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What's New in the Collector's Showcase of Dolls?
The Most Recent Additions to This Category are First!
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Since making her first doll in 1989, artist Nancy Wiley has earned recognition and accolades both within and outside of the doll community for her stylized and imaginative figures. Inspired by fairy tales and ballets, classic paintings and fashions, deep philosophy and lighthearted whimsy, her creations surprise, delight and intrigue viewers. They have been featured in exhibitions nationwide and in magazines such as Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion, In Style and George, as well as all the major doll-collecting publications. This book showcases 100 of Ms. Wiley's dolls in full-color photos, organized by theme and accompanied by insightful commentaries from the artist, including several never-before-seen pieces created for debut at the artist's one-woman show held at the Muscatine Art Center in Iowa in 2004. A Dollmaker's Art also presents a step-by-step photo essay that demonstrates the development of a recent doll from start to finish. Author Louise Fecher, a longtime writer and researcher in the field of contemporary artist dolls and author of Here Come the Bride Dolls, extensively interviewed Ms. Wiley's family, friends, colleagues and critics to create an engaging biographical profile that traces the evolution of this young dynamic artist.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The newest book from renowned doll-clothing designer Rosemarie Ionker presents designing, sewing and clothing ideas for dolls from 7 to 18 inches. The easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by patterns from which seamstresses can design a multitude of garments, and color photos.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. KNOWN AS the "almost-human" baby doll, Dy-Dee was produced continuously by the Effanbee Doll Company from 1934 through the 1950s, and became one of the most loved baby dolls for several generations of little girls. One of the earliest "drink-and-wet" dolls, she was available in several sizes. Layettes, clothing patterns, furniture and a multitude of accessories were produced for her. In this comprehensive collector's reference, BARBARA CRAIG HILLIKER, author of Bleuette: The Doll and Her Wardrobe, traces Dy-Dee's history, providing identification information for the doll as well as all the materials associated with her, and guidance for cleaning and preservation. The hundreds of color photographs include images of original advertising and publicity materials. A bonus pattern section features a complete layette for this popular baby doll. The year 2004 marks the re-issue of Dy-Dee by the Effanbee Doll Company. The fascinating process of reproducing an 11-inch Mold 1 doll has been documented in step-by-step production photos as a special highlight of this book.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A life-size playmate for little girls, 35-inch Patti Playpal was one of the most popular playthings of the early 1960s. Introduced by Ideal in 1959, this vinyl doll was realistically sculpted to resemble a human child by one of the foremost sculptors of the era, Neil Estern, as were the siblings and friendsPeter Playpal, Saucy Walker, Bye Bye Baby, Penny Playpal, Suzy Playpal, Bonnie and Johnny, Shirley Temple and Patti Pattitethat quickly followed. This definitive book traces the history of these dolls, with extensive notes on markings, clothing, hair colors and styles. Other companion dolls of the period, such as the Alexander Doll Company's Joanie, Janie and Timmy, the American Character Doll Company's Betsy McCall family and Ideal's Lori Martin are also discussed. The authors, longtime Patti collectors and experts, collaboratively provide a look at rare examples and outfits, share newly discovered information and present guidelines for caring for, preserving and displaying these dolls. Interviews with Neil Estern and his wife, Anne, who designed many of the dolls' outfits, provide insights into the creation of the doll and the sculpting process; more than 275 breathtaking color photographs celebrate these classic American playthings of an earlier era. The Art of Patti Playpal is sure to appeal to collectors, doll makers and all those who have fond memories of childhood hours spent with Patti Playpal and her family.

The Creations of Nancy Wiley by: Louise $40.50

  

Dressing Dolls with Rosemarie Ionker $22.45

  

Effanbee's Dy-Dee by: Barbara Craig Hill $35.96

  

The Art of Patti Playpal by: Kohn, McClo $29.71
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Additional patterns for todays 1516-inch fashion dolls. Fits in Fashion Doll Wardrobe boxed set. 9 Individual Pattern Sheets  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Additional patterns for todays 1516-inch fashion dolls. Fits in Fashion Doll Wardrobe boxed set. 9 Individual Pattern Sheets  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Baby-Boomer Dolls Plastilc Playthings of the 1950's & 1960's, is a reference and price guide, by Michele Karl. This fun-filled new book features the latest secondary-market prices for more than 500 dolls and includes 400+ color photos. The author provides background information on all of the important companies of the baby-boomer era, from well-known firms like: Mattel, Ideal .. and Madame Alexander to smaller, lesser-known producers. The cast of characters includes legendary dolls such as: Barbie, Ginny, Tammy ... and Miss Revlon as well as film and television-based favorites like: Shirley Temple, Patty Duke, The Flying Nun .... and Pebbles & Bam-Bam.. Turning the pages of this book, baby-boomers will find themselves saying, "I had that doll!" "Baby-Boomer Dolls focuses on the hottest segment of the twenty-first-century doll market. This is where the action is!" - Harry Rinker, syndicated columnist & collectibles expert.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The impish face with big side glancing eyes beguiles many doll collectors and antiques aficionados. Author Anita Ladensack has researched an in depth history of the Googly dolls crafting a handsome book with nearly 324 color photographs. Marvel at the bevy of examples from the master European doll makers of antique googly-eyed dolls: Kestner, Gebruder and Ernst Heubach, Armand Marseille, Max Handwerck, Kammer & Reinhardt, Hertel & Schwab Hermann Steiner, Goebel, all-bisque and many more! Lesser-known examples of French, Italian and English-connected Googlies also appear in photographs. The exaggerated eyes were meant to reflect the wide-eyed wonderment of a child. If you love antique dolls you will need this book that lovingly chronicles the googly-eyed dolls.

Fashion Doll Wardrobe Collection II by: $8.96

  

Fashion Doll Wardrobe Collection III by: $8.96

  

Baby Boomer Dolls by: Michele Karl $17.96

  

The History & Art of Googlies (Antique E $35.96
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Over 125 pages of history, listings and photos of dolls from the 1950's - 2001 The only secondary market price guide devoted to these whimsical, posable felt characters, this is the first such reference to be published in more than a decade. Created in Meredith, New Hampshire, by Annalee Thorndike and her family since the early 1950s, the Annalee Mobilitee dolls have been charming collectors since that time. This book reveals the story of how a girlhood hobby turned into a thriving company, tracing the history of the Annalee Mobilitee Dolls company as well as the development of the Annalee Doll Society. Identification information and buying resources make this the most complete guide available to these popular figures. Sue Coffee, longtime authority on Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, has lent her expertise to the creation of this much-needed volume, which contains more than 2,500 prices for pieces produced from 1950-2001, as well as 300+ photos.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This portfolio of patterns for todays 1516-inch fashion dolls is presented in book form, with directions for 45 exclusive outfits. The magnetic-closure box houses the 96-page soft-cover book and 27 full-size patterns on loose sheets. Collections 2 and 3, each including 9 additional patterns, are available separately. The patterns in this book are created to fit:AlexGeneBrenda StarrDaisy & WillowEveKittyMadraMicki & MaggieTyler This boxed set includes 27 patterns plus book!  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. From the moment of her introduction in 1905 as a premium for the French girls' magazine, La Semaine de Suzette, until her final appearance in 1960, the appealing doll known as Bleuette was a beloved playmate for French girls of many generations. Unlike the earlier French luxury dolls, Bleuette was created for interactive play and as a teaching tool. The only doll with a written history covering more than fifty years, and an extensive wardrobe of haute-couture costumes, her mission was to instruct little girls in the fine art of becoming proper French ladies. She carried out this mission in the pages of the magazines and catalogs published by Gautier-Languereau, through which she invited girls into a world where they could learn through ,lay. Today collectors around the world have rediscovered the fashionable little doll and her wardrobe. Author Barbara Hilliker, well-known to Bleuette collectors around the world for her publications, lectures and exhibitions, presents the historical and sociological background of this enduring doll, and traces her development and changes in manufacture over the decades. Bleuette's family members and friends, including the beloved nursemaid B, are also featured in this informative volume. An extensively illustrated section on her wardrobe, both the patterns shown in the magazine and the readyto-wear outfits sold through GautierLanguereau's catalogs, is included as well. Patterns adapted by expert seamstress Louise Hedrick from those originally shown in La Semaine de Suzette, including a pattern for the "Costume de quartier-maitre" shown on the cover, introduce the reader to the pleasures of sewing for Bleuette. More than 200 color photos of Bleuette, her family, friends and costumes, as well as original pages from La Semaine do Suzette and other French publications from the doll's history, make this book a visual storehouse of information for beginning and advanced collectors.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This outstanding reference book features tantalizing color photos and descriptions of over 350 dolls produced in German porcelain factories from 1836 to the present. Take a pictorial tour of a 100-year-old porcelain factory to learn how antique porcelain dolls were made. Original sample books, old doll molds and porcelain shards identify the makers of many previously unknown china, parian-type, and bisque dolls. From the Kestner dolls to the artist dolls of today, this book provides an in depth look at sought-after German porcelain dolls. The colorful Hertwig bonnet head dolls, the expressive Gebruder Heubach character dolls, the top-of-the-line Kestner dolls, the captivating Simon & Halbig dolls as well as the detailed Carl Schneider half dolls are showcased in this book. Dozens of early, unmarked chinas made by the A.W. Fr. Kister porcelain factory in Scheibe-Alsbach are pictured in detail. Dolls from the following porcelain factories are also included in this book: Alt, Beck & Gottschalck; Baehr & Proeschild; Wm. And F.W. Goebel; Ernst Heubach; C.F. Kling & Co.; Gebruder Knoch; Gebruder Kuhnlenz; Limbach; Armand Marseille; Theodor Recknagel; Carl Scheidig; Schoenau-Hoffmeister; Swaine & Co.; Hermann Voigt; ... and Weiss, Kuhnert and Co. This is a must-have book for the doll lover!

Annalee Mobilitee Dolls Price Guide by: $31.46

  

Fashion Doll Wardrobe: A Collection of D $26.96

  

Bleuette by: Barbara Hilliker $40.50

  

German Porcelain Dolls: 1836-2002 by: Ma $27.97
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Beginning seamstresses will find it easy to make the hats and shoes in this collection, which fit contemporary dolls in three popular sizes. From baseball caps and sneakers to spring bonnets and Mary Janes, the 12 designs are pictured in full color with directions and pattern pieces for a total of 36 patterns.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. In this clearly illustrated reference, the well-known German authors, long-time collectors of antique teddy bears and soft toys, examine characters made by Steiff during the two decades following World War II.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. 250 Photos allow you to identify and value your charismatic travel dolls of North & South America, Australia & the Pacific islands. 3rd in a series.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The take-it-with-you collecting resource... Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide At last, a guide you can really carry along to shows, antique stores and flea markets, containing hundreds of color photographs to make on-the-spot appraisals easy. A decade-by-decade illustrated history of the world's favorite fashion dollHundreds of beautiful color photographs of 50 years of Barbie dollsComprehensive price guide with thousands of listings and valuesA stunning showcase of some of the finest and most valuable Barbie fashion sets 2009

Simple & Stylish Patterns for Dolls' Hat $17.96

  

Mecki, Zotty & Their Friends by: Christe $17.96

  

Americas, Australia & Pacific Islands Co $9.99

  

Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide, 2nd Ed $11.69
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The Best COMPANION A Doll Collector Can Have! Both informative and portable, Collectible Dolls: A Warman's Companion is full of the vital information you need to assess your collection and make wise buying and selling decisions. This small package is perfect for taking to auctions, shows, estate sales, flea markets, and anywhere your collecting takes you. It provides: Authoritative pricing & price adjustment factorsDetailed descriptions & concise histories100 of the most significant doll companies and/or types550+ vibrant color photosAppendix of additional doll companies Dawn Herlocher has been collecting dolls for more than 35 years. She serves as a consultant for historical societies, private collectors and museums. She is also the author of 200 Years of Dolls and Warman's Dolls Field Guide.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Table of Contents: - The take-it-with-you collecting resource... Warman's Bean Plush Field Guide, 2nd Edition At last, a guide you can really carry along to flea markets and garage sales containing hundreds of color photos and listings to make on-the-spot assessments easy. All Ty releases and variations from 1985 through the present, including the new Web-interactive Beanie Babies 2.0Ty Beanie Baby hang tag and tush tag identification guide4,000 listings with current values, more than triple the first edition900 color photosTips on counterfeits, Internet resources and market overview  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A lavish guide to the ingenious design and beauty of automata and mechanical toys, including their history, an explanation of their mechanisms, a survey of the leading makers, step-by-step instructions for making mechanisms, and 160 color photos. No other craft so brilliantly captures the magic of turning a handle, flicking a switch, or pulling a lever to see the unexpected come to life. Automata and Mechanical Toys is a book for anyone drawn to simple, entertaining mechanics. The book features 21 leading makers, each with a distinctive style. With 160 color photos and 100 delightful examples of the craft, the book is a feast for collectors and enthusiasts. A substantial section of the book is devoted to making automata mechanisms, ideal for novices or those wishing to learn new techniques. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions explain how to make a bearings box, which separately houses all the main mechanisms used in automata. The box can then be converted to any mechanism you choose. Rodney Peppe is a winner of the British Toymakers' Guild Toy of the Year Award; he has had exhibitions of his work at the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood. He is also the author of Rodney Peppe's Moving Toys.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This book is a celebration of 50 contemporary artists from around the world who have chosen to create the human form in clay. There is a detailed account of each artist's work, including biographical details and precise descriptions of their working methods. In addition, each artist has been asked to name a major source of inspiration--whether another artist or key work, in any medium and from any culture, explaining the reasons for their choice. The resulting depictions--ranging from the "Willendorf Venus" to a Michelangelo "Pieta"--combine with stunning photos of the artists' work to make this a book that will inform and inspire. Jane Waller has a Masters in Ceramics from the Royal College of Art; she has been making Millefiori and Raku ceramics for nearly 30 years. Among her previous books are "Hand-Built Ceramics" and "Colour in Clay."

Warman's Companion: Collectible Dolls by $16.19

  

Warman's Bean Plush Field Guide, 2nd Ed $11.69

  

Automata & Mechanical Toys by: Rodney Pe $40.50

  

The Human Form in Clay (Sculpture - 50 F $44.99
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A room by room tour of the world's most spectacular dollhouses. From early art cabinets and intricate "baby" houses to the highly-detailed dollhouses of today, this lavishly illustrated book examines the history of dollhouses and their shifting role in society. An unprecedented survey of the craft, "Dollhouses" showcases a wide range of designs, from the Tudor, Stuart, and Victorian periods to the modernist 1950s and contemporary designs. Featuring never-before-published dollhouses from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-class collection, the book takes readers on a visual tour of the interiors, with close-up details showing the masterful craftsmanship required to create these exquisite miniature works of art.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Containing 16 color pages, price listings, and descriptions, this is the book to own for anyone who has ever played with, collected, or been interested in paper dolls. Most of the paper dolls in this book are from the early 1920's, to the 1960's. There is a helpful index in the back, for easy reference in finding the kind of doll you are looking for. Containing everything form Shirley Temple to Hello Kitty, this book has something for everyone.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A collector's guide to the superb dolls first designed by the Swiss artist Sasha Morgenthaler during the 1940s. The volume covers her studio dolls from 1940-1970, and the manufactured Sasha dolls from German and English firms from 1964-1970. Examples of each type are shown with identification clues for ready reference. Costume, box and label variations are important reference aides, also, as is the rarity guide for each category. Dorisanne Osborn is well-known to collectors for her Friends of Sasha newsletter and the book has been long-awaited by them.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Exquisite fabrics and handmade trims of lace and embroidery are the foundation of these fine miniature costumes created so long ago for antique dolls. You will find 250 fabulous ensembles, gowns, bonnets, shoes and accessories in this beautifully photographed book.

(Antique) Dollhouses From the V & A Muse $40.50

  

Tomart's Price Guide to Saalfield & Merr $24.65

  

Sasha Dolls by: Dorisanne Osborn $35.00

  

The Ties That Bind: Antique Doll Costume $49.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The elegant European lady whose collection was visited by Belgian royalty and whose other-than-doll life revolved around the society circles of Brussels, Paris and London, said in an early newspaper interview "I never played with dolls as a child." She came to dolls, she explained, through a love of fashion and an enduring fascination with doll costumes and the history of clothing those dolls personified. However, she clarified, the love of the doll itself soon gained equal footing with the love of costume and she began to seek both throughout Europe. This explains the particular vision of Madame Andree Petyt whose extraordinary collection of rare dolls in exquisite costumes will be sold in two important sessions entitled "A Cherished Collection." It was in the early 1960's that the doll collection of Andree Petyt began. The family members were already noted antique collectors, their curious natures having led them to acquire fine paintings, furniture, porcelains and rare books. The first doll was a casual gift from her husband. But to Andree Petyt this was no simple plaything. It was a study in fashion, it was a porcelain work of art. Her interest aroused, she entered the doll collecting world with zeal, and in a short time her name became known in the doll salons and ateliers throughout Paris and London which were her favorite antique sources. The fifth floor of the Petyt mansion on Avenue Nestor Plissart in an elegant neighborhood of Brussels became her museum, the walls filled with shelves that soon became filled with the finest French and German dolls, and the cupboards filled with drawers and drawers of doll's and children's antique clothing. By 1975 her collection was so notable that she filled an exhibit hall with her choicest pieces, and welcomed the public to view the world of dolls. Among the visitors to this exhibit was the Belgian queen with her children, the young princess and prince. By the end of the century, the collection was among the largest private collections of French dolls existing. At her passing, her family determined to return the cherished collection of Andree Petyt to the loving arms of future collectors.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. When Dr. Carole Jean Stoessel Zvonar tells you that she has collected dolls from the age of 5, she isn't referring to the play dolls that were popular when she was a youngster in the late 1930's. She means that she has always collected antique dolls. "I bought my first antique doll for $1 when I was 5 years old", she said. "Antiques are the only dolls I have ever loved." Her superb French bebes range from a size 16 Bebe Triste by Jumeau to a petite size 3 brown-complexioned E.J. Grand-sized dolls were a particular passion and form an important part of the collection. Of particular interest is a group of wonderful boy's costumes. Examples of decorative automata from French makers will entice collectors with their elegant movements, charming activities, superb costumes, and magnificent faces. And an antic scene that one well be name "Gulliver and the Googlies" highlights just a few of the rare characters from the Zvonar collection. There is also an excellent group of black complexioned dolls that includes rare variations of classic models.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. When P.1. Barnum brought his famed Barnum and Bailey circus to Des Moines, Iowa in the late 19th century, Jumbo the Elephant, reputedly the largest elephant ever known to exist, was the star of the show. The Des Moines performance grounds were rented from a certain Mr. Wesley Redhead, a prominent local businessman, and he and P.T. became fast friends. When the circus was set to depart, P.T. Barnum presented Mr. Redhead with a mechanical toy elephant as a memory of the time. The elephant, made by Roullet of France, lumbered along when wound, and, amusingly flapped his ears, a feature not often found on the later Roullet et Decamps toy elephant. This elephant has remained in the Redhead Family until now, and will be sold at the auction along with photographs and documents about its provenance. Jumbo provides a symbol of childhood as represented by this auction.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. "The Wee Ones, Googlies, Kewpies, and Impish Bisque Dolls". Mischief is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes the wide-eyed who, me?" of the mischief-maker leaves no room for doubt. Meet more than 200 rascals and scamps with twinkles in their eyes or a whistle on their lips. And you'll find snow babies, comic characters, and related novelty dolls, too. Most are wee, but, just for scale, we've included a group of big brother googlies, too!

A Cherished Collection: Antique Dolls & $75.00

  

Grand Notes: Antique Doll Collection of $59.00

  

(Dollmaster November 2007 Auction Result $75.00

  

The Wee Ones: Googlies, Kewpies & Impish $49.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. For nearly three decades, this must-see doll and toy museum housed in a splendid baroque building in old Vienna, in which Mozart is said to have once lived, thrilled the thousands of doll collectors who passed through its doors. The legendary collection is the vision of one man, Vaclav Sladky, a native of Czechoslovakia, who escaped the Communist Wall with only one ill- filled suitcase in hand, but with the dream of a new life. His entrance into dolls was accidental, happening upon one bedraggled and forlorn doll at a street flea market, he bought it for pennies, brought it home and saved it. His love of dolls had begun. 10 years later, his pennies saved, and his doll collection grown to an astonishing and splendid array, he realized his dream, to open a childhood museum. The entire contents of the Vienna Puppen & Spielzeug Museum, as well as private dolls from the Sladky collection, will be offered during a two-day auction. The collection is presented in this splendid commemorative hardbound 188-page full-color catalog whose theme is inspired by the 19th century Viennese opera "The Doll Fairy.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This is the seventh in a series of books about antique doll costumes by Florence Theriault. More than 300 antique doll costumes are featured, including gowns for fashionable lady dolls, dresses for French bebes or German bisque children, along with bonnets, shoes and complete trousseaux. Divided into chapters by theme and decade. A value guide is included.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. From early historical rarities so precious many collectors have not known of their existence, to popular culture icons, the paper doll collection of Shirley Fischer reflects the ardent pursuit of a passionate and intelligent collector. Shirley Fischer of Sylvania, Ohio was so distinguished in the paper doll field that in 2004, having collected paper dolls most of her adult life, she befittingly received the special award of Distinguished Paper Doll Ambassador at the annual Paper Doll Convention. This collection spans 150 years, from 1790 through the 1940's. It is likely that few collections exist today with the extent of early historical rarities as the Fischer Collection. The collection includes early dolls from Germany, France and England and virtually all of the early American paper There are, in fact, over 350 lots in the catalog, including many paper dolls to be sold in lots, giving opportunity to connoisseur collectors, novices and paper doll and ephemera dealers, as well as traditional doll collectors who have learned the value of paper dolls as costume study. Over 400 color photographs.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. For the past forty years when American collectors of dolls, dollhouses and toys have arrived in the beautiful city of Copenhagen in Denmark the first thing they have done is leave. Leave, that is, on the first train heading West, straight for the little town of Billund. For in this town at the Legoland Park was one of Europe's most illustrious antique doll, dollhouse and toy museums, a "must-see" destination for lovers of antique playthings. The Museum, which was located at Legoland Park in Billund, Denmark, was established by Kirk and Edith Christiansen, founders of LEGO toys. In developing their legendary 20th century toy empire, the couple became naturally interested in the 18th and 19th century history of dolls and toys. A relationship with Estrid Faurholt, the early Danish doll collector and researcher, led to their acquisition of her important collection and it was upon this nucleus collection that they built and expanded. The Christiansen collection was housed and exhibited in a private building at Legoland Park in Billund for nearly forty years. As more than one collector noted over those decades, "Children come here for the rides and fun, but the grown-up kids, the collectors, realize that the real treasure of this park is in the Museum. Before I came here, I never imagined the antique rarities that I would find." Although the Museum is now closed, its memory is preserved in this 375 page two-volume boxed catalog with photographs, descriptions and presale estimates of each of the objects. We have also included the Prices Realized at the Auction for the items in this book.

Puppen & Spielzeug Museum (Auction of An $75.00

  

Fits and Starts: Antique Doll Costumes b $49.00

  

Paper Dolls: Early Historical Rarities t $49.00

  

Antique Dolls of the Lego Foundation of $129.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Catalog #1069 dated November 11th, 2006. Over 300 antique dolls, automata, bears, and playthings are included in this fabulous auction catalog.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. English Edition edited by Florence Theriault. Readers will find this book informative and fascinating reading about French doll history of the 19th century up to 1925. But todays collector is looking for more than fascinating reading. The need is for knowledge about the dolls that one owns or wishes to acquire. Thousands of references to doll firms, inventors, stores, and actual dolls are arranged alphabetically within the 750 pages of this work, enabling collectors for the first time to research and document their antique doll treasures. Photographs or illustrations of marks, illustrations from original patent drawings, and actual advertisements from contemporary business registries accompany most entries. There are, of course, superb photographs of existing examples of actual dolls, many previously undocumented. Well-indexed, more than 4000 illustrations and color photographs.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. "The faces, it was always the faces" are the words of Lucy Morgan, collector extraordinaire, in describing her world-class collection of antique bisque dolls that includes virtually every important maker and model from the golden years of antique dolls, 1860-1925. And the collector, turning the pages of this book, will agree immediately, gasping in delight and wonder at the faces of the doll crowd that greet one. Faces beaming, gleaming, solemn, regal, wistful, handsome, expectant, antic, laughing, elegant, eager, pouty, or just simply beautiful. There are the elegant bebes of rich purple skies, and there are the impish rascals so aptly described as "plum delights". These are the dolls of The Lucy Morgan Collection. Nearly 300 rare dolls are included in this book, each photographed in vivid award-winning color photographs, and each fully described with historical references, attributions, dates and estimated values. A useful index will guide the collector to dolls of particular interest. The book is a treasure for every doll lover and a testament to the proclamation that the doll is, indeed, art. Purple Skies, Plum Delights, The Extraordinary Doll Collection of Lucy Morgan.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Did children always play with dolls? Did all children own dolls? Is it only children that play with dolls? Theriault's offers clues to these tantalizing questions in a delightful auction on Sunday, July 9, 2006 that teasingly word-plays on the courtly theme, while offering a plentitude of dolls that are fit for a princess. There are the exceptionally rare pair of dolls actually from the 18th century French court whose purpose was not child's play, but a manner for aristocrats to theatrically spread the latest gossip without really naming names, from the private collection of the late esteemed Parisian antiquarian Claude Detave. There are the grand wooden dolls of the English court from the collection of the American early collector, Madeline Merrill, and documented in her book The Art of Dolls. There is an exceptional 26 wooden Grodnertal doll, also from the Merrill Collection, that surely once belonged in the play room of a young German or Austrian duchess, and other early wooden and paper mache dolls whose grand size, rare style, or extensive trousseau surely suggests their early home in a grand court. These are only a few of the exceptional dolls found within this beautiful full-color catalog.

(Dollmaster November 2006 Auction Result $49.00

  

French Dolls Vol 2: L-Z by: Francois & D $79.00

  

Purple Skies, Plum Delights (Antique Dol $59.00

  

(Dollmaster July 2006 Auction Results) S $49.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The first-ever American auction to entirely feature the French phenomena named Bleuette is the content of this book whose focus includes 50 different models of the doll, along with more than 150 different costumes and accessories. Created in 1905, Bleuette now celebrates her 100th birthday. The little doll was presented by the prestigious French publishing house, Gautier-Languereau, and was only available from them through subscription to their children's magazine La Semaine de Suzette. So wildly successful was the little doll in its 1905 initial presentation that she was quickly sold-out, and variations on the original model appeared. At first Gautier-Languereau offered sewing patterns for the doll in their magazine, but quickly they saw the potential in offering ready-made clothing. It is those dolls, their costumes, and their catalogs that collectors seek in all their infinite variety.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. For three decades beginning in 1909 Kewpies dolls reigned in the world of dolls. Appearing first as paper dolls, they quickly morphed into actual dolls and finally appeared in every sort of conceivable object form including dishes, trinkets, sewing novelties and even wall-hanging pennants. Over 500 objects related to Kewpie and Rose O'Neill, who designed the Kewpie, appear in this 144 page full color book representing the single-owner world-class Kewpie collection of Rose Marie Willruth of Lancaster, Massachusetts. Assembled over several decades the collection includes extraordinary bisque action Kewpies as well as O'Neill ephemera of all kinds, ranging from documents to drawings to objects.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A treasury of 250 European and American artist dolls, 1970-2000, are featured with well-detailed descriptions and beautiful color photographs of every doll. Important for collectors is a price key to todays values of these beautiful treasures.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. An extraordinary new book features 150 exceptional automata from the private collection of the noted Parisian connoisseur. Numerous color photographs and perspectives are offered of each work, along with a DVD exhibiting actual automata in movement and commentary by Christian Bailly.

J'Aime Ma Bleuette by: Florence Theriaul $39.00

  

With Kewpish Love by: Florence Theriault $49.00

  

Today's Treasures, Tomorrow's Antiques b $49.00

  

From the Golden Age of Automata by: Flor $59.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This book is based upon the collection auctioned by Theriault's of Annapolis, Maryland on September 11, 2004. The extraordinary vision of the doll fashion designer Mel Odom continues to delight collectors year after year. Yet few collectors know that Mel Odom also owned his own collection of vintage American fashion dolls of the 1950s. These are highlighted in this auction, ranging from early Barbies to rare Cissy fashion models. Also included are mint-in-box #1 Barbie, a superb private collection of more than 100 very rare 1950s' Alexander-kin fashionable children and Cissettes, an extraordinary collection of fabulous and nearly impossible-to-find early boxed costumes for 1950's Alexander dolls, and a fine group of near-mint hard plastic dolls from various manufacturers.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This is the sixth in a series of books about antique doll costumes by Florence Theriault. More than 300 antique doll costumes are featured, including gowns for fashionable lady dolls, dresses for French bebes or German bisque children, along with bonnets, shoes and complete trousseaux. Divided into chapters by theme and decade. A value guide is included.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Readers will find this book informative and fascinating reading about French doll history of the 19th century up to 1925. This time period encompasses the pre-industrial era, the Industrial Revolution, the dawning of the 20th century, and post WWI. No doll firm survived throughout that entire period, although several lasted for half a century or more. But today's collector is looking for more than fascinating reading. The need is for knowledge about the dolls that one owns or wish-es to acquire. This is the hard part. In fact, the history of dolls in 19th century France is complicated and that fact underlies this two-volume work. Thousands of references to doll firms, inventors, stores, and actual dolls are arranged alphabetically within the 750 pages of this work enabling collectors for the first time to research and document their antique doll treasures. Photographs or illustrations of marks, illustrations from original patent drawings, and actual advertisements from contemporary business registries accompany most entries. There are, of course, superb photographs of existing examples of actual dolls, many previously undocumented. Well-indexed, more than 4000 illustrations and color photographs. Volume I.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This Madame Alexander book is a wonderful edition to any doll collector's library. Every doll lover will have a new appreciation of the extraordinary work of this American icon doll firm when they view these 250 rare dolls, 1930-1965, in original and near mint condition.

(Dollmaster September 2004 Auction Resul $29.00

  

Fancy That (Antique Doll Costumes) by: F $39.00

  

French Dolls Vol 1 A-K by: Francois & Da $79.00

  

Vintage Madame Alexander by: Florence Th $39.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The German porcelain firm of Hertwig produced outstanding figurals of children, animals, novelties and women for nearly a century. During the early years of the 20th century they produced an annual catalog with drawings and illustrations of their offerings. This fabulous new book reprints all "the ladies" from those Hertwig catalog pages. Included are half-dolls, bathing beauties, Art Deco ladies, nudies, and flapper ladies. A fabulous original resource book that will have you dreaming of all the treasures youd love to find.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Throughout history, lady dolls have been both fashion mannequins and childrens playthings. In the 19th century they were both. Privileged children owned lady dolls of paper mache, china and bisque with extraordinary wardrobes and accessories. The objects of childhood dreams, the dolls also served as lessons in proper dressing and demeanor. Hundreds of German and French dolls and their fashions are featured in this hard-cover full color book.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This is the third in the a series of books about little dolls, known affectionately by collectors as "the little ones" or "pocket dolls" and it includes more than 200 rare examples with details of faces, bodies and marks, and heart stopping vignette photographs.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This is the fifth in a series of books about antique doll costumes by Florence Theriault, and the title aptly describes the importance of stylish mode and perfect fit in the clothing of a doll. Includes hunders of costumes, undergarments, and many accessories such as bonnets, parasols, jewelry, and shoes. Each item is carefully photographed, many with front and rear views, and with many detailed close-ups showing construction and decorative techniques. Divided into chapters by various decades, the collector will find the book a useful guide to dressing their doll.

The Ladies of Hertwig, Catalog Reprint $35.00

  

Lady Dolls of the 19th Century by: Flore $49.00

  

Whispering of Dolls by: Florence Theriau $49.00

  

Perfectly Fitting Doll Costumes by: Flor $39.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Doll lovers the world over covet the Bebe Bru, considering it the culmination of perfection in doll artistry. Francois Theimer, legendary researcher of French dolls, begins the first of many books highlighting the French doll companies with The Bru Book. A labor of love and years of researching this firm results in an exciting work of delving into biographical accounts of originator, Leon Casimir Bru, and later owner Paul Girard. It examines technical and artistic patterns used in production and gives readers an interesting perspective of transitions over the thirty- year history. In addition, collectors will benefit from a full appendix listing all patents issued by the Bru firm. All of this plus numerous color photographs make this and extraordinary addition to important doll research.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Comprehensive identification book listing Mold No, Firm, Date, Description & Identification under the German registration system (DRGM). Also contains details of marks, trademarks & labels of doll factories, porcelain manufacturers & import houses.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Dollhouses are wish homes. Furnished to one's fancy, peopled with perfect children, tended with ease. The dozens of dollhouses in this beautifully photographed book include examples by German firms such as Moritz Gottschalk, Christain Hacker, American firms such as R. Bliss, many other commercial homes by unidentified firms, as well as rare antique one-of-a-kind homes. Close-up detail photographs include porches, gazebos, proticos and even elevators. Also included are examples of commercial antique dollhouse furniture.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Locked behind the walls of East Germany, the treasures of the Hertwig Porcelain Factory remained hidden for more than a half century. Now, a book of those treasures has been prepared with photos of 1000s of documented examples from the original archives. Included are: all-bisque dolls, Bathing Beauties, Piano Babies, Kewpies, snow babies, comic nodders, animals, character dolls, dollhouse dolls, half-dolls, ... and figurines.

The Bru Book by: Francois Theimer $75.00

  

German Doll Marks by: Jurgen & Marianne $29.00

  

Little Houses by The Side Of The Road by $49.00

  

Hertwig & Co Archives by: Florence Theri $49.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Highlighting this fine addition to the works of Gaskill Neenan, noted American doll specialist, are three high-quality #1 Barbies and an extremely rare 1955 Bild Lilli. This book includes the auction prices, as well as over 300 photographs. Barbie, Ken, Stacey, Skipper, Steffie, Brad, Julia, and many more characters! This book illustrates the doll, clothing, accessories, and more!  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. 150 rare and collectible composition dolls from the famous Effanbee Company of New York are photographed and documented in the beautiful edition. Emphasis on Patsy family dolls. Includes many examples not previously photographed in any other books.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The Moritz Gottschalk firm of Germany was the premiere dollhouse maker during the late 19th and early 20th century, but collectors have never had a reliable way to identify their dollhouses. Marianne and Jurgen Cieslik, the noted German doll historians, are changing that as they have located the original factory illustrations of Gottschalk catalogues from the years 1892 - 1931, and are presenting them in their latest book, Moritz Gottschalk. More than 600 authentic archival illustrations of Moritz Gottschalk are presented, and they are conveniently arranged in order of production.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Over 320 rare Barbies and Barbie ephemera extras are included in this latest work of noted American doll specialist, Cynthia Gaskill. This book also includes over a dozen examples of early-number Barbies, model numbers 2 to 5. Prices included. Over 150 full-color photographs.

Barbie a Go-Go by: Cynthia Gaskill Neena $33.00

  

Patsy 'n Pals by: Cynthia Gaskill $33.00

  

Moritz Gottschalk by: Marianne & Jurgen $65.00

  

Barbie Retro by: Cynthia Gaskill $39.00
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. A study of the magnificent bonnets presented in this book shows color photos from all angles. It is true that the use of luxury and expensive fabrics and trims enhanced the beauty of a bonnet, it was the artistic eye and skilled hands of the milliner who transformed these materials into wearable works of art. This is a beautiful presentation by Theriault.  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Here's a fact that few collectors know - the makers of antique dolls were more absorbed with designing the perfect body than with the head. To find the perfect body - one that would be sturdy, yet realistic and have good articulation - was their quest. Thousands of bodies were designed and produced. This book presents over 200 different examples with references to their maker, particular features, construction details, and keys to "which bodies match which heads". OUR NOTES: This book will aid antique doll collectors in determining who was the maker for those headless babes looking for a match! Some of the companies covered include: French Fashion Doll Bodies Bru Bebes Bebe Schmitt Bebes Bebe Kid Body Bebe Steiner Rabery Delphieu Bebes Bebe Jumeau SFBJ Characters Danel et Cie Bebes Various commercial cloth bebes German Kid Bodies German Waltershausen German Sonneberg Kestner 1920s German Waltershausen ---- copyright 2004, Collector Bookstore, John K, Reviewer  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Table of Contents: - The authors of the long-out-of-print German Doll Encyclopedia have been hard at work for the past decade. They are the publishers of Cieslik's Puppenmagazin, named "The best doll magazine in the world" at an international doll conference in Paris, France. Unfortunately, that magazine was published in the German language and its wonderful research was a "closed book" to English language collectors. Its exceptional research will change many notions of "who made what" as well as solve many old mysteries. This is a must-have book for any serious collector. Great human-interest reading, too, for lovers of history. Early wooden dolls, Liepzig doll doctor, Holiday toy displays, Maquette, Lithopanes, Cat Dolls, Oracle Dolls, Asian dolls, Native American dolls, snowbabies, Half-Dolls, and Piano Babies are all included in this amazing book. This is definitely a must-have for any German Doll collector!!  Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Little all-bisque dolls are known by collectors as "mignonettes", "pocket dolls", or simply miniatures. This exquisite book includes 150 rare examples ranging from the early 1880 period French examples to character kids from the 1920's. Fascinating historical information about the dolls, previously unpublished, is included. Also shown are accessories, furnishing and costumes.

Ribbon is Free: Antique Doll Bonnets by: $49.00

  

The Doll Body Book by: Florence Theriaul $35.00

  

German Doll Studies by: Jurgen & Mariann $75.00

  

The Little Ones (Bisque Dolls) by: Flore $49.00


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