SINGLE OWNER DOLL COLLECTION - ONLINE ONLY 2015-10-15 Auction - 322 Price Results - Leighton Galleries in NJ
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17" FRENCH BISQUE POUPEE BY GAUTHIER19" FRENCH TETE JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLLTHE WONDERFUL CREEPING BABY
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Allendale, NJ, United States
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SINGLE OWNER DOLL COLLECTION - ONLINE ONLY

We are offering a single owner collection (300+ Lots) of approximately 500 dolls, as well as some toy lots, from the estate of Yolanda Simonelli. Mrs. Simonelli was an avid collector of antique dolls, an active member of the NIADA (National Institute of American Doll Artists), as well as a published author in several antique doll journals and magazines including Doll Reader, Doll News, National Doll World, and Dolls: The Collector's Magazine. Mrs. Simonelli's commentaries offered histories, collecting advice, creative insight, buyer beware articles, and overall informative acuity in sharing her love, passion and connoisseurship of dolls. Most of Mrs. Simonelli's dolls were purchased in the 1960's and 70's, many with hand written notes and/or tags citing the place and date of acquisition. The vast display and array of Mrs. Simonelli's dolls to be presented for sale include German and French bisque heads, character dolls, artist dolls, composition examples, wax dolls, china heads, portrait dolls, creche figures, and more.
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18" FRENCH BISQUE POUPEE WITH WOOD BODY BY BRU: bisque swivel head on kid-lined bisque shoulderplate, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears with earrings, original wig lining over adhered cork pate, marked '4', all-wooden articulated body,
0001: 18" FRENCH BISQUE POUPEE WITH WOOD BODY BY BRUEst. $3,000-$5,000
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22" EDISON TALKING DOLL: 1890, Simon & Halbig #719 bisque socket head, fixed eyes, open mouth with teeth, marked 'S 12 H 719 DEP', metal torso (appears empty of mechanism, no crank, belly dent) stamped 'Edison Phonograph
0002: 22" EDISON TALKING DOLLEst. $2,000-$2,500
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28" FRENCH PARIS BEBE BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears with earrings, marked 'Paris Bebe Tete Dep 12', French wood and composition ball-joint body stamped 'Paris Bebe Depose', and with Eiffel Tower
0003: 28" FRENCH PARIS BEBE BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $1,000-$2,000
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19" FRENCH TETE JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed blue eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, original coil spring attaching head to body, stamped in red 'Depose Tete Jumeau Bte S.G.D.G. 8', composition ball joint body, jointed
0004: 19" FRENCH TETE JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $1,000-$2,000
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24" DEPOSE TETE JUMEAU VOICE BOX DOLL: with voice box mechanism originally operated by strings to say Mama and Papa (needs restringing, works but only to squeak), doll is separated from its attachment point at bust area, bisque socket
0005: 24" DEPOSE TETE JUMEAU VOICE BOX DOLLEst. $800-$1,200
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15" QUEEN ANNE CARVED WOOD & GESSO DOLL: English, likely Queen Anne or Georgian period, enclosed in a secured shadowbox, carved wood head and bust area, (crazing, some flaking, nose well rubbed), inset dark glass pupil-less eyes, dotted
0007: 15" QUEEN ANNE CARVED WOOD & GESSO DOLLEst. $800-$1,200
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THE WONDERFUL CREEPING BABY: Ives & Blakeslee, c.1870-1900, with key and original wood case, baby's head of light wax over papier mache with painted features, original lace cap revealing a tendril of hair at forehead, papier
0008: THE WONDERFUL CREEPING BABYEst. $800-$1,200
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17" FRENCH BISQUE POUPEE BY GAUTHIER: socket head on bisque shoulderplate (tape reinforcement to top of each shoulder), fixed blue eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, left shoulderplate marked [F] G', head marked '4', gusseted kid
0009: 17" FRENCH BISQUE POUPEE BY GAUTHIEREst. $800-$1,200
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16” TETE JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, marked in red 'Depose Tete Jumeau [6]?', composition ball-joint body stamped in blue 'Bebe Jumeau', 16in., Estate of Yolanda Simonelli
0011: 16” TETE JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $600-$800
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13" FRENCH JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, composition ball-joint body with straight wrists, attached card reads in part: "13in. boy, head marked 3, body marked with blue Jumeau mark
0012: 13" FRENCH JUMEAU BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $500-$700
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17" FRENCH J.J. BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed eyes, open mouth with teeth, pierced ears, marked 'J.J. 3', composition body (missing digits of one hand), 17in., Estate of Yolanda Simonelli Condition of Head: mild soiling,
0013: 17" FRENCH J.J. BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $500-$700
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LARGE AUTOMATON DANCING BISQUE HEAD DOLL: electric, likely a store window display, presumably a ballerina redressed in winter attire, with kicking left leg, twisting hip and turning head, head incised 'Armand Marseille, Germany, 390,
0014: LARGE AUTOMATON DANCING BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $500-$700
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25" BELTON TYPE BISQUE HEAD DOLL: likely for the French market, flat top socket head with three holes, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, braided and curled hand-made wig likely original, no markings, composition and likely
0015: 25" BELTON TYPE BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $400-$600
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13" FRENCH BISQUE FASHION POUPEE: shoulder head, blue glass eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, kid body with gusseted elbows and separately-stitched fingers, accompanying string tag reads 'N.H. Auction 1/27/70', 13in., Estate of
0016: 13" FRENCH BISQUE FASHION POUPEEEst. $400-$600
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10" KAMMER & REINHARDT 114 HANS POUTY BOY: bisque socket head, painted features, marked 'K [star] R 114', composition body, in ethnic costume with name belt, with First Place ribbon dated 1976, 10in., Estate of Yolanda Simonelli Condition
0017: 10" KAMMER & REINHARDT 114 HANS POUTY BOYEst. $400-$600
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23" BELTON TYPE BISQUE HEAD DOLL: likely for the French market, flat top socket head with three holes, fixed eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, marked '12', composition ball-joint body, accompanying the lot is a 1975 letter by
0018: 23" BELTON TYPE BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $300-$500
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14" BISQUE SHOULDER HEAD FASHION LADY: in the style of Galluba & Hofmann, likely German, early 20thC., painted features, cloth body, bisque lower arms, molded and painted lower legs and shoes (each shoe with hole to front, possibly an
0019: 14" BISQUE SHOULDER HEAD FASHION LADYEst. $300-$500
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27" KESTNER (ATTR) BISQUE HEAD DOLL: turned head shoulderplate, fixed eyes, closed mouth, marked 'M Made in Germany' (same also pencil inscribed), leather torso and hinged jointed lower limbs, composition arms and hands, 27in.,
0020: 27" KESTNER (ATTR) BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $300-$500
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13" WOOD BODIED CHINA DOLL: china head and limbs, molded hair, nicely painted features, jointed wood body, painted garters and flat black shoes, with First Place ribbon dated 87, 13in., Estate of Yolanda Simonelli Condition:
0022: 13" WOOD BODIED CHINA DOLLEst. $300-$500
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30" KESTNER BISQUE HEAD DOLL: socket head, fixed eyes, open mouth with teeth, marked 'M Made in Germany', Kestner composition ball-joint body stamped 'Excelsior', 30in., Estate of Yolanda Simonelli Condition of Head: typical
0023: 30" KESTNER BISQUE HEAD DOLLEst. $300-$400
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