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Kutcher Urges Moore to Open Doll Museum

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Doll Collectors |

Throughout 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...

Skinner to Auction Wright’s Collection

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Buying & Selling Dolls, Doll Collectors |

On 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...

Dolls Heal

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | PsychDollogy |

When 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...

Discovering Dolls

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Doll Collecting, Editor's Blog |

By 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...

Three Barbie Must-Reads

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Barbie Dolls & Mattel |

As you know, “Barbie: is celebrating her 50th birthday this year. Here is a reading list to...

American Girl Introduces Rebecca

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | American Girl, Play Dolls |

A new member of the American Girl family debuted on May 31, 2009. She is 9-year-old “Rebecca...

Toy Fair 2009

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Doll Shows & Events, Toy Fair |

Our favorite doll manufacturers displayed at Toy Fair 2009, Feb. 15-18: Adora, Alexander, Best...

Pop Culture Perfected

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Fantasy & Popular Culture, Tonner Doll Co |

Once upon a time, girls played with dolls and boys played with action figures. For the gen-X and...

Just a Coincidence?

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Dollmakers |

Was it coincidental that when Ty—yes the same company that brought us Beanie Babies—launched the first African-American dolls in their plush Ty Girlz series they just happened to have the same names as newly elected President...

Kazuyo Oshima in Paris

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Art Dolls, Dollmakers |

Kazuyo Oshima was born on the Awajishima Island of Japan in 1946, just one year after the defeat...

Middleton Doll Co. Goes Private

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Dollmakers |

After continual losses throughout 2008, the Middleton Doll Co.’s board proposed to make the publically traded company private. The majority of shareholders agreed with the board’s proposal, voting yes, when they met on Dec....

Hooray For Hildegard

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Collectible Dolls, Hildegard Gunzel, Porcelain Dolls |

Hildegard Günzel has done it again. Celebrating 35 years of dollmaking this year, the German...

Bartlesville Beauties

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Antique Dolls, Collectible Doll Stores & Museums, Doll Collectors |

Visitors to Bartlesville, Okla., expect get a glimpse of the Old West in the heart of the...

Patricia Rose

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Art Dolls, Dollmakers, Fantasy & Popular Culture, Porcelain Dolls |

Patricia Rose is a “girlie-girl” kind of woman. When she joined the Women’s Army Corp in the late...

Barbie v. Bratz

Posted by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Barbie Dolls & Mattel |

The coupe d’état that brought “Bratz” to power is over, and “Barbie®” has resumed her throne as queen. At the end of a four-year legal battle with MGA, the maker of Bratz, Mattel hopes to regain its powerhouse status in the play...