Antique DOLL Collector January 2011 Vol. 13, No. 12
January 2011 Vol. 13, No. 12 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
A GREAT DOLL DESTINATION BUS TOURS WELCOME
15” Bebe Jumeau incised E. 6 J., light blue paperweight eyes, closed mouth, marked Jumeau body with original chemise. $5900.
BECKY & ANDY OURANT’S
VILLAGE DOLL & TOY SHOP 21” Hertel & Schwab 165-12 Googly . Wonderful large size character with original fully jointed toddler body, brown sleep eyes, watermelon mouth and antique costume. $12,800. 9.5” Steiff “Teddy B”, early mohair teddy bear with shoe button eyes, wearing original overalls excellent condition. $1500.
LARGE SELECTION OF ANTIQUE FRENCH, GERMAN, AND RETIRED R JOHN WRIGHT DOLLS
Open by appointment only until March 12th, 2011 Visa/Mastercard 8 N.Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA. 19501 (717) 484-1200 ourant@ptd.net
Antique DOLL Collector February 2011 Vol. 14, No. 1
February 2011 Vol. 14, No. 1 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Antique DOLL Collector March 2011 Vol. 14, No. 2
March 2011 Vol. 14, No. 2 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
IMPORTANT PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
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U P CO M I NG S P E C I A LT Y A U C T I O N S
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M A R C H 25-27, F R I DAY , S AT U R DAY A N D S U N DAY A N N A P O L I S , M A RY L A N D AT T H E S H E R AT O N A N N A P O L I S P R E V I E W 9AM A U C T I O N 11AM A L L T H R E E D AY S Friday, March 25, 2011
selections from all categories. There are doll costumes, doll furniture and accessories, and other childhood ephemera ranging from a one-lot large collection of early Crackerjack prizes to large lots of vintage sewing ephemera including a collection of thimbles. The auction features 275 lots available for absentee and online bidding if you cannot attend.
A specialty auction of antique dollhouses, doll house rooms,
stores, and kitchens, along with wonderful lots of antique miniature dollhouse furnishings, accessories, and doll house dolls. The auction includes Part II of The Boys’ Collection, as well as wonderful additions from other private collections including that of June Ellen Lane and Janie Varsolona. There are some contemporary artist pieces and a grand collection of miniature Bespaq pieces from the Lane collection to be sold in large lots. The auction includes over 400 lots, mostly available for absentee or live online bidding.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
A wonderful auction of antique dolls
from private collections and estates including beautiful French bisque bebes and fashion ladies, as well as wonderful German bisque characters and child dolls from prominent makers. Too, you will find early folk dolls, cloth studio dolls, composition character and celebrity dolls, wooden and papermache models, all-bisque dolls, and wonderful
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Antique and collectible paper dolls from private
collections including Part II of the Virginia Crossley collection, as well as rare celebrity paper dolls from the Helen Hathaway collection and rarities from the estate holdings of the Janie Varsolona family. The auction includes not only the finest antique and vintage paper dolls, but also sought-after originals from important American paper doll artists. More than 350 lots of paper dolls will be presented available for absentee or live online bidding if you cannot attend, and, in addition, there will be 100s of paper dolls available for attending bidders only.
If You Can Not Attend. A listing of the auction items, each with small color photograph, is available after March 10 for $20 (for each auction) by calling 800-638-0422 or you can order online at www. theriaults.com and click on order catalog.
Want to learn more about these auctions and other upcoming doll events? Go to www.theriaults.com and sign up to receive free emails with up-to-the-minute info. It just takes a second because all we need is your name and email address.
How to bid. It is best to attend the auctions so you can preview, select, and find treasures you didn’t even notice in the brief descriptions and photographs. If you cannot attend, absentee and live online bidding are available for all three auctions. But please note that each auction will have numerous lots that are available for attending bidders only.
After March 10, you can view all of the auctions online. Go to www.theriaults.com and click on the button for Proxibid. For advance hotel reservations call the Sheraton at 410-2663131. For more information about the auctions call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or email info@theriaults.com.
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Antique DOLL Collector April 2011 Vol. 14, No. 3
April 2011 Vol. 14, No. 3 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
An Extraordinary Auction of Antique Dolls Featuring the Legendary Collection of Billie Nelson Tyrrell
April 9-10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California At the Sheraton Universal Hotel For more information about this auction see page 14. To order a catalog call
Billie 800-638-0422. Nelson Tyrrell’s collection includes superb rarities in French and German bisque dolls by luminary doll firms of the late 19th and early 20th Century, as well as an extremely important collection of celebrity dolls and memorabilia from 1850-1950. Outstanding examples of these are included in the 500+ lot auction catalog titled “Curtain Call”, an apt name for these beautiful dolls taking their well-deserved bows for one more time. A superb full-color catalog is available and collectors are encouraged to attend the preview and auction, or may bid absentee or enjoy live internet bidding. All of the lots are available for viewing after March 25, 2011 (visit theriaults.com and click on the button for Proxibid). The catalog is available for $59 including postage. For more information or to order a catalog visit www.theriaults.com or call 800-638-0422. To request a free color brochure call 800-638-0422 or email info@theriaults.com.
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Antique DOLL Collector May 2011 Vol. 14, No. 4
May 2011 Vol. 14, No. 4 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Wonderful Dolls of Your Dreams are Coming For Auction This Spring and Summer, 2011 From Theriault’s Private estate and museums from England, Germany and France, and from throughout the United States will be highlighted at these wonderful auctions. Make plans to attend them all. Sunday, May 22, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction Short Hills, New Jersey at the Hilton Short Hills. June 12-13, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction on June 12th, followed by Theriault’s famous Ten2Go auction on June 13th. Annapolis, Maryland, at the Annapolis Sheraton. Sunday, July 24, 2011 – Catalogued Marquis Auction at the Hyatt in Anaheim, California. Sunday, August 28, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction At the Westin Bellevue in Seattle, Washington. And plan ahead for a late fall visit to New York as Theriault’s returns to the Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20, 2011.
Visit www.theriaults.com for details about these auctions. Be sure to register your email address so you can receive up-to-the-minute emails about auctions. If you are not on our mailing list you are welcome to call 800-638-0422 to request a free color brochure.
the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA • Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 • www.theriaults.com
Antique DOLL Collector June 2011 Vol. 14, No. 5
June 2011 Vol. 14, No. 5 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Estate Antique Doll Auction, Sunday, June 12, 2011 At the Annapolis Sheraton in Annapolis, Maryland 9 AM Preview 11 AM Auction
It’s Christmas all year long at Theriault’s, and on Sunday, June 12 we’re proving the point.
and bidding, but if you cannot attend, live online bidding is available, as well as absentee bidding.
More than 300 lots of antique dolls and toys, just the kind found under the Christmas tree decades and decades ago. And as for those holiday trees, we have those, too! Two beautiful table-top antique feather trees filled with blown glass ornaments are featured (shown here in the photograph), along with an extraordinary antique 6’ tall feather tree blooming with still more antique ornaments. The dolls and playthings? Two bébés by Bru, a number of other French bébés by Jumeau, Gaultier, and Steiner, elegant French poupées, rare German characters, early cloth dolls, all-bisque mignonettes, teddy bears, lithographed tin toys, early pull toys and carriages, antique doll costumes, Raggedy Ann, Kathe Kruse, and all the other wonderful dolls you love to collect. Many of the dolls are featured from the well-known estate collection of Afton Brennan of Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Each of the dolls, toys, and teddies in the auction are available for viewing online after May 25 (visit www.theriaults.com and click on the button for Proxibid). We encourage you to attend the auction for personal viewing
The Sunday auction will be followed by Theriault’s famous Ten2Go Doll auction on Monday, June 13, 2011 where doll discoveries abound. More than 450 lots will be presented. Preview 9 AM. Note 10 AM auction time. At the Monday auction, you must be present to bid. Both auctions are conducted at the Sheraton Annapolis located at 173 Jennifer Road, directly off US Route 50 in Annapolis. For further hotel information, call 410-266-3131. If you have questions about the auction, please call 800-638-0422 (9AM-8PM) Monday through Friday or email info@theriaults.com.
And don’t forget other upcoming auctions: MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2011. Discovery Day Auction at the Gaithersburg Hilton in Gaithersburg, Maryland. SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011. Our next catalog auction, “Raised by the Song of the Murmuring Grove” at the Anaheim Hyatt, in Anaheim, California.
PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA • Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 • www.theriaults.com
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A GREAT DOLL DESTINATION BUS TOURS WELCOME 19.5” Tete Jumeau Bebe, size 8 with fully jointed Jumeau body, original human hair wig and shoes, wearing antique beige cotton dress with lantern print. $3600
BECKY & ANDY OURANT’S
VILLAGE DOLL & TOY SHOP 6” All bisque Georgene Averill “Bonnie Babe”. $900 4.5” All bisque Joseph Kallus “Baby Bo Kaye”. $850
LARGE SELECTION OF ANTIQUE FRENCH AND GERMAN DOLLS
Open Sunday 9AM - 4PM or by appointment Visa/Mastercard 8 N.Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA. 19501 717-484-1200 cell 610-662-5473 ourant@ptd.net
Antique DOLL Collector July 2011 Vol. 14, No. 6
July 2011 Vol. 14, No. 6 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Antique DOLL Collector August 2011 Vol. 14, No. 7
August 2011 Vol. 14, No. 7 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Autumn 2011 Schedule
Theriault’s Antique Doll Auctions S EATTLE , W ASHINGTON
Sunday, August 28. At the Westin Bellevue. Estate auction of antique dolls.
D ALLAS , T EXAS
Saturday, September 24. At the Westin Dallas. Estate auction of antique dolls.
A NNAPOLIS , M ARYLAND
Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. At the Annapolis Sheraton. The two-day event will feature an antique estate auction of dolls on October 22nd, followed by “Billie Pop Culture” from the collection of Billie Nelson Tyrrell on October 23rd.
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Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20. At the Waldorf-Astoria. The two-day Marquis event will feature the important doll and automaton collection of Candy Spelling. Saturday session will be fine antique dolls and automata, and Sunday session will offer rare dolls by Madame Alexander. Gorgeous award-winning print catalogs are available for each auction.
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Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11. At the Sheraton Annapolis. Estate auction of antique dolls.
All auctions begin at 11 AM. Preview begins at 9 AM. For more information about the auctions, to receive a free color brochure, or order full-color catalogs for Marquis auctions call 800-638-0422 or visit www.theriaults.com to order online. Theriault’s doll appraisers will be available in Seattle, Dallas and New York during those auctions. If you have fine dolls or collections you are considering parting with, please call our office in Annapolis at 800-638-0422 for preliminary information or to schedule an appointment at the hotel or at your home.
the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 www.theriaults.com
Antique DOLL Collector September 2011 Vol. 14, No. 8
September 2011 Vol. 14, No. 8 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
This Is What You Missed Last Year
If you didn’t subscribe to Theriault’s doll auction catalogs. Priced separately their cost is $550 plus postage. Your subscriber’s cost? Only $299, including postage. Subscribe now (before August 31) for the next ten catalogs and receive the extra bonus of FREE 2012 Calendar of Doll Art. Call 800-638-0422 or 410-224-3655 or visit www.theriaults.com to order online. 5 and 20 issue subscriptions also available. Subscription price includes two-day priority shipping and after-auction prices realized. Price is for domestic subscriptions. Price of international subscriptions varies due to shipping charges.
the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 www.theriaults.com
14.5” Portrait Jumeau Bebe incised 6, large almond shaped blue spiral eyes, composition 8 ball body marked Jumeau with Mariner costume made from antique fabric. $7800
BECKY & ANDY OURANT’S
VILLAGE DOLL & TOY SHOP 14” German pouty character child incised 3, large painted blue eyes and feathered brows, fully jointed composition body, original Dutch costume with wooden shoes. $1650 12” Heubach screaming character boy, fully jointed composition body, original Scottish costume. $1500
A GREAT DOLL DESTINATION BUS TOURS WELCOME
LARGE SELECTION OF ANTIQUE FRENCH AND GERMAN DOLLS
Open Sunday 9AM - 4PM or by appointment Visa/Mastercard 8 N.Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA. 19501 717-484-1200 cell 610-662-5473 ourant@ptd.net
Antique DOLL Collector October 2011 Vol. 14, No. 9
October 2011 Vol. 14, No. 9 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
A GREAT DOLL DESTINATION BUS TOURS WELCOME 23” P.G. Bebe, Pintel & Godchaux, blue paperweight eyes, closed mouth, fully jointed French body with antique clothing. $3350
BECKY & ANDY OURANT’S
VILLAGE DOLL & TOY SHOP 15” Heubach “Spinach Boy” shoulder head with squinty eyes and crooked mouth on a cloth body with well detailed bisque hands. $3200 Sheep bell toy. $600
LARGE SELECTION OF ANTIQUE FRENCH AND GERMAN DOLLS
Open Sunday 9AM - 4PM or by appointment Visa/Mastercard 8 N.Village Circle P.O. Box 705 Adamstown, PA. 19501 717-484-1200 cell 610-662-5473 ourant@ptd.net
Antique DOLL Collector November 2011 Vol. 14, No. 10
November 2011 Vol. 14, No. 10 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
Antique DOLL Collector December 2011 Vol. 14, No. 11
December 2011 Vol. 14, No. 11 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com
This Is What You Missed Last Year
If you didn’t subscribe to Theriault’s doll auction catalogs. Priced separately their cost is $550 plus postage. Your subscriber’s cost? Only $299, including postage. Subscribe now (before December 31) for the next ten catalogs and receive the extra bonus of FREE 2012 Calendar of Doll Art. Call 800-638-0422 or 410-224-3655 or visit www.theriaults.com to order online. 5 and 20 issue subscriptions also available. Subscription price includes two-day priority shipping and after-auction prices realized. Price is for domestic subscriptions. Price of international subscriptions varies due to shipping charges.
the dollmasters PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404 USA Telephone 410-224-3655 • Fax 410-224-2515 www.theriaults.com