Appraisal: François Gaultier Poupée de Mode Doll, ca. 1870
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Appraisal: François Gaultier Poupée de Mode Doll, ca. 1870
In Junk in the Trunk 14, Billye Harris appraises a François Gaultier poupée de mode doll, ca. 1870.
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Appraisal: François Gaultier Poupée de Mode Doll, ca. 1870
Clip: Season 29 Episode 25 | 1m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
In Junk in the Trunk 14, Billye Harris appraises a François Gaultier poupée de mode doll, ca. 1870.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I got her when I was ten years old.
It belonged to my great-aunt, and she said that a relative of hers was a lady-in-waiting from Louis XI or Louis XIV.
I never knew for sure, and that it was handed down in the generations through her family.
APPRAISER: So at ten years old, were you allowed to play with her?
GUEST: No.
APPRAISER: What happened to her?
GUEST: My mother wrapped her up and put her in the attic.
(laughs) APPRAISER: Oh, the dreaded attic.
GUEST: And I didn't get her back until my mother passed a few years ago.
APPRAISER: Your doll was made by François Gaultier, in the southern part of Paris in France, and it's a bisque swivel head.
That means that it's in a shoulder plate, and you can actually turn the head back and forth, so you can pose her in her beautiful gown.
And then she's got a kid leather body.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: I believe you told me that your aunt made the gown in France.
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: Can you tell me about the wig?
GUEST: Ah, well, I was ten years old, I thought I would be playing with her... (laughs) ...and my grandmother says, "Well, let's put some hair on her," and we dropped her off in New York and this guy put hair on her and offered me $150 for her, and that's probably why my mother took her away.
(laughs) APPRAISER: (chuckling): Okay.
Original wigs, even in just horrid condition, always are better.
The little part of the story that's not matching up is this doll was made in 1870s.
GUEST: Ah, so... APPRAISER: So that doesn't match up with Louis XIV.
This is a very popular doll, and they sell between... today's market, about $1,200 to $1,800 retail.
GUEST: Ah, okay.
All right.
I don't think I'll be selling her.
APPRAISER: If she had the original wig, we probably could add another $200 to her value.
GUEST: Ah, yeah.
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