Like most folks, Joyce Stamps didn’t grow up with black dolls, but when she was finally introduced to them fully as an adult, the genealogist in her was curious about their history. “I wish they…
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When black dolls talk, Debbie Garrett listens
Posted in Doll collectors, and Dolls
Debbie Behan Garrett has a special way with dolls. She hears what they have to say, wordlessly, through the feelings they engender inside her. They are dolls that have led lives, passed through hands (or…
Want to buy a Rolls Royce trophy?
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Vehicles
There were 17 of them on the table at the auction house – the five brass cups with extended handles were most impressive. Lying on the table in front of them were plaques, and standing to the…