Among Friends:The Billie & Paige Welker Collection

Among Friends:The Billie & Paige Welker Collection

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Among Friends:The Billie & Paige Welker Collection

Among Friends:The Billie & Paige Welker Collection

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An extraordinary private collection of rare French Bébés, German Characters, and American folk dolls of the highest order, among the treasures preserved by the prescient North Carolina couple.

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(410) 224-3655
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Early German All-Bisque Child by Kestner Known as "French Wrestler" 1100/1600

Lot # 202 (Sale Order: 201 of 328)      

10" (25 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso, very plump face, brown glass eyes, painted lashes, rose-blushed eye shadow, feathered brows, open mouth with pale outlined lips, two square-cut upper teeth and one lower, pierced ears, brunette auburn wig, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, sculpted left elbow and curled fingers, muscular-shaped legs with tiny ankles, painted stockings, black heeled boots with lacing, beautiful antique costume. Condition: small chip and reglue at bottom of neck, professional restoration on left boot. Comments: Kestner, circa 1880. Value Points: especially beautiful doll with finest bisque and painting, grand large size, lovely antique costume....more

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Beautiful German Bisque Closed Mouth Child Known as "A.T. Kestner" 3500/5500

Lot # 203 (Sale Order: 202 of 328)      

18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, brown glass eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, thick brush-stroked and feathered brows, pointy shaped nose with shaded nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair, composition and wooden early body with straight wrists and jointed ankles, wearing pretty lace dress and bonnet with rose silk ribbons, undergarments, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 13. Comments: Kestner, the model known A.T. Kestner for its resemblance to the French A.T. bebe, circa 1885. Value Points: very beautiful example of the rare doll, having gleaming patina of complexion, rarer original body and body finish, jointed ankles....more

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German Bisque Character "Phillip" with Rare Sculpted Hair by Kammer and Reinhardt 4000/5500

Lot # 204 (Sale Order: 203 of 328)      

16" (41 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, painted light brown boyish hair with modeled forelock curl, small blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, dark eyeliner, short tapered brows, closed mouth with downcast lips, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R S&H 115 . Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1912, the model known as "Phillip". The wistful-faced character model was inspired by a very similar 17th century bust of a young child by Francois Duquesnoy. Value Points: rare sculpted hair model has finest quality of bisque and painting enhanced by luminous patina, original toddler body with original finish....more

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German Bisque Child with Flirty Eyes, 117n, by Kammer and Reinhardt 1200/1600

Lot # 205 (Sale Order: 204 of 328)      

18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep and "flirty" eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, pretty antique dress. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 117n Germany 46. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1912. Value Points: pretty rosy- cheeked girl with flirtatious eyes ....more

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German All-Bisque Doll by Kestner with Fancy Tasseled Boots 700/900

Lot # 206 (Sale Order: 205 of 328)      

7 1/2" (19 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso, plump cheeks, brown glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, row of tiny teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted black ankle boots with tiny heels, blue tassels, magenta stockings rims, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 2 1/2 (head shoulders, arms and legs). Comments: Kestner, circa 1885. Value Points: beautiful early all-bisque with matched signed parts, fancy boots....more

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Petite German Bisque Googly with Wonderful Expression 400/600

Lot # 207 (Sale Order: 206 of 328)      

7" (18 cm.) Bisque socket head with square-cut facial shape, brown glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted long curly lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with impish smile, blonde mohair wig, five-piece paper-mache body with painted socks and shoes, pretty silk dress. Condition: generally excellent, body a tad oversized. Marks: (illegible, possibly Heubach square). Comments: Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: rare googly with captivating whimsical expression....more

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German Bisque Googly, Model 131, by Kammer and Reinhardt with Original Toddler Body 6500/8500

Lot # 208 (Sale Order: 207 of 328)      

15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head with chubby round face, very large brown glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, dark eyeliner, fringed upper lashes, angled feathered brows, button-shaped nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth with accent line between the smiling small lips, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1918. Value Points: rare googly character, model 131, whose beguiling expression combines mischief and shyness, with especially fine quality of bisque, sculpting and painting, original body and body finish....more

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German Bisque Child by Kammer and Reinhardt with Lovely Antique Costume 700/900

Lot # 209 (Sale Order: 208 of 328)      

31" (79 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, original body finish albeit hands a bit scuffed. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 80. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1910. Value Points: beautiful large child doll has very fine quality of bisque and painting, original body, and wears fine antique costume and jewelry, undergarments, shoes and socks....more

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German Bisque Character, 126, by Kammer and Reinhardt 300/500

Lot # 210 (Sale Order: 209 of 328)      

11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, two porcelain upper teeth, tongue, blonde mohair wig, composition bent limb baby body, pretty antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 126 28. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1915. Value Points: pretty rosy-cheeked doll has original wig, body, body finish....more

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German Bisque Child, 167, by Kestner with Beautiful Antique Costume 600/800

Lot # 211 (Sale Order: 210 of 328)      

21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, brush-stroked brows with decorative glaze, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth with accented lips, four porcelain teeth, dimpled chin, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Made in Germany 10 1/2 167 (head) Germany (torso). Comments: Kestner, circa 1910. Value Points: beautiful classic dolly-face with original wig, body, body finish, and gorgeous antique costume....more

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Pretty German Bisque Closed Mouth Child by Kestner 400/600

Lot # 212 (Sale Order: 211 of 328)      

14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: little chip at upper right eye rim. Marks: 7. Comments: Kestner, circa 1890. Value Points: pretty closed mouth child wearing beautiful antique costume with lace and embroidered details, bonnet, undergarments, stockings, rose sateen shoes....more

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German Bisque Child Known as "Kestner Bru" with Rare Body 2500/3500

Lot # 213 (Sale Order: 212 of 328)      

19" (48 cm.) Pale bisque socket head with very plump cheeks and throat, blue glass eyes, dark eyeliner, delicately painted lashes, brush-stroked brows with feathered details, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, painted row of teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden early fully jointed body including jointed ankles, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, body repainted. Marks: 13. Comments: Kestner, circa 1884, the model closely resembles the "circle/dot" model of Leon Casimir Bru, hence is often referred to "Kestner Bru". Value Points: rare model with beautiful pale bisque, wearing pretty rose silk faille dress, undergarments, leather shoes resembling Bru shoes....more

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American Wooden "Pinn Family" by Schoenhut in Original Costumes 400/600

Lot # 214 (Sale Order: 213 of 328)      

6" (15 cm.) -12". Each has egg-shaped wooden head with flat-cut swivel neck, painted facial features in caricature style, yarn hair, wooden block torso with clothespin-style arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: patent pending, Copyrighted 1935 E.T.M. (on feet). Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1935, marketed as the Pinn Family in reference to their clothespin bodies. Value Points: the amusing six dolls each wear their original costumes and have amusing variations of facial design....more

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American Wooden Child by Schoenhut With Wonderful Circus Toy 900/1300

Lot # 215 (Sale Order: 214 of 328)      

16" (41 cm.) All-wooden doll with socket head, decalomania eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth with painted teeth, brunette mohair wig, all-wooden spring-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Schoenhut Doll, Pat. Jan. 17, '11 USA & Foreign Countries. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1917. Value Points: included is circus cart whose metal spoked wheels center a wooden barrel with lithographed paper cover of clowns and circus, upon which a Schoenhut clown is standing, and which is being pulled by a cast metal horse; the cart is marked "No. 28 G.A. Heimer, patent no. 1234472 July 24, 1917"....more

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American Wooden Sleep-Eyed Doll by Schoenhut with Toy Lamb 600/900

Lot # 216 (Sale Order: 215 of 328)      

16" (41 cm.) All-wooden doll, socket head, brown sleep eyes, painted lashes and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with four painted teeth, brunette mohair wig, spring-jointed wooden arms and legs, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Schoenhut Doll Pat. Jan. 17, 1911, USA (oval paper label). Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1918. Value Points: the rare sleep-eyed model has fine original finish, wearing pretty antique dress, and carries her own carved wooden toy lamb by Schoenhut....more

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American Cloth Character "Kamkins" Doll 700/900

Lot # 217 (Sale Order: 216 of 328)      

19" (48 cm.) All-cloth doll with swivel head, pressed and painted complexion and facial features, blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, white eye dots, closed mouth with full lips, brunette mohair bobbed wig, stitch jointing at shoulders and hips, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, some dustiness. Marks: Kamkins (heart mark on chest). Comments: Louise Kampes, who sold her artistic cloth dolls on the Boardwalk of Atlantic City, early 20th century. Value Points: American doll with distinctive style, maker's mark....more

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All-Original German All-Bisque Googly, Model 189 600/900

Lot # 217.1 (Sale Order: 217 of 328)      

5" (13 cm.) Bisque swivel head on bisque torso, blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted lashes, single-stroke brows, button-shaped nose, tiny closed mouth with watermelon slice-shaped lips, brunette mohair bobbed wig, loop-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted white socks and black one-strap shoes, wearing factory-original folklore costume. Condition: generally excellent, tiny flake at right eye rim. Marks: 189. Comments: Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: most endearing tyke with impish expression, original factory costume....more

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American Cloth Folk Doll with Oil-Painted Face 400/600

Lot # 218 (Sale Order: 218 of 328)      

18" (46 cm.) All-cloth doll whose head is constructed with side seams and back seam that extends partly down the forehead and lends shape to the face, and a chin seam, with oil-painted facial features, complexion, and hair, painted blue eyes with red and black upper eyeliner, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, stitch jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: very good, some darkening of painting. Comments: American, circa 1900. Value Points: charming folk doll with hand-painted features, antique costume....more

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American Cloth Folk Doll with Original Costume 200/400

Lot # 219 (Sale Order: 219 of 328)      

15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional rounded face, gusset side seams giving fullness to the painted hair, silk-over-muslin face with painted complexion, hair and facial features, outlined blue eyes, arched brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, stitch jointing at shoulders, hips and knees. Condition: good, some fading of painted features, wear to silk on right cheek. Comments: American, circa 1890. Value Points: unusually constructed folk doll, with original costume comprising jacket with plaid collar, vest, shirt, tie, brown trousers, leather shoes....more

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Pretty German Bisque Closed Mouth Child, X, by Kestner 1200/1600

Lot # 220 (Sale Order: 220 of 328)      

15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, early composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: X. Comments: Kestner, circa 1885. Value Points: pretty closed mouth child with lovely bisque, original body and body finish, fine antique costume, undergarments, stockings, shoes, and wonderful beaded bonnet....more

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German Bisque Characters "Bebe Brandeis" Original Czech Costumes with Boutique Label 600/900

Lot # 221 (Sale Order: 221 of 328)      

8" (20 cm.) Each has bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair bobbed wig, five-piece toddler body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach Koppelsdorf 320 Germany. Comments: Heubach Koppelsdorf, circa 1920. Value Points: fine all-original traditional Czech costumes with elaborate detail including distinctive print head-dress; the girl having original silk label inside petticoat "Bebe Brandeis Prague"....more

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German Bisque Googly "Nobbi Kid" by Marseille 400/500

Lot # 222 (Sale Order: 222 of 328)      

7" (18 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, brunette mohair wig, composition five-piece body, painted socks and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: A 253 M Nobbi Kid Re. US Pat. Off. Germany 11/0. Comments: Marseille, circa 1920. Value Points: impish googly wears factory-original costume....more

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German Bisque Googly, Demalcol, by Catterfelder Puppenfabrick 700/900

Lot # 223 (Sale Order: 223 of 328)      

11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, brunette mohair wig, five-piece composition body. Demalcol 5/0 Germany. Comments: produced by Catterfelder Puppenfabrick for Dennis, Malley and Co. (hence, Demalcol) of London, circa 1926. Value Points: charming googly with impish yet innocent smile, wearing great antique Tyrolean costume....more

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German Bisque Googly with Astonished Expression by Goebel 400/600

Lot # 224 (Sale Order: 224 of 328)      

7" (18 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, sculpted pixie-like golden hair, painted blue extra-large googly eyes gazing to the right, painted curly upper lashes, dot brows, "O"-shaped mouth with defined space between the lips, composition five-piece body with painted shoes and socks, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (Goebel crown symbol) 12/0 x Germany. Comments: Goebel, circa 1920. Value Points: wonderful expression with wide-eyed look mirrored by shape of mouth....more

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German Bisque Topknot Googly by Gebruder Heubach 700/900

Lot # 225 (Sale Order: 225 of 328)      

9" (23 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, sculpted brown hair in distinctive style, modeled coiled topknot, forelock and side curls, painted facial features, blue side-glancing googly eyes, painted upper lashes, single-stroke brows, tiny nose, closed mouth with triangular-shaped lips, five-piece paper mache body with painted socks and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 0 Heubach (square) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1915. Value Points: rare model with wonderful expression, rare hair style....more

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