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The cover of “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting Mansions, Cottages, Shops, Stables, Theaters, Churches – Even a Zoo!” by Flora Gill Jacobs.

Noel Barrett chosen to auction revered private collection of dollhouses

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
The cover of “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting Mansions, Cottages, Shops, Stables, Theaters, Churches – Even a Zoo!” by Flora Gill Jacobs.
The cover of “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting Mansions, Cottages, Shops, Stables, Theaters, Churches – Even a Zoo!” by Flora Gill Jacobs.

CARVERSVILLE, Pa. – Noel Barrett Auctions has been awarded the right to sell the late Flora Gill Jacobs’ private collection of dollhouses and miniatures, including shops and miniature furnishings. The collection will be apportioned into 700 lots for an April 11-12, 2014 auction in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

The sale of contents from Jacobs’ world-famous Washington Dolls’ House & Toy Museum in 2004 was a landmark event. The upcoming auction of the private collection Jacobs displayed in her home is expected to attract just as much attention. Most of the prized personal collection was featured in “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting,” one of five reference books she authored. Jacobs died on June 12, 2006 at the age of 87.

“It is a tremendous honor for us to be auctioning such an important collection. Mrs. Jacobs was an internationally respected authority on antique dollhouses and singlehandedly defined the hobby for two generations of collectors,” said Barrett.

Additional details will be available soon at Noel Barrett’s website: www.noelbarrett.com.

Contact Noel Barrett Auctions by calling 215-297-5109 or emailing toys@noelbarrett.com.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

The cover of “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting Mansions, Cottages, Shops, Stables, Theaters, Churches – Even a Zoo!” by Flora Gill Jacobs.
The cover of “The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses – Six Decades of Collecting Mansions, Cottages, Shops, Stables, Theaters, Churches – Even a Zoo!” by Flora Gill Jacobs.