Friday, April 5, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
Big Online Paper Doll Auction!
(This costume is from the Ann Sothern paper doll set -- is it in the auction? I don't know, but it just might be. In any event, it's just right for Easter Sunday!)
BIG ONLINE PAPER DOLL AUCTION APRIL 2nd - BIDDING IS OPEN NOW
This
just in from Charles Stafford, who attended our paper doll party in PA
last year to sell his mother's large collection with loads of uncut
vintage pds in really excellent condition.
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Treat
yourself to something for your Easter Basket! Hundreds of vintage
paper dolls, starting bid at $1. This collection was last seen at the
Regional Show in Philadelphia last year. Movie Stars from the 1940s
through the 1970s. Gone With the Wind to Queen Holden, something for
everyone! Oz books, Fairy Tales, and classic children’s books from the
1800s through the 1940s. Lots start at 772 with individual lot photos:
The
Auction is open for pre-bidding now, and starts at 9 AM on Tuesday
April 2nd. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity!
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Chiquet paper doll, Child Life Magazine, March 1930
The dresses are "Designed by Chiquet," but I see what looks like the name "Briggs" running vertically in small print on the right side of the page.
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Muñecas Movibles, Editorial Roma, Barcelona ca. 1955
In researching this paper doll, I came across Joguetmaniatics, an association devoted to antique toys and dolls of all kinds. The website explains that Joguetmaniatics is:
an association founded in Barcelona in October 1993, as one of the activities of the Casa Golferichs civic center, located on Barcelona's Gran Vía.The journey began with fifteen members, presenting the regulations that were duly approved by the Generalitat of Catalonia.Joguetmaniatics begins its activities by presenting at fairs throughout Spain, since its partners come from all corners of Spain.The objective of the association is to promote the collecting of antique toys, encourage their study and research, as well as provide support to its members and all people interested in the subject.Being a non-profit association, the members are not dedicated to the public appraisal of toys, but to the dissemination and dissemination of antique toys.
Friday, February 16, 2024
Nancy, Children's Play Mate, Feb.1934
I acquired a couple of 1934 Children's Playmate magazines last year, and there was something different...
The magazine cover reads "Play Mate Magazine For Boys and Girls."
By 1938, the cover title was changed to Children's Play Mate. Was there a girlie magazine that already laid claim to the Play Mate title? (Playboy Magazine didn't debut until Dec. 1953.) It could have been a simple redesign, and using "Children's" up top certainly cleaned up the cover of excess verbiage.
I misplaced the February issue, so I didn't post on Valentine's Day. But if you plan to hold a party next year, here are invitations and place cards designed by the great Fern Bisel Peat.
What are the chances of finding them in a flea market or online? At least now you can copy and print them out yourself!
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
Friend Farmer's Funny Folk by John Held Jr., 1921
From THE DESIGNER and The Woman's Magazine, July 1921.
John Held Jr. is more famous for capturing the spirit of the 1920s in his Flapper illustrations (one of which is the signature image for the next paper doll convention in Indianapolis--see the ad on this page).
To my eyes, Held's animals have the same joyful antic energy and vivid character as his Flappers.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Big Sister, 1932 UPDATED
This is a doll I've never seen before. Printed on cardboard--could it have been a store giveaway, or a dry cleaners' stiffener for pressed shirts? Marked Doll Series 5J copyright 1932.
Here's how it looks without lightening--lots of foxing:
The second card I have in the series was cut off at the top, so I didn't read it too closely, but it has more clues: 
"This is the Mother of our 'Londy' family."
So it is the Londy family series. This card is Doll Series 5I, also copyright 1932.
Artwork by Mary Adele Ziegler.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Winter Girl Wendy, Saalfield, 1952
Winter has finally arrived, and reminded me that I hadn't posted Winter Girl Wendy yet.
(I posted the other side, Summer Girl Sue, in July.)
Both dolls are nicely illustrated.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Betsy McCall Visits Leonard Bernstein, 1960
Monday, January 8, 2024
Princess Tania in Jane Arden, ca. 1934
The princess was likely a visitor to the world of Jane Arden in the 1930s. A wonderful era for fashion.
Friday, January 5, 2024
Fritzi's Fashions, 1937
Fritzi Ritz was a popular comic strip in the 1930s but her niece, Nancy, outlasted her in popular culture. I was reading the Nancy and Sluggo comic strip in the 1960s, but didn't know about Fritzi until I started collecting paper dolls in 2003.
Nancy
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Sally O'Neil in "Jazz Heaven, 1929" by Bob Harman
At first I thought this was Ruby Keeler, but this is an early film actress called Sally O'Neil. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1926--a class that included Dolores Costello, Mary Astor and Joan Crawford.
WAMPAS--the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers--promoted budding young stars while also raising the profile of the publicity agents behind the star-making machinery.
Sally O'Neil's heyday was in the silent films of the 1920s.
Monday, January 1, 2024
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