11th November 2025 at 11:00 - Teddy Bears, Games & Toys
12th November 2025 at 11:00 - Dolls & Dolls' Houses
This two-day auction featuring 880 lots has a fascinating collection of games at the core, built up from the mid 20th century over many years including 19th century and earlier folding games, chess sets, parlour games, dissected puzzles and cards; elsewhere there are more rare dolls from the Austin Smith collection and also a large selection of dolls' houses, chattels and dolls' house dolls
We are currently consigning for future 2026 'Dolls, Teddy Bears and Traditional Toys' Auctions. For further information, please email daniel@specialauctionservices.com or call 01635 580595.
Order of Auction
Auction Start - 11th November 2025 at 11:00
Day 1 - Teddy Bears, Games and Toys
Lots 001 to 090 - Artist bears, R John Wright, Steiff limited editions and Hantel Miniatures
Lots 091 to 124 - Antique and Vintage Teddy Bears (many more bears will be included in Rare Bears on the 2nd December)
A collection of games, the Property of a Lady (Lots 125 to 362)
Lot 125 to 167 - Chess and Draughts
Lot 168 to 280 - Games
Lot 281 to 304 - Parlour Games
Lot 305 to 326 - Dissected Puzzles
Lot 327 to 362 - Card Games
Lot 363 to 393 - A further collection of Playing Cards
Lot 394 to 467 - Traditional Toys and Games
Auction Start - 12th November 2025 at 11:00
Day 2 - Dolls' Houses and Dolls
Lot 468 to 666 - Dolls' Houses, Chattels and Dolls' House Dolls
Lot 667 to 880 - Dolls including items from the Austin Smith Collection and the Park House Toy Museum
End of Auction
Lot 772
A French carded doll’s gilt-metal and turquoise coloured jewellery
Sold for £380
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 780
A French box contains original card of gilt jewellery and accessories
Sold for £320
Estimated at £120 - £150
Lot 784
A late 19th century boxed set of doll’s tortoiseshell hair accessories
Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 789
A fine Alt, Beck & Gottschalk turned bisque shoulder-head body doll
Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 791
A fine German bisque turned shoulder-head lady doll, possibly Alt, Beck & Gottschalk
Unsold
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 792
A fine quality Simon & Halbig 1329 tinted Asian child doll
Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 793
Two canvas covered cross-banded wooden doll’s trunks and contents
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 806
A small Alt, Beck & Gottschalk bisque shoulder-head doll
Sold for £40
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 807
A rare size Simon & Halbig bisque shoulder-head doll with moulded top hat
Sold for £100
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 808
A rare mid 19th century Conta and Boehme bisque shoulder-head doll
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 810
A Simon & Halbig for Kammer & Reinhardt small child walking doll
Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 814
An early Gebruder Kuhnlenz 46.6 swivel shoulder head lady doll
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 815
A rare Simon & Halbig for Kammer & Reinhardt 117x toddler doll
Sold for £250
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 822
A rare Gebruder Heubach 7925 smiling lady turned shoulder-head doll
Sold for £450
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 824
A Kammer & Reinhardt 117A ‘Mein Liebling’ character child doll
Unsold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 831
Rare novelty Grecon dolls and character from the family of Margaret Cohn
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 839
A family of four 1920-30s Norah Wellings brown velvet dolls
Sold for £25
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 844
A late 19th century hand-stitched black and white cloth topsy-turvy doll
Sold for £40
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 846
A Royal Cripples Hospital (Birmingham) child cloth doll
Sold for £170
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 847
A Dean’s Rag Book Co Dancing Joan and Peter cloth dolls, in rare original box
Unsold
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 848
Three recent B Menteath (South Africa) replica painted cloth child dolls
Unsold
Estimated at £80 - £100
Lot 856
Britain's Snow White and the seven dwarfs and bisque figures
Sold for £60
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 860
A bisque and plaster Christmas cake decorations and other ornaments
Sold for £110
Estimated at £50 - £80