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Carl Bergner Multi-Face Doll
$1,250. |
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Life brings many moods, even for a small child,
so to accommodate the swing of life's daily atmosphere comes this Carl
Bergner character doll with three rotating faces. There is the content
grin of the smiling face, the agitated grimace and molded falling tears of
the crying face, and relief achieved with the peaceful sleeping face.
The head can be turned by just pushing the face around gently, as the
original turning knob on top of the head is not so easy to use. |
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The smiling and crying face have blue glass inset eyes, while the sleeping
face has eyes closed under the resting eyelids. The shoulder plate
is of paper mache or composition and it has cracks on the surface but it
is not fragile. The jointed arms and legs are also of composition
with the torso and upper thighs being of a stuffed, heavy muslin when two
pull strings that say "mama" still work very well. The peachy pink
dress and matching frilly bonnet are made of antique materials, with the
undergarments, stockings and leather shoes all antique. 17"
overall from the top of the head casing to the feet. |
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Simon Halbig 1329
14 1/2" |
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Asian Beauty
$1,275. |
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Exuding a special grace and tranquility, here is
one of Simon Halbig's molds that portrays the Asian face with the
molding of her eye cuts, the painting of her features and the slightly warm,
olive tone of her flawless bisque. She has brown glass sleep eyes, an
open mouth with teeth, soft shading on her cheeks and pierce ears. Her
original, black human hair wig is braided and pinned into an elaborate, high
rolled bun and adorned with Spring cherry blossums. |
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Her fully jointed composition German body is marked "Germany" on the back
lower hip and it too has a soft, golden tone to it, just like the bisque,
to mimic the Asian complexion. The top section of her right arm has
wear at the elbow joint. Her sateen Japanese tunic with matching pants is
a clear water turquoise and around her shoulders is an accent scarf
achieved by adding a band of delicate antique ribbon with a soft. floral
motif. Her shoes are antique simple slippers of red oil cloth. |
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Simon Halbig 949 with Closed Mouth
The Judy McDonald Collection
$1,150. |
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Definitely made for the French market doll
trade, this Simon Halbig 949 child (13 3/4") does not fail to impress. She has
intense, blue glass eyes, a closed mouth with pouty, rouged cheeks, lushly
painted lashes and brows, pierced ears and an abundant, blond mohair
antique wig. She is like that child you know that has those unmistakable,
rich molding of features and expression found on this 900 series of Simon
Halbig dolls. |
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Continuing with her French persona, she has a fully jointed, French type
body with straight wrists, similar to the body you would find on a Jumeau
doll of her time. Her costume, made of antique lace and fabrics, is
bound to get attention at the party with it's opulent design and matching,
fancy brimmed, flower adorned chapeau. |
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Kestner AT
$5950.
ON HOLD |
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Shown here is the unmistakable face of the doll
made by the Kestner firm, fashioned after the prestigious bebe by Andre
Thullier, called the Kestner AT or AT Kestner. She is 16" tall and is
incised with the number 10 on the back of her beautiful head, having vivid
blue glass sleep eyes, a closed mouth with accented separation between the
lips, a dewy, pale bisque with even shading and meticulously painted lashes
and brows. |
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She has her original plaster pate and over that is her original, blond
mohair wig that is full of curls and volume. Her fully jointed wood
and composition body bears the red Kestner stamp on the right back hip and
it shows some expected wear at the joints. Divine is her antique,
aquamarine blue silk dress and her antique, frilly lace chapeau which is
secured by a silk velvet ribbon that matches the dress.
Undergarments, leather shoes and cotton knit stockings are all antique.
A splendid addition to any collection! |
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Simon Halbig 1159 Lady for French Market
$2,050. |
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A splendid example (20") of the well-loved
Simon Halbig lady depicting a woman of the highly energetic period of
around 1900, when social roles and rights were starting to go through some
important changes. She emotes confidence with her statuesque posture
and the sparkle in her blue glass sleep eyes with real hair eyelashes,
open mouth about to speak, her pale, luminescent bisque and her original
wig of freely tousled and pinned, blond mohair. |
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Having a shapely, fully jointed composition body, she takes it further with
the fact that it is a marked Jumeau body, telling us she was specially
marketed through the French trade. From her antique, multi-layer
undergarments out to her bouncy one-piece dress of cotton and inserted lace
that puffs outward at the shoulders and arms and hemline, she is a delight.
A frilly cotton and lace bonnet repeats the effect. |
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Kammer & Reinhardt "Marie"
13 1/2" |
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The Judy McDonald Collection
$1,975. |
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So nice to find a K*R "Marie" 101 character mold
in its fully original presentation like this one. She has blue painted
eyes, soft shading of her cheeks and lovely shaped closed lips with bisque
molding that is sharp and looks "first out of the mold". The wears her
original, sandy brown mohair wig in braided pig tails that are wrapped into
side buns. |
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Her fully jointed composition body is in excellent condition with original
finish and has jointed wrists. This is how she has been dressed since
she first left the factory, in her original outfit from a region in Germany
that includes a crisp, white cotton blouse, navy blue wool skirt, a red wool
vest that sports six gold-toned buttons on the front panel and a wool
apron in coordinating vibrant stripes. Her original floral neck scarf
has some tears, her German leather shoes are antique as are her
undergarments. From the long-loved collection of Judy McDonald. |
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Heubach 6970 Character
The Judy McDonald Collection
$1,495. |
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Gebruder Heubach's talent for creating countless
dolls with character faces was even more special due to the fact that they
all differed in both extreme and subtle ways, each supplying new little
child to become acquainted with. This wise little 6970 (13 1/2") has
soft blue glass sleep eyes, short strokes of warm brown brows, a closed
mouth, an original looking, human hair wig of coiled braids, and warmly
toned, smooth bisque for a special cozy presence. |
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Her fully jointed German composition body is quite nice, has strong and
stout child proportions, and it bears the red ink Holtz Maas stamp on the
top right shoulder blade. Heubach dolls are know to come on a
multitude of body types and levels of quality so it is great to come upon
this character on such a top grade body. Her heavy cotton antique
frock with a red trimmed belt and embroidery is so perfect on her and she
has antique undergarments and antique luggage color leather shoes.
From the long-loved collection of Judy McDonald. |
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Heubach 7247 Character
The Judy McDonald Collection
$1,450. |
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The 7247 Gebruder Heubach character (13") has
somewhat of a "dreamy" look about her with her gentle blue glass sleep
eyes set in almond-shaped sockets that are relaxed in expression, soft brown
brow strokes, a closed mouth with accent line and petal pale bisque having
gently rouged cheeks. She wears a lightest ash blond mohair wig that
is a replacement, making her what we sometimes call a "towhead". |
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Her fully jointed German composition body is of very high quality with very
little wear. She seems to want to dance in her antique, pink and white
tiny print frock with full skirt and an starched organza pinafore with
eyelet detail. On her head is a flower-adorned, older straw bonnet,
her undergarments all antique and her shoes are vintage, cream fabric with
ribbon ankle ties. From the long-loved collection of Judy McDonald. |
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Kestner 172
20" |
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Gibson Girl
$1950. |
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The Kestner "Gibson Girl" mold 172 appears again
with her Turn of the Century attitude and confident pose. Her pale
bisque shoulder head has an angular face that is tilted up, just like the
ladies in the drawings of Charles Dana Gibson during that time. She
has blue glass sleep eyes, a closed mouth that wants to give its opinion at
any moment, and her original brunette mohair wig in the famoud Gibson up-do. |
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Her fine, rivet jointed leather body, a standard of Kestner is in excellent
condition with lower arms of bisque and joints at the shoulders, elbows,
hips and knees. Her satin party dress is made of antique fabrics and
trim, and her cotton undergarments a quite deluxe with pantaloons, an
opulent half-slip and a camisole padded in just the right places. |
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Simon Halbig Early Boy and Girl
$2275.
for the pair |
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A delightful pair of early Simon Halbig bisque
dolls (9 1/2") with molded blond hair, glass eyes, very pale complexion with
soft shading and decoration, bisque lower arms and linen bodies that are
jointed at the shoulders, hips and knees. Both in regional costumes of
Germany, the girl has brown glass eyes and the boy's eyes are a vibrant
cobalt blue. The girl wears her elaborate head dress, the costumes are
mostly bright and in good condition, however the back of the girl's purple
skirt has faded considerably and there are vertical slits on the left side
of the skirt. |
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Supreme Kestner 128 with Closed Mouth
The Judy McDonald Collection
ON LAYAWAY |
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A great doll should have a great hat, and that
is certainly the case here with this 24" Kestner 128, harder to find mold.
But first, let's talk about her exquisite Kestner 128 head with pale and
even bisque, warm brown glass sleep eyes, closed mouth with a slight pout,
lush painted lashes and brows and her excellent, original blond wig of full,
shoulder-length curls. She is spellbinding in that it's hard to take
your eyes off of her in person, if not in her photos. |
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Her fully jointed Kestner composition body is in excellent condition and
has the coveted, red "Excelsior" Kestner stamp on the upper back hip.
Topping off her flowing antique dress of cotton and lace inserts with. is
her high quality, antique bonnet of brown woven fine straw with sienna
brown velvet detail surrounding the crown and long, ribbon ties for the
making of an impressive, big bow! It is awesome in the true meaning
of the word and she deserves it. She also has coordinating brown
ribbon ties in her hair, her undergarments are all antique as are her dark
leather shoes. From the long-loved collection of Judy McDonald. |
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Kestner 129 Child
The Judy McDonald Collection
ON LAYAWAY |
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In her original costume and undergarments, we
have quite a luxurious, rarer 129 mold Kestner girl (20"). Only her replaced
blond mohair wig is not antique or original. She has the typical, top
quality bisque of a Kestner child, that is pale and smooth, with brown glass
sleep eyes, an open mouth with teeth, and meticulous painting of lashes,
brows, lips and shaded cheeks. |
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Her fully jointed composition Kestner body is exquisite in detail and
condition and on the back right hip is the stamped, red ink mark
"Excelsior DRF No 7b685 Germany". Starting with the undergarments,
they are factory-made of white cotton with slip and pantaloons having the
exact, same lace trim. The low waist dress looks also to be a
factory original garment, with abundant, delicate inserted lace and a
ruffled, lace-trimmed hem. Lastly, after the antique German leather
shoes, please note the original, high stockings that are attached to the
waist, as they always have been, with support straps that seem to have
never been off her! |
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