DOLLS WEEK OF MAY 17, 1999

DOLL EVENTS THIS WEEK

The Modern Doll Show--Claymont, Delaware; May 23
Showcases dolls made after 1940; Wilmington Hilton, 10am to 3pm

Golden Gate Doll Show;  Santa Rosa, California; May 22
Big, popular show at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.  Held monthly in Northern California.  10am to 4pm.

McMaster's "Treasure Hunt" Doll Auction--Cambridge, Ohio.  May 22
Uncatalogued Auction; Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center, Preview 9am; Auction 11am.

Theriault's Duet Auction--San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, May 22-23
This is one of the new Theriault "Duet" Auctions, which appears to be an auction half-way between a cataloged auction (rare, mint, and otherwise choice dolls, with prior price estimates) and an uncatalogued "Discovery Day" auction (mix of dolls, buyer beware, no price estimates, but also no phone or mail bids).   Duets have no catalogs, but listings with condition descriptions and prices, and also no phone or mail bids.  It is an interesting concept, and I will be attending this auction, and will return with a full report!  Previews 9am each day; auctions start 11am.

DOLL EVENT REVIEWS:  Have you recently attended a doll show, class, auction, or other doll event?  Have your report or review of the event appear in "Dolls This Week!." Just e-mail your report to me at collectdolls.guide@about.com; you will be credited for the report, you will have my undying gratitude (since I can't attend them all!), and your web site link (if you have one) will appear as well.

SAD NEWS

Loss of ODACA Artist, Kathryn Williams Kluhsman
From ODACA:  ODACA Artist Kathryn Williams Kluhsman passed away on 5/11/99. Kathy and her sister,  Nellie began making dolls in 1982.  Kathy began making doll clothes for NIADA artist Elizabeth Brandon soon after graduation from high school.   In 1984, Kathy & Nellie opened The Lampe Doll Emporium not far from Branson, Missouri. Most recently the sisters worked together as The Enchantment Peddlers in Reeds Spring, Missouri.   Kathy sculpted all of the original dolls, made the molds, painted the dolls, and designed the costumes. Nellie was the business manager & helped out with doll production & costumes on some of the designs.

Kathryn Williams Kluhsman was awarded artist membership of the Original Doll Artist's Council of America (ODACA) in 1994. Kathy worked mostly in porcelain, but she also produced cloth dolls with fabric covered composition
heads.  Kathy's "Renoir Umbrella Dolls: Sophie, Marie, and Suzanne" were produced
for the United States Historical Society and were widely advertised in major
doll magazines.

ODACA has created an on-line memorial to honor Kathy:
http://www.odaca.org/history/memkwk.htm

Last Week In Dolls:  Review of the Anaheim Dollmaking Show, and more.