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Sale 2616M   October 10 & 11, 2012   Marlborough
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featuring Studio Paintings & Country Americana

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Table of Contents
 1        Auction & Specialist Information

 2        Web Site & Online Bidding

 6        Session I: Lots 1–492

29        Session II: Lots 501–1200

60        Conditions of Sale

61        Absentee Bid Form

62        Company Directors & Specialty Departments

63        Administrative Staff & Client Services

64        Map & Driving Directions

65        Dining

66        Accommodations

67        Catalog Subscription Form

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MA/Lic. #2304
Session I
Pontiac GTO and Toy & Dolls
Lots 1-134
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1969 Pontiac GTO Hardtop, VIN                        Large Papier-mâché Greiner Doll, 1858            Witherspoon Painted Rag Doll and Black
242379G1O4254, odometer reads 81,522                 label, cloth body, kid arms, old dress and       Man, painted doll with brown eyes, blue outfit,
miles, two-door with cream interior, yellow          shoes, ht. 31 in.                                paper label on back “Witherspoon Rag Doll
repaint on exterior, Condition: Not running,         $350-450                                         Pat. applied for New Orleans” and a black doll
repaint, has had some body work.                                                                      with stiffened fabric face, wrapped in plaid
                                                                                                      blanket, ht. 9, 12 in.
Provenance: Descended from the estate of             7                                                $200-300
Irene Jacob. This car has been garaged for a         Bisque Shoulder Head Doll, Germany,
number of years and will need to be checked          marked AM 370, brown sleeping eyes, cloth
out mechanically before it can be roadworthy,        body with ne plus ultra joints, composition      12
and is being sold as is.                             lower arms, ht. 14 in.                           Black-haired China Doll with Pierced Ears,
                                                     $100-150                                         Germany, hair crowning and framing face,
Note: The Pontiac GTO is a collectible from                                                           swept to side with finely brushed strokes,
the muscle car category. Both Pontiac, the                                                            molded band and bun of curls in back, large
maker, and GTO, the model, are no longer in          8                                                ear holes, three holes in plate, cloth body, mitt
production.                                          Chase Stockinet Doll, Pawtucket, Rhode           hands, ht. 19 in.
$8,000-9,000                                         Island, dark grey eyes, lashes, blonde hair,     $250-350
                                                     painted lower limbs, very clean sateen-
                                                     covered body, The Chase Stockinet Doll paper
2                                                    label on back of torso, pink cotton dress, ht.   13
Early Simon Halbig Bisque Shoulder Head              24 in.                                           Large AM 390 Bisque Head Doll, Germany,
Doll, Germany, c. 1885, open mouth, cut in           $200-300                                         brown eyes set stationary, auburn mohair wig,
teeth, brown stationary eyes, slight smile and                                                        jointed body, old white cotton dress, ht. 25 in.
overbite, marked 10 S.H.6, new wig, kid body,                                                         $200-300
bisque lower hands, ht. 16 in.                       9
$200-300                                             Moravian Cloth Doll, Bethlehem,
                                                     Pennsylvania, Ladies Sewing Society of           14
                                                     Central Moravian Church, flat face doll with     Pale Blonde Mohair Bear with Chair,
3                                                    painted features, brown hair framing lace-       Germany, probably Steiff, black shoebutton
Blonde Parian Shoulder Head Doll,                    trimmed pink bonnet with crocheted outer         eyes, embroidered nose and mouth, long
Germany, c. 1860s, blue painted eyes, short          bonnet, stitch-jointed limbs, mitten hands,      mohair, felt pads with replaced embroidered
blonde flat-top hairstyle, deep shoulder plate       stitched fingers, pink checked cotton dress,     claws, dressed in shirt and pants, green
with three sew holes, cloth body, kid lower          white apron, black stockings, pink-trimmed       painted chair, both ht. 16 in.
arms, original undergarments and brown               white shoes, ht. 17 1/2 in.                      $200-300
dress with red ricrac trim, blue stitched-on
leather boots with brown boots added, ht. 22         Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
1/2 in.                                              Burger.                                          15
$400-600                                             $1,500-2,500                                     Swivel Neck Bisque Head Doll, Germany,
                                                                                                      blue sleeping eyes, open mouth, square teeth,
                                                                                                      partially legible mark 325/6, blonde human
4                                                    10                                               hair wig, kid body, bisque lower hands, white
China Shoulder Head Doll, Germany, pale              Three Handmade Folk Dolls with                   dress, ht. 17 in.
blue painted eyes, short black curly hair, lightly   Provenance, known in the family as “Topsy        $100-150
marked 3 on back of shoulder plate, cloth            Turvy,” “Little Mama,” and “Little Dog,” the
body, china lower arms and legs, ht. 20 in.          topsy turvy has white face and black mammy
$200-400                                             face, all with embroidered features, ht. 11      16
                                                     1/2 to 14 in.; several pages of family history   China Shoulder Head Doll, Germany, 1850s,
                                                     detailing owners and including tintype of        center-part black hair with curls close to head,
5                                                    original Trotter family members.                 blue eyes, rosy cheeks, three sew holes, cloth
Early Shoulder Head French Fashion Doll,             $200-300                                         body, long china arms, flat black molded
France, c. 1870, possibly Huret, cobalt blue                                                          shoes, red plaid dress, ht. 17 in.
stationary eyes, closed mouth, new skin wig
over cork pate, shoulder head on gusseted kid                                                         Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
body, marked in green block letters on chest                                                          Burger.
HURET, new green dress, ht. 16 in.                                                                    $200-300
$1,000-1,500

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Large Rollinson Molded Cloth Doll, Utley           Pink-tint China Shoulder Head Doll with              Izannah Walker Cloth Doll, Central Falls,
Doll Co., Holyoke, Massachusetts, oil-painted      Brown Eyes, Germany, c. 1850s, even pink             Rhode Island, mid-19th century, stockinet
stockinet head with single seam on back,           shading with rosy cheeks, black center-part          pressed into mold, facial features and hair
painted lower limbs, big brown eyes, applied       hair with sausage curls, three sew holes, cloth      oil-painted, applied ears, single sausage curl
ears, slightly smiling mouth, short blonde hair,   body with kid arms, old white undergarments          in front of each ear, wispy hair at nape of neck,
sateen-covered body, pink cotton dress, black      and cotton dress, pink leather shoes, ht. 19         lower limbs painted, bare feet with stitched
leather shoes, ht. 25 in.                          1/2 in.                                              toes, white cotton undergarments, russet plaid
                                                                                                        cotton dress, brown leather tie shoes, ht. 18
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.         Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.           1/2 in.
Burger.                                            Burger.
$900-1,200                                         $600-800                                             Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
                                                                                                        Burger.
                                                                                                        $8,000-12,000
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Black-haired China Doll, Germany, late 19th        Large Simon Halbig 1009 Doll, Germany,
century, light blue painted eyes, short black      blue sleeping eyes, open mouth, impressed S          30
hair low on brow, cloth body, china lower arms     13 H 1009 DEP at top of crown, socket head           Martha Chase George Washington Cloth
and legs, dressed in fancy gown which may          on bisque shoulder plate, gusseted kid body,         Doll, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, early 20th
be a copy of one referred to in a note with the    new wig and clothes, ht. 28 in.                      century, oil-painted stockinet head, molded
doll: “Emily Donilson was the wife of Andrew       $300-500                                             and painted features, blue eyes, grey hair with
Jackson’s nephew. The gown was a gift from                                                              ponytail, cloth body, painted lower limbs, ecru
President Jackson and worn to the Inaugural                                                             satin vest and pants, blue wool jacket with
Ball 1829-1836.”                                   24                                                   ecru satin lining, matching vest and pants,
$200-250                                           Large Composition Shoulder Head Doll,                black felt tricorn hat, black leather shoes, ht.
                                                   Germany, late 19th century, blue glass eyes,         24 in.
                                                   blonde human hair wig, cloth body, kid arms,
19                                                 ht. 26 in.                                           Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
Bru Jne 3 Circle Dot Bisque Head Bébé,             $100-150                                             Burger.
France, early 1880s, vibrant blue lined                                                                 $4,000-5,000
paperweight eyes, closed mouth with space
between lips, deep shoulder plate with molded      25
bosom, cork pate with leather cap from             All-bisque Doll with Swivel Neck, Germany,           31
original skin wig, impressed with circle dot       cobalt blue glass eyes, closed mouth, long           Martha Chase Cloth Boy Doll, painted
and Bru Jne marks, raised 3 at base of head,       blonde mohair wig in braids, jointed neck,           features, blue eyes, light blonde hair, applied
gusseted kid body, bisque lower arms, period       shoulders, hips, blue heeled boots, ht. 5 1/2        ears, sateen-covered cloth body, painted
cotton print dress, ht. 14, with four additional   in.                                                  limbs with stitched joints, blue cotton romper
cotton dresses, a nightgown, and a pair of         $200-300                                             suit, ht. 16 in.
leather boots in a wooden box ht. 6 x dp. 6
1/2 x lg. 13 in.                                                                                        Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
$8,000-12,000                                      26                                                   Burger.
                                                   “Door of Hope” Boy with Two Additional               $500-700
                                                   Asian Dolls, the Door of Hope with original
20                                                 outfit with applied fine appliqued buttons and
Maggie Bessie Painted Cloth Doll, Salem,           frog closures, (appears to be missing braid or       32
North Carolina, late 19th/early 20th century,      hat), ht. 8; dowel figure with painted details       Martha Chase Cloth Girl Doll, painted
made by Moravian sisters Maggie and Bessie         and a theatrical figure, ht. 6, 11 in.               features, blue eyes, lush eyebrows, blonde
Pfohl, doll with hand-painted face, large          $300-500                                             short painted hair, pink cheeks and lip
blue eyes, softly smiling outlined red mouth,                                                           coloring, applied ears, cloth body, painted
painted short hair, cloth body with attached                                                            limbs with stitched joints, pink romper, ht. 16
limbs, painted lower limbs, cotton slip, pink      27                                                   1/2 in.
cotton dress, ht. 18 in.                           Two Skookum Dolls and Papoose,
                                                   composition heads, man with eyes to right,           Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.         dressed, Skookum label on sole of boot,              Burger.
Burger.                                            woman with eyes to left, holding papoose, ht.        $500-700
$8,000-10,000                                      15, 16 1/2 in.
                                                   $100-200
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21                                                                                                      Four Parian and China Head Dolls, blonde
Large Brown-eyed China Doll, Germany, c.           28                                                   parian with blonde curls and blue hair bow,
1860, light brown painted eyes, brown lined        Four China Shoulder Head Dolls, Germany,             cloth body, wooden and composition limbs,
eyebrows, molded lids, lower lashes, black         late 19th/early 20th century, two with black         ht. 20; three china shoulder head dolls, two
curly hair around head, smiling expression,        hair, cloth bodies, bisque and china limbs;          with black hair, cloth bodies, one blonde, kid
cloth body, leather shoes, ht. 30 in.              two blonde, one with molded blouse marked            body, ht. 9, 15, 19 in.
$300-500                                           Agnes, cloth body, wooden legs, kid arms, ht.        $400-600
                                                   7 to 9 in.
                                                   $200-250

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One China and Two Bisque Shoulder Head             Large Frozen Charlie Pink-tinted China           Sasha Boy Doll with Cloth over Gypsum
Dolls, Germany, blonde china with molded           Doll, Germany, light brown painted eyes,         Head, hand-painted features, light blue eyes,
blouse marked Agnes, AM Florodora on cloth         short curly black hair with wisps around face,   platinum blonde wig, coarse cloth body and
body, and Ernst Heubach with horseshoe             clenched hands, all pink-tinted, cotton print    overlaid on gypsum head, red overalls, ht. 21
mark, kid body, ht. 13, 20 in.                     night dress, ht. 17 in.                          in.
$200-300
                                                   Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.       Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
                                                   Burger.                                          Burger.
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French Fashion Doll with Articulated
Wooden Body, head is a reproduction
replacement, new blonde mohair wig, body is        41                                               48
fully articulated wood, swivel waist, jointed at   Furnished Wooden Doll House, mid-                AM Googlie and Six Miscellaneous Dolls,
shoulders, hips, elbows, knees, overall ht. 18,    20th century, from Halls Lifetime Toys,          Germany and Japan, bisque head AM googlie
body alone 15 in.                                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, yellow, white,           with partially legible (254?) mark, intaglio eyes
$800-1,200                                         and gray painted plywood, three rooms and        to left, composition body, ht. 6 1/2; five small
                                                   attic with ell, together with a collection of    all-bisque dolls, and a composition Kewpie,
                                                   furnishings.                                     ht. 2 1/2 to 12 in.
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Large French-type Papier-mâché Shoulder
Head Doll, black pupil-less stationary eyes,
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open mouth, two upper and two lower square                                                          49
                                                   Trunk with German Bisque Doll and
teeth, painted black pate with brushstrokes                                                         Three Bisque, One Metal Shoulder
                                                   Clothes, open mouth shoulder head doll,
around face, nailed on dark brown human                                                             Head, and Two Composition Dolls, an
                                                   brown sleeping eyes, kid body with joints
hair wig, gusseted kid body with trace of pink                                                      AM Florodora and another German bisque
                                                   at hips and knees, bisque hands, brown
coloring, white cotton dress, black high button                                                     head doll, a reproduction SFBJ 238 signed
                                                   mohair wig, ht. 18; wooden trunk with
boots, ht. 28 in.                                                                                   N.A.M. 1967; a Minerva metal head; German
                                                   quantity of undergarments, dresses, hats, and
                                                                                                    composition shoulder head boy with dimples
                                                   miscellaneous shoes, trunk 11 x 11 x 20 in.
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.                                                          and Arranbee all-composition girl with pink
                                                   $200-250
Burger.                                                                                             cotton dress and hat, ht. 13 to 20 in.
$500-700                                                                                            $200-300
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                                                   Four Large AM Bisque Head Dolls,
37                                                 Germany, including a brown bisque AM 351         50
China Shoulder Head Doll with Curly                character baby, an AM 370 girl, AM 390 girl,     Small Figure A Steiner Bisque Head
Hair, Germany, c. 1870, blue eyes, black           and a very large A 14 M girl, ht. 20 to 31 in.   Doll in Box, France, c. 1895, marked A
center-part hair with curls all around head,       $300-500                                         3, brown sleeping eyes on rocker, closed
exposed ears, smiling expression, cloth body                                                        mouth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, fully
with long slender separated fingers, white                                                          articulated composition body, original peach
undergarments, brown wool dress, ht. 21 in.        44                                               striped silk dress, straw hat, in Au Nain Bleu
                                                   Blonde China Shoulder Head Doll,                 box with notation “bought in 1895,” doll ht.
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.         Germany, c. 1870, blue painted eyes, ash         10 1/2 in.
Burger.                                            blonde painted hair with curls all around head   $2,000-3,000
$300-500                                           and onto forehead, smiling expression, cloth
                                                   body, red stitched-on boots, undergarments,
                                                   lace-trimmed brown and blue plaid two piece      51
38                                                 outfit, ht. 21 1/2 in.                           Assorted Group of Dolls, including a brown
Nine Bisque and China Dolls and Heads,                                                              bisque SHPB 914 girl, a composition By-lo
Germany, small blonde shoulder head, black-        Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.       Baby doll, a Horsman girl in original clothes,
haired china head, AM 390 socket head,             Burger.                                          a large baby, a Pullan Canada Eskimo doll,
three small bisque open mouth dolls, ht. 10        $400-600                                         two hard plastic and two small celluloid dolls,
to 12; AM 1894 with incomplete composition                                                          a composition Dionne Quint Doll and related
body, Kestner 148 shoulder head doll, brown                                                         material, an Alexander toddler doll, boxed set
sleeping eyes, ht. 22; and a large Heubach         45                                               of five Japanese all-bisque dolls.
Koppelsdorf 317 baby head, ht. 6 in.               Small Swivel Neck Jumeau Lady Doll,              $200-300
$200-300                                           France, c. 1880, big pale blue paperweight
                                                   eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, gusseted
                                                   kid body, undergarments and new wig and          52
39                                                 dress, ht. 10 1/2 in.                            Character Bisque Head Baby Doll,
Early Glass-eyed Papier-mâché Shoulder             $1,000-1,500                                     Germany, impressed mark at base of crown
Head Doll, black pupil-less glass eyes, short                                                       Fany 230 A3M, blue stationary eyes, molded
black painted hair, cloth body, white cotton       46                                               hair, bent-limb composition baby body, lg. 12
undergarments, red and white printed cotton        Small Simon Halbig 1078 Bisque Head              in.
dress, handmade dark blue leather boots, ht.       Doll, Germany, brown sleeping eyes, open         $200-250
16 in.                                             mouth, brown mohair wig, jointed wood and
                                                   composition body, original clothes, black
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.         shoes, ht. 10 in.
Burger.
$300-500                                           Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
                                                   Burger.
                                                   $200-300

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Small Simon & Halbig Bisque Swivel Head              Armand Marseilles 390 Bisque Head Doll,               Early Velvet Steiff Rabbit, Germany, brown
Flapper Girl Doll, Germany, 1920s, brown             Germany, brown sleeping eyes, auburn mohair           glass eyes, red stitched nose and mouth,
sleeping eyes, lower lashes, open mouth,             wig, fully articulated composition body, black        unjointed, shading at limbs and ears, lg. 6 in.
impressed 749 DEP 3/0, short brown mohair            outfit, ht. 24 in.                                    $200-300
wig in bob, straight-limb composition body           $200-400
with painted long stockings and gold heeled
shoes, lace and net dress, ht. 9 1/2 in.                                                                   68
                                                     61                                                    Jointed Golden Mohair Teddy Bear,
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.           Three Dolls, large vinyl Effanbee baby doll,          c. 1920s, black button eyes, cloth nose,
Burger.                                              ht. 22; two hard plastic girl dolls, one in blue      embroidered mouth, long slender legs, felt
$400-600                                             dress, one Alexander Binnie Walker, ht. 17,           pads, ht. 19 in.
                                                     18 in.                                                $200-300
                                                     $50-75
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Four Miscellaneous Dolls, small peg wooden                                                                 69
lady net dress, French wax mannequin lady on         62
                                                                                                           Two German Bisque Head Dolls, a Simon
stand, large composition girl with cloth body        Simon Halbig 1329 Oriental Bisque Head
                                                                                                           Halbig 1079, brown sleeping eyes, new wig,
and composition limbs, and a hard plastic doll,      Girl Doll, Germany, brown sleeping eyes,
                                                                                                           fully jointed body, and a shoulder head marked
ht. 6 to 28 in.                                      open mouth, teeth, even coloring, black
                                                                                                           6, two upper teeth, kid body, bisque lower
$200-300                                             mohair wig, impressed SIMON & HALBIG
                                                                                                           arms, ht. 17 in.
                                                     1329 Germany 6, fully articulated composition
                                                                                                           $200-300
                                                     body in olive-toned original finish, ht. 15 in.
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Wax over Composition Shoulder Head Doll
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with Molded Hat, Germany, black pupil-less
                                                                                                           Group of Ten Dolls and Miscellaneous Toy
stationary glass eyes, molded blonde hair            63
                                                                                                           Items, including three Mammy dolls (two
with blue bonnet with molded feathers, cloth         Two German Bisque Head Dolls, a small
                                                                                                           oil cloth marked Aunt Jemima and a fabric
body, wood lower limbs, new dress to match           Simon Halbig 1079 DEP, blue stationary eyes,
                                                                                                           faced Mammy) a composition Japanese baby,
bonnet, ht. 23 in.                                   open mouth, blonde mohair wig, firmly stuffed
                                                                                                           a Horsman mama baby doll, fabric-faced
                                                     cloth body, bisque lower arms, provincial
                                                                                                           Lenci-type, celluloid in provincial costume,
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.           outfit, ht. 12; Kestner shoulder head marked
                                                                                                           three hard plastic dolls, an assortment of small
Burger.                                              10, blue sleeping eyes, blonde mohair wig,
                                                                                                           plastic toys and a tin vault bank.
$500-700                                             kid body, bisque arms, white cotton dress, ht.
                                                                                                           $200-250
                                                     21 in.
                                                     $200-300
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Golden Mohair Teddy Bear with Squeak                                                                       71
Mechanism, long slender body and limbs,                                                                    “Hy-Que, The Amazing Monkey” Toy in
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black shoebutton eyes, embroidered nose and                                                                Box, battery powered, Rosko tested, “see no
                                                     Large Papier-mâché Black-haired Doll
mouth, now soundless wooden squeak box in                                                                  evil, speak no evil, hear no evil,” vinyl head,
                                                     Head, possibly Greiner, brown painted eyes,
belly, ht. 16 in.                                                                                          metal feet and stand, ht. 17 in.
                                                     molded hair with center part and curls around
$200-300                                                                                                   $200-250
                                                     head, rectangular area where paper label had
                                                     been attached, ht. 9 in.
                                                     $300-500
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Early Velvet Steiff Seated Dog, Germany,                                                                   Early Steiff Golden Brown Velvet “Bully”
black shoebutton eyes, embroidered mouth,                                                                  Dog, Germany, jointed neck, brown glass
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small underscored Steiff button in ear,                                                                    eyes, embroidered nose, mouth formed by
                                                     Martha Wellington Cloth Baby Doll,
unjointed body of tan velvet with black spots,                                                             piped fabric, underscored STEIFF button in
                                                     Brookline, Massachusetts, 1880s, all
original thin leather collar, seated ht. to tip of                                                         ear, defined haunches, bristle ruff around
                                                     stockinet, needle-sculpted features, oil-
ear ht. 4 1/4 in.                                                                                          neck, with bell and paper tag BULLY Steiff-
                                                     painted head and lower limbs, eyes with
$400-600                                                                                                   Original, seated ht. to tip of ear 6 1/4 in.
                                                     molded upper lid, overbite, dimple under lip,
                                                                                                           $600-800
                                                     shapely ears, short light brown hair, cupped
58                                                   hands with delineated fingers, two distinctive
Large Handwerck Halbig 69 Doll, Germany,             bottom buns, dressed in baby clothes, lg. 23
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impressed 69-12 Handwerck Halbig marks,              1/2 in.
                                                                                                           Two German Bisque Head Dolls, Germany
blue eyes, open mouth, fully articulated                                                                   a large Kestner, open mouth with teeth,
composition body, dark brown human hair              Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.
                                                                                                           impressed L made in Germany 15, no mold
wig, black stocking and shoes, unstrung, ht.         Burger.
                                                                                                           number, eyes loose in head, original blonde
23 in.                                               $6,000-8,000
                                                                                                           mohair wig, fully jointed composition body,
$200-250                                                                                                   white cotton dress, ht. 26, and a P. Sch 1901
                                                                                                           shoulder head, brown sleeping eyes, cloth
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                                                     Group of Five Assorted Dolls, rigid neck
Brevete Bru Bébé, France, c. 1880, blue                                                                    $200-300
                                                     all bisque Kestner girl marked 150, brown
lined paperweight eyes, closed mouth, no             sleeping eyes; AM 1894 boy with jointed body
marks visible, new wig over cork pate, on            in original clothes; china shoulder head on kid
classic Brevete gusseted kid body with               body with wooden limbs; a Swiss wooden girl
square-cut kid at shoulder plate, bisque             with articulated body; composition Alexander
hands, white lawn dress, ht. 18 in.                  “Butch” baby with composition limbs, ht. 7-14
$1,500-2,500                                         1/2 in.
                                                     $200-300

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Eleven Small German Bisque Head                      Six Fur Toys, including a Cragstan battery        Thirty-nine-piece Blenheim Painted Cast
Dolls, ten are shoulder head dolls, Armand           powered trumpet playing monkey with bell,         Metal Set of American, British, and Hessian
Marseilles, Florodora, Heubach Koppelsdorf,          in original box, a pull/push Scottie dog, Harry   Regiments of the Battles of Trenton and
etc., kid or cloth bodies, smallest doll is an AM    Kelner & Son mechanical/wind-up polar bear        Princeton, set no. 16 of a limited edition for
390, straight limb composition body, ht. 7 1/2       with cub, in original box, a gray wind-up bear    the Princeton Battlefield Area Preservation
to 17 1/2 in.                                        with cub, a wind-up monkey playing cymbals,       Society.
$200-300                                             and another wind-up dog.                          $200-300
                                                     $200-300

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Collection of Doll Related Reference                 82                                                Group of Cast Iron and Metal Horse
Books, more than twenty books including              Assorted Toy Group, early 20th century,           and Buggy-type Toys, approximately six
Coleman Encyclopedia Vol. 1, The Doll,               boxed German printing press; boxed Fulton         horse-drawn vehicles and pieces with single,
Antique Collector’s Dolls, Modern Collectible        Great American Printer; early light bulb          double or triple horses, a stagecoach, wagon,
Dolls, Barbie, costuming, doll dishes, and           converted into a balloon with celluloid child     miscellaneous horses and figures, etc.
several value guides, approximately 25 books.        suspended in a canoe-shaped gondola, in           $200-250
$50-100                                              oval box; ten assorted glass magic lantern
                                                     slides; wood Alee-oop game in original
                                                     container; and two metal banks.                   90
76                                                   $200-300                                          Group of Lionel Trains and Accessories,
Large Collection of Ginny Dolls, 1940-60,                                                              O-gauge 225 engine, 2235W tender, 2758
twenty three dolls include two composition                                                             box car, 2755 oil car, 2818x gondola car, 6037
Toddles, both with original tagged clothes;          83                                                caboose, two remote control track sets, two
eleven hard plastic with painted lashes (four        Large Group of Miscellaneous Dolls,               illuminated bumpers, #153 automobile block
strung); ten with molded lashes, walking, most       several German bisque dolls including Simon       signal and control, 167 whistle controller, 314
with original clothes, ht. 7 1/2 in., included are   and Halbig K*R 55 socket head, with almost        plate girder bridge, 362 barrel loader, 1392
three Ginny books, several extra outfits, and a      complete composition body, RA Dep girl on         lift bridge; O-27 Gauge 1130 engine, 6032
collection of shoes and accessories.                 composition body, AM 390 and 370, two             gondola car, 3469 automatic dumping ore car,
$400-600                                             molded hair blonde bisque and china dolls,        6027 caboose, 6009 remote control track set,
                                                     two composition dolls, an early papier-mâché      in original boxes, track and 1942 catalogs etc.
                                                     girl on cloth body, ht. 8 to 24 in.; a group of   $200-300
77                                                   approximately twelve miscellaneous all-bisque
Town and Houses Play Set, McLoughlin                 and small dolls, two bisque Storybook dolls,
Bros., New York, several houses which open           several hard plastic and miscellaneous dolls      91
and fold, layout, identifications, etc., in box      and an assortment of doll and baby clothes.       Four German Bisque Doll Heads, all open
without top.                                         $200-300                                          mouth, set glass eyes, shoulder heads, two
$300-500                                                                                               marked 275, one with a horseshoe, one
                                                                                                       marked Darling, ht. 3 to 4 1/4 in.
                                                     84                                                $200-300
78                                                   Two German Bisque Head Toddler Dolls,
Jumeau Bodied Bisque Head Doll, open                 a JDK 211 with closed mouth, blue sleeping
mouth head with teeth, impressed 10 at               eyes, blonde mohair wig, in short boy’s           92
crown, wide-eyed stationary blue eyes, finely        playsuit; a Jutta 1914 with blue sleeping eyes,   Group of Tin Toys, including J. Chein &
lined eyebrows, new skin wig, fully articulated      brown mohair wig, open mouth, two upper           Co. roller coaster with two cars, German
eight-ball composition and wood straight wrist       teeth, both with jointed composition toddler      mechanical circus elephant toy, and a box of
body with blue Jumeau Medaille d’Or Paris            bodies, ht. 11 in.                                forty-eight Yone Japan tin animals on wheels,
marks, ht. 15 in.                                    $400-600                                          each numbered one through six; sold with
$800-1,200                                                                                             miscellaneous tin top or toy part.
                                                                                                       $200-400
                                                     85
79                                                   Group of Children’s Items, including small
China Head Doll, Germany, c. 1870, blue              games and toys, a harmonica, noisemakers,         93
eyes, molded upper lid, black center-part            and a small child’s slate blackboard signed       Jonah and the Whale Mechanical Bank,
hairstyle, firmly-stuffed cloth body, china lower    Ruth Lamson, approx. 7 x 9 in.                    painted cast iron bank, approx. ht. 4 1/2, wd.
arms and legs, dressed, ht. 16 in.                   $150-250                                          2 1/2, lg. 9 in.
$200-300                                                                                               $75-125

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80                                                   Moxie Lithographed Tin “Horsemobile”
Two Boxed McLoughlin Picture Puzzles,                Pull Toy, patented February 27, 1917, by the
late 19th century, a fire engine with horses,        Moxie Company, blue car with bright double-
and a ship, both in bright color and original        sided color, white horse, rider in advertising
boxes.                                               coat and hat, lg. 8 1/2, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$300-500                                             $2,000-3,000

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                                                     Group of Boxed Chess Sets, at least five
                                                     sets and miscellaneous other pieces, in
                                                     wooden boxes, sizes and materials vary.
                                                     $200-300

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Collection of Britains and Other Figurines,       Tynietoy Doll House Mansion with Ell,                  Four Marx Wind-up Tin Toys, including
eight boxed groups include five boxes of          Rhode Island, c. 1920s, painted white with             Tricky Taxi, alien/space creature, Rocket
Britains Soldiers Regiments of all Nations: a     shutters, six room main house with attic,              Fighter and “G” Man Gun, all originally wind-
Scots Guards No. 75, a West Point Cadets          mahogany finished floors, stairwell, Palladian         up, (taxi wind missing), three on wheels,
No. 299, an Uruguay Army Lancers No. 220,         window at upper landing, glazed windows,               some with noise-making capabilities, gun with
a French Army Cuirassiers No. 138 with            architectural detail at exterior doorway,              additional trigger motion, approx. lg. 4 1/2 to
three horses and riders, and one box with six     fireplaces, mural on three walls of one room,          24 in.
horses, box label torn away; a boxed Drums        lighting fixtures, ell with two rooms, painted         $200-400
and Bugles of the Line with several drummers,     floors, overall dimensions 16 x 41 x 32 in, ell
many other figures with broken parts; a           18 x 12 x 21 in.
boxed Crescent Toys group with horses and         $8,000-10,000                                          108
uniformed soldiers; a large boxed Britains                                                               Group of O-Gauge Lionel Train Items,
Historical Series # 1470 with State Coach,                                                               including boxed 2756 tank car, plate girder
plus a box of miscellaneous figures and a         101                                                    bridge, track, and other items.
group of Indian figures.                          Tynietoy Garden with Accessories, Rhode                $100-150
$300-500                                          Island, 1930s, garden with printed base, two
                                                  wooden trellises, fencing on three sides, two
                                                  green-painted back pieces with porthole                109
95                                                windows, bird house, 18 x 18 x 18 in.                  Tootsie Toy Truck Set in Box and Ten
Group of Tin and Cast Iron Toys, tin include      $800-1,200                                             Additional Cast Metal Toys, truck set has
five ships, biplane, and cast iron ladder truck                                                          three carriers, box 3 x 3 1/2 in.; cast metal
and automobile, lg. 3 1/2 to 11 in.                                                                      toys include three trucks, seven autos, and a
$200-400                                          102                                                    biplane.
                                                  Two Bins of Doll House Furniture, including            $400-600
                                                  a wooden bathroom set and kitchen items,
96                                                iron Royal stove, wooden bedroom furniture,
Sasha Gypsum Head Girl Doll, Zurich,              miscellaneous items, none appear to be                 110
Switzerland, by Sasha Morgenthaler in her         marked Tynietoy but all were contents of the           Shoulder Head Bisque Doll by Kestner,
studio, brown eyes, original light brown wig      house being sold as lot 100.                           Germany, open mouth, inset teeth, brown
in braids, cloth body jointed at shoulders and    $400-600                                               sleeping eyes, head turned to right, impressed
hips, original Sasha plaid dress and sweater,                                                            J at crown, Made in Germany at base,
label in dress, ht. 20 in.                                                                               gusseted kid body, bisque lower arms, long
                                                  103                                                    pink cotton dress, undergarments, and extra
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.        Kathe Kruse Girl Doll in Original Box,                 baby-type clothing, CM marked leather shoes,
Burger.                                           Germany, doll with synthetic head and                  ht. 23 in.
$3,000-4,000                                      blonde wig, cloth body, original clothes and           $200-400
                                                  box, blue cotton dress, white apron, red
                                                  cape lined in green, original hang tag “Kathe
97                                                Kruse handgeknupft, MADE IN WESTERN                    111
Perseverance Puzzle “Roses,” c. 1910,             GERMANY, ht. 18 in.; lot includes small book           Three Tin Wind-up Toys, including Unique
McLoughlin Brothers, New York, wooden             about Kathe Kruse in German.                           Art GI Joe and his Jouncing Jeep toy, Jungle
puzzle of pastel “Ideal Head” by Carle J.         $400-600                                               Pete The Mechanical Alligator, with original
Blenner depicting woman holding roses,                                                                   box, “snaps his jaws as he crawls,” and J.
strong color, in original box, approximately                                                             Chein & Co. waddling duck, approx. 4 to 15
340 pieces, puzzle complete, with photo of        104                                                    1/2 in.
finished item, box size 8 x 11 in.                Kathe Kruse Girl Doll, Germany, brown eyes,            $200-400
$200-300                                          cloth body, blonde synthetic wig, original blue
                                                  dress and coat, two hang tags “Kathe Kruse
                                                  Echte Haare tressiert Original gekleidet MADE          112
98                                                IN WESTERN GERMANY” and booklet tag                    Two Doll Carriages, one hooded black
Hermès Wooden Puzzle, Paris, released for         with identification of “Puntkchen,” ht. 14 in.         carriage with Shirley Temple decal, ht. 22 x 29;
1998 Year of the Tree, pieces contained in        $200-300                                               simple style wire-wheel stroller with fabric-
an unopened plastic bag inside suede finish                                                              covered wood seat, ht. 27 x 22 in.
bag with Hermès trademark, puzzle depicts                                                                $100-125
a colorful mosaic surrounding a tree, marked      105
“Sous Le Cedre Hermes-Paris,” packing intact      Toonerville Trolley Toy with the Miniature
in classic orange Hermès box, 10 1/2 x 10         Version, Germany, for George Borgfeld & Co,            113
1/2 in.                                           New York, copyright 1922, Fontaine Fox, tin            Toy Ship Attributed to Marklin, Germany,
$200-300                                          toy with strong color, in original box, ht. 6 1/2      late 19th/early 29th century, red hull, black
                                                  in., together with penny toy version, ht. 1 3/4        and white trim lines, two stacks, flag tag
                                                  in.                                                    “Made in Germany” with original packing box
99                                                $400-600                                               with Gimbel’s $1.50 sticker, ship lg. 9 1/2 in.
Early Kathe Kruse Boy Doll, Germany,                                                                     $200-250
molded cloth head, painted features, blue
eyes, short brown hair, firmly stuffed wide-hip   106
cloth body, cotton romper outfit, brown leather   100 Soldiers on Parade in Box, McLoughlin              114
sandals, ht. 16 in.                               Bros, New York, soldiers on wooden bases,              Marx Merrymakers Tin Wind-up Toy Band,
                                                  three appear to be replacements, various               Louis Marx & Co., New York, 1930s, piano,
Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C.        regiments and costume, flag in box with top,           drum, four figures.
Burger.                                           soldiers average ht. 6 in.                             $300-500
$1,500-2,500                                      $500-700

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Two Cloth Clown Dolls, identically painted        Group of Vintage and Collectible Mostly           Lot of Children’s Late 19th and Early
features, wide red smiling mouths, long noses,    Disney Items, seven Disney Jecktor movies,        20th Century Books, Games, and
cloth bodies, matching paisley outfits with       a boxed Irwin projector and four non-Disney       Toys, eleven small books and pamphlets,
lacy ruffs, red stockings, one with red leather   Jecktor movies, two Marx Old Timer cars in        chromolithograph books including ten
shoes, ht. 19 in.                                 boxes, a Marx friction Mickey Mouse scooter       McLoughlin Bros. with two Santa Claus, two
$200-400                                          with box (Mickey unglued), a Mick-a-matic         Saalfield, and two Tuck’s, an R. Bliss Express
                                                  camera with box, a painted mesh Mickey            Wagon with building blocks, a Hendrik Von
                                                  Mouse mask, a Timex Minnie Mouse watch            Loon Wide World Game, an animal puzzle,
116                                               with display and box, a Phinney Walker Minnie     chromolithograph-clad blocks set, painted
Group of Mostly Children’s Items, including       Mouse travel alarm clock with box, a Bradley      wood blocks set, a lithographed cardboard
Staffordshire child’s tea set, a black hair       Mickey Mouse watch with case and travel           buildings set, three other games, etc.
horse pull toy, Richter’s Stone Anchor Blocks     alarm clock with box, along with assorted         $400-600
in original wooden box, and a small framed        pins, watches, and jewelry items, and other
painting of a child with a doll.                  miscellaneous toys.
$200-300                                          $300-500                                          131
                                                                                                    Four Army Toys and a Cast Cannon, a Marx
                                                                                                    tank, artillery truck, Structo Toy tank in box,
117                                               124                                               “Treat ‘em Rough” tank, and a cast metal
Group of Reproduction Dolls and a Blue            Thirteen Assorted Early 20th Century              cannon.
and White Transfer-decorated Child’s Tea          and Vintage Children’s Books and Two              $300-500
Set.                                              Staffordshire Transfer and Hand-colored
$200-300                                          ABC Plates, sold along with a small framed
                                                  print.                                            132
                                                  $200-250                                          Group of Assorted Toys, including three
118                                                                                                 cap pistols, two toy bugles, “U.S. Long
Group of Doll House Furniture and                                                                   Tom” cannon and lead soldiers, and other
Accessories, primarily early to mid-20th          125                                               miscellaneous boxed items.
century, includes groups of china and             PAR Wood Jigsaw Picture Puzzle, New               $200-250
tableware, soft metal items, wooden furniture,    York, titled “Under the Yoke,” partial label on
iron pieces, and miscellany.                      box 722H, bright image, approximately 820
$100-200                                          pieces, 5 missing pieces, box size 8 x 11 x 2     133
                                                  1/2 in.                                           Lionel O-Gauge Train Set, Track, Switch,
                                                  $400-600                                          and Accessories, 262 engine, nine cars,
119                                                                                                 including 253, 1682, 813 car, 814 automobile
Two Doll Carriages, Miniature Furniture,                                                            furniture, two 607 Pullman cars, 608
and Miscellaneous Items, a wicker stroller,       126                                               observation, 814 green tanker, plus track and
lg. 36, and a wire mesh stroller, ht. 25 in.;     Group of Lionel Electric Trains with              accessories.
furniture includes a small pair of chairs and     Accessories, two transformers, track, plastic     $400-600
table, cradle, small tea sets, etc.               6066T tender, 3474 box car, 6032 gondola
$100-150                                          car, 6037 caboose, 6035 tank car, and metal
                                                  2037 engine.                                      134
                                                  $100-150                                          Lot of Lionel Metal Electric Trains and
120                                                                                                 Accessories, two 610 Pullman cars, 1682
Large Lenci Felt Girl Doll, Italy, c. 1920s,                                                        car, 821 stock car, two 820 box cars, 822
blue side-glancing eyes, blonde mohair wig,       127                                               caboose, 253 engine, electric crossing gate,
long slender arms and legs, dressed in black      Group of Tin and Iron Toys, two fire toys, a      and track.
silk and organdy provincial costume with felt     locomotive, two rail cars, and a lithographed     $200-300
appliques, ht. 35 in.                             tin depot.
$800-1,200                                        $300-500
                                                                                                    135
                                                                                                    Eight Small China Head Dolls, seven with
121                                               128                                               plain black hairstyles, one blonde, ht. 3 to 8
Lenci “Mozart” Felt Doll, Italy, c. 1920s,        Marx Lithographed Tin Cat with Ball Toy           1/2 in.
brown side-glancing eyes, blonde mohair wig       and a Japanese Wind-up “Billy, The Ball           $200-300
with defined widow’s peak, blue-green and         Blowing Magic Whale” Toy.
lavender all-felt costume, paper label on back    $100-150
with notation “Mozart,” ht. 14 in.                                                                  136-174
$100-200                                                                                            No lots.
                                                  129
                                                  Six Hubley Metal and Plastic Toy Trucks,
122                                               metal road grader, a “John’s Towing” truck,
Lot of Children’s Books, approximately            and a log truck, a plastic “Motor Express”
twenty hardcover books, including The             truck, cattle truck, and a tanker.
Tarzan Twins by Edgar Rice Burroughs, nine        $100-150
Josephine Scribner Gates doll stories, Hey
Diddle Diddle Picture Book by R. Caldecott,
and other children’s stories, plus the Doll
Home Library Series, vol. 3-10.
$150-250

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Lots 175-327
              175                                                  178
              NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong                        Fifteen Official NASA Photographs,
              Autographed Portrait Photograph Print, c.            Related Three Related Photographs, and
              1965, in black marker ink, unframed, 8 x 10 in.      Ephemera, c. 1964, artist concept spacecraft
                                                                   “Liberty Bell 7,” a Gemini spacecraft, actual
              Provenance: From the archive of Gerald               Pacific Missile range test, Stratoscope II
              Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years                telescope, Stratoscope II telescope balloon,
              the personnel director for David Clark Co.,          artist concept of docking of LEM and the
              Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped            Apollo module, the Apollo spacecraft floating
              establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini                to Earth, the LEM separating from command
              space training programs. The David Clark             and service modules, astronauts on the
              Co. continues to design, develop, and                lunar surface, and capsule interior at early
              manufacture protective air and space crew            stage lunar trajectory, Saturn V/Apollo Moon
              suits and equipment.                                 vehicle diagram, an actual satellites Explorers
              $1,000-1,500                                         XXIV and XXV launch, a Mariner-Mars launch
                                                                   vehicle check out, checking Syncom III
                                                                   spacecraft, and liftoff of Gemini 3, prototype
              176
                                                                   of an Apollo spacesuit, all with official NASA
              Eleven Autographed Photograph Portrait
                                                                   stamp dating and description on reverse; a
              Photograph Prints of the First Sixteen
                                                                   private photograph of an astronaut pulled
              NASA Astronauts to Join the Manned
                                                                   from a capsule at sea, and a David Clark Co.
              Spacecraft Center Training Program, c.
                                                                   publicity picture; ephemera includes a booklet
              1964, Frank Borman, Scott Carpenter, Charles
                                                                   Space Communications, 1966 Kennedy
              Conrad, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, James
                                                                   Space Center Role in the Gemini Program
              Lovell, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, Dick
                                                                   leaflet, Astronaut Training leaflet, and a Pratt &
              Slayton, Thomas P. Stafford, and John Young,
                                                                   Whitney Apollo Fuel Cells brochure.
              in black marking pen, along with a February
              9, 1963 group photograph with NASA official
                                                                   Provenance: From the archive of Gerald
              stamp date and description on reverse,
                                                                   Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years
              unframed.
                                                                   the personnel director for David Clark Co.,
                                                                   Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped
              Provenance: From the archive of Gerald
                                                                   establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini
              Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years
                                                                   space training programs. The David Clark
              the personnel director for David Clark Co.,
                                                                   Co. continues to design, develop, and
              Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped
                                                                   manufacture protective air and space crew
              establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini
                                                                   suits and equipment.
              space training programs. The David Clark
                                                                   $300-500
              Co. continues to design, develop, and
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              manufacture protective air and space crew
                                                                   Four NASA Spacesuit Related Photograph
              suits and equipment.
                                                                   Sheets and a 1961 U.S. Air Force
              $2,000-3,000
                                                                   Physiological Training Program News
                                                                   Letter, the photographs c. 1965, two with
              177                                                  official NASA dating and description on
              Eleven NASA Astronaut Autographed                    reverse.
              Portrait Photograph Prints, c. 1964, Edwin
              E. Aldrin, W.A. Anders, Alan L. Bean, Eugene         Provenance: From the archive of Gerald
              Cernan, Roger B. Chaffee, Michael Collins,           Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years
              Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, Rusty             the personnel director for David Clark Co.,
              Schweickart, David Scott, and Cliff Williams,        Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped
              in black marking pen, along with an official         establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini
              October 18, 1963 NASA group photograph               space training programs. The David Clark
              of the newest fourteen Manned Spacecraft             Co. continues to design, develop, and
              Center astronauts with NASA official stamp           manufacture protective air and space crew
              date and description on reverse, unframed.           suits and equipment.
                                                                   $75-100
              Provenance: From the archive of Gerald
              Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years
              the personnel director for David Clark Co.,
              Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped
              establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini
              space training programs. The David Clark
              Co. continues to design, develop, and
              manufacture protective air and space crew
              suits and equipment.
              $1,500-2,500

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Collected NASA Manned Spacecraft                      One Hundred Silver Age Comic Books                 1892 Invitation and Platform Ticket for the
Center Fact Sheets, 1960s, in a ring binder           and Six Little Big Books, comics including         Laying of the Corner Stone of the Tomb of
and loose.                                            four Dell, fifty Gold Key, thirty Harvey, and      General Grant, April 27th, 1892, 2:00 pm,
                                                      twenty-one Archie Series; books include            The Grant Monument Association.
Provenance: From the archive of Gerald                Mickey Mouse the Mail Pilot, International         $200-250
Feldmann (1927-2010), for seven years                 Spy, Chester Gump, Prairie Bill, Skippy, and
the personnel director for David Clark Co.,           Robinson Crusoe.
Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped             $200-300                                           193
establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini                                                                    Joe DiMaggio Autographed Baseball, in
space training programs. The David Clark                                                                 black ink on red-stitched Rawlings Official
Co. continues to design, develop, and                 186                                                American League, Bobby Brown Pres. ball.
manufacture protective air and space crew             Thirty-two 1933-34 Goudey Gum Big                  $200-300
suits and equipment.                                  League Baseball Cards, Goudey Gum Co.,
$150-200                                              no. 5, 7, 14, 17, 28, 33, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51,
                                                      52, 64, 69, 80, 85, 102, 104, 105, 107, 111,       194
                                                      113, 117, 123, 125, 143, 151, 153, 176, 182,       1962 New York Yankees World Series
181                                                   and 237, and a 1934 no. 68.                        10kt Gold and Diamond Ring, band interior
Silver Age Fantastic Four, No. 1, Marvel              $200-300                                           engraved “SA-145669-8,” (diamond chipped,
Comics, 1961.                                                                                            wear), size 10.
$800-1,200
                                                      187                                                Provenance: Won from the Balfour Co. by
                                                      Twenty 1933-34 Sports Kings Goudey Gum             the consignor for answering a trivia question
182                                                   Cards, Goudey Gum Co., including no. 4             about the New York Yankees in the 1962
Silver Age Brave and The Bold, No. 28,                Harold “Red” Grange, no. 6 Jim Thorpe, no.         World Series.
DC Comics, 1960, introduction of the Justice          8 Walter Hagen, no. 19 Eddie Shore, no. 21         $1,500-2,500
League.                                               Johnny Weissmuller, no. 44 Max Baer, and
$300-500                                              others.
                                                      $300-500                                           195
                                                                                                         Forty-three Topps 1960s Baseball Cards,
183                                                                                                      including Pete Rose no. 30, Sandy Koufax no.
Thirty-three Silver Age Tales To Astonish             187A                                               100, Brooks Robinson no. 390 and others,
and Thirty-two The Incredible Hulk, Marvel            Approximately 320 Entertainment and                with duplicates.
Comics, 1963-1970, no. 46, 48, 49, (2) 55,            Sports Trading Cards, including seventy            $200-300
56, (2) 58, 60, (2) 61, 62, 65, (2) 67, (2) 69, 70,   1956 Topps Davey Crockett, 160 1960s
(3) 71, 72-74, (2) 76, 78, (2) 79, 80, 84, 94,        Beatles (Series 1-3, Beatles Diary, Hard Days
and 99; no. 102, 104, (2) 105, (2) 106, (2) 107,      Night and Beatles Color Cards), and ninety         196
108, (3) 109, 110-113, (2) 114, 115, (2) 116,         miscellaneous trading cards.                       Group of 1930s American West Trading
(3) 117, (2) 118, 120, 121, 124, and 137, King        $200-300                                           Cards, including twenty-eight Wild West
Size no. 2 and 3.                                                                                        Series Picture Puzzle Bubble Gum, Gum Inc.,
$300-500                                                                                                 fifty-six Indian Chewing Gum, Goudey Gum
                                                      188                                                Co., twenty-six western strip cards and twelve
                                                      Thirty-seven 1934-35 Chicle Gum Diamond            miscellaneous non-western cards.
183A                                                  Stars Baseball Cards, 1934 National Chicle         $200-300
Approximately Fifty Silver and Bronze Age             Co., no. 3, 5, 6, 13-15, 19, 20, 22-24, 1935
Comic Books, nineteen 1960s DC, including             no. 25 (2), 26-28, 29 (2), 30-32, 33 (2), 34-38,
Batman, Action Comics, four Marvel, including         40, 41 (2), 43 (2), 45, 46, 52, and 58.            197
Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and others, eleven         $300-500                                           Three Autographed Baseballs, a Carl
1970s Archie, ten miscellaneous, and three                                                               Yastrzemski inscribed “To R.L.…HOF 1989”
magazine-size humor issues, (general wear,                                                               in green ink on a Rawlings Official OLB1
tears, imperfections).                                189                                                League ball, Brooks Robinson in black ink
$50-75                                                Two 1935 Chicle Gum Football Stars Cards,          on a red-stitched Rawlings Official American
                                                      National Chicle Co. Knute Rockne no. 9 and         League, Bobby Brown Pres. ball, and a Dom
                                                      “Pug” Rentner no. 6.                               DiMaggio and Bob Doerr signed in blue ink on
184                                                   $200-300                                           a red-stitched Rawlings Official Men’s Senior
Approximately 270 1950s-1970s Comic                                                                      Baseball League ball.
Books, including, Journey Into Mystery, no.                                                              $100-150
107 and 111, Marvel Comics, 1964, The                 190
Flash, no. 146, DC Comics, 1964, Fantastic            1883 New York and Brooklyn Bridge
Four no. 24 and 31, Marvel Comics, 1964,              Opening Ceremonies Invitation, Ticket, and         198
Daredevil no. 3, Marvel Comics, 1964, various         Program, May 24, 1883, 2pm, the invitation         Three Vintage Baseball Collectibles, a
Superman, Batman, Justice League, The                 to Mr. Edward F. Patchen, printed on Tiffany &     1960s Hartland Ted Williams plastic figure,
Flash, The Avengers, Fantastic Four and               Co. stationary with envelope.                      a Carl Yastrzemski autographed baseball
Amazing Spider-Man comics, and others.                $300-500                                           inscribed “To Doug” in black ink on a red-
$200-300                                                                                                 stitched Rawlings Official League ball and
                                                                                                         an early unmarked hide baseball with small,
                                                      191                                                tight, red stitching, (figure missing bat, faded
                                                      Two 1892 Columbus Celebration/Statue               signature on Yastrzemski ball).
                                                      of Liberty Dedication Ceremony Souvenir            $85-125
                                                      Programs, October 20th and 21st.
                                                      $200-250

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Three Boston Red Sox Player Autographed            Carl Yastrzemski Autographed Baseball, in             Large Lot of Original Photographs from
Baseballs, a Pedro Martinez in gold marker         black ink on a red-stitched Rawlings Official         the Archive of Edward Fitzgerald (d. 1977)
on a red-stitched Boston Red Sox ball, a           American League, Bobby Brown Pres. ball.              United Press International, Associated
Wade Boggs inscribed “2/23/85” in green            $50-75                                                Press, and Boston Globe Photographer,
marker on a red-stitched Rawlings Official                                                               Boston, including, Boston Red Sox 1946
American League, Bobby Brown Pres. ball,                                                                 spring training team (2), Ted Williams workout,
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and Carl Yastrzemski inscribed “To R.L....HOF                                                            Boston Marathon, Boston Bruins, Boston
                                                   Harwich Cape Cod Baseball League Team
89” in green ink on a red-stitched Rawlings                                                              Celtics and other sports related photographs,
                                                   Photograph and an Autographed Baseball,
Official OLB1 League ball.                                                                               some negatives included.
                                                   c. 1938, the baseball including signatures
$100-150                                                                                                 $200-300
                                                   Eddie Collins, Lefty Lefebvre, Joe Kelley, Doc
                                                   G..., George..., Bob..., Red D..., and Charlie
                                                   F..., on an “Official Northern Base Ball League,
200                                                                                                      208
                                                   J.B. McNulty, Pres.,” ball.
Cartes-de-Visite Album of Prominent 19th                                                                 1940s Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox
Century Figures, fourteen Civil War-era                                                                  Memorabilia, an October 11, 1948 World
                                                   Provenance: Charlie “Chick” Kittredge was
military including Gen. Grant, Sedgwick,                                                                 Series ticket stub, Cleveland Indians vs.
                                                   born in 1911 and is pictured here in the team
Gregg, Dunham, Webster, Slocum, Adm.                                                                     Boston Braves, game 6, Braves Field, Boston;
                                                   photograph to the right of the batboy and a
Wilkes, Porter, Commodores Collins, Rodgers,                                                             July 9, 1946 All-Star Game ticket stub,
                                                   signer of the ball. He also played as captain
and Rowan, political including Presidents                                                                American League Stars vs. National League
                                                   of the baseball team for Boston College, and
Lincoln and Johnson, Stanton, Sumner,                                                                    Stars, Fenway Park, Boston; and a 1949
                                                   served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946. He
Chase, and Everett, artists including A.                                                                 Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves home
                                                   went on to graduate from Boston College
Durand, E. Leutze, J. Kensett, G. Healy, J.                                                              schedules booklet.
                                                   School of Law in 1954.
Millais, G. Inness, W. Mount, W. Hazeltine, J.                                                           $150-200
                                                   $75-100
Oertel, J. Cranch, G. Cruikshank, W. Frith,
G. Dore, Meissonier, T. Couture, J. Breton,
Delacroix, R. Bonheur, Vernet, Corot, A.           205                                                   209
Cabanel, J. Lowell, and W. Prescott, writers       National League Baseball Player Signed                Herbert Paus WWI Lithograph To Make The
and notables including Longfellow, W. Bryant,      Autograph Book, c. 1945, including Brooklyn           World A Decent Place To Live Poster, 36 x
Agassiz, Carlyle, Huxley, Ruskin, Ansdell, B.      Dodgers Dixie Walker, Augie Galan, Luis Olmo,         56 in., wrapped on cardboard.
Foster, Thackeray, W. Howitt, T. Hughes, T.        John Peacock, Tom Brown, Bob Chapman,
Sully, Bellows, W. Phillips, G. Bancroft, H.       Hal Gregg, Eddie Basinski, Ed Stevens, Red            Provenance: Sold to benefit the Friends
Greely, Hawthorne, Halleck, Count Persigny,        Barber (broadcaster), Chuck Dressen (coach);          of the Paige Memorial Library, Hardwick,
Walleski, Duke and Duchess de Morny,               National League players Stanley Hack,                 Massachusetts.
Gladstone, J. Mill, and J. Bright, composers,      Rene Monteagudo, John Antonelli, Freddy               $200-300
musicians, and actors including Verdi, Rossini,    Daniels, Charlie Sproull, Charley Schanz, Gus
Brignoli, E. Booth, as well as statuary and        Mancuso, Stan Andrews, Hank Wyse, Heinz
four storybook illustrations, publishers include   Becker, Don Johnson, Bill Schuster, and               210
Brady, Anthony, Fredericks, Elliot & Fry,          others.                                               Howard Chandler Christy WWI Lithograph
Gutekunst, Mason and Co., and Disderi, 172         $200-300                                              Fight or Buy Bonds Poster, wrapped on
images.                                                                                                  foamcore, 40 x 30 in.

Provenance: Property of an Old Lyme,               206                                                   Provenance: Sold to benefit the Friends
Connecticut, estate.                               1952 Ted Williams and Jim Thorpe Portrait             of the Paige Memorial Library, Hardwick,
$1,000-1,500                                       Photograph with Autographed Mat, original             Massachusetts.
                                                   photo by Edward Fitzgerald (d. 1977), and             $200-300
                                                   the mat inscribed “Edward Fitzgerald, United
201                                                Press ‘52,” Jim Thorpe in blue ink, Ted
Nine Assorted Cased Early Portrait                 Williams in black ink, photo 14 x 11 in., mat         211
Photographs, including three                       detached from photograph.                             Seven Stereoviews of Egypt, late 19th/
Daguerreotypes, four Ambrotypes, and two           $300-500                                              early 20th century, Underwood & Underwood
tintypes.                                                                                                Publishers, no. 26, 19-2536, 54, 18-2535,
$200-250                                                                                                 77-2594, 70, and 62-2579, images include
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                                                                                                         the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid, Ramses III
                                                   Album with Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty
                                                                                                         temple, the Great Pyramid of Giza, (edge tear
                                                   Cobb Autographs and Boston Sports
202                                                                                                      on no. 28).
                                                   Collectibles, including cut signatures, in
Group of 19th and Early 20th Century                                                                     $100-150
                                                   pencil of Ted Williams, Tony Lupien, Babe
Pinback Buttons, Ribbons, and
                                                   Ruth, and Ty Cobb; a 1941 Boston Red Sox
Collectibles, approx. seventy-five pinback
                                                   New Fenway Park season pass, ten 1941-42
buttons including political, national flags,                                                             212
                                                   New Fenway Park rain checks, eight 1940s
advertising, and service, six fraternal ribbons,                                                         Two Cased Microscopes and an Auxiliary
                                                   Dartmouth vs. Harvard and one Dartmouth
two 1847 New Bedford Semi-centennial                                                                     Light, a Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. and a
                                                   vs. Holy Cross college football ticket stubs, a
medals, three commandery medals, a 1918                                                                  Nippon Kogaku stereo microscope.
                                                   1942 Chicago Bears vs. All Army Team
Boston Deep Waterways Association medal,                                                                 $300-500
                                                   football ticket stub.
a pair of sterling silver shoe buckles, coins,
tokens, etc.
                                                   Provenance: Collected by Paul E. McLaughlin,
$200-250
                                                   son of former Boston Fire Commissioner
                                                   (1930-33) Edward F. McLaughlin Sr. and
                                                   brother of former Lieutenant Governor (1961-
                                                   63) Edward F. Laughlin Jr.
                                                   $800-1,200

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Pair of Oak Framed Large Format                    Five Assorted WWI Lithograph Posters,              The Doors March 1, 1969 Miami, Florida
Photo Prints of Greece and Egypt and               Dan Smith, American Library Association,           Dinner Key Auditorium Concert Poster,
Two Framed Photographs of Japanese                 Knowledge Wins, 28 x 19 in.; Lawrence Harris       original, labeled l.r. “Concert Art/Music
Shrines, the large format depicting Athens,        Good Bye, Dad, I’m Off To Fight..., 30 x 20        Graphics, CAO50,” (scattered varying minor
the Acropolis and Egypt, the Great Pyramid         in.; Sidney A. Riesenberg, Over The Top For        imperfections, small puncture), 19 3/4 x 12
and sphinx, (large format with losses, and         You, 30 x 20 in.; Dan Smith, Put Fighting          3/4 in.
imperfections), the pair overall 46 1/2 x 61       Blood In Your Business, 19 x 28 in.; H.H.
1/2 in.                                            Green, My Soldier, 41 1/2 x 28 in., wrapped        Provenance: The consignor was a South
$200-300                                           on foamcore.                                       Miami, Florida area local, student and
                                                                                                      graduate student at the University of Miami
                                                   Provenance: Sold to benefit the Friends            from 1966-71. She attended the 1969
214                                                of the Paige Memorial Library, Hardwick,           Coconut Grove, Dinner Key Auditorium
1883 New York and Brooklyn Bridge                  Massachusetts.                                     concert by the Doors, meeting Jim Morrison
Opening Ceremonies Invitation and                  $250-300                                           and Babe after his infamous arrest and
Program, Thursday, May 24, 1883, 2pm, the                                                             appearance at the Miami courthouse.
invitation for Mr. Albert Morton, the invitation                                                      $600-800
printed on Tiffany & Co. stationary.               219
$200-300                                           Three Late Victorian Scrap Albums and an
                                                   1871 F.W. Beers & Co. Atlas of Worcester           222
                                                   County, Massachusetts, the albums with             The Doors 1967 Debut Album Promotional
215                                                mostly chromolithograph trade cards, die-          Poster, Elektra Records, cardboard stock,
Invitation and Program for the April 22,           cuts, scraps, etc., one with thirty-four leaves,   (edge wear, scattered tape at edges, corner
1903 Opening of the New York Stock                 thirty-three leaves, and fifteen leaves.           rounding, imperfections), lg. 28 1/2, wd. 20
Exchange Building, the invitation to E.F.          $100-150                                           1/4, in.
Patchen, the program printed on Tiffany &                                                             $150-250
Co. stationary, with a related gilt-lettered
personalized leather card case.                    220
$200-300                                           Jim Morrison, An American Prayer Book,             223
                                                   “(copyright) James Douglas Morrison,               Drink Coca-Cola Painted Advertising
                                                   1970, All Rights Reserved,” gilt lettered stiff    Metal Sign, c. 1951, in original silver painted
216                                                paper boards, (cover edge chipping, minor          wood frame, (imperfections, scattered edge
Group of 19th Century White Star Line              imperfections), 4 7/8 x 4 in.                      corrosion, wood loss), sign lg. 20, wd. 55 1/2,
and Inman Steam Ship Co. Ephemera,                                                                    in., overall lg. 23 3/4, wd. 59 1/2, in.
an 1874 White Star Liverpool to New York           Provenance: The consignor, a South Miami           $500-700
summer schedule/screw steamships cabin             local and student at the University of Miami,
diagram, steamship “Celtic” list of passengers,    attended the infamous Doors concert at the
passenger’s tracking chart, Inman Lines            Dinner Key Auditorium where Jim Morrison           224
summer sailing schedule/steamships cabin           was subsequently arrested after a riot             Drink Coca-Cola Painted Advertising
diagram, five 1877 Inman Mail Steamer, New         broke out. By chance meeting at the Miami          Metal Sign, c. 1951, in original silver painted
York-Liverpool/Liverpool-New York printed          courthouse, Jim Morrison and the consignor         wood frame, (imperfections, scattered edge
lists of passengers, a hand-written program        spent the next day together. First coming          corrosion, wood loss), sign lg. 20, wd. 55 1/2,
for the steam ship “City of Chester,” and a        to her apartment for dinner with friends, part     in., overall lg. 23 3/4, wd. 59 1/2, in.
plan of cabins of the mail steamer “S.S. City of   of the group went on for a quiet evening in        $500-700
Richmond.”                                         Coconut Grove. The consignor and Jim
$150-250                                           Morrison went later to the Carillon Hotel at
                                                   Miami Beach where he was staying. Spending         225
                                                   the remaining night talking and sharing a          Six 1960s-70s Music and Culture Posters,
217                                                mutual interest in poetry, Jim Morrison made       Country Joe and the Fish, Moby Grape, Lee
Howard Chandler Christy Lithograph                 this copy of his book of poetry a gift to the      Michaels, Avalon Ballroom 12/30-31 1967,
Will Rogers Memorial Fund Poster, 1935,            consignor and drove her home the next day.         Mouse/Kelly, Family Dog Productions, lg. 19
wrapped on foamcore, 26 x 17 in.                   He called her a couple of times later, while       3/16, wd. 13 1/8 in.; Winner?, (with images of
                                                   awaiting his court hearings, hoping they would     Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin), 1970, L. & S.
Provenance: Sold to benefit the Friends            be able to meet, but their schedules prevented     Productions, lg. 36 1/4, wd. 14 1/2 in.; God
of the Paige Memorial Library, Hardwick,           that from happening.                               Grows His Own, Mari Tepper, c. 1965, lg. 22
Massachusetts.                                     $1,000-1,500                                       1/8, wd. 22 1/8 in.; Jesus Christ Superstar,
$200-300                                                                                              Decca Records, Byrd, 1971, MCA Inc., lg. 30,
                                                                                                      wd. 16 in.; wrapped on foamcore, I Pledge
                                                                                                      Allegiance..., 1970 Starfish Productions,
                                                                                                      lg. 28, wd. 22 in.; Peace, Dean Eller, 1970
                                                                                                      Kendrick Associates, The White Dove, lg. 27,
                                                                                                      wd. 22 1/4 in., in sleeves.
                                                                                                      $200-300

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