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 481
A late 19th or early 20th century German white elephant squeak toy
Sold for £10
Estimated at £40 - £50
Lot 483
A German cockerel squeak toy, probably early 20th century
Sold for £10
Estimated at £20 - £25
Lot 485
An 19th century European carved wooden couple with Goitre growths
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 487
A large mid to late 19th century Thüringen dancing Mexican or Spaniard nodder
Sold for £280
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 488
An early 20th century Thüringen Force Cereal Sunny Jim advertising nodder
Sold for £200
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 489
A German 1910-20s composition Sportsman candy or sweet container
Sold for £25
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 490
A late 19th century Thüringen gentleman peering through an eyeglass spill holder
Sold for £50
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 494
Two mid 19th century German finely carved wooden women domestic chores
Sold for £120
Estimated at £200 - £250
Lot 495
A mid to late 19th century Thüringen Derby and Joan elder couple nodders
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 496
A mid to late 19th century Thüringen monk and praying woman nodder
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 497
A mid to late 19th century Thüringen monk and praying woman nodder
Sold for £80
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 499
An 19th century Grödnertal carved wooden hand cranked toy of flagellating monks
Unsold
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 503
A mid 19th century Thüringen papier-mâché barber cutting the hair of a boy
Sold for £180
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 504
A mid to late 19th century Thüringen white faced clown squeak toy
Unsold
Estimated at £180 - £250
Lot 505
Two mid to late 19th century small Thüringen characters with wax heads
Sold for £50
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 507
A mid 19th century Thüringen papier-mâché boy and sheep squeak toy
Unsold
Estimated at £100 - £120
Lot 510
A mid 19th century Thüringen pull-along boy striking bell
Sold for £50
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 511
A late 19th century Albin Amende (Sonneberg) large size wrestling toy
Unsold
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 512
A Berchtesgaden black painted wooden carriage and horses
Sold for £140
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 513
A Berchtesgaden colourfully painted wooden carriage and horses
Sold for £30
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 514
A late 19th century Albin Amende Sonneberg jockey and clown wrestling toy
Unsold
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 516
A mid 19th century Perry & Co’s jigging black man Automaton Dancers
Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £250
Lot 517
A rare mid 19th century Ezgebirge village or estate farm
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 518
An early 19th century metal ‘flat’ boxed set ‘The Farm Yard Dissected’
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 522
A early 20th century German large Christmas pyramid or Weihnachtspyramide
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 525
A large 1930s Triang wooden ride-on LMS tank locomotive
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 526
A rare late 19th century Jean Schoenner ‘The Magic Box’ magnetic dancing toy
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 529
A Chad Valley GWR railway Race to the Ocean Coast race game
Sold for £110
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 532
An A.V.N. Jones & Co. Ltd. The ‘Union Express’ South African railway jig-saw puzzle
Sold for £20
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 533
A Victory jig-saw puzzle of the New Canadian Pacific Liner ‘Empress of Britain’
Sold for £35
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 534
A Victory jig-saw puzzle of the Imperial Airways Empire Flying Boat
Sold for £50
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 537
An early 19th century German turned and painted wooden whistling spinning top
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 544
One hundred and seventy eight Black Americana postcards
Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 556
Three Viennese cold painted bronze Beatrix Potter characters
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 561
A C.B. Nualart (Barcelona) Teatro de los Ninos children’s theatre, circa 1915
Unsold
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 564
A late 19th century Albin Amende (Sonneberg) political wrestling toy
Sold for £20
Estimated at £50 - £80