doll collectors – Auction Finds

October 16, 2013

An unabashed ‘dollaholic’ – and very proud of it

Vicky Forbes stumbled into doll collecting. She was on the hunt for a childhood doll, searching flea markets, yard sales and just about any place else for her memorable Charmin’ Chatty doll. After she found…

October 2, 2013

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Baby dolls don’t ‘eat, cry, or grow up & sass’

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Etta Houston didn’t start collecting dolls until the 1970s when her youngest child got married. First, family members would give her dolls, which I’m sure she accepted graciously, and she bought some on her own.…

June 1, 2010

sherry

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Leo Moss, black doll-maker from the 1900s

Posted in collectibles, and Toys

I was bathed in the black doll culture last weekend. I was shadowing doll-enthusiast Fern Gillespie at the 21st International Black Doll Show and Sale in Philadelphia as she visited and scouted doll-makers for a…

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