KALEIDOSCOPE

Saturday, May 24, 2014Lots 1-616

May 24-25, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV


This catalog encompasses the vision and love of varying styles of dolls from legendary Pennsylvania collector, Helen Welsh, and the great early collection of Evelyn Heidepriem, who single-handedly put South Dakota on the map for doll collecting and inspired thousands of collectors across the Western Plains. The result, one of the most exciting and unique events in Theriault’s history...a veritable kaleidoscope whose patterns and designs and colors will vary through the eye of each and every collector who views these dolls. 10" x 10". Hardbound. 232 full-color pages.

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Very Rare Set of Four German Bisque

Very Rare Set of Four German Bisque

Lot #192

11" (28 cm.) Each has a bisque socket head with sculpted cap or helmet over sculpted hair,glass inset googly eyes,painted brows and lashes,button-shaped mouth,closed mouth with beaming smile,composition and wooden ball-jointed body and is wearing antique-style costume or uniform to enhance their depiction. Condition: generally excellent,bodies are appropriately-styed but are not original. Comments: Max Handwerck,circa 1916,from a curious and rare series that combined the popular googly phenomena of the era with the WWI historical events; his googly model was issued with a variety of different bisque hats or helmets to indicate the involved nations,in this case,the United States as Uncle Sam (marked Dep Elite U.S. 1) with sculpted stars and striped hat and brown hair; Germany (marked Dep Elite D. 1) with sculpted green eagle helmet and sculpted light brown hair; Japan (marked Dep Elite J 2/0) with sculpted cap and black hair; and Turkish (marked Dep Elite O.T. 2/0) with curious double face (one with red cap and black hair indicating Eastern allegiance,and one with green brimmed cap and brown hair indicating Western alliance). The series was likely never marketed in 1916 as the combination of happy googly designs with war figures was really a poor marketing decision. Not until the 1950s was a warehouse stock of the heads located in Germany,never having been assembled with bodies,nor distributed at the time of production. Evidently,too,very few of the heads were ever made because they are very rare. Value Points: rare googly models,seldom found as an assembled set,including rare double-faced Turkish model. $5000/7500-jointed body,antique costume including silk kimono. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Simon & Halbig Germany 1329 10. Comments: Simon and Halbig,circa 1895.