At this time of year I develop what I call Sears Wish Book syndrome. As a little girl that catalog meant that Christmas was coming and I could prepare for my visit to Santa. Even though one year I got distracted and wondered why...
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Recessionary times can prompt people to rethink their expenses—and often the first thing to go is...
Read MoreMy dolls are displayed in rotating groups, so my storage system was organized to decrease the time spent changing displays and increase the time enjoying the results. For practical reasons, organized storage requires less space,...
Read MoreFinancially doll collecting can get you into a serious mess. But if you have an actual mess, you can use your doll investment to help you develop an organizational system flexible enough to be used for other household projects....
Read MoreI am an eighties child, so my reaction when the box filled with promotional materials for the new Strawberry Shortcake Doll came to the DOLLS magazine office went something like this:”Oh my gosh is that a new Strawberry...
Read MoreWhile in my mid-twenties, I was astonished to learn that most people couldn’t deal with confrontation, let alone choose to instigate it. No matter my age or their level of authority, when I was convinced that I was right about...
Read MoreI love dolls. Don’t get me wrong, but today I had an experience that suggests to me that perhaps I’m not cut out for doll play like I was as a child. I had to change a doll’s full outfit for a photo shoot, and it was a...
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago an Albert Marque doll brought the highest amount ever paid for a doll at $263,000—a world record. It’s fascinating to me that a doll less than a century old could command such a dollar amount. Earlier this...
Read MoreHaving faced personal financial recessions, the current global financial recession reminds me to be grateful for what I learned along the way. As a collector, it was a challenge to shift my mindset from focusing on the fear of...
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The United Federation of Doll Clubs’ annual convention wasn’t the only doll event heating up...
Read MoreGrowing up and into adulthood the gender divide apparent in toys, and dolls, in particular, always struck me as odd. When I was a kid, boys were not to play with dolls and if they did, mom and dad quickly set them straight and...
Read MoreThroughout the years, many doll artists and collectors have wished and hoped that Demi Moore would share her extensive collection of one-of-a-kind, limited-edition and collectible dolls with the public. Now her husband, Ashton...
Read MoreOn Monday, June 29, 2009, one of nation’s foremost auction houses, Skinner, announced that it will be auctioning the extensive doll collection of Richard Wright, who passed away unexpectedly on March 1, 2009, at age 62. An...
Read MoreWhile at the Tonner Collectors’ Convention in Lombard, Ill., last weekend, a fellow writer and I got into a discussion about the impact of the Internet on doll collecting. She mentioned her concern that youthful doll collectors...
Read MoreWhen you love a doll you know that there is more to it than meets the eye. The feeling that you cannot put into words when the uninitiated wonders why you buy those things. It’s possible that you can’t describe your passion as...
Read MoreBy Heidi Heideman I bought my first collector doll last fall, Berdine Creedy’s “Vivie,” which I swear was modeled after my 6-year-old self, as the resemblance is uncanny. For me, my recent discovery of the doll world...
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As you know, “Barbie: is celebrating her 50th birthday this year. Here is a reading list to...
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A new member of the American Girl family debuted on May 31, 2009. She is 9-year-old “Rebecca...
Read MoreLife at a small publishing company can get very hectic with a zillion things to do and far too few minutes in a day. And in the midst of the mayhem, at times I seem to lose touch with the dolls, with my job becoming about...
Read MoreOne of the most difficult aspects of being DOLLS editor is cutting submissions. As I wade through entries, most pieces compel me in some way or other, and so selection often comes down to how new a piece is, how good the...
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