24th (10:00), 25th (11:00) & 26th (11:00) June 2025
This fantastic 3-day auction includes Part 2 of the David Finn Collection, Margaret Towner Collection, Items from the Park House Toy Museum, Stow-on-the-Wold, and the Jean Wicks collection of Teddy Bears.
We are currently consigning for future 2025 'Dolls, Teddy Bears and Traditional Toys' Auctions. For further information, please email daniel@specialauctionservices.com or call 01635 580595.
Order of Auction
DAY ONE: Auction Start – 24th June 2025 at 10:00 (BST)
Lots 001 to 104 - Limited Edition and Collectors Teddy Bears
Lots 105 to 162 - The Bunny Campione Collection of Bunnies
Lots 163 to 377 - Antique and Vintage Teddy Bears
Lots 378 to 714 - Traditional Toys including the David Finn and Margaret Towner collections
*The Jean Wicks collection of Teddy Bears – Lots 216 to 260 and 282 to 296
*The following Lots are from the Park House Toy Museum, Stow on the Wold – Lots 1-13, 20-24, 33-42, 85-98, 204, 207-210, 266-280, 314-316, 319-320, 326-333, 338 and 368
*David Finn Collection – Lots 378 to 449 and 458 to 516
*Margaret Towner Collection – Lots 581 to 714
End of Day One
DAY TWO: Auction Start – 25th June 2025 at 11:00 (BST)
Lots 715 to 1215 - Margaret Towner dolls' house collection
End of Day Two
DAY THREE: Auction Start – 26th June 2025 at 11:00 (BST)
Lots 1216 to 1288 - Margaret Towner's dolls, sewing, textiles and antiques
Lots 1289 to 1455 - Antique and vintage dolls
Lots 1456 to 1596 - Dolls' houses and chattels
*Including dolls and dolls' house items from the Park House Toy Museum, Stow-on-the-Wold – Lots 1289 to 1307, 1312, 1313, 1317-1326, 1334-1341, 1367-1382, 1411, 1438-1440, 1581-1596
End of Auction
Lot 1345
Small and miniature 19th century and later dolls clothes
Sold for £180
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 1352
A rare Blampoix Senior pressed bisque shoulder-head fashionable doll
Sold for £200
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 1354
A large late 19th century French pressed bisque swivel-head fashionable doll
Sold for £240
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1362
A 1920s ‘Nunsuch’ Nunn & Smeed Bisque British walking doll
Sold for £60
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 1367
Robin, an SFBJ 227 character boy doll with additional clothing and provenance
Sold for £460
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 1368
A small SFBJ Bebe Jumeau for the Exposition International Paris 1931
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1375
A small late 19th century German composition black girl doll
Unsold
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1377
Two small German bisque headed dolls in European traditional costume
Sold for £100
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 1396
A Simon & Halbig for Kammer & Reinhardt bisque head doll
Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1404
A Simon & Halbig for Kammer & Reinhardt 126 bisque head doll
Sold for £70
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 1407
An SFBJ 301 French bisque head bebe stamped in red TETE JUMEAU in original box
Sold for £360
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1418
A French fashion doll's body with bisque shoulder-plate and replaced S&H 1079 bisque head
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1424
An early pressed bisque Premier Jumeau bebe marked 1
Sold for £700
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1425
Blousebelle Jane', a mid 19th century German wax over papier-mache doll
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 1432
An Alt Beck & Gottschalck glass eyed bisque shoulder head doll
Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1433
A Jules Steiner pressed bisque swivel head walking fashionable doll, circa 1863
Sold for £120
Estimated at £150 - £200