July 7 sale promises to be an interesting sale for doll and teddy bear collectors. There will be thousands of dolls ranging from bisque to modern day vinyl which includes a large Sindy Collection.

Pedigree introduced Sindy in 1963 and she was marketed as ‘The Girl Next Door’. These dolls were around at the time when the London Fashion Scene was foremost with Carnaby Street and Mary Quant. Sindy’s fashions epitomise this era and there was even a child’s full size dressing up outfit in the same style as Sindy’s original 1963 outfit ‘Weekenders’.

This photo shows 1963 Pedigree Sindy with Ashley wearing the ‘Weekenders’ outfit!

Other manufacturers include Ernst Heubach, Kammer & Reinhardt, Simon & Halbig, Mabel Lucy Attwell, Ideal Shirley Temple, also included are some rare Blythe Doll outfits, boxed. Also a first for Vectis – ‘Pretty Peepers’ Doll – introduced by Pedigree in 1957 and only produced for three years – a most unusual doll Pelham Puppets feature too with a shop display unit and some rarities like Lulabelle and Kermit the frog.

There are plenty of lovely teddy bears to choose from varying from old to new from Steiff, Chiltern, Schuco, Chad Valley, Pedigree, Merrythought, Dean’s Rag Book, Hermann, Twyford, Tara Toys, Diem, Fechter, Farnell, Wendy Boston, Jakkas, Lefray plus some beautiful Artist Bears.

A rare first deluxe edition Winnie the Pooh House at Pooh Corner book together with a letter to the original owner dated 1928, plus some other interesting books, postcards and ephemera will also be in this sale.

Golly collectors will be pleased that there are some interesting pieces including a ‘Topplem’ game.

For more details visit the Vectis web site.