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Collecting old things; heirlooms and new to you things! Companion to http://www.inherited-values.com/
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Dolls Connect Generations: 11 Tips For Taking Care Of Your Collectible Dolls

Dolls Connect Generations: 11 Tips For Taking Care Of Your Collectible Dolls | Antiques & Vintage Collectibles | Scoop.it
Unlike other toys which may come and go in popularity, dolls continue to connect generations. Little girls have long played with dolls, emulating their mothers. Meanwhile, little boys played with m...
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Antique & Vintage Educational Dolls

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Just finished my doll articles for the Dolls By Diane newsletter. This time, I write about a large doll I literally was shocked to find -- Slumped like that on the floor, I thought she was a person...
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Happy Birthday, There's a Corpse in Your Cake!

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Last week I came across a photograph of an item that was, at one time, available for purchase on Etsy. A small, metal viewing coffin with the unnerving inscription, "Don't talk so much." From the v...
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About Frozen Charlottes & Charlie dolls.

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Polly Dolly (Or, Of Boys & Dolls)

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In 1972, the Ms. Foundation for Women produced Free to Be… You and Me, an illustrated book and record album set. Initiated by Marlo Thomas, the mission of the Free to Be… You and Me project was to provide healthy messages refuting and rejecting gender stereotypes while encouraging the positive and empowering post-1960s ideas of gender equality, individuality, comfort with one’s identity, and tolerance. Using her celebrity clout, Marlo Thomas got a number of her celebrity friends to create, write, and perform the modern day lessons to children in song and story form. No doubt the hope was that the parents and other adults in children’s lives were listening — and learning — too.

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Remember "William Wants A Doll"? I do.


Plus, the story of my dad's doll.

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Remeber this
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Halloween & Other Collectibles Articles For October

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I've been busy with articles again this month...


I also write regularly for the Dolls By Diane newsletter. This month it was all about wax dolls — from their history to some spook-tacular antique wax dolls, including 17th century wax anatomical models (like those by Anna Morandi Manzolini) and effigy dolls

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Anita Type Roaring 20's Boudoir Doll

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Ramona is a boudoir doll from the 20s. She is in excellant condition with only one split on the side of her face which blends in with the hair,
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Do You Believe in Haunted Toys? | Inherited Values

Do You Believe in Haunted Toys? | Inherited Values | Antiques & Vintage Collectibles | Scoop.it

Not to steal the line from the Sixth Senth but what a funny spin or spoof this would be

 

I see dead.... toys!

 

Do you have a story?


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An opinionated woman obsessed with objects, entertained by ephemera, intrigued by researching, fascinated by culture & addicted to writing. The wind says my name; doesn't put an @ in front of it, so maybe you don't notice. http://www.kitsch-slapped.com
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