The auction features Dolls; Doll related items, Sales Sample and Toy Stoves, Teddy Bears, Prams, Automata and Toys from the mid 1800’s up to the 1960’s.
Sale will consist of 1100+ lots; 400+ Dolls, 40+ Sample, Toy & Cast Iron Stoves, Teddy Bears, Doll House Miniatures, Miniature Furnishings, Doll Houses, Toy Stables, Doll and Baby Prams along with 300+ lots of Toys, Early Games, Puzzles and Children’s Books, Black Americana and Store Display Automatons including Automatons featured at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.
A few notable items are: an unnumbered A5M Character Doll, K*R 116, bisque dolls from Kestner, SFBJ and others, several good China Heads, Dollhouse dolls, Composition and Hard Plastic dolls including a near mint Terri Lee, a NMIB Bild Lily, original Barbie Art from Mattel, two pairs of large Store Display Skookums, one pair over 44 inches, and more.
Cast Iron stoves include a Quick Meal and other Salesman’s Sample Stoves and Cast Iron and Toy Stoves from Bucks, Eagle, Marklin and other makers.
Miniatures are represented by a scarce Erhard & Sons Ormolu Birdcage w/bird, several dollhouse feather trees with ornaments, a German MIB set of glass feather tree ornaments, chandeliers and much more.
Prams include several in wicker, highlighted by a scarce Swan-form version along with wooden prams and a superb paint decorated 19th Century child’s sled by Henry Morton Paris Maine.
Teddy Bears from Steiff, Ideal, Chad Valley, Dean, Farnell, Knickerbocker, Merrythought and more are headlined by a huge C-1910 34” Teddy with a clockwork Growler. There is also a nice Continental repousse music box with a singing bird and a two-air flower automaton.
Toys and Games from Europe, Japan and the US round out the sale so there is something here for everyone.
The first part of the old store stock inventory from a long closed Philadelphia Novelty and Magic shop including: Halloween Items, Mask, Novelties, Store Displays and more
To be held June 14th & 15th, 2008 at the NEW Myersville Fire Hall
301 Main St. Myersville, MD 21773 – 10:00 AM Saturday and Noon Sunday,
preview times Friday the 13th 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Auction info www.oldtownauctions.com