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Articles Posted in the Confessions of a Dollaholic Category
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When you blog…..
In addition to being a Dollaholic™, I am also a tech junkie. My DH and I are definitely early adopters in the tech world and I like to stay in the know on all things tech. From time to time when I find something of interest, I will blog so we can all stay informed. [...]
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Dolls as Useful Items
Yes, dolls can be used in many ways. Or so I found out when doing research for this blog post. I always knew about the half-dolls as lamps, pin cushions, and whisk brooms. What surprised me was all the other uses for dolls that could fill a book! Here is [...]
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Doll Museums
Over my years of working in the doll world, I have seen lots of doll museums all over the country. I have also, unfortunately, seen more than a few doll museums close. I decided to put together a list of museums that are currently open. Museums definitely offer a [...]
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Part III of Reference Materials
This week’s blog will feature information on magazines and newspapers. Doll magazines have some great information available to collectors. They have lists of doll events and shows, many retailers advertise in the pages, some even have columns that value your doll for you. There is something for most all [...]
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Part II of Reference Materials
In addition to the resources I discussed last week, there are three more places you can get info on dolls; Doll museums, Doll clubs and Doll shows. I have found a great list of doll museums and doll shops at this site – About.com Try this link: Doll Shops and Museums ( If [...]
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Reference Material for Doll Collecting
I’m back from vacation and what a week it was! We have an RV that we go “camping” in ( I put that in quotes because being in an RV isn’t exactly roughing it but it is my kind of camping! ) On the way to DC which was our first stop, [...]
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he Thrill of the Hunt
So far, we’ve talked about what a collection is , box or no box, and displaying. Today my post is about the Thrill of the Hunt. If you are a true collector, you know what I’m talking about. Finding those elusive rare dolls you want to put into those cabinets. My first [...]
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Displaying Your Collection – Part II
Sorry my post is a day late. My computer decided it needed a vacation and it was non-functioning for three days. Finally back up and running. So here is the second post on displaying your collection. Last week I talked about display cabinets, dolls at work, and museum [...]
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Displaying Your Collection
Collecting anything leads to the question – How do i display my precious items? There are as many answers to this question as there are types of collections. So let’s just look at a few of the most used display ideas. This first example is from a museum. Now you may say, “But [...]
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To Keep Boxed or to Debox; That Is the Question!
My blog today is about doll boxes. While in the beginning stages of my collecting obsession, I found a term used that I didn’t know – NRFB. For you new collectors, the term means Never Removed From Box. I couldn’t understand why anyone would have such a thing. A doll – that was not [...]
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