New arrival
French Bébé, closed mouth
Brown paperweight eyes, pierced ears, original auburn mohair over a jointed composition body. Antique pink chiffon and lace.
$4,850
Antique dolls & consignment
Dolls with long memories, kept beautifully.
Antique bisque, china and cloth — hand-selected, honestly graded, and packed like they matter. Every mark photographed. Every repair disclosed.
4.9
87 reviews
1860s
Earliest piece
6
Years collecting
French bébé, c.1890
Closed mouth · pierced ears
Graded Excellent
No hairlines · original wig
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Origin
Maker
Size
Material
Era
34 pieces match — German · 12–18″
The collection
Recently through the workroom
Full inventory is syncing from Etsy & eBay — ask about anything you don't see
New arrival
Photography Friday
Kestner 168
Square-cut teeth, blue sleep eyes, plaster pate intact. Marked to the rear crown, photographed in the listing.
$1,850
Photography Friday
Armand Marseille 390
Open mouth with four upper teeth, brown sleep eyes. Body repainted at the joints — disclosed and photographed.
$285
The tea table
Doll's tea service & bonnet
A hand-painted rose teapot with its figurine, and a silk-and-lace bonnet sized for an 18″ doll. Sold as a set or singly.
$140
Photography Friday
All-bisque miniature, swivel neck
Glass sleep eyes, blue painted boots, jointed at shoulder and hip. Went to a collector in Vermont.
$690
Wearables
Blush satin & lace gown
Beaded bodice, ribbon lacing, tea-length, and sound throughout — the wearable half of Tea Party Dolls.
$50
Every piece, documented
Her papers, before you ask
Collectors buy on marks, mold and condition — so that is what a listing leads with, not adjectives.
Maker
French bébé
Attribution pending mark
Height
23″
58 cm, head to sole
Material
Bisque
Pale, even firing
Eyes
Paperweight
Brown, no flakes
Mouth
Closed
Original lip colour
Wig
Mohair
Original, auburn
Body
Composition
Jointed, strung firm
Era
c.1890
Style & construction
Repairs
None found
Checked under UV
Where a mark is worn or an attribution is uncertain, the listing says so. A doll described honestly sells once; a doll described generously comes back.
Condition, plainly
What each grade actually means
Four words, used the same way every time. Photographs of every flaw named here come with the listing.
Grade 1
Mint
No chips, hairlines or repairs. Original wig, eyes and body finish. Clothing original or period-correct and sound.
Grade 2
Excellent
No hairlines to the head. Light wear consistent with age — a rubbed cheek, faint crazing on the body. Nothing restored.
Grade 3
Very good
Honest flaws, all photographed: a repaired finger, a replaced wig, a body repainted at the joints. The head is sound.
Grade 4
Restored
Professional restoration to the head or a hairline stabilised. Priced accordingly, and never sold as anything else.
Shop by maker
The names collectors search for
German bisque built most of the great heads, and France built the great bébés. Start where you already know the mark.
JDK
J.D. Kestner
9 pieces
S&H
Simon & Halbig
7 pieces
AM
Armand Marseille
6 pieces
K*R
Kämmer & Reinhardt
4 pieces
J&S
Jumeau & SFBJ
5 pieces
GH
Gebrüder Heubach
3 pieces
From collectors
A review platform of her own
Six years of feedback that has lived on other companies' websites, gathered at last in one place.
4.9
Based on 87 reviews
★★★★★
“The condition report was exact. She had noted a faint rub on the left cheek that I could barely find in person — I have bought from dealers who would not have mentioned it at all.”
M
Margaret H.
Asheville, NC
✓ Verified purchase · Kestner 168
★★★★★
“Packed better than any doll I have received in thirty years of collecting. Head wrapped separately, body strung loose so nothing pulled in transit. Arrived perfect.”
D
Diane R.
Portland, OR
✓ Verified purchase · French bébé
★★★★★
“I consigned my mother's collection — forty dolls I could not face listing myself. Addilyn photographed every one, priced them with me, and I was paid as they sold.”
C
Carol B.
Beaumont, TX
✓ Consignor since 2024
One catalogue
Listed once. Everywhere at once.
The doll is entered here, with her marks and her measurements, and the marketplaces take their copy from this one record — so a piece that sells on eBay is not still for sale on Etsy an hour later.
The ledger
One record per doll, kept here.
✦Maker, mold & marks
✦Height, material, era
✦Condition grade & flaws
✦Photographs & price
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EtSyncing
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Vintage & collectible buyers
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Auction & global reach
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Shop tags from the same record
Consignment
You inherited them. Now what?
Most collections arrive here the same way — a mother's, an aunt's, boxed in a spare room, and nobody left who knows what any of it is worth. That part is not your job.
1
Send photographs and marks
Front, back of the head, and anything stamped. A phone camera is plenty — I will tell you what I am looking at.
2
We appraise and price together
You see the comparables I am using. Nothing gets listed at a number you have not agreed to.
3
I photograph, list and pay you
Professional photographs, listed across every channel, and you are paid as each piece sells — not at the end.
Commission is agreed per collection and depends on size, condition and how much restoration a piece needs first. Single dolls are welcome — there is no minimum.
Tell me what you have
No obligation, and no pressure to sell. Sometimes the answer is “keep it.”
About
Addilyn Currie
I have been the person people call when a collection needs a home since 2021 — first for vintage clothing, and then, once the dolls started arriving, mostly for them.
I grew up around them — the cabinet in my grandmother’s front room, the ones nobody was allowed to touch. Now I am the person who opens the boxes when a collection changes hands, and I have learned that the difference between a dealer people come back to and one they do not is measured in how a doll is described, not how it is priced.
Everything is photographed here in my own workroom in Nederland, Texas, packed by hand, and shipped insured. If you are looking for something specific — a maker, a mold, a size — write to me. Half of what I sell never makes it as far as a listing.
Addilyn
New arrivals every Friday
First look, before the marketplaces
Pieces go to the list on Thursday evening and everywhere else on Friday. One letter a week, and nothing else.