Tuesday, November 24, 2015

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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
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!
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Dolls from Spain
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!
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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.
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Collections of Things I Don't Collect  
This is a fun time or year to take stock of our various, doll-related collecting passions!
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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!
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Free Newsletter, and also, Check out Living Dead Dolls

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
Strawberry Shortcake in Porcelain
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.
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"It Ain't Over" till the Dolls Sing!  
Unusual Chinese Opera Dolls are just the tip of the iceberg when collecting dolls from China.
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Keep One Eye on Monster High!  
Iris Clops is a fashionably stylish monster of a completely different stripe from the Cyclops of old myth.
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Dolls go to School  
Teaching courses on dolls; resources and ideas.
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