That is not what that was About!! (.com, that is)

Many of you know that I was the last expert guide for doll collecting at about.com.  I loved being the expert guide, and wrote until the doll collecting site was discontinued.  The Co.'s new CEO decided that its readers were not interested in collectibles, despite the fact that the NY Times, which owns the search engine, has a weekly arts column in the Sunday paper on collecting.   About was no longer interested in new content, merely in having its IT folks and other employees update old content.  As a result, the site uses a format similar to Pinterest.  There is a doll collecting site, but many of my articles have disappeared.  Links to them take you elsewhere, not to my articles.  Also, please note that often, my photos are put on articles written by others. What's worse, the wrong photo is often put on the wrong article, if any of my articles are still there.  For example, I wrote on the Marque that broke a record at the Stein am Rhein auction Theriault's.  The photo the new editors put with the article was of the German bisque K*R 108 auctioned by Bonham's for nearly $400,000.  The new editors are not experts in dolls, and while they are trying to update the site to the best of their ability, I feel I should write a disclaimer that I have not committed these errors.  Also, while this was my dream job, I have to say that I was more interested in writing my own original content than in receiving directives to update the material of the old guide.  For the last 10 months or so, I was compelled to update and edit the old guide's work.  I am a good editor, but believe me, I have enough original material to write at least 1000 books on dolls. So, enough said.  I miss About, but love my Blogs, my job with Antique Doll Collector, my blogging for R. John Wright, and Ruby Lane, and my own writing.  Happy Collecting!  Dr. E

Corn cob doll, Native American Made. Author's Collection