching silk lined woven bonnet, undergarments, lace purse, socks, leather shoes.
Presale Estimate:
4500/6500
Realized Price:
$6,000
26" (66 cm.) x 34" framed. An oil-painting on board depicts a well-detailed vividly colorful French carnival scene, with various bazaar tents in the background around which are thronged many onlookers, while a French flag merrily waves. In the foreground is a table piled with prizes alongside a large Polichinelle into which two older children are tossing balls into its open mouth, while two younger children anxiously stand by. There is some very minor paint flaking, but overall excellent. French, late 19th century, unsigned, in the manner of the famed artist Chocarne-Moreau.
Presale Estimate:
5000/7500
Realized Price:
$4,500
18" (46 cm.) Seated upon a velvet covered base is a bisque head lady with large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted features, closed mouth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, bisque shoulder plate with shapely bosom, lady-shaped torso and long slender legs posed crossed at the knees, hinged right hip, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, wearing wonderful party costume of silk and lace, and holding a tambourine in right hand, and lace-edged black party mask in her left hand. When wound, music plays, her head turns in a circular motion, and she lifts her left hand with tambourine as though shaking it, then lifting the mask, while her right leg taps. Condition: chip in bisque at right elbow, one finger reglued, mechanism functions wonderfully. Marks: L.B. (key). Paper label with two tunes on base including "Carmen Chanson du Toreodor" and "Victoria Valse". Comments: Leopold Labert, circa 1880. Value Points: luxury automaton enhanced by portrait face, lavish costume and wonderful details of accessories and costume.
Presale Estimate:
6000/9000
Realized Price:
$5,000
31" (79 cm.) Standing upon a fabric-covered wooden base is a black-complexioned paper mache man with highly characterized features, brown glass eyes with leather eyelids, broad nose, very full lips with hidden hinge at lower lip, double row of teeth, black fleecy hair, slender carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, and paper mache hands posed to hold the banjo. When wound, he moves his head in a complicated manner, his lower lip opens and closes, eyelids open and close, and he strums the banjo, while musical tunes play. Condition: some rubbing on complexion of face and hands, mechanism functions well. Comments: Vichy, circa 1890, the automaton, deposed by Gustav Vichy, appeared as model 410 in the Vichy catalog. Value Points: the luxury automaton has wonderful details of mouth and eyelids, and is wearing fine original costume.
Presale Estimate:
9000/13,000
Realized Price:
$8,000