Legal Problems with Doll Auction

Last November, 400 dolls in the famous collection of Candy Spelling, widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling, were sent to be sold at Theriault’s, the well-known Maryland doll-auction firm. A TV special late last year showed Mrs. Spelling packing to leave her 125-room estate. Her antique dolls were featured in the show. But in April Spelling filed a lawsuit against the auction company, claiming it failed to give her a complete account of the sold items and the money that was owed to her. The president of Theriault’s says two auctions were planned, but that Spelling cancelled her contract…