Auction Details
Morphy Auctions August 2009 Sale will be held live August 13th, 14th and 15th. This sale begins each day at 10:00 AM EDT. Thursday includes over 350 Doll Lots, over 300 Pottery & Decorative Art Lots, over 250 Jewelry Lots, and over 150 Silver Lots. Friday includes over 90 Marble Lots, over 50 Advertising Lots, over 250 Kentucky Long Rifles, over 200 Powder Horns, over 200 Music Boxes & Phonographs, and over 150 Gold Coins. Saturday includes over 300 German Hand-Painted Toys, over 150 Figural Cast-Iron Lots, over 250 Mechanical & Still Banks, and over 350 Cast Iron Toys.
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201Pair of Simon & Halbig Costume Dolls..
Description Germany, Ca. 1915. Bisque shoulder heads incised "S H 1160". Glass inset eyes, delicately painted faces, closed mouths, origin...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 660.00
202Tin Hand-Painted Horse-Drawn Carriage Pull Toy..
Description European. Includes driver with bisque face holding a replacement whip, back seat passenger with bisque face, and replaced rubber tires on
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor .. for 1,920.00
203Duck Pull Toy..
Description France, 19th Century. Papier-maché duck with glass eyes pulls a cart with a boy driver. Boy has bisque head, inset glass eyes, open...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor .. for 6,000.00
204Rowboat Toy..
Description Italian, Ca. 1930s. Papier-maché rowboat with two Italian cloth dolls in original clothes (cardboard seats have come unglued, some ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor .. for 120.00
205S & H 749 DEP Child..
Description Germany, Ca. 1880. Bisque socket head with lovely oily bisque, original blue paperweight eyes, dark multi-stroked eyebrows, closed mouth,
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor .. for 3,000.00
206K & R Flirty-Eyed Girl..
Description Germany, Ca. 1900. Bisque socket head incised "Simon & Halbig K star R". Blue flirty eyes, molded multi-stroked eyebrows, ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 780.00
207All Original Wax Over Lady..
Description Germany, Ca. 1880. Unmarked wax over papier-mache shoulder head, original mohair wig, blue sleeping eyes, closed mouth, rosy cheeks, pierc
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor .. for 420.00
208Wax Over Papier-Mache Lady..
Description Germany, Ca. 1890. Papier-mache shoulder head with dark pupilless glass eyes, repainted closed mouth, original blonde mohair wig. Cloth bo
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 180.00
209Wax Over Papier-Mache Lady..
Description Ca. 1880. Papier-mache shoulder head with molded yellow hat with feather, dark pupilless glass eyes, closed mouth (a few face scratches an
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 300.00
210Large Wax Doll..
Description Germany, Ca. 1890. Wax shoulderhead (rewaxed, several cracks on plate), inset brown glass eyes, painted eyebrows, closed mouth, pierced ea
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 120.00
211All Cloth Doll in the Style of Kathe Kruse..
Description Possibly Germany, Ca. 1920. Unmarked. Molded cloth head with hand-painted hair and features (light cheek rub). Cloth body with jointed sho
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 480.00
212All Cloth Martha Chase Baby..
Description American, Ca. 1890. Molded face with painted textured hair, painted blue eyes with eyelashes and white dot highlight, closed mouth, rosy c
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 540.00
213Moravian Cloth Doll..
Description Bethlehem, PA, Ca. 1960s. Polly Heckewelder dolls have been made by the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society as a fund raiser for well over 100
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor .. for 840.00
214Rare All Cloth Maggie Bessie Doll..
Description Ca. 1918, Salem, NC. Beautifully oil-painted face with very detailed eyes, ears, nose and mouth, painted light brown hair with center part
Estimate : 11,000.00 - 13,000.00
Sold to floor .. for 15,600.00
215Large China Frozen Charlie..
Description Germany, Ca. 1850. Unmarked. Flesh tinted face, rosy cheeks, molded eye sockets, molded and painted black hair with comb marks, chubby mod
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 540.00
216Early Closed Mouth Kestner Doll..
Description Germany, Ca. 1880. Unmarked bisque shoulder head, sleeping blue eyes, painted eyelashes, closed mouth, original blonde mohair wig. Kid bod
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 540.00
217China Head Lady with Covered Wagon Hairdo..
Description Germany, Ca. 1850. China shoulder head with pink tint complexion (some pocking on hair and shoulder), blue painted eyes, black hair with w
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 240.00
218Parian Lady with Blue Hair Band..
Description Germany, Ca.1870. Unmarked Parian bisque shoulder head with blonde fancy molded hair in upsweep held with blue hair band and curls at fore
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor .. for 600.00
219Emma Clear Child Doll..
Description American, Ca. 1947. Bisque shoulder head signed Clear 47. Beautiful modeling and painting. Original cloth body with corset, bisque lower a
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 420.00
220Brown-Eyed China Doll..
Description Germany, Ca. 1850. China shoulder head with faint pink tint, Greiner-style hairdo with center part, exposed ears and all around curls, dee
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor .. for 1,200.00
221Lot of 6: China Head Dolls..
Description Germany, Ca. 1860-1890. Lovely early shoulder head with Jenny Lind hairstyle with loose bun in back, strong facial features, original clot
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 420.00
222Lot of 3: Antique Dolls..
Description Germany, Ca. 1860-1890. Hertwig bonnet head, cloth body with leather lower arms, original clothes. Parian with repaired plate, original cl
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor .. for 240.00
223Lot of 4: China Head Dolls..
Description Germany. 1890s low brow head with original cloth body and china lower arms, original dress. 1860s china with original cloth body and china
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 300.00
224Lot of 8: Miscellaneous Dolls..
Description Reproduction china head beautifully dressed in velvet, four other reproduction china heads, antique repaired china head, reproduction Fren
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor .. for 330.00
225Parian Lady with Blonde Hair..
Description Germany, Ca. 1860. Bisque shoulder head with molded blonde curls, blue painted eyes with black eyelash line, red eyelid line and tapered b
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 210.00
226Large Rose O’Neill Kewpie..
Description Germany, Ca. 1915. Marked "O’Neill" on foot. All bisque Kewpie broken and glued across the top torso with hairline running up ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor .. for 90.00
227Early Papier-Mache Lady..
Description Germany, Ca. 1850. Unmarked. Papier-mache shoulder head with covered wagon hairdo, center part, all round sausage curls, painted features
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 270.00
228Japanese Ceremonial Doll..
Description Japan, Ca. 1900. Molded papier-mache character face with inset glass eyes, black human hair wig, paper-covered cloth body with papier-mach
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 420.00
229Sonneberg-type Papier-Mache Lady..
Description Germany, Ca. 1870. Papier-mache shoulder head with short curly molded blonde hair, painted eyes, closed mouth (some wear on face). Origina
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 90.00
230Rare Schoenhut Snickelfritz..
Description American, Ca. 1912. All wood jointed character with impressed Schoenhut mark on back torso. Head has been totally restored. Nicely redress
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor .. for 1,680.00
231Patent Washable Papier-Mache..
Description Germany, Ca. 1890. Papier-mache shoulder head, blue glass paperweight eyes, rosy cheeks, closed mouth, original mohair wig. Cloth body wit
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor .. for 150.00
232Japanese Traditional Papier-Mache Ichimatsu..
Description Ca. 1900. Papier-Mache swivel head on shoulder plate, inset glass eyes, painted hair, cloth midsection, papier-mache hips, lower legs and
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 270.00
233Papier-Mache Sonneberg Taulfing..
Description Germany, Ca.1850. Unmarked papier-mache head on shoulder plate, cloth midsection, papier-mache hips, lower arms, hands, lower legs and fee
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 180.00
234Early Papier-Maché Lady..
Description Papier-maché shoulderhead with molded short curly black hair, painted features. Original kid body with wood limbs. Original cotton ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 330.00
235Lot of 8: China Half Dolls and Dresser Boxes..
Description Japan & Germany, Ca. 1920s. Made in Japan. Lady holding mirror and rose. German lady with attached legs, lady with fancy gray hair m...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor .. for 270.00
236Composition Alexander Scarlet O’Hara..
Description American, Ca. 1939. Impressed Mme Alexander. All composition and totally factory original. Clear sleeping eyes with perfect eyelashes, clo
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 360.00
237Lot of 5: Cloth Dolls Made in Austria..
Description Molded faces with beautiful detail, real eyelashes, detailed hairdo, exquisite costumes, each with label with Rose on one side, Made in Vi
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor .. for 330.00
238Hard Plastic Mary Hoyer..
Description American, Ca. 1950. Marked on back "Original Mary Hoyer Doll" in circle. Sleeping eyes with perfect eyelashes, perfect origina...
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 600.00
239French Peasant Man..
Description France, Ca. 1900. Marked "F.G." on back, made by Francois Gaultier. Bisque shoulder head with molded and painted black hair, p...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 540.00
240Lot of 3: Dolls in Original Boxes..
Description American, Ca. 1950-60s. Ideal Little Betsy Wetsy vinyl baby. Official Brownie Scout Doll, all original, with a Girl Scout Hankie. Hard Pla
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to kenau44 .. for 360.00
241Lot of 5: Hard Plastic Dolls..
Description American, Ca. 1950-1960. Madame Alexander Wendy with tagged Alexander Kins dress, perfect hair, sleeping eyes; Muffie in ballerina outfit;
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor .. for 330.00
242German Character Boy..
Description Germany, Ca. 1910. Bisque socket head incised "10", Kestner-type features, painted hair, brown painted eyes with white dot hig...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 180.00
243Composition Arranbee Nancy Lee..
Description American, Ca. 1940. Impressed R & B. All composition and totally factory original. Sleeping eyes with perfect eyelashes have been oi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor .. for 300.00
244A.M. 323 Googly..
Description Germany, Ca. 1915. Bisque socket head incised "Germany 323 A 11/0 M", made by Armand Marseille. Blue side-glancing sleeping ey...
Estimate : 350.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 480.00
245Roullet & Decamps Mechanical Doll..
Description France/Germany, Ca. 1910. Bisque character socket head incised J.D.K. Germany, by Kestner, set blue glass eyes, open/closed mouth, dimples
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor .. for 480.00
246F.G. Poupee Peau Fashion Lady..
Description French, Ca. 1870. Bisque head incised "2", swivels on shoulder plate, by Francois Gaultier. Blue paperweight eyes, multi-strok...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor .. for 1,800.00
247Miniature Room Box Scene..
Description Unknown age and origin. William and Mary-style room with carved paneling, beautifully carved hutch, gate leg table, chairs, cradle and low
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor .. for 1,200.00
248Cardboard Box Toy..
Description Papier-maché lady with molded hair and painted feature, original clothes sits at a table with accessories and a round box, toy reve...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor .. for 840.00
249Lady in Goat Cart Toy..
Description Lady with leather face and painted feature (face looks redone) is elegantly dressed in satin (some wear and fading); accompanied by her li
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor .. for 420.00
250Lot of 3: Chinese Theatre/Opera Dolls in Box..
Description China, Ca. 1930. Papier-mache heads with elaborate head pieces, painted features, hard bodies, wood hands with long fingers. All original
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor .. for 540.00