Soirée: Antique Dolls and Automata
Over 250 of the world’s finest and rare antique dolls, automata, and music boxes are offered on Saturday, May 14th featuring the collection of the late Ron Connor of Rogers, Arkansas collected over many decades. 9" x 12". Softbound. 160 pages.
$75.00
Catalog Lot List details
25" (64 cm.) All-cloth doll depicting George Washington, pressed and oil-painted facial features, blue painted narrow eyes with heavy eyelids, single-stroke brows, aquiline nose, closed mouth with strong lips and jaw, impasto thickly painted white hair that forms into a ponytail at the nape, cotton sateen body cover, stitch-jointed arms and legs, oil-painted hands and feet with defined fingers and toes, wearing factory-original blue and gold silk suit with lace jabot and cuffs, black stockings, shoes, tri-corn hat. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Chase doll (with logo image on leg).The Chase Stockinet Doll Made of Stockinet and Cloth... (original paper label on back). Comments: Martha Chase, late 19th century, the model may have been inspired by the centennial celebration of Washington's 1789 inauguration. Value Points: very rare doll with distinctive portrait sculpting that perfectly captures Washington's person, with most artistic painting of complexion, features and hair, fine original painting, original (restored) costume, and with three blue ribbon awards.
Presale Estimate:
4000/6000
Realized Price:
$2,750
15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features of slender-shaped face, brown sculpted hair drawn from her face into a coiled chignon at the back, painted large brown eyes, red eyeliner, curly upper lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth in very solemn expression, sateen cover on torso, oil-painted limbs with stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, separately-stitched thumbs, Condition: near mint. Marks: (Chase logo stamp on leg) The Chase Stockinet Doll (label on back torso). Comments: Martha Chase, circa 1910, from her series of storybook characters. Value Points: perfectly-preserved doll with rare hair style, rare brown eyes, preserved in her original labeled box.
Presale Estimate:
2000/2500
Realized Price:
$1,700
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features depicting an adult lady, dark brown impasto-painted hair shaped into a tight knot at the back of her head and defined by three ringlet curls at each side of her face and two curls at the sides of her forehead, blue painted eyes, red upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, strong nose, closed mouth with hint of a gentle smile, slender body with cotton sateen body cover, oil-painted arms and legs with stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, separately stitched thumbs, defined fingers, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (original Chase logo on leg). Comments: Martha Chase of Rhode Island, circa 1890, from the series of adult ladies and gentleman, likely representing characters from various books. Value Points: very rare lady model with distinctive hair color and style, original finish that is perfectly preserved.
Presale Estimate:
2000/2500
Realized Price:
$3,400
15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted complexion, facial features and blonde hair that is styled in centerpart and with two extended braids onto her shoulders, painted small blue eyes with crisp white eyedots, black upper lashes, accented nostrils, closed mouth, blushed cheeks, sateen body, oil-painted limbs with stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, separately-stitched thumbs, antique dress and undergarments, stockings, shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Martha Chase of Rhode Island, circa 1910, who introduced a series of dolls presumably based on storybook characters, this being "Little Nell" from the Dickens book, The Old Curiosity Shop; the series was unsuccessful and few examples were made. Value Points: very rare doll in impeccable original condition with beautiful painting and construction, notable delicate blushing of her complexion.
Presale Estimate:
1200/1600
Realized Price:
$1,500
15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features and brown hair which is pulled away from her face, behind her separately-stitched ears, into two tightly-coiled chignons at the back of her head, painted complexion and facial features including narrow blue eyes, white eyedots, black upper eyeliner, curly upper lashes, single stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, and with original body with sateen torso cover having defined bosom, stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: near mint. Comments: Martha Chase, circa 1910, from her series of storybook characters. Value Points: perfectly-preserved doll with very rare hair style, separately-stitched ears, unusual body shaping complementing the slender adult lady face, preserved in her original labeled box.
Presale Estimate:
2000/2500
Realized Price:
$4,200
11"h. x 20"w. x 23"d. The finely-grained wooden cabinet of walnut veneers has carved edging and trim on the lid, frontispiece, and base, a marquetry inlay on the lid, and the original image on the hinged inner lid. The music box plays 18 3/4" discs, and has a double-comb movement, with zither attachment, deeply recessed into the case. The original front-winding crank is included, as are 11 original discs. Overall excellent original condition. Germany, circa 1900, the Fortuna model was made by both Ernst Malke and F.H. Oberlander of Leipzeig.
Presale Estimate:
2000/3000
Realized Price:
$3,750
13"h. x 29"w. x 21"d. 30"h. storage cabinet. The hinged-lid mahogany table model music box has a carved frontispiece and sliding drawer for disc storage, along with a matching disc storage cabinet. It has original winding crank, double combs of 84 notes apiece and uses the specially patented 17 1/4" size projection-less music discs, of which there are 21 included. Excellent overall original condition of mechanism and cabinet, lacking one tooth on upper comb. Swiss, Mermod Freres of Ste-Croix, circa 1900.
Presale Estimate:
2500/3500
Realized Price:
$2,000
18" (46 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with very full cheeks. brown glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, dimpled chin, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig with long braids, original muslin stitch-jointed body, bisque forearms. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: S 7 H 1010 dep. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1885. Value Points: rare closed mouth variation of the 1010 model, has original wig and body, choice bisque and expression, wearing well-detailed antique folklore costume.
Presale Estimate:
1700/2200
Realized Price:
$1,000
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted dark curly lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 7 (and artist checkmarks, head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: brilliant deep blue eyes beautifully contrast the fine creamy bisque, original wig, pate, body, body finish, pretty antique blue silk and velvet costume, leather shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau Depose 7".
Presale Estimate:
2800/3500
Realized Price:
$3,750