Adorable cabinet size ( 12 ", 31cm ) " Belton "-type child closely resembling the so-called " Circle/Dot " Bru. This example is all original with grey-blue paperweight eyes and nicely painted lashes, long one stroke eyebrows that taper nicely at each end, and wears the original French style factory cream silk pleated dress with low sash and rose brocade on the bodice, lapels, and sleeves, with burgundy ribbed cotton socks, and wonderful brown antique boots which button on each side. She also has a antique silk and lace mop cap of ivory cream silk. The wood and composition straight wrist body is in near mint condition and the bisque is superb. The original mohair wig is of short, wispy blond mohair. A Bru with the same face would cost in excess of $10,000, but this German cousin, from almost the same period, equally as stunning.       RESERVED

19" ( 48cm ) early Kestner of superior quality, featuring closed pouty mouth with full painted lips and white space between them, thick feathered eyebrows and well painted lashes, pale blue glass sleep eyes, and mounted on the original straight wrist wood and composition body with separate ball joints at the elbows and shoulders, with near perfect original finish and patina. She is simply incised "13" on the back of the head and wears the original blond mohair wig over plaster pate. Beautifully attired in an orchid and mauve pleated cotton dress with printed roses and held at the waist by an orchid lavender silk sash with bow and a newer but beautiful high brimmed bonnet which is well coordinated with the dress. The shoes are antique black leather with buckles and the socks are knee length white cotton. A beautiful doll and just as nice as any closed mouth French bebe at less than half the price! US$ 2,650.

Adorable brown bisque doll, 12" ( 31cm ), incised " S H 1079 3 1/2 DEP Germany, with brown glass sleep eyes, painted upper and lower lashes, multilayered flyaway eyebrows, open mouth with four molded upper teeth, pierced ears, with deep dimple in chin and fired-in red lip color and highlights to nostrils. This wide eyed charmer is on her original fully jointed wood and composition body with fine original finish, and wears her original curly black mohair wig. She wears a white cotton and lace dress, white cotton underwear, and newer but very nice red leather shoe with a strawberry woven bonnet with cloth flowers. US$ 1,350.

Near mint 18" ( 46cm ) Kestner 171 mold known as " Daisy ", the doll in the Lettie Lane paper doll printed in the Ladies' Home Journal and offered as a premium in the 1911. The head is incised " C 1/2 made in Germany 7 1/2 171 " with the body stamped "Germany 1/2". She wears her original blond mohair wig ( over plaster pate ) with side part and original red ribbon bow, a pleated white dress with tiny red dots, antique undergarments , black antique stockings , and antique black oilcloth shoes. The blue glass sleep eyes work well and she has nicely feathered eyebrows, painted lower lashes, and the remnants of the upper silk lashes. Accompanying her is a homemade wardrobe consisting of six dresses, a hat and a cape, most likely made from patterns found at the time in the Ladies Home Journal. A lovely example of this most popular of all the " dolly-face " antique dolls. US$ 1,695.