Bing Cloth Dolls. Below are some examples, information and price guides to antique and vintage Bing cloth dolls including an all-cloth doll with swivel head and a pair of Hansel and Gretel dolls.
AMERICAN CLOTH CHARACTER DOLL BY BING ART IN ORIGINAL COSTUME
14″ (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with swivel head, firmly-pressed and oil-painted hair and facial features, well-defined brown forelock curl, painted brown shaded eyes, white eyedots, brown upper eyeliner, short stroke brows, closed mouth, jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (Bing stamp on foot). Comments: Bing Art Doll, circa 1920. Value Points: fine original painted finish is perfectly preserved, wears factory original costume, and is rare to find.
Sold for $550 at Theriault’s
BING ART HANSEL & GRETEL DOLLS
Cloth with painted faces; jointed shoulders and hips; original clothing; H-12″, VG-EX
Sold for $700 at Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc. in 2013
BING doll, type Kthe Kruse, fabric head, grey painted eyes, looking to the side, with wig, 31 cm, fabric body, old felt clothes and shoes, shoe with Bing-marking
Sold for €220 at Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH in 2015
Lot of 2: German Bing Cloth Dolls.
Molded and painted faces with very dramatic eyes, rosy cheeks, original mohair wigs. Boy and Girl pair with original clothes, but girl has a lot of soil on arms, blouse and stockings, as though she might have gotten wet. Boy has a few moth holes on his felt outfit. Condition (Fair). Size Each: 10″ T.
Sold for $275 at Dan Morphy Auctions in 2012
