Of Auctions and Other Pleasures

Now and then I like to share my emails and newsletters of doll and antique auctions. Theriault's is very good about sending these. I have some of their catalogs, and bought several interesting things from Doll Masters; wish they would send it again! I've not won dolls there, but years ago used to correspond with Florence T on the old AOL Hobby Central, where P. Smith also snubbed me, and Eleanor St. George in one fell Swoop! I met my friends at JnJ Dolls there, too, and I miss Hobby Central and The Book Report very muc. I've had great luck at Frashers, where Barbara remembers my name every time, McMasters, Tom Harris Auctions, and Noel Barret. He also remembers people, and will answer the phone himself to talk to youl That's customer service. I like getting news from Artfact and Morphy as well, and with my husband, who is great at bidding, will have luck at a local auction now and then. Here are some more tidbits from recent Theriault's auctions. I love the way they are written, don't you?

The choice from more than 300 beautiful antique and vintage dolls will be yours when Theriault’s open the doors at the BWI Airport Marriott in Linthicum, MD at 9 AM on Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Just click on any of the photographs for a full description, or if you’d like to browse the complete auction, just click here. For more details about the auction, click here. We hope you can plan to attend in person, but if you cannot you can place pre-bids on Proxibid (click here) or plan to bid live online at the actual time of the auction. Or call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or 410-224-3655 and place absentee bids. Plan to attend the auction for the unsurpassed pleasure of choosing your dolls in person, and the thrill when you win the doll you chose. The preview begins at 9 AM and the auction fun begins at 11 AM Eastern Time. If you cannot attend the auction in person, there are other bidding choices. You can telephone Theriault’s at 410-224-3655 or 800-638-0422 and leave absentee bids on your favorites. Or you can bid online before the auction by leaving pre-bids. Or – the next best thing to being there – you can bid live online at the actual moment your doll comes up for auction. And you can watch and listen to the auction, too. Theriault's May 19, 2012 Auction is available for viewing online by clicking here.

“When all is said and done, what I really love are ‘just beautiful dolls’” is what a collector told us recently. If you feel the same, you’ll find plenty to love at Theriault’s antique doll estate auction coming right up this Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Sheraton Annapolis. First, the French dolls. What a gorgeous group! And if that’s not enough just look at these beautiful German bisque dolls. Just click on any of the photographs for a full description, or if you’d like to browse the complete auction, just click here. For more details about the auction, click here. We hope you can plan to attend in person, but if you cannot you can place pre-bids on Proxibid (click here) or plan to bid live online at the actual time of the auction. Or call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or 410-224-3655 and place absentee bids. PS If you’re coming to the auction, plan to stay overnight in beautiful Annapolis, enjoy our historic town and great restaurants, and then attend the “no holds barred, anything goes, old-fashioned fun” legendary Ten2Go doll auction on Sunday, April 29. Where you must be there to bid, no online bidding and no absentee bids. A weekend of doll fun. See you then. Theriault's April 28, 2012 Auction is available for viewing online by clicking here. Ten2Go Auction - April 29, 2012 The Saturday auction will be followed by Theriault’s famous Ten2Go Doll auction on Sunday, April 29, 2012 where doll discoveries abound. More than 450 lots will be presented. Preview 9 AM. Note 10 AM auction time. At the Sunday auction, you must be present to bid. Directions To The Auctions The auctions are conducted at the Sheraton Annapolis located at 173 Jennifer Road, directly off US Route 50 in Annapolis. For further hotel information, call 410-266-3131. For more information about the auctions click here or telephone 800-638-0422 or email info@theriaults.com or stuart@theriaults.com.

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