ANNUAL DOLL SALE, Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama, May 5, 2012

 Photos from our 2011 Doll Sale

The Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama will hold its Annual Doll Sale on Saturday, May 5, from 8-2 at 1809 Mission Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. We will have antique to new dolls, collectable to play dolls, plus doll-related items such as doll clothes, doll furniture, doll parts, doll accessories, etc. We will offer free doll appraisals. Doll collectors and enthusiasts, put this date on your calendar!

Shackman Dolls, our April Program (DOUBLE CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS)

The B. Shackman Company has been a wholesale goods catalog and store that focused on cards, party supplies and favors, and holiday ware since 1898. The dolls distributed and labeled Shackman or B.S.C.O. are well done, sweet dolls that were imported from Japan,Hong Kong, and Germany, for the most part. They are sold in bulk so they are usually affordable. The dolls come in all mediums - bisque, cloth, wood, paper, and celluloid. This company afforded everyone the opportunity to have a sweet doll - and with the many reproductions of antique dolls, kept the special old dolls alive and well!For information on B. Shackman today, go to
www.shackman.com or check out ebay for Shackman dolls, toys, books, paper dolls, Christmas items, etc....

Shackman examples.

                                                       
                                                                    

The book and doll were both sold by Shackman.

Beautiful Shackman paper dolls and photos of other items.

Great for Frozen Charlottes!

                                                                 
                                                                      
                                                                
                                                      

Wonderful Miniatures (fema, paper clay, wire, etc.) (DOUBLE CLICK TO ENLARGE)

Here are some of Charlene Reynold's exquisite miniatures of all sorts.  She uses fema (unfired clay that hardens), paper clay, wire, wood, etc. to construct her scenes, some of which are only a few inches tall - the whole scene, that is. 

This one is about 8" tall.

This one is about 4" tall in all.

Here are tiny repros of antique dolls on a l" scale piece of dollhouse furniture.

This one is about 10-12" tall.

This whole scene is about 3" tall.

A granny enjoying Christmas.  The scene is about 12" tall.

1"to 1' scale dollhouse, furnished.

Dollhouse kitchen detail.

Our Member Jill Sturgeon Writes Article for "Doll News" Magazine!

We are proud of Jill's article on carving Hitty dolls in the current issue of "Doll News" magazine.  Sharon Kirby hosted the carving class, taught by Janet Cordell.  Photos are by Martha Hopkins and Sharon.

Suzan and Chuck Buckner's Art Angels and Art Dolls

She is not technically a doll, but a hybrid of things I love - dolls, found objects, art, and angels (well, everybody needs those).  I bought her at Suzan's recent art exhibition at Kentuck Gallery in Northport, AL.

http://suzanbuckner.com/collections/18215

Click on the URL above to access more of their art dolls, art people, and art angels. 

Martin Teddy Bears Handmade in Germany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCBO3f6hzQk&feature=relmfu

Here is a video about the Martin teddy bears made in Sonnenberg, Germany - the way they have been making them for 100 years.

Doll Pairs Movie "It Takes Two"

Here are 4 images from the new movie "It Takes Two" by the Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama. We show all kinds of doll pairs, which are fun to collect. Here are from the top: Boudoir dolls representing Valentino and his wife by artist Helen Sardeau that were awarded for a 1923 Valentino city tour beauty contest in Birmingham, AL, handmade Harlequin and Columbine (all cloth) from the 1950's, German K*R Marie and Peter, 1890's, and German all bisque nodders, 1900's.

Doll Pairs Movie "It Takes Two"

Our February meeting was the debut of a movie "It Takes Two," a movie on all kinds of doll pairs, which was conceived, photographed, and executed by members of our Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama.   All dolls are from collections of members of the Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama.  Shown above are Wendy Ann's by Md. Alexander from the 1930's in original dresses, German fired all bisques (1900's), and felt Lenci types from the 1930's.

Frozen Charlie Antique China Doll

Here is a so-called "Frozen Charlie" antique doll, about 10" tall, getting ready for his bath. He has a brushstroke hairline and tinted head with blue eyes. According to Linda Edwards in her book "Doll Values," most porcelain factories made china and bisque dolls in one-piece molds with molded or painted black or blond hair, and usually undressed. Sometimes called Bathing Dolls or Badekinder, they were dubbed "Frozen Charlotte" from a song about a girl who went dancing dressed lightly and froze in the snow. They range in size from under 1" to over 19". Some were reproduced in Germany in the 1970's to the present. Those with pink tint or extra decoration or special hairdo's are more valuable.

"It Takes Two; Darling Doll Pairs" - Birmingham Doll Club of Alabama

Please check out our video "It Takes Two" below.  We made it for a UFDC DVD contest, and hope you enjoy seeing all our doll pairs.

Christmas Decorations

Here is an antique doll head with a cotton body and clothes on the tree, a wonderful large Nativity Scene handpainted in Italy, and a cheery wreath in the kitchen window.  They are just a few of the decorations we enjoyed at our December Meeting.

Christmas Meeting Displays

Here are a tea party with German bisque dolls (cloth Alabama baby with back to us):i.e.,

-doll in blue dress with white pinafore is a 31"Heinrich Handwerck/Simon Halbig

-doll in pink dress and bonnet is Kestner, mold 146

-doll in yellow dress and bonnet is Kestner, mold 154

-doll in green velvet dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet is an unmarked composition.

-Alabama Baby has his back to you.

 A German bisque dome head baby in the high chair, a wonderful Christmas tree with many handmade ornaments, some of which are hand felted ones made at one of our club workshops, and a nutcracker mantel display.

Secret Santa Gifts at December Meeting

Here are a Shirley Temple replica and three sweet porcelain dolls.  The third picture shows a Louis Nichole doll by Precious Moments.