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About Doll Collecting: Paulette Goodreau BJDs; German Kaiser Babies
From: Denise Van Patten - About.com Doll Collecting Guide
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Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 1:29 pm

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From Denise Van Patten, your Guide to Doll Collecting
The two dolls I'm focusing on this week are extremely different from each other. One is a lovely, whimsical, ehtereal ball-jointed doll made by Paulette Goodreau, and the othere is a rather, well, ugly antique baby doll nicknamed the "Kaiser Baby," with my apologies to my German readers. Until next week... Denise


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