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 Bears, Dolls & Pelham Puppets Auction - Wednesday 3 July 2024 10:00

The 3rd of July Auction features a selection of bears from Pedigree, Merrythought and others, plus Steiff animals including Noah’s Ark sets.  Dolls featured include hard plastic and vinyl vintage Tiny Tears and Pedigree Walker, plus others. There is a nice selection of Sasha Dolls, European antique dolls including F&W Goebel miniature bisque girl & boy dolls, Musical merry-go-rounds, and an SFBJ 301 doll & baby automaton. The sale also includes Barbie and Sindy dolls, clothing and accessories, artists dolls, golly badges, prams and Philmar postcards. There is also a lovely selection of vintage Pelham puppets, including Disney, The Muppets, Gerry Anderson and Jumpettes.

 Highlights include; 

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Lot 50 - Steiff antique light brown mohair teddy bear, Art No 5325, circa 1906, with underscore "F" button, black boot button eyes, black horizontally stitched nose, fully jointed, felt pads (repaired), black claw stitching, inoperative tilt growler, torso is balding, limbs and head also have some areas of wear, wearing sailor suit,13.75"/35cm.
Estimate: £500 - £700
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Lot 137 - SFBJ 301 antique bisque doll and baby automaton, French, impressed 301 23, 1899-on, blue fixed eyes, mohair lashes, open mouth, very tiny chips to left upper eye lid, blonde wig and pate, wooden, hollow carton and wire armatured body, composition hands cradle tiny all-bisque baby, with painted features and hair, jointed limbs, key wound movement (sticky) to waist, allowing mother to rock baby by swaying torso and arms, mother height 15"/38cm and baby height 1.75"/7cm. Mounted on rectangular velvet covered wooden plinth, housing key wound musical movement, overall height (including doll) 17"/43cm. 
Estimate: £240 - £300
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Lot 147 - Pedigree Sindy Mitzi vintage doll, 1967, Sindy's French friend, claret red hair (discoloured), wearing blue jumper, pink skirt, blue beret, French cami knickers, green sneakers, Good to Good Plus.
Estimate: £240 - £280