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 579
A Japanese plastic teething ring with twelve plastic Kobi toy charms
Sold for £50
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 584
A mid 19th century Rhöner carved wooden Rhönwackler (nodder) monk
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 586
Four interesting 19th century carved wooden Russian figures
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 590
A rare late 19th century French papier-mâché frog skittles
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 591
A German composition Little Red Riding Hood, mid to late 19th century
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 593
A German lithographed paper on wood three-tier castle with Erzgebirge soldiers
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 595
A early 20th century German Father Christmas candy container
Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 597
A Russian painted wooden monastery toy of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in Zagorsk, circa 1900
Sold for £550
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 598
An early 20th century printed paper on wood Balaklava Station waiting room
Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 600
A rare 19th century German lead 'Camp of Aldershot' soldiers
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 601
A German painted tinplate clockwork castle with moat, 1910-20s
Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 608
A Footitt et Chocolate ou Les Chapeaux Cascadeurs game, circa 1900
Sold for £35
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 610
Two mid to late 19th century German composition Turks or nativity kings
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 611
Three mid 19th century Oberammergau carved wooden nativity kings
Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 614
An early to mid 19th century Oberammergau wooden figure of a monk with hidden chapel in robes
Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 615
A mid 19th century Oberammergau wooden figure of a nun with hidden chapel in robes
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 617
An unusual 19th German carved wooden figure of a elder woman
Sold for £40
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 619
An early 19th century turned wooden whistling spinning top
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 620
A Berchtesgaden colourfully painted wooden carriage and horses with provenance for 1867
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 624
A mid 19th century Polyorama Panoptique optical viewer
Sold for £460
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 625
A rare and unusual mid 19th century Duke of Wellington funeral commemorative card box
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 626
A rare early 19th century John Harris ‘The Swan of Elegance - A New Game’
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 627
A rare late 18th or early 19th century English Jacob’s Ladder toy
Sold for £850
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 628
A 19th century Wallis’s Juvenille Diorama Exhibition 2nd
Sold for £950
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 630
A J.Passmore ‘The Laughable Game of What D’Ye Buy?’ by Professor Punch, circa 1850
Sold for £130
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 631
A mid 19th century German ‘Riche Building Case’ architectural building blocks
Sold for £650
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 632
An 19th century John Batts dissected puzzle ‘Elements of House Building’
Sold for £650
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 633
An early 19th century William Daxton dissected puzzle ‘My Mother’
Sold for £210
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 634
A mid 19th century dissected puzzle ‘General Tom Thumb’
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 636
An 19th century E Wallis dissected puzzle ‘Britain’s Bulwarks - a Grand Naval Puzzle’
Sold for £270
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 637
An early 19th century John Wallis dissected puzzle ‘The Farm’
Sold for £110
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 638
An 19th century William Darton dissected puzzle ‘Rustic Scenes for Infant School’
Sold for £290
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 639
Twelve Continental toy theatre small puppets, early 20th century
Sold for £5,800
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 640
A Good-win Richard Crompton’s Just William children’s theatre
Sold for £90
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 641
A rare 1860s French toy theatre ‘Le Petit Theatre Enfantin ou La Comedie Portefeuille’
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 652
Four late 19th century J F Schreiber pop-up pages of the four seasons
Sold for £70
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 666
An 1830s G. N. Remmens of Nuremberg dissected puzzle of The Racecourse
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 668
A mid 19th century English dissected puzzle of ‘The State Entry of Lord Elgin into Pekin’
Sold for £160
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 669
An 19th century Christian Grüneberg Senior of Nuremberg dissected puzzle of The Market
Sold for £150
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 671
An 19th century German puzzle using triangular pieces ‘The History of Printing’
Sold for £580
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 672
A mid 19th century John Betts dissected puzzle ‘A Chain of Events in English History’
Sold for £260
Estimated at £40 - £60