Alderfer Auction & Appraisal Company of Hatfield, PA is featuring The Estate of Joseph and Edna Darby, of Vineland, New Jersey at their summer catalog doll auction. Mrs. Darby belonged to the South Jersey Doll Club for over twenty-five years. She began collecting in the early 1960’s, attending many doll and estate auctions up and down the eastern seaboard until 2000.  Although she also loved gardening, the dolls were her greatest love and she was very proud of her collection. She amassed a collection of over 700 dolls. Mrs. Darby passed away on February 24, 2008. Because of the size of the collection, Alderfers is Selling Part I on August 20 and 21, 2008 and Part II on November 19 and 20, 2008. 

Alderfer Auction & Appraisal is located at 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA  19440. Please visit the website at www.alderferauction.com or call 215-393-3023 for more information.

Alderfer Auction & Appraisal holds two catalogued antique doll auctions each year (the next antique doll auction will be November 19 and 20), as well as numerous auctions of modern and collectable dolls and toys. "Dolls continue to be a very collectable item. Because most dolls were played with when they were new, finding antique dolls in good condition is a real challenge and joy for the collector. We're pleased to be able to offer consistently good merchandise to a growing number of collectors." Alderfer Auction's Antique Doll Auction drew hundreds of eBay bidders from those who followed the auction on line, and also accepted bids via telephone from California, New England, Japan, Singapore, and Canada.

Alderfer Auction & Appraisal holds more than 50 auctions a year with specialties in coins, stamps, cameras, boats, fine frames, fine and decorative arts, jewelry, collections and estates at its comfortable auction center in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Combined with Alderfer Moving & Storage and Tranzon Alderfer, a real estate auction company, the Sanford Alderfer Companies ethically and creatively help people manage property in transition.