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 1441
A mid 19th century English poured wax shoulder-head child doll
Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 1442
A mid 19th century English poured wax shoulder-head doll
Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1443
An 19th century English poured wax shoulder-head child doll
Sold for £80
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 1446
An early 19th century English wax doll presented in shadow box
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 1460
An early 20th century Villard & Weill blue roof Deauville seaside villa dolls’ house
Sold for £700
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1461
A late 19th century Victor François Bolant dolls’ house bedroom set
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1464
Late 19th and early 20th century dolls’ house furniture
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1467
A German Edwardian bisque shoulder-head dolls’ house couple
Sold for £100
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 1469
A German all-bisque dolls’ house brother and sister doll
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1472
A German bisque shoulder-head gentlemen dolls’ house doll
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1473
A German Edwardian bisque shoulder-head dolls’ house couple
Sold for £60
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 1480
Late 19th and early 20th century dolls’ house chattels and bureau
Sold for £120
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1494
An unusual Gottschalk painted wooden dolls’ house, circa 1913
Unsold
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1496
A rare Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House replica Atlas of the British Empire, 1926
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1499
A Simon & Halbig all-bisque mignonette dolls’ house doll
Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 1500
An 19th century china Frozen Charlotte doll in a walnut shell
Sold for £140
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 1507
A pair of mid 19th century German china shoulder-head dolls’ house dolls
Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 1512
An 19th century papier-mâché ‘alien’ headed dolls’ house doll
Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1521
A rare Rock & Graner or Staudt painted tinplate transformational house 1870s
Sold for £350
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 1524
An Evans & Cartwright tinplated dolls’ house dressing table mirror
Sold for £230
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 1525
A rare late 19th century German dolls’ house or doll medicine cabinet
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 1526
A rare mid 19th century Waltershausen dolls’ house bachelor bed/wardrobe
Unsold
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 1527
A mid 19th century Waltershausen dolls’ house upright piano
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1528
Two mid 19th century Waltershausen dolls’ house furniture
Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1529
Two mid 19th century Waltershausen dolls’ house furniture
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 1535
A rare 19th century Waltershausen Materialwaaren (General Store) toy shop
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 1536
An unusual late 19th century English wooden box back dolls’ house with later wings
Unsold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200