First Doll Show of the Year!

   Recently I went to my first doll show of the year. I tried to be good. I don't need more dolls right now, and we have loads of things that require money to be done. But Ken gave me some money to be used at the show for birthday presents if I wanted, because my birthday is fast approaching. I was comparitively really good. I spent almost the whole show having spent only $11. Then it turned to $13 when I bought a $2 doll just to steal the clothes for Tammy World. (Hey, she has to get something, right? At least she thinks she does.) The show was almost over, and I decided to go back and buy one $10 item that I knew I'd regret not getting. But then I bought another $10 thing. At least everything I had bought was small and fit in my little canvas bag with the blog logo and Tammy World's picture on it. Plus I thought I could sell that last $10 item to help recoup the money I had spent.  And then, once the floodgates were broken, the rest of my money flowed out, and on a big thing. I tell myself that it was a super good price, and since it's never removed from box I can always sell it. I'm thinking about it. I would love to keep it, but money and space are telling me otherwise.

  I'll show you what I bought in upcoming posts. This post is just show pictures. And there aren't nearly as many as usual. After that person yelled at me in the comments here on the blog, for taking pictures of her dolls, I felt weird about even asking if I could take pictures. I get my feelings hurt very easily, and being upset over something actually makes me physically sick. No kidding. It always has. I wasn't sure I was going to make it in the period right after the fire. I felt awful all the time, my chest hurt and I felt nauseous constantly.) So I took as few pictures as I could, asked every time, except for the lady with the museum quality dolls. She always lets me take pictures, and she was busy with a customer. I did buy something from her this time too. It was the first thing I bought that day. She had a helper this time, so that's who took my money and bagged up my purchase. But no fear. I went to an antique mall the other day, and got more doll pictures than I got at the show! 

 I think I figured out who complained. She was the only person at the show that day who wouldn't let me take pictures. We had a long talk, about taking pictures, about having red hair, (She said the same thing I always say, that red hair is such a huge part of your identity that when it isn't red any more it feels strange. She chooses to dye hers though. And she thought I was a blonde! What?!), and various things. I still don't understand what the big deal is about 'her' dolls being seen online. Why does that matter? It's not like she sells one of a kind dolls. Lots of people have the same dolls. She doesn't own the copyright on the designs or anything. Although, she did make a point about some people stealing the pictures and trying to sell dolls they don't really have. Of course, that doesn't hurt her. But anyway, we're friendly now. Maybe eventually I can get her to understand why it could actually be to her benefit to have her dolls shown on the blog. More likely I will just not ask her any more and just move on. She had the unique Hansel and Gretel dolls I talked about in this post:

 https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2023/08/doll-day-2023-234-hansel-and-gretel.html

  Below you'll see pictures from the stall of a lady who does own the copyright on the designs of her dolls, because she designs and makes them herself. She is always perfectly happy to have her dolls photographed. She has something exciting coming up in her stuff too, but we'll get to that. 

  And now, on to the show.

  One of the first things I spotted was this doll and her baby. She was laying in a box because she hadn't even been put out yet., for lack of room. I absolutely loved her, but she was out of my price range.

 

She even has her own little chair to sit on.

   She bears a lot of similarities to this doll I own: 

https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2014/01/doll-day-17-embroidered-cloth-doll.html

Look at the baby!

She has some stains on her legs. I think she was priced way too high, because of that, and especially since the dealer didn't know anything about her. But if he sells her for that, more power to him I guess.

  This wooden Boneka boy was nice. He could definitely hang out with Hitty and her friends. And by the way, my Hitty book, (Reviewed here: https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-doll-book-of-month-club-hitty-her.html),  survived the fire.

This is a nice group of older ladies.

I'm not sure this poodle isn't real hair. Ug!

 

This little guy was cute, but expensive. I believe he's a Kish doll, but I don't know his name.

This little dollhouse scale diorama of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huckleberry Finn was made by an artist in the 1950's.

  I wish I could tell you more about the antique dolls, but that's not where my knowledge lies.

 

  I do know this one. This is an Effanbee Bubbles doll. 

  Here are some cute kids.

  

  A bunch of great dolls here. I think the two top, right are Steiff. My favourites are in the middle row.

  Some more really interesting ones. Look at those faces.

  Love the cloth faced dolls. Look at the lady with the baby.

  The velvet Nora Wellings doll, (Top row, third from left.), reminds me how much I regret not buying that one at this same show back in 2020.

 

  Dollhouse dolls.

  I like the girl in pink and blue, the lady in blue with the bonnet, the ethnic doll next to her, and the Eloise on the far right.

  There was a dealer with two tables, who had the most Tammy and family dolls I've ever seen together in one place. They were a bit high priced, and I suspect the guy selling them didn't know anything about them really. Maybe he was selling a collection he got by default, like a death in the family or something, and he pieced things together. There were Pos'n Tammy dolls, wearing regular Tammy clothes, and regular Tammy, squeezed into Pos'n Tammy's stretch jumpsuit. That was kind of painful to see, because I knew the suit was going to be stretched out of shape and size by the time it ever got off that doll. Do you ever see stuff like that and just want to tell the dealer, "Change that doll's clothes! For the love of Mike!"?

Bottom row Tammy is wearing Disney Aladdin's pants.

   This girl had some very penetrating eyes.

  Ladies with tiny heads.

But I liked the kid in the middle.

  I thought I'd be able to read the sign with the maker's name on it in my picture, but sorry! I can't make it out!

  Pretty girl in blue. She's a Madame Alexander "McGuffey Ana" doll. "McGuffey" referred to the McGuffey Readers", reading books used in schools in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The dolls were made for quite a few years, and came in a lot of different outfits, but I think they were originally based on Illustrations in the McGuffey Readers.

  This amazing Baby Snooks, or Fanny Brice doll was in such great condition, that initially I thought she was a reproduction. She was original though, even her tag.

  A gaggle of Blythes. I love the boy, and the girl with teeth!

  This Alice doll tempted me, but I held firm!

  Then there was this Alice. She's  Good Kruger doll. I still held firm. It was a bit easier with her, because she was $50.

  There was a dealer there who I have seen before at shows. In fact, I featured her dolls once before in a doll show post. Her business is called Mysfit Dolls. The founder, Myah, designs and 3D prints her own fully jointed resin dolls. They come in various sizes, but you know I love the tinys! Look at this little guy.

 

  

   The dolls aren't printed in a regular 3D printer the way I imagined it. They are built up somehow of liquid resin as I understand, and are so smoothly made they need no sanding.

 The dolls can be bought clothed and painted, or completely naked and unpainted, so you can customize them yourself. There are also wig caps with attached wigs for sale, so you don't have to fuss with getting the wig to stay on the head. You can just pop the whole head cap off and switch hair!

This girl is so small, but able to sit in her curled up position.

Their faces are hand painted.

  Her little legs are curled up beneath her.

  But Myah is testing out some new, extremely tiny jointed dolls! They are an inch and a half tall!

 

 And still fully posable!

They have inset eyes too! That tiny, with inset eyes! I want!

They were so small my camera was having trouble focusing on them. 

The one on the left doesn't have eyes in, but the one on the right has inset eyes.

  Here's Myah's business card. You can also check out her website by clicking on the link above.

  Myah is very proud of her dolls. She's trying new stuff out all the time. The inch and half dolls are still in the testing stage. She's looking for just the right stringing material that will make them posable, without being too loose, and that will last over time. 

  That's all. I told you I didn't take many pictures. Soon I'll show you what I bought.

Doll-A-Day 2023 #126: Tammy by Ideal

  Happy Mother's Day! Tammy World is having to be away from her mom this year, so she wanted to post this old picture of them together.

  And of course I don't have my mom any more. Here is a picture of my mom with our cat Tom, and me, when I was about 4 or 5. 

We had been picking apples in the orchard, and I am nibbling one.

  This is the last Christmas picture of my sister, and me, with Mom, taken our last Christmas with her, in 1985.

  Today's doll is Tammy.

Tammy was made by Ideal, between 1962 and 1967.

  This doll is sort of a relative of one you've seen before. You may have seen my post on my platinum Tammy, where I told the story of how I found her. 

In case you haven't, here's an abbreviated version:

  Years ago Emma and I went to a local yard sale run by a couple who frequented auctions. Shopping their garage we spotted loads of dolls. There was a big wire rack filled with dolls, doll clothes, cases. We could see a Tammy, and Barbie feet. Tammy's original gym suit and Ken's Sleeper Set pajamas were on little hangers hanging on a wire shelf. We asked about the doll stuff. We couldn't actually reach them because there was a lot of stuff in between us and the wire racks. We were told it wasn't for sale, because they hadn't gone through it yet. Made sense, but don't SHOW me the stuff!
  The next year. Emma, Ken, Ivy, and I went to a doll auction. Emma and I stood, watching the Betsy McCalls go for hundreds of dollars. "Oh, she is so cute! I want a Betsy McCall!" Emma says. "Yes, me too, but look at those prices. We'll never get one of those." I say. Emma tells me that she drove past the place that had the not-for-sale dolls last year on her way home from work last night and it looked like they were getting ready to have a sale. We make a note to get up early and check it out in the morning.
  In the morning, for some forgotten reason, we don't get out quite as early as we should. When we do we head straight for the place. Their sale is indeed on. We walk into the driveway and there sit the metal racks. They look untouched. Even the Tammy gym suit and the Ken pajamas are still hanging on their little hangers on the shelf. We start taking things off the racks and making piles. A Fashion Queen Barbie for me. The wigs for Emma. A Bubble cut Barbie for me, a case of stuff for Emma. Blonde crew cut Kens for both of us. Platinum Tammy's for both of us. A titian straight leg Skipper for me. A Toni doll for Emma. A Miss Revlon wanna-be for me, along with loads of gorgeous handmade clothes. Barbie accessories, including Barbie's dominoes, a few pieces of clothing, including the hat from Studio Tour, and the ever elusive Cap n' Crunch bosun whistle----for each of us. I took a paper bag off the shelf and looked in. Sleeping in the bag (On account of she was on her back so her eyes were closed.) was a sweet little brunette Betsy McCall. (You can see here in all her glory HERE.)She's missing the lower half of one leg, but when we go through the stuff I find we have both her barrettes, her bridal dress, veil, and white shoes, along with the vest from Pony Pals. (We realize Emma bought the rest of Pony Pals in the box at one of their previous sales.) Emma and I made pretty much a clean sweep of the shelves between us. Our final combined cost? $65.

  So, this Tammy of Emma's is the one she got at that sale. I'm looking at the pictures, and I think hers may be prettier than mine.

They're both high colour, with bright red lips, but Emma's has blacker eyelashes and darker red lips.

Mine has fluffier hair, but then, Emma's has been packed away for years. I'm sure she can be repluffed.

  You may be thinking that she doesn't look very platinum, but it's the lighting. She is definitely platinum.

I'm thinking the people we bought them from must have bought them at an auction where the people had had two little girls that they bought identical things for. They got these Tammy's and the blonde crewcut Ken dolls.

  Like all but Posin' Tammy, she has minimal articulation, just the neck, shoulders, and hips.

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  The thing about Tammy and old Barbies, is they have those scissor legs, and have a very unladylike sitting stance.

As my dad would have said, "Spread out like a pair of operatin' scissors."

  And for a teenager, she sure has baby hands.

She needs to clean her nails too.

  I actually cleaned this Tammy for Emma recently, but I was still not doing too well after the fire, and honestly, I could have done a better job.

  Emma is preparing to get rid of this Tammy, so if you like her, get in touch with me.

  That's today's doll. Have a great Mother's Day!