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Category: Collectible Dolls

Cindee Moyer Makes Her Mark in Multiple Careers

Cindee Moyer Makes Her Mark in Multiple Careers

by | May 20, 2022 | , | 0 |

Before she became a full-time doll artist, Cindee Moyer was a human resources manager for a manufacturing company in Iowa for 15 years. One of her accomplishments she’s most proud of was integrating refugees into the company’s workforce. At the time, Iowa was processing large numbers of refugees from Bosnia, Vietnam, and Sudan. “Our company was expanding rapidly, so working with the Bureau of Refugee Services, I was able to hire 30 refugees in the first month — and that was just the beginning,” Moyer said.

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Ideal’s Tiny Kissy Born During a Time of Innovation in Dolls

Ideal’s Tiny Kissy Born During a Time of Innovation in Dolls

by | May 19, 2022 | , , | 0 |

The early 1960s were a time of rapid change in the toy world, particularly when it comes to dolls. The doll market included toys designed for children as young as 3 years old up to 14 years, from baby dolls and toddlers — some made to be life-sized, like Ideal’s 42-inch Daddy’s Girl — to adult-figured fashion dolls. But the whole market was in the midst of a shakeup.

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Antique Q&A: 1920s Kammer & Reinhardt Doll

Antique Q&A: 1920s Kammer & Reinhardt Doll

by | May 3, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

Q: My grandmother left this little doll. We would like to know something about it. I was told to look on the back of the head for information. It is incised with a “K” and “R” on each side of a six-pointed star, the letters “S&H,” and the number 23. Can you tell me anything about her? Does she have any value?

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Enduring Legacy: Madame Alexander Offers Lovely, Classic Designs for 2022 

Enduring Legacy: Madame Alexander Offers Lovely, Classic Designs for 2022 

by | Apr 28, 2022 | , , | 0 |

The Madame Alexander legacy defines the pursuit of the American Dream, along with the traits that delineate a successful and creative soul. Madame Beatrice Alexander was a successful self-made businesswoman. Born Bertha Alexander in New York, the enterprising young woman borrowed the name Beatrice from Shakespeare’s plays for its more sophisticated and stylish sound. When an advertising executive noted that she looked French, she gleefully added the “Madame” as a nod to fashionable European aristocrats.

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Famous Queens and Martha Washington Paper Dolls

Famous Queens and Martha Washington Paper Dolls

by | Apr 20, 2022 | , , | 0 |

Let’s explore Famous Queens and Martha Washington, a complete boxed set of early portrait paper dolls created by Canadian artist Elizabeth S. Tucker with soft-toned watercolors. In 1895, Frederick A. Stokes and Company in New York used the chromolithography process to print them. Seven women comprise the set: Queen Marie Antoinette from France, Queen Isabella I from Spain, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Queen Louise from Prussia, Queen Victoria from England, Queen Margherita from Italy, and Martha Washington.

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Curious Collector: 1957 Ideal Shirley Temple

Curious Collector: 1957 Ideal Shirley Temple

by | Apr 13, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

Q: A longtime friend of mine recently went through the dolls that her mother left her some time ago. My friend is basically a Madame Alexander collector. She found and gave me this Shirley Temple doll that is dressed in what I presume is the sailor suit from Shirley’s movie Captain January. The doll is about 12 inches tall. She is all vinyl, with rooted hair and sleep eyes, and has her original box as well. I was aware of this fashion being all white and have never seen it in blue, but this one is tagged and obviously is original. What can you tell me?

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