Doll-A-Day 2023 #67: $3 Pepper, Before and After

   I got this Pepper doll at the doll show the other week, for $3. 

The dealer I got her from charges too much for a lot of stuff, so I was expecting her to be expensive. I asked about something else first, which was pricey. Then I said, "And how much is this dirty faced girl?" He said $4, but I had three ones and he said that was good enough. Sold. The other bonus was that she's wearing an actual Tammy dress. Not a Pepper one, but a Tammy dress. (Those kids, playing dress up in their older sister's clothes!) It's in good condition too.

  She was pretty grubby.

It's always a danger buying dolls like this, because you don't know what's under that crud. She could be missing her face paint, or discoloured. Or maybe the crud won't come off. or will take the paint off with it. For $3 it was worth the risk. She seemed like she'd be okay.

  And here she is after her clean up.

She turned out really nice. Her cheeks are rosy, her hair isn't missing any plugs, and she has beautiful colouring.

The nice thing about Pepper doll is that their hair almost always combs easily into it's original set. Thats a bonus for me, because I'm terrible with hair.

She's wearing a cute dress with a matching bonnet. This was in some of my doll clothes, and I can't remember if I just got it at the doll show, r if it was in some older stuff Ken brought from the house. The dress is a little short, but it fits her pretty well.

The bonnet is huge, which works well with her thick hair.

  I think Pepper looks pretty good for her age. She's almost as old as I am, considering Pepper was produced from 1963 to 1965. (I was 'produced' in 1962.)

  That's the doll for today. Tomorrow we'll see another doll I got at the recent doll show.