Appraisal: Hertel Schwab Character Doll, ca. 1920
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Appraisal: Hertel Schwab Character Doll, ca. 1920
Check out Marshall Martin’s appraisal of a Hertel Schwab character doll, ca. 1920, in Junk in the Trunk 14.
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Appraisal: Hertel Schwab Character Doll, ca. 1920
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Check out Marshall Martin’s appraisal of a Hertel Schwab character doll, ca. 1920, in Junk in the Trunk 14.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This is my grandmother's doll.
And she purchased it in the '90s.
She kept it on her mantle, and she always said it was a spec-- her special doll.
It kind of reminds me of, like, a Kewpie doll, but I don't think that's what it is.
APPRAISER: It's interesting that you say, "Kewpie doll," because a woman named Rose O'Neill illustrated the Kewpie dolls.
And then they started making dolls of the Kewpie dolls, and it started an entire industry of what we call character dolls.
And little Kewpie dolls had eyes looking to the side, and so other companies started making dolls with eyes looking to the side, and they've been nicknamed as Googly dolls.
The doll is a Hertel Schwab doll, which was a German company.
The doll was made in the 1920s.
GUEST: Oh my goodness.
APPRAISER: This is a particularly rare character doll, because it has the molded hair and the molded tufts of hair on the sides.
On the back of its head, it has the numbers, "172-6," which was the model number for this particular head.
The head is made of bisque, and bisque is the-the term we call porcelain; it's not glazed with a shiny glaze.
It's airbrushed with a color, and then all the detail is painted on, and then it's re-fired.
He's on a toddler body.
The clothes have been made, probably, in the last 40 years.
The original clothing to a doll like this would be very simple, a little cotton romper suit or something like that.
GUEST: Okay.
Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: An auction price...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...it would probably go for between $3,000 and $5,000.
GUEST: Oh, my goodness.
(both laugh) Wow.
APPRAISER: But, uh...
GUEST: I-I had no idea.
I thought maybe $150.
(laughs)
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Appraisal: 1928 Babe Ruth Exhibition Card
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 27s | Appraisal: 1928 Babe Ruth Exhibition Card (2m 27s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 56s | Appraisal: 1929 Gibson RB-Granada Banjo (1m 56s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 18s | Appraisal: 1947 Orwell "Animal Farm" Ukrainian Edition (2m 18s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 42s | Appraisal: 1966 Michael Turner Monaco Grand Prix Poster (2m 42s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 3m 46s | Appraisal: 19th C. Warner Teapot & Ledger (3m 46s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 18s | Appraisal: Ansonia Clock Co. "Fortuna" Clock, ca. 1900 (2m 18s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 20s | Appraisal: Bronze Statue of Liberty After Bartholdi (2m 20s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 56s | Appraisal: Charles Partridge Adams Oil Painting, ca. 1910 (2m 56s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 58s | Appraisal: François Gaultier Poupée de Mode Doll, ca. 1870 (1m 58s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 43s | Appraisal: German Tin Toy Motorcycles, ca. 1924 (1m 43s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 38s | Appraisal: Goodyear Tires Double-sided Porcelain Sign, ca. 1935 (2m 38s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: Kawase Hasui Japanese Woodblock Prints, ca. 1922 (1m 3s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 51s | Appraisal: Kloz Family Violin, ca. 1775 (2m 51s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 30s | Appraisal: Laura Stamper Craft Jewelry Necklace, ca. 1990 (1m 30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 16s | Appraisal: Patek Philippe Dress Watch, ca. 1915 (1m 16s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 1m 18s | Appraisal: Persian Kashan Rugs, ca. 1930 (1m 18s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 16s | Appraisal: Regina Music Box, ca. 1895 (2m 16s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m | Appraisal: Santee Sioux Beaded Vest, ca. 1890 (2m)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 46s | Appraisal: Sister Gertrude Morgan Painting, ca. 1970 (2m 46s)
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Clip: S29 Ep25 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: Whiting Silver Billiards Trophy & Illustration (2m 49s)
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