Antique doll collection narrow down
I inherited a mass of dolls from my Mother and Great Aunt I am hoping I can have you tell me which ones are not worth more than $40 and then I will have the interesting ones appraised by you
Direct from my Mother and Great Aunt, dolls from late 1800s early to mid 1900s There is a photo of great aunt dressed as an Indian holding her leather Indian doll from early 1900s
Inherited
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Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
It is a beautiful collection. Such antique dolls and toys are being offered at auction on a regular basis.
I would suggest that you request an appraisal for the last two photos and the Kewpie doll and the first little doll - send photos with the kewpie doll. The doll house dolls would be best if sold as an entire lot. They are made of some kind of composition or perhaps even celluloid. Sold with the furniture they would fetch approx. 100-150US$
The estimate provided is for a well-advertised specialised online antique toys auction, where I believe the collection has the best chance of realising its fullest potential. However, there is no measurement for the sentimental value you might attach to the lovely toys collection. Retail "asking prices" can be higher and vary.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions. I’m happy to help.
Thank you
Thanks again - the last 2 dolls are the ballheaded doll with painted eyes and the doll in front of the suitcase, you can also send me photo of the kewpie and the little doll with porcelain hat. You may send those two in one appraisal.
With regards to the celluloid dollhouse dolls I would recommend ebay for selling them.
Kind regards
Thank you,
I added more photos of the dolls you pointed out. There were two Kewpies, one celluloid and one ceramic. Please let me know how to proceed. Lisa
The bald porcelain baby is 7 1/2"
Other baby is 13 1/2"
Celluloid Kewpie is 4 1/4"
Ceramic Kewpie is 2 1/2"
The boy with hat is 3 1/2" and looks like he was originally holding something.
All of the dolls you chose belonged to my Great Aunt who was born in 1897
Thank you for the additional photos:
The baby doll with the wig has a large crack on the face which makes it more or less worthless. It is German from the company Simon & Halbig. And the value is 20-30 US$
The 2 all bisque Kewpies with hat are German too, they represent a value of 140-160 US$ together.
The Kewpie is made of celluloid but has a severe dent in the forehead which decreases the value to 50-60 US$
The bald babydoll is German too, what you would call a character babydoll, dating from first part of the 1900s. If in good condition without any hairlines, chips or cracks he would probably sell for 140-160US$
I would recommend eBay for these kinds of items because of the extended amount of buyers on the platform.
Hopefully this will help you further with your great aunts dolls.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me again.
Kind regards
Thank you,
So the last two pictures, the little boy with hat figurine and the big cracked baby doll in Pink? the little dollhouse dolls in the box are all celluloid, the figures with the furniture are china with jointed arms and legs.
The sentimental value will have to be released, as I am moving to Panama and the poor things would rot in the heat and humidity.
I will do more detailed photos of the last two dolls and the kewpie.