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Thursday, June 23, 2011
With Love from Tin Lizzie; A History of Metal Dolls, Metal Heads, and Automatons is Going to Print!
My book on metal dolls is going to print by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. We have an ISBN number, and are moving forward. This will be a first edition. My second edition will be heavier on photos, while this text is heavier on history and "words." I will be contacting the doll magazines for this and the other book very quickly. Thanks to all who read my blog. I will have more photos and informaton for you, soon. As far as I know, mine will be the first book on the subject of metal dolls, and the other dolls combined. More than 25 years of work will have reached full-circle!!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Pryor Doll Collection
This is the first piece in a series dedicated to great doll collections and collectors of the past. I would also like to cover in the future my friend, Mary Hillier, John Noble, Aunt Len's Doll Museum, Eleanor St. George and others. I would like to reference for this blog the December 1599 National Geographic which talked about Samuel F. Pryor's noted doll collection. Pryor was the vice president and assistant tohe prsident for Pan Am for some time. He was famous both as a man who collected dolls, and for his large collection of over 2500 dolls from 84 different countries. The article he wrote is classic, and I can't imagine its worth today. He had founded a National Doll Library Foundation, but in the early 80s, the collection was sold by Sotheby's when he died. I think Vogue did a feature story on the sale, and I have the issue in storage. At the end of his life, the colletion grew to 8000 dolls. Readers Digest also wrote aboutt he dolls. There is a good article about him on the site Historically Speaking, www.greenwichlibrary.org/blog/historically-speaking/2010/08/the-pryor-doll-collection.
What fascinates me about this article is the narrative about how we travelled all over the world, sometimes in obscure places, to find dolls. He also notes many other imortant male collectors including Eugene Field, Guy Mollet, former Premier of France, music critic Deems Taylor, a greek Ambassador, and a government scientist. He may have also bought Janet Pagter Johl's collection after her untimely death. Pryor discusses a set of fantastic puppets from the Bangkok's Thieves Market, and a 350 year old doll from Kamakura, Japan. There is a fantastic Samurai doll, complete with uniforms and swords and a descpription of a rare Leopard Man doll, fetish from a secret African society Mr. Pryor's son traded a Swiss knife for. The range of dolls Pryor describes is breathtaking, to say the least. On some occasions, eh let the dolls be exhibited at world fairs and at other museums. He finally retired to Hawaii. At one worlds fair, plans to exhibit the dolls fell through. The correspondence an documenation are online at www.worldsfaircommunity.ort/topic/4656-pryor-doll-collection-the-exhibit-that-wasnt.
Also, Pryor was a good friend of Charles Lindburgh, and they are both buried at the Palapala Ho'omau cemetery. You can see the graves and church at www.pbase.comgosilands/2003_08_30_kipahulu. Pryor's pet gibbons, six of them, are buried there, too. Pryor's son, Sam Pryor III has written a book about his father and his life. It is called Samule F. Pryor and Son. The family was originally from Greenwich, CT, and was known for giving some singular and eccentric Xmas cards, postmarked from places like Santa Claus, OH. Jr. writes that the doll collection came from his dad's love of people, a reason Anne Rice gives for loving dolls in Taltos. It's a good one.
What fascinates me about this article is the narrative about how we travelled all over the world, sometimes in obscure places, to find dolls. He also notes many other imortant male collectors including Eugene Field, Guy Mollet, former Premier of France, music critic Deems Taylor, a greek Ambassador, and a government scientist. He may have also bought Janet Pagter Johl's collection after her untimely death. Pryor discusses a set of fantastic puppets from the Bangkok's Thieves Market, and a 350 year old doll from Kamakura, Japan. There is a fantastic Samurai doll, complete with uniforms and swords and a descpription of a rare Leopard Man doll, fetish from a secret African society Mr. Pryor's son traded a Swiss knife for. The range of dolls Pryor describes is breathtaking, to say the least. On some occasions, eh let the dolls be exhibited at world fairs and at other museums. He finally retired to Hawaii. At one worlds fair, plans to exhibit the dolls fell through. The correspondence an documenation are online at www.worldsfaircommunity.ort/topic/4656-pryor-doll-collection-the-exhibit-that-wasnt.
Also, Pryor was a good friend of Charles Lindburgh, and they are both buried at the Palapala Ho'omau cemetery. You can see the graves and church at www.pbase.comgosilands/2003_08_30_kipahulu. Pryor's pet gibbons, six of them, are buried there, too. Pryor's son, Sam Pryor III has written a book about his father and his life. It is called Samule F. Pryor and Son. The family was originally from Greenwich, CT, and was known for giving some singular and eccentric Xmas cards, postmarked from places like Santa Claus, OH. Jr. writes that the doll collection came from his dad's love of people, a reason Anne Rice gives for loving dolls in Taltos. It's a good one.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: The Subversion of Romance in the Novels of Barbara...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Doll Newsletters on About.com
About Doll Collecting: Paulette Goodreau BJDs; German Kaiser Babies
From: Denise Van Patten - About.com Doll Collecting Guide
newsletters@about.com To: etsag1998
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 1:29 pm
If you can't see this email, click here
Doll Collecting
Doll Collecting
Get Started
Buying / Selling
Types of Dolls
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
Paulette Goodreau Ball-Jointed Dolls Are Customizable Whimsy
It makes me sad that Paulette Goodreau is no longer making her beautiful ball-jointed 17" dolls to focus on OOAK dolls and other projects. Her ball-jointed dolls were good a good value, and they were also beautifully made. Privera ... Read more
Baby Dolls, Just Like Real Babies, Can Sometimes Be Ugly
Good thing that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is no longer with us, because I'm about to call him ugly. Well, ugly when he was a baby, at least, as evidenced by the so-called "Kaiser Baby" German antique baby doll. The doll is said to be modeled in the Kaiser's likeness, and the doll is ... Read more
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
From: Denise Van Patten - About.com Doll Collecting Guide
newsletters@about.com To: etsag1998
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 1:29 pm
If you can't see this email, click here
Doll Collecting
Doll Collecting
Get Started
Buying / Selling
Types of Dolls
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
Paulette Goodreau Ball-Jointed Dolls Are Customizable Whimsy
It makes me sad that Paulette Goodreau is no longer making her beautiful ball-jointed 17" dolls to focus on OOAK dolls and other projects. Her ball-jointed dolls were good a good value, and they were also beautifully made. Privera ... Read more
Baby Dolls, Just Like Real Babies, Can Sometimes Be Ugly
Good thing that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is no longer with us, because I'm about to call him ugly. Well, ugly when he was a baby, at least, as evidenced by the so-called "Kaiser Baby" German antique baby doll. The doll is said to be modeled in the Kaiser's likeness, and the doll is ... Read more
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
The Shelter for Misfit Doll and The Little Dead Gyrl
This is a wonderful site for creative, primitive, and remade dolls. It has been cached since 2004, and I've tried to conact The Little Dead Gyrl, who is the host, but the email bounced back. Anyone who loves dolls and a has a sense of humor needs to visit. She was also making and selling dolls, and recreating miniature scenes of Edward Gorey's books with Kelli miniature Barbie's. There were interesting links "linkies" that still work, and some great information on collaborative dolls and artists. The art paper dolls and trading cards were wonderfully clever, and there were lots of ideas for inspiration. I wish I could find her and communicate. Little Dead Gyrl, if you are out there, write a comment! Also, I love the new book with legitimate photos of collectible dolls called, Creepy-Assed Dolls!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Newsletter
From Denise Van Patten, your Guide to Doll Collecting
For some reason I was trying to redecorate my piano this week, which led me to thoughts of....Piano Babies. Made in Germany during and after the height of German dollmaking in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Piano Babies were popular inhabitants of living rooms for many years, and in the collections of many antique doll collectors today. Until next week...Denise
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
Not All Dolls Are Made in China
If you visit the average Toys 'R Us in the United States, you might leave with the impression that all dolls today are made in China. Although due to... Read more
Do You Have Any Fig Newtons In Your Doll Collection?
No, I don't mean the cookies--I mean the dolls! The Fig Newton Doll is a wonderful example of the Advertising Doll genre. Advertising Dolls can be play dolls, or they... Read more
Dolls for Children and Play: Bratz, American Girl, More
Dolls for children and the child in everyone--Barbie dolls for play, American Girl, Bratz, Groovy Girls, baby dolls and others. Play with your dolls, or find play dolls for the children in your life.
For some reason I was trying to redecorate my piano this week, which led me to thoughts of....Piano Babies. Made in Germany during and after the height of German dollmaking in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Piano Babies were popular inhabitants of living rooms for many years, and in the collections of many antique doll collectors today. Until next week...Denise
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
Not All Dolls Are Made in China
If you visit the average Toys 'R Us in the United States, you might leave with the impression that all dolls today are made in China. Although due to... Read more
Do You Have Any Fig Newtons In Your Doll Collection?
No, I don't mean the cookies--I mean the dolls! The Fig Newton Doll is a wonderful example of the Advertising Doll genre. Advertising Dolls can be play dolls, or they... Read more
Dolls for Children and Play: Bratz, American Girl, More
Dolls for children and the child in everyone--Barbie dolls for play, American Girl, Bratz, Groovy Girls, baby dolls and others. Play with your dolls, or find play dolls for the children in your life.
Newsletter
From Denise Van Patten, your Guide to Doll Collecting
For some reason I was trying to redecorate my piano this week, which led me to thoughts of....Piano Babies. Made in Germany during and after the height of German dollmaking in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Piano Babies were popular inhabitants of living rooms for many years, and in the collections of many antique doll collectors today. Until next week...Denise
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
Not All Dolls Are Made in China
If you visit the average Toys 'R Us in the United States, you might leave with the impression that all dolls today are made in China. Although due to... Read more
Do You Have Any Fig Newtons In Your Doll Collection?
No, I don't mean the cookies--I mean the dolls! The Fig Newton Doll is a wonderful example of the Advertising Doll genre. Advertising Dolls can be play dolls, or they... Read more
Dolls for Children and Play: Bratz, American Girl, More
Dolls for children and the child in everyone--Barbie dolls for play, American Girl, Bratz, Groovy Girls, baby dolls and others. Play with your dolls, or find play dolls for the children in your life.
For some reason I was trying to redecorate my piano this week, which led me to thoughts of....Piano Babies. Made in Germany during and after the height of German dollmaking in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Piano Babies were popular inhabitants of living rooms for many years, and in the collections of many antique doll collectors today. Until next week...Denise
Piano Babies Were Found on Pianos in Well-Heeled Victorian Parlors
Piano Babies are one of those odd dolls that aren't really, technically a doll, yet they are collected by many doll collectors because they fit in well with many... Read more
Not All Dolls Are Made in China
If you visit the average Toys 'R Us in the United States, you might leave with the impression that all dolls today are made in China. Although due to... Read more
Do You Have Any Fig Newtons In Your Doll Collection?
No, I don't mean the cookies--I mean the dolls! The Fig Newton Doll is a wonderful example of the Advertising Doll genre. Advertising Dolls can be play dolls, or they... Read more
Dolls for Children and Play: Bratz, American Girl, More
Dolls for children and the child in everyone--Barbie dolls for play, American Girl, Bratz, Groovy Girls, baby dolls and others. Play with your dolls, or find play dolls for the children in your life.
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