Download or read book Betsy McCall written by Marci Van Ausdall and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book on Betsy McCall will identify, date and value Betsy McCall dolls. You will enjoy and learn the vintage examples such as the 14" dolls by Ideal; the 8," 14," and 20" dolls by American Character; the 11-1/2" dolls by Uneeda, and child-size dolls of Betsy, Linda and Sandy McCall; to the current line of Betsy dolls by Robert Tonner. Also included are the dolls by Tomy, Rothschild, Horsman & Laramie. The characteristics of the dolls are discussed and hundreds of Betsy's outfits and accessories are identified, including the one-of-a-kind and limited edition clothing. Betsy McCall patterns fill a chapter. 556 color photos.
Download or read book Warman s Dolls Antique to Modern written by Mark Moran and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doll collectors everywhere will be enchanted by this stunning full-color reference showcasing 100 years of collectible dolls, from the fine bisque creations of France and Germany in the 1860s to the popular Barbies of the 1960s. This books 1,500 listings include comprehensive data on each doll, and over 1,000 spectacular photos provide detail for identification purposes. &break;&break;Using information gathered from a huge private collection in the Midwest as well as a major doll auction conducted in Maine, Warman's Dolls - Antique to Modern provides information on manufactures, body and head styles, costumes, detailed condition reports and pricing for each listing. This guide also includes a glossary of collecting terms to aid both the beginning enthusiast and the advanced collector.
Download or read book The Official Price Guide to Mechanical Banks written by Dan Morphy and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed guide to the world of mechanical banks looks at the history of the popular collectible and offers up-to-date prices and market reports on hundreds of items, tips on spotting the differences between authentic items and reproductions, and guidelines on how to grade mechanical banks. Original.
Download or read book Automata written by Christian Bailly and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now reissued, having been unobtainable for many years, this spectacular book, the first to be devoted entirely to the period of the automaton's apogee, is an essential addition to the library of the collector, the specialist, and all who are interested in automata. An introductory chapter depicts the Paris in which automaton-makers lived and worked, its atmosphere, preoccupations and amusements. There follow the little-known histories of the seven leading makers, from their foundation in the mid-century to the decline of production after the First World War. This information is the result of the author's pioneering researches into commercial archives, the contemporary press, and personal documents of automaton-makers' descendants. Here for the first time names, dates and chronologies are accurately established to give a reference framework of inestimable value. In the automaton - happy product of the exuberant creativity of the artist and the exquisite craftsmanship of the artisan - sculpture, painting, music, costume and mechanics all play a part. The automata of nineteenth-century France embody their age in a wonderfully immediate fashion. alive: in homely figures such as the rosy-cheeked nanny walking the baby, or the pretty seamstress at pains over her work; in ingenious larger-than-life creations - lustily acrobatic clowns, mystifying conjurors, melancholy Pierrots, Mephistopheles himself; and still other pieces express the era of great international exhibitions and colonial conquests, and its fascination with the exotic. Over 150 automata are illustrated in colour photographs; and a substantial selection of pages from catalogues of the period in facsimile show many further pieces in monochrome.
Download or read book Tears for Mina written by Florence Theriault and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The important two day Marquis auction features both famous and long-lost collections including Part II of Samy Odin's Musée de la Poupée in Paris, now closed forever; an outstanding private collection of rare French poupées, bébés and automata; and the extraordinary Myla Perkins Collection of Leo Moss dolls as featured in her book, "Black Dolls".
Download or read book A Doll For Marie written by Louise Fatio and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rediscovered gem by Caldecott-winning illustrator Roger Duvoisin is perfect for a new generation of little girls who love dolls. In the city of Paris, a beautiful but lonely doll sits on a shelf in an antique shop. She’s surrounded by old vases and teapots, but longs for a friend to play with. There is one little girl who would dearly love to own the doll, but Marie could never afford such a precious item. So Marie has to settle for admiring the doll through the window on her way home from school. But Marie and this doll are clearly meant for one another, and Marie will make sure that the doll has a home where she is loved. First published in the 1950s but long out of print, this rediscovered gem by Roger Duvoisin and his wife, Louise Fatio, is available again, ready to be read to little girls—and dolls—of a new generation.
Download or read book The Heart of the Tree written by Rosalie Whyel and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heart of the Tree explores the incredible history of early wooden dolls as seen through the collections of the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. Take a visual and historical peek at what childhood would have been like from the 1680s to the 1850s, from a time when the United States was not even the United States, to a decade before the Civil War. Featured are rare and exceptional dolls and religious figures from Europe and the New World.
Download or read book Blue Book written by Jan Foulke and published by Hobby House Press. This book was released on 1989-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doll industry's bible has been updated with new information and more than 600 photographs, making it the most complete and up-to-date doll guide available.
Download or read book The Doll Collection of Huguette Clark written by Florence Theriault and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection comprises extraordinary dolls and automata from the French golden age of 1860-1890, as well as selections of sought-after early Japanese cultural dolls and architectural miniatures. The Huguette Clark auction appropriately centers the inauguration of Theriault's 50th anniversary year. An early and continuing client of Theriault's for decades, her dolls include many fine antique examples from that 50 year span, as well as privately commissioned Japanese art dolls.
Download or read book With Love from Tin Lizzie written by Ellen M. Tsagaris and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Love from Tin Lizzie: A History of Metal Heads, Metal Dolls, Mechanical Dolls, and Automatons covers 25 years of research material on Metal Dolls.
Download or read book Identifying German Chinas 1840s 1930s written by Mary Gorham Krombholz and published by Hobby House Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 350 colour photographs with the loving face of each doll clearly visible to aid in the identification process. This book is a treasure trove filled with detailed photo captions that identify the maker. The author has used research methods to correct many so-called names to the authentic original name. Each doll is credited to the decade in which it was primarily produced. Male china dolls, all-china dolls and reproduction china dolls are described in chapters that are separate from the ten decades of china doll production.
Download or read book Steam Toys written by Morton Hirschberg and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hooked to a steam engine or operated by hand, these pieces move- mills grind, blacksmiths hammer, Ferris wheels and carousels revolve, woodsmen chop, and mistrels dance. Almost 600 color photos document the work of 25 major manufacturers, with illustrations of the marks they used. Dimensions and years of production are discussed for each piece.
Download or read book The Official Price Guide to Dolls written by Denise Van Patten and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines.
Download or read book The Collector s History of Dolls written by Constance Eileen King and published by Outlet. This book was released on 1981 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history of dolls and dollmaking from around the world from primitive rag-and-wood figures to extravagantly detailed dolls
Download or read book The Doll Blogs written by Debbie Behan Garrett and published by Debbie Behan Garrett. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To serve the doll-collecting community, particularly avid Black-doll enthusiasts, Ms. Garrett continues to write about the dolls she loves. In this, her third doll publication, dolls, both old and new, blog their experiences over a two-year period as chosen dolls in Garrett's extensive and quite eclectic Black-doll collection.If you love dolls, possess a vivid imagination, and enjoy combining the two, you will derive great pleasure reading The Doll Blogs, another first for Debbie Behan Garrett. Garrett takes the reader on an imaginative voyage in doll-collecting world where she meets and greets new dolls, reacquaints herself with old ones, and continues the passion for all as a doll whisperer, allowing the dolls to speak through her. The dolls (some more vocal than others, with personalities all their own) find delight in telling their unique stories, sharing their experiences, and relaying how they entered Garrett's collection.This first book devoted to dolls that speak in blog form is masterfully engaging, a sure delight.
Download or read book Doll Sourcebook written by Argie Manolis and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete directory of supplies and services for making, selling, and collecting dolls.
Download or read book The Official Price Guide to Antique and Modern Dolls 1985 written by House of Collectibles and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
