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Christmas Favorites Happy Thanksgiving!   How time flies; it seems like just yesterday it was July, and we were excited over Love, Shirley Temple.  This weekend, another auction takes place by Theriault's that features Shirley memorabilia of all kinds of things.  I particularly love her charm bracelets; look for posts on them and the vinyl Shirleys being auctioned. I hope you take out your pilgrim statues, wax candle dolls, dried apple heads and corn husk dolls to celebrate this uniquely American holiday.  On my Doll Museum blog, I featured photos of French dolls, in honor of those who died and were hurt last Friday in Paris.  More French doll posts to follow on About, with one vintage post below.  Happy Collecting! Ellen Tsagaris Doll Collecting Expert Christmas Favorites   Christmas this year provides many choices for doll collectors.  The Holidays are here, and with them come many new choices for collectors and doll/toy lovers everywhere! READ NOW Being a CEO of the Doll House could Land you a Corner Office!   Collecting dolls teaches management and other marketable skills. Just think of the creativity, passion, social media skills, historical knowledge, organization and multitasking involved in caring for a doll collection! READ NOW Review: The Pueblo Storyteller   Thanksgiving is almost here, and I always like to review and study the Native American Dolls in my collection.  Just last Tuesday, we talked about it in my diversity class for law enforcement.  Storyteller's are special dolls, true art figures, memorialized in this wonderful book. READ NOW Collections of Things I Don't Collect   This is a fun time or year to take stock of our various, doll-related collecting passions! READ NOW Antique French Fashion Dolls   There are several good articles in this indexed category from our About.com doll collecting site that feature French dolls.  Enjoy surfing the links! READ NOW

Antique Doll Collector Magazine: An Interview with Alf Ertsland and Svein Hellberg

Antique Doll Collector Magazine: An Interview with Alf Ertsland and Svein Hellberg: When did you start collecting? I can’t remember exactly when we start talking about antique dolls.  We had, however, a common interes...

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Newsletter for Week of November 9th Halloween flew away on a kitchen witch's broom, and Thanksgiving with pilgrim and turkey dolls awaits.  Christmas is just around the corner.  I saw doll "sightings" on "Laverne and Shirley" which featured Madame Alexanders and on "Bonanza" where Raggedy Ann and a porcelain doll starred. This week, an update on a favorite website, Ghost of the Doll which has information on dolls and toys from the 70s to 90s, and a history of Chinese Opera dolls.  Also read about how to use dolls to teach. Ellen Tsagaris Doll Collecting Expert

There is nothing Spooky about this Great Site about dolls 1980-2000.   Ghost of the Doll is fun and easy to navigate, and is a veritable web museum of the toys from this era. READ NOW

"It Ain't Over" till the Dolls Sing!   Unusual Chinese Opera Dolls are just the tip of the iceberg when collecting dolls from China. READ NOW

Keep One Eye on Monster High!   Iris Clops is a fashionably stylish monster of a completely different stripe from the Cyclops of old myth. READ NOW

Dolls go to School   Teaching courses on dolls; resources and ideas. READ NOW