Here is the entry in the catalog: Lot No. 821 Simon and Halbig bisque head doll, having an open mouth with four teeth, with a composition body, and signed on the back of the head, 550 Germany Simon Halbig SH Estimates: $100-200. Bidding starts: $50. This doll will auction today around 5PM. By Sunday or Monday they will have a prices realized PDF which I will be able to consult to see how the auctions went. I will keep you informed. This doll was about two feet tall, I saw another in white dress that was slightly larger and with a higher estimate. I have 2 pics of that one too which I will post later. Sometimes they have large collections of dolls, like hundreds of them, up for auction. They auction them as singles, or two, or three lots. Sometimes they have Barbie collections with the dolls in their original boxes. This is the first time I have taken pics of the dolls there; it's all your fault!
Dolls can make good photographic subjects - I've seen some really creepy dolls recently. Not the bjds but some zombie dolls that someone linked to at LJ. It's the kind of thing that would probably give some people a heart attack but I couldn't help thinking they'd make a great photo shoot!
They published the Prices Realized list this morning. This doll: the winning bid was $60.00. There was another one I took pictures of too, and will post sometime soon. It was a bigger S&H, 32" tall. The winning bid for it was $250, with estimates of $300-500. In these auctions, the winning bid is only 75% of what it costs out the door.
The auction house takes about an 18% commission (from the buyer), and then there is a 9% sales tax. The auction house also gets a fee from the sellers too, I don't remember the % of the sale bid that it is. They get their cuts, then send the proceeds to the sellers. I think the auction house does pretty good, They have been around for many decades, maybe close to a century. Even when the economy is bad, people still come looking for bargains, and buyers find them there in abundance. This last Friday at the preview when I took these photos, I noticed attendance was sharply down compared to previews the last few months.
I really enjoy visiting this place every month. I wish I had lots of expendable cash to bid on some of these interesting things I see, but then maybe it is good I don't have this capability, because before too many months would go by, my house would start to get choked with all manner of gee-gaws and bric-a-brac, oriental carpets two and three thick (like djaza) and paintings covering the walls inside, outside, and on the fence and the roof!
Oh, PS. I know nothing about these dolls, except that they are sometimes expressive photo subjects as I see you realize also. When I referred to the larger one as another S&H, that was just abbreviation for the sake of convenience. So, I am supposing the "bjds" you mention is also the abbreviation for a manufacturer. The zombie dolls must be "statements" for teens or adults, huh? Who'd want to warp or scare their very young kids?
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Lot No. 821
Simon and Halbig bisque head doll, having an open mouth with four teeth, with a composition body, and signed on the back of the head, 550 Germany Simon Halbig SH
Estimates: $100-200. Bidding starts: $50.
This doll will auction today around 5PM. By Sunday or Monday they will have a prices realized PDF which I will be able to consult to see how the auctions went. I will keep you informed. This doll was about two feet tall, I saw another in white dress that was slightly larger and with a higher estimate. I have 2 pics of that one too which I will post later. Sometimes they have large collections of dolls, like hundreds of them, up for auction. They auction them as singles, or two, or three lots. Sometimes they have Barbie collections with the dolls in their original boxes. This is the first time I have taken pics of the dolls there; it's all your fault!
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The auction house takes about an 18% commission (from the buyer), and then there is a 9% sales tax. The auction house also gets a fee from the sellers too, I don't remember the % of the sale bid that it is. They get their cuts, then send the proceeds to the sellers. I think the auction house does pretty good, They have been around for many decades, maybe close to a century. Even when the economy is bad, people still come looking for bargains, and buyers find them there in abundance. This last Friday at the preview when I took these photos, I noticed attendance was sharply down compared to previews the last few months.
I really enjoy visiting this place every month. I wish I had lots of expendable cash to bid on some of these interesting things I see, but then maybe it is good I don't have this capability, because before too many months would go by, my house would start to get choked with all manner of gee-gaws and bric-a-brac, oriental carpets two and three thick (like djaza) and paintings covering the walls inside, outside, and on the fence and the roof!
Oh, PS. I know nothing about these dolls, except that they are sometimes expressive photo subjects as I see you realize also. When I referred to the larger one as another S&H, that was just abbreviation for the sake of convenience. So, I am supposing the "bjds" you mention is also the abbreviation for a manufacturer. The zombie dolls must be "statements" for teens or adults, huh? Who'd want to warp or scare their very young kids?