Ron Rhoads Spectacular Spring Two Day Dollhouse & Miniatures Auction
Friday, May 20th & Saturday, May 21st
Both days beginning at 10:00 A.M.
Preview on Thursday, May 19th, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.
Featuring the collections of Elizabeth Hamilton, Mary March, Gloria Hinkel,
Joseph Gray and other notable collectors!

20 Bonnie Brae Road, Spring City, Pa. 19475
Directions: Route 724 to Bonnie Brae Road, follow signs

This exciting two-day auction will offer some of the most rare and desirable antique dollhouses, dolls and miniatures since the Washington Toy and Miniatures Museum was sold over ten years ago. An outstanding number of antique British dollhouses and rare American dollhouses that seldom come to market include spacious early Victorian villas and townhouses featured in memorable magazine articles, in addition to a large Silber & Fleming type townhouse, Bliss house, German roombox, large Mystery House, a very rare TynieToy Colonial Mansion and unique carpenter-built antique houses from both sides of the Atlantic. A remarkable Spanish townhouse with a fascinating and crea-tive double-layered façade will be sold fully furnished with rare 18th century dolls and furnishings.
We are excited to present rare and desirable dolls include a generous assortment of early Grodnertals, tuckcombs and other jointed wooden dolls, plus beautifully dressed china heads in all sizes, Simon & Halbig Little Women and other dollhouse dolls, French mignonette and small jointed bisque children.
An outstanding assortment of elegant Rock & Graner beds, cabinets, chairs, settees and very rare Evans & Cart-wright metal furniture comprise only a portion of the fine antique furniture and accessories that include Ellis, Brit-ton & Eaton, Schneegass, Biedermeier, colorful lithographed furniture, and a truly massive number of Erhard & Sohne ormolu framed pictures and accessories. Very rare antique German Boulle canopy beds, English half-testers, Limoges porcelain, lithophanes, Schweizer Christmas tree, Bristol glassware, petitpoint carpets, Meyers sterling, antique leather-bound books, treenware, Austrian bronzes, Bing and Maerklin kitchen furniture, numerous ormolu chandeliers, gilt soft metal lighting and accessories and many items from memorable museums that have closed in recent years. Plus the largest collection of TynieToy furniture and accessories we have ever offered including Win-dsor chairs, garden furnishings, fire screens and other rarities.
The Mary March Charleston House by artist James Polzois, an outstanding example of scale architectural modeling, will be sold with letter of provenance from the artist. Mary decorated her house with extraordinary pieces by John Hodgson, John Davenport, Patrick Puttock and more that will be sold separately. There will be a large collection of rare Vienna bronzes from the Joseph Gray personal collection, many of his one of a kind beautifully handcrafted tools, an outstanding wooden tool box fitted with woodworking tools, guns, rare miniatures by legendary Frank Mat-ter, two hundred hand-carved pipes, decorative boxes, so much more! Other artisans represented in the catalogue include Robert Bernhard, Natasha Beshenkovsky, David Booth, Chestnut Hill, Orvin Fjare, Robert Gray, Roger Gutheil, John Hodgson, Renee Isabelle, Dennis Jenvey, Cindy Malon, Ralph Partelow, Gail Steffey, Tarbena, Brooke Tucker, Betty Valentine, Michael Walton, Judee Williamson, Jim Watts, and others.
Fine accessories will abound with beautifully crafted silverware by Obadiah Fisher, Enrique Quintanar, and Peter Acquisto, lovely porcelains from Tricia Street and Jean Welch, glassware by Ferenc Albert, pottery by Jane Graber, lighting by Ni-Glo, petitpoint carpets, and many other fine accessories crafted by renowned artisans of yesterday and today. The incredible miniatures of Gloria Hinkel showcasing a lifetime of astute collecting and buying with Acquisto sterling, beautifully dressed antique, vintage and artisan dollhouse dolls, hundreds of pieces of charming decorated furniture, porcelains, accessories, floral arrangements, ormolu – this is just a small preview of the items. There will be additional incredible dollhouses and roomboxes!
We will present an uncatalogued presale on Friday morning at 8 AM offering a wide variety of dollhouses, furniture, dolls, rugs, accessories, books and so muchmore! One of the Best Sales of the Season!!! Antiques Friday, Artisan Saturday.
18% Buyers Premium; 21% Online Bidding
DOUGLASSVILLE, PA.
610-385-4818
WEB: WWW.ECHANT.COM
Ron Rhoads AU 002045L • Eileen Rhoads AU 003750L