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Greece Man, mache head, hair
Painted features
Cloth body, plastic arms/hands
Cloth dolls, ethnic, international
Pg. 88, Price Guide to Dolls, ©1975, Robert W. Miller
Height,
All original

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Cloth dolls, ethnic, international
Height,
Greece, cloth head?, mohair wig, molded/painted features; unjointed hard plastic body. All original.
Pg. 88, Price Guide to Dolls, ©1975, Robert W. Miller
Height,

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Cloth dolls, ethnic, international
Pg. 90, Price Guide to Dolls, ©1975, Robert W. Miller
All original

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SPANISH DANCER
Height: 6 inches
This delightful doll is a caricature figure made of felt over wire armature with a painted mask face.
Tag on doll reads: NISTIS Made in Spain
There is great charm to the construction of this doll. She has a tiny felt castanet in each hand. Her dress is lively and colorful and she wears bangles on her arm. Her body is sculpted with fine details, and her face is most deligtfully painted.

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Trading beads
Cloth dolls, ethnic, international
All original

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Cloth dolls, ethnic, international
Pg. 90, Price Guide to Dolls, ©1975, Robert W. Miller
Italy, cloth head, silky thread-like hair, molded/painted features, hard plastic unjointed body

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German, bisque or composition, jointed baby, in Googly style
4-inches tall
There is a little nick out from under the chin - see photo
The body was restored and is in tact. The doll is very solid
The painting on the face was done with beautiful and rich colors
Although the doll may look fragile in photos, it is solid, and is balanced by its weight so that the joints move wonderfully for posing or holding in your hands.

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Vintage Frozen Charlotte: All china finish, unjointed with black, early hair-do
Pink-tinted cheeks
Red lips
No damage or imperfection
Height: 2 inches
Mark: "Germany 2" The name "Frozen Charlotte" for girls and "Frozen Charlie" for boys is used for figures of dolls that have the arms to the front with hands usually modeled as if holding the edge of a sled.... These doll figures date from the 1850s into the 1900s, and are also known as "Pillar" dolls. Historical use: Besides being a toy, they were a tea cup cooler; also, they were often baked into party cakes as tiny gifts for children.
Source: "Patricia Smith's Doll Values Antique to Modern," page 67.

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A reproduction Kammer & Reinhardt and Simon Halbig #117 Character Child doll
This 15" doll has a beautiful repro bisque head on a new cloth body
The doll has bisque lower arms and hands and bisque lower legs and feet
The bisque head is beautifully painted and in excellent condition
The body has a new music box (mechanism over wound)
A #117 original antique doll from 1909-1930 would list for $4,000 in today's market

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China head
Hair: Flat Top, Civil War (1850-1890)
Blue eyes
Dating from the 1800s, this large china head is like peering into the eyes of history. It has a restored shoulder plate that has crazing on top of the shoulder restoration. The doll's head has been repaired across the left chest plate (see photo) where it has aged and weakened. The wall of the chest plate was strengthed by an inner application of some sort of overlay.
There is wear on the ridge of the back curls and on the top back crown.
Patricia Smith's Doll Values Antique to Modern 11th Edition; page 49
Measurements: 7 3/4-inches tall; 6-inches at inside shoulder width; 4 3/8-inches front-to-back at shoulder base

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China Head -Doll1

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MARK: 570
Simon & Halbig
Germany
Body stamped: Heinrich Handwerck Germany
Child doll, 22" length 
Ca. 1889 to 1930s.
Ball-jointed composition body
Gorgeous clothing: full-length sweater, sheer dress and lace-trimmed collar, lace-trimmed slip and pantaloon, bodice cover 
Size 7 shoe (no. 8757)
Curly cue, red wig
Blue glass eyes set in the flirty style
Dolly face socket head with jointed composition body, wig, glass eyes, softly feathered brows, open mouth, teeth
Reference: pg. 230, Warman's Companion Collectible Dolls by Dawn Herlocher
Simon & Halbig 570 Note Cards for Sale

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Marks: backward E and O. (underlined)
Also, a mark with a crescent over a dot
Body stamped "Germany"
Mohair, red, braided wig
Open mouth; four square teeth
Open-close eyes
Length, 15 inches
Dense eyelashes; painted-feathered brows
vintage, dress
Jointed body; toes and fingers outlined in red
Leather shoes marked "JJ" and "Trademark"

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Antique papier-mâché, shoulder-head doll PROFESSIONAL DOLL APPRAISAL
"This antique doll is a large example of a German papier-mâché shoulder head model, also referred to as a Sonneberg papier-mâché or composition doll, circa 1890. There were quite a few factories in Thuringia that made this type of doll, and if the labels or stamps are missing from the back shoulders, it’s difficult to give an attribution, but she appears to have been produced by the doll and toy factory of Adolf Wislizenus  of Waltershausen, a large company producing a wide variety of dolls which operated from 1851-1931. Most heads of this type have painted eyes, but this one has the very rare feature of glass inset paperweight eyes. From close examination of many photographs, it appears as though the head has been refinished and that the varnish has crackled and crazed. The antique cloth body is appropriate, but not the original factory body which would have had composition lower arms and legs with fancy molded boots and stockings.  The tears on the cloth ankles can be patched and mended. There is some deterioration to the leather of one of the hands. She has lovely antique clothing and shoes which contribute to making her a totally charming doll." -Jan Foulke

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Mark:
Walkure
Germany
2 1/4
52
Antique Doll by J.D. Kestner
20-inches tall
Bisque socket head
200, 680 series
Walkure dolls were made by J.D. Kestner
Beautiful Sleep eyes and lashes
Click for close-up photos of doll head
Open mouth, four pretty teeth
REFERENCE:
Warman's Collectible Dolls by Dawn Herlocher 2008, pg. 174
Jan Foulke's 2006
200 Years of Dolls 3rd Edition by Dawn Herlocher
CLICK FOR ENLARGED PHOTOS OF DOLL BODY 

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Mary, Souvenir doll, from the 1987 UFDC Convention
1987 Convention Baby Doll
UFDC1987 Convention Doll by Linda Steele, ODACA.
Description: Dome head, soft body, bisque arms and legs
Beautiful painting (gilded ring on baby's finger)
About 9"
This doll is hand painted, tinted bisque, assembled by the artist, Linda Steele, of Linda K. Steele Originals in Leetonia, Ohio. Each doll has a slight variation due to the hand painting. Linda's husband, Gary, patiently poured each of the doll parts; Carol Roessler cleaned each of the parts. The dresses were designed by Linda and stitched by her sister, Joyce Sheely.
"Mary " is the first in a pair that included "Lewis."The companion doll, "Lewis," was available after August 1987 at the cost of $275.

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Marks:
Horseshoe logo of ERNST HEUBACH
"1902 - 8/0"
"Made in Germany"
16-inch shoulder-head doll with kid body

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Gebruder Kuhnlenz or Reckangel child doll in ethnic dress (no. 44)
Marking: "44" marked in ink inside the head
10-inch ethnic dress
Open mouth, molded upper teeth
Originally had sleeping eyes, which have been replastered (or reset) and no longer sleep.
Body: composition over wood; jointed
Wig, long, braided pigtails
Original dress: felt coat dress and pettycoat, red shoes and socks
Red plaid skirt; felt, sleeveless jacket with three clear, blue, plastic buttons
Jointed composition and wood body
Reference for Gebruder: pg. 132, Jan Foulke's Guide to Dolls, copyright 2006
Reference for Reckangel: Doll Values by Patsy Moyer, 3rd Edition

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Marks:
Head: American Doll Corp. 1958
Body: American Character (in circle) 1958 (in banner)
American Character Doll,  "Toni"
1958
Height, 10 inches
This doll has been dressed (not original to doll) in a charming, vintage "Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls Inc." dress and panty (tags).
Pg. 230 in Jan Foulke's Guide to Dolls, copyright 2006

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All bisque
Height, 2 1/4 inches
Arms, hinged at shoulders

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Marks: KR 121 Simon Halbig
Sixteen inch doll with a bisque head on a toddler body
Sleep eyes; feathered, painted brows
Click for enlarged photos of the body!
The body is in the shape of a "typical German composition ball-jointed toddler" as pictured page 327 of Jan Foulke's 3rd Blue Book of Dolls & Values
Reference: page 224,   200 Years of Dolls, 3rd Edition, by Dawn Herlocher

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Six-inch, Black, all-bisque doll, made in Japan

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Rheinische Gummi celluoid, circa 1930
Marks: Rheinische Gummi trademark and 27 1/2  and 6
Molded and painted hair
Painted eyes (brown), lips, and brows
10 1/2 inches tall

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Madam Alexander, 8" tall
Skater Madam Alexander, wearing a Little Red Riding Hood coat and hat by Vogue and a green satin dress with rick-rack trim by Madamme Alexander.
Hard plastic body with jointed knees; sleep eyes.
See pages 32-35 in 200 Years of Dolls, 3rd Edition, by Dawn Herlocher.

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Marks, Nippon 1120
Open mouth, two teeth
Brown sleep eyes, painted upper and lower lashes
Molded and painted hair
Head circumference: 14 inches; socket neck
Doll length, 20 inches
Bent legs for sitting; straight wrists and ankes
Dimples in back shoulders

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Emmett Kelly Doll, 24" long, circa 1950
Dressed as "Willie the Clown"
Vinyl head; Set-in eyes
Stuffed cloth body; original Clothes; hat

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Kammer & Reinhardt
Marks: K & R (co. trademark) SIMON HALBIG 126 GERMANY 96

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Marks: Heubach.Koppe 399-14/0 DRG Germany
A.K.A. South Seas Baby
Heubach Kopp (Ernst Heubach and Koppelsdorf)
Dark brown glass sleep eyes
Bisque socket head; painted hair; jointed, composition body
Closed mouth; pierced ears
Accessory: Woven reed cradle
Native island doll wth thatched skirt; brass earings; bracelet; bent limb body; straight ankles and wrists: eight inches tall
Reference: 200  Years of Dolls 3rd Edition by Dawn Herlocher (page  188)
Review page 38 in Doll Values, Third Edition/ Moyer
$325 (Patricia Smith's Doll Values Antique to Modern 2nd Series, pg. 52)

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Marks: A 4/0 M Floradora Armand Marseille Made In Germany
Kid body
Shoulder Head; Open mouth, upper teeth
Sleep eyes; 18-inches tall

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Marks: G&S 3 Germany
Height, 22 inches
Sleep Eyes
References:
pg. 73, 11th Edition of Doll Values by Patricia Smith
pg. 165 on 200 Years of Dolls by Dawn Herlocher, 3rd Edition

MARK:
Heubach Kopplesdorf 300 5 Germany
Character Baby Doll, 20 inches
Sleep eyes and feathered brows
Open mouth, upper teeth

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Antique, Native American Doll with papier-mâché body
Armand Marseille "Scowling/Frowning Indian" Doll
Marks: AM 3
Glass eyes, painted features
Open mouth, upper teeth
Jointed,  papier-mâché body: height, 17 inches

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Marks: AM 9
Glass eyes, painted features, braided wig
Jointed body, papier-mâché, 16" tall
Open mouth, teeth
Oil-cloth like dress with under slip and pantaloon-type underwear

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Antique, Native American Doll with papier-mâché body
Mark: 2 0/0
Glass eyes, painted features
Height, 8 inches

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Owassa Bear
UFDC Souvenir designed by Jenny Krantz
Sue-ling, from Owasso, Michigan, and Owassa Bear Inc.
UFDC Souvenir bear, Owassa Bear, 8" tall
Signed by international bear artist "Jenny Krantz" and dated "1992"
Sue-ling is no. 264 of 310 bears "Made Especially for the U.F.D.C. National Convention, held in San Francisco, California in 1992

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Marks: "5" and Heubach trademark
Signed on neck by doll artist, "MG"
Repro of Whistler
Height, 10 1/2-inches tall

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Swiss Burcherer Doll
Swiss watch-maker Burcherer created a series of articulated dolls during the 1920's
Marks on chest plate: Made in Switzerland; Patents Applied For
The head and feet are a composition; gloves, felt
Ball jointed; Height, 8"

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Marks: 9573; 6; Heubach ( in square)
Eye logo design; Germany
Bisque, socket head; Googly eyes
5-piece composition body; 6 1/2-inches tall
Reference: pg. 110, Doll Values, by Patricia Smith, 6th Edition

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Marks: Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, No. 639
20-inches tall
Bisque shoulder-head/dome. Company production period, 1885 and on.
Turned shoulder head, glass eyes, closed mouth
Kid body
Elegant face—perfect bisque shoulder head
Wig, firm, lined with stitched fabric
Ribbon: "1982 Second Place Region Bebes Louisiane
References: Pg. 31 in 13th Blue Book/Jan Foulke
Pg. 51 in 200 Years of dolls
Jan Foulke appraisal, Aug. 19, 2008
Click to see enlarged doll photos, submitted for appraisal.
This 20-inch doll has a bisque head made by the large and prestigious Alt, Beck & Gottschalck porcelain factory in Ilmenau, Germany, Ca. 1885. She has the desirable features of a slightly turned shoulder head tipped downward, a solid dome head, beautiful facial decoration, and a closed mouth. She is on an excellent kid body with a few patches at her knee gussets. The body also has quite a few desirable features: rivet joints at the hips, and kid over wood upper arms, rivet-jointed elbows, perfect bisque lower arms, and all-kid legs. This is likely a Wagner &  Zetzsche body. W & Z bodies usually had a blue paper label under the head on top of the shoulder. W & Z bought heads from ABG and put them on their own bodies. As for her lovely clothing, I feel that it was made, perhaps in the 1940-1960 period of vintage fabrics. It is beautiful, but these dolls were designed as children and babies, and usually acquired adult clothing years later when they entered doll collections. Without any information on the ribbon, we can’t know why it was awarded. In fact, it might not even have been awarded to this doll. Sometimes the ribbons do get moved around, especially after 25 years. Since it was given at a Regional rather than a National convention, and the Regionals are very small compared to the Nationals, I am assuming that it was awarded as being a very lovely and desirable example of an antique doll with a turned shoulder head.

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Marks: 32 Santa
Size, 32 inches
by Simon & Halbig 1249
Click to view detail photos of the construction of the Santa head
Jan Foulke Appraisal for Santa:
"This antique German doll is called Santa. This is a registered trademark name used by Hamburger & Co., a New York City producer, importer, and distributor of German dolls. The Santa trademarked line was produced from 1900-1910. Hamburger had the bisque doll heads made by the Simon & Halbig porcelain factory. Santa was one of the 36 dolls exhibited by Hamburger at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904; the exhibit won the Grand Prize. The Santa mold 1249 is distinguished by the triangular shading on her lower lip. Santa has pierced ears, sleeping eyes, molded eyebrows, and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The Santa is a popular and desirable mold to antique doll collectors.
"As for your 32-inch Santa doll, she has a very beautiful face. The tiny “wig pulls” on her forehead and the mold separation behind her ear, are minor flaws, and do not affect her value. Her mohair wig appears original, and is nice and full, though needs some styling. Her jointed composition body is in good condition, but has been repaired, particularly at the neck and thigh joints, and repainted. The hands have been replaced, and are too small for the size of the doll. Santa wears appropriate vintage clothing in very nice condition." -Jan Foulke

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Armand Marseille 971 Germany A 3 M
New wig; 5-pc body; fixed eyes
Height: 15 inches

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Bebe Tout en Bois
Jan Foulke Appraisal: This is an antique doll called a "Bebe Tout en Bois" (Doll all of Wood), Ca. 1901-1914. She is made completely of wood with a fully jointed body, and a socket head with inset glass eyes. The doll was made in Germany for the French trade, hence the French name. Several companies made these types of dolls. This one is possibly by the Schilling doll factory in Sonneberg, and may have the Schilling "winged angel" trademark on her body, so you should check it. It's usually on the back shoulder. Or she may have a sticker from another factory. The bodies usually have some flaking, as the paint was applied directly to the wood, which creates an unstable condition, and this flaw is acceptable, but the face should be perfect, as her appears to be so. In fact, it is particularly nice with a sweet expression. Her clothing is made from vintage fabrics, but is not original to her, though it appears to have been on her for quite some time.

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Black Heubach 458 Abyssianian Baby
Marks: 458 13 Heubach-Kopplesdorf Germany
Size: 11 inches
Label on cloak: "Abyssinian Baby Made in Germany"
5-piece body composition body; sleep eyes
Produced between 1919 and 1932
See Doll Values, Third Edition, Page 40

Marks:
Head: Copyright by Grace S. Putnam
Made in Germany
Body stamped : “Bye-Lo Baby Pat. Appl'd For Copyright by Grace Storey Putnam"
Sleep eyes--blue; bisque head, smiling mouth
17" length; 15" dome head
Frog-style cloth body; celluloid hands

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Unmarked Armand Marseille doll with shoulder head
Marks: AM-7/0
Height: 13-14 inches
Doll face bisque; cloth/kid body
Open mouth; sleep eyes
Composition hands and arms

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Marks, AIM DRGM 201013
Shoulder-head doll on kid body
Feathered, painted brows
Open mouth; upper teeth
Large, spring clip latch on back of neck
French face

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GI Joe,  11 1/2 inches tall
First Series G.I. Joe Action Soldier or Marine
G.I. Joe TM
Copyright 1964
By Hasbro ®
Patent Pending
Made in U.S.A.

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Marks: Germany SH PB (in star) 1906 16 Simon Halbig
Length: @ 35 inches
Open mouth with four top teeth
Fixed eyes; mohair wig

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Marks: 39 and 37 or 34 Gebruder Kuhnlenz
Metal helmet on soldier; brown uniform; metal buttons and belt buckel
Closed mouth; set blue glass eyes
Reference Doll Values #11, pg. 111
Jan Foulke's Guide to Dolls (2006), pg. 132

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Marks: Made in Germany Herm Steiner Size: 6/0
Hazel sleep eyes; height, 11 inches

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Mark: Kling 186 (bell incised) 6 (size)
Blond, curly, bisque shoulder head on kid body
Cloth feet and lower legs
Length, 18 inches
Our reference marterials for this doll are: Doll Values 1997 (Patsy Moyer), pg. 151; and 200 Years of Dolls, 3rd Edition, Dawn Herlocher, page 243 (18-inch doll)

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Marks: mme Alexander
Name: Cissette, blond hair; 1501
Maker: Madame Alexander
Jointed walker; hard plastic
Pierced ears; Triple-stitched wig
Pink eye shadow/ no polish on nails
Size: 9-10 ”
Circa: 1957 -1958
Description of three outfits included with doll:
Outfit 1 (wearing)-used): candle-white tulle gown/white satin ribbon and white panties: not tagged but both look original to the Cissette doll. The tulle netting has a few frays and needs stitching at the waistline; needs a rinse.
Outfit 2 (tagged, 2-piece ensemble-used): denim like trousers with red fringe along sides and button-up red over-jacket
Outfit 3 (tagged 2, -piece ensemble-used): lace trimmed pink slip or teddy with rosette at center of bodice and matching lace-trimmed pants

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Scottish lad in his highlander kilt Antique Doll Scotland
All bisque doll; painted eyes; molded and painted shoes
Wide band of Tartan plaid at knees
Under vest/collar/bow tie; bBelting
Molded, wavy blond hair
Clothing: wrap-around wool Armstrong Tartan plaid skirt and scarf (some frays); velvet jacket
Thistle-style broach at his shoulder
Sporran with a tassel of horse hair at front waist

APPRAISED AT $225-250 BY JANICE H. FOULKE, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008:
"This is a 10-inch doll with antique German bisque shoulder head dating from the 1880s. Since the clothes are sewn on, we cannot check the back plate to see if there is a mark or mold number, so we cannot be sure of the maker, but it is of the type made by the Kling & Co. porcelain factory of Ohrdruf. The head is mounted on a cloth body with bisque lower arms and legs. His body may not be as old as the head, as the fabric looks newer, and that type of bisque leg is not usually found on old bodies. But the costume looks antique and original, so it would be strange to have an original costume with a replaced body, but we can't be sure from the photo. The lovely original Scotch outfit with the sporran is a plus even though there is some fraying, as some collectors specialize in dolls with national or regional costumes, and Scottish ones are real favorites."

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All-Bisque Googly
Marks: Goo Made in Germany 15
Jointed at shoulders; 6 inches tall

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8-inch Queen Ann Wooden Doll
UFDC Companion Doll named "Charity," produced for the 46th Annual UFDC Convention, held in Philadelphia, Pa.
Includes story of the adoption a young orphan, Elizabeth Douglas Thomas
This heartwarming story is detailed in a brochure entitled "Elizabeth Douglas Thomas"
Doll Maker, Fred Thomas Laughon Jr., of Richmond, Virginia
No. 458 of 1510
Produced by the United States Historical Society, Richmond, Va.

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Bleuette doll, made between 1922-1933
Open mouth; sleep eyes; original dress; mohair wig; open/close eyes; open mouth with teeth (top)

Quote from buyer: She is everything I had hoped that she would be! She is an authentic Bleuette doll made between 1922-1933. I carefully snipped her clothing off to check her body....and to verify her markings. I love her..I'll leave great feedback and I am so very happy.

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Marks: AM Germany; 35 U5/OK
Paper machie body-repaired
Socket head; inset glass eyes/move
Open mouth; two teeth
Painted hair (sculpting), lashes, lips
Length: 8 inches

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MARKS: Made in Germany; D 1/4.168. 8 1/2.
Open mouth; carved, square teeth
Blue sleep eyes
9-piece, jointed, composition body; 21" long
Wig  tag reads: 100% Cheveux Naturels Made in France
Rare swivel hips and ball-joint scissor movement on upper legs
Dress: dotted slip with lace trim, cotton, lace-trimmed slip; shoes and socks
Reference: pg. 165 of  Warman's Companion Collectible Dolls (©2008) by Dawn Herlocher

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Marks: 1894; AM O DEP; Made in Germany
Blue Sleep Eyes; painted lashes
Height, 14 inches; Open mouth, teeth
Vintage clothing: green velvet suit, shoes, and socks

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Oriental, bisque doll
Mfg. mark on back of head, written in Japanese
Composition body; height, 6"

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MECHANICAL BEAR HAS PAINTED METAL FACE
This little burrow and bear rider is a working, wind-up toy, full of energy
The burrow bucks/bounces forwards on his little brass wheels.

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The manufacturer's tag reads:
Columbia Toy Products, Kansas City, Mo.
Height, 16 1/2 inches

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