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Most items on this page are returnable for any reason. I will refund the purchase price only and not shipping. I will ship via USPS, unless requested otherwise, and will send the least expensive way I can. If it is stated that shipping is included in the price and you buy multiple items, I will adjust the shipping to reflect actual shipping costs.
All the dolls shown here can be returned. It can be hard to buy via a website photo, although I think the photos here give good information about the condition of the doll you're purchasing. You can always ask questions or request more photos of things that are not clear. My email is (suzannesdolls@aol.com or mcbraar2000@yahoo.com).
This
doll has the best face! She's a 14-1/2" German toddler with the
marks "W&Co." "201" "Thuringia"
"6". The W&Co mark is attributed to Erste Steinbacher
Porzellanfabrik of Steinbach, Germany. She has her original sleep eyes
and unbroken bisque (although there are a few pepper spots and a couple of
pits). She also has her original wig....a bit sparse but I hated to
replace it. Her toddler body is multi-jointed with a fat tummy.
She still has her original combination underwear, socks and white
center-snap shoes. Her pink & white dress is newer but suits her
so well! $225...shipping
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Here
is a 14-1/2" vintage reproduction blonde-haired glazed china head
doll. This doll was made from a kit around 1975 (about 45 years
old). The back of the shoulderplate is signed "Emma"
"Tudor" "1974". Her body is a typical china head
body, made from good cotton muslin with joints at the hip for sitting.
Her upper cloth arms are attached at the shoulder. She is wearing
cotton drawers and petticoat, trimmed with cobalt blue lace. The
petticoat has a Swiss eyelet ruffle. The dress is a black cotton print
with small green, red and white flowers. Her glazed hands and black
booted feet are in perfect condition. $10...shipping
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This
12-1/2" reproduction She is incised on the back of the shoulderplate
"N. Turner". She has a bisque shoulderplate, bisque lower
arms, and bisque lower legs with painted brown shoes. Her body is
cotton muslin (unjointed...cannot sit). She wears Cluny-lace trimmed
drawers, white rayon satin lace-trimmed petticoat, and a deep turquoise
poly-silk dress, trimmed with pleated lace and lavender-blue tulle
panels. $10...shipping
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I've
had this Schoenau Hoffmeister "Hanna" doll for a long time.
These ethnic Hannas are not really rare dolls, but I think this one is
unusual because she has so many of her original clothing items. She
has both ankle wreaths, both wrist wreaths, her neck wreaths and her hair
wreath. Her cotton top has its original soft stuffing, adding a little
bit of a bust to this girl. A few years ago, the elastic had gotten so
old it needed to be replaced. With a painted bisque head like this,
any time the wig is removed, some of the paint goes, too. That's what
you're seeing in the close-ups of the head. She has no damage other
than the missing paint. A real sweetie! $115
I
have two of these Santas sculpted and painted by Beverly Walters and must
let one go. This Santa shoulderhead, along with his hands and black
porcelain boots, was the souvenir doll for the 1980 UFDC convention.
Included with him was a body pattern, which I have made. I also
dressed him in deep purple rayon velvet with brown fur trim, a silver
brocade tunic trimmed with silver braid. $125
Here
is a vintage bisque doll. It is made by Russ Berrie & Company in
Oakland, New Jersey. This doll is called "Gretchen" and
represents German, as part of the international series from Russ. She
is in excellent condition, with her original box and hang tag. Her
head, lower arms and lower legs are bisque, with a cloth body. She has
painted black slippers. $8...shipping
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The
Japanese sweetheart shown here is 10-1/2". As far as I can tell
she's all original.... her body, her glued-on drawers (there's a red stamp
at the back with wording that I can't read), her dress and hat in the
1920-30s style. Her incised markings are in Japanese which tells me
that perhaps someone bought her in Japan as a souvenir and brought her to
the US. If she had been imported to the US, she would have the
Japanese manufacturer's name in English, I believe. She has
sleep eyes. I haven't been able to get a good photo of her eyebrows
(still trying)....in the photos they look like one gray wide brow, but there
are delicate, individually painted hairs for each brow. When I bought
her, I had thought to take her head and put it on a Bleuette reproduction
body to have an Oriental Bleuette, but she is so "just right" as
she is, I hated to take her apart. I'm "space-challenged"
right now or I would keep her! $85...shipping
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Here's a TLC 8" Betsy McCall doll from the 1950s-1960s. This doll has blonde hair. She is missing the barrette on the left side. She has the rubber skull cap. There is some hair loss at the upper left hand side. The wig, other than this area, is very full and very pretty longer hair. Her eyes open and close easily. She does not have a crotch split. Her knees has tiny splits and there is a small flare to each knee. Her right leg is very loose and has just recently started to fall out when she is picked up! Yikes! But she could be a good "parts" doll, or an extra model if you have more Betsy costumes than Betsy dolls. $20 SOLD
This
is an A.M.390 head with a 8-1/4" head circumference. There are no
hairlines or breaks, but there is a chip out of the left ear....not
noticeable from the front and when wigged. There are some paint
scrapes on the face...a few on the lips and brows and cheeks. The head
still has the original brown sleep eyes in the original sleep setting $20 SOLD
We often overlook dolls made in Japan and think of them as "poor quality" but this 12-1/2" little girl begs to disagree! She was made in Japan to compete with the open-mouthed girl dolls from Germany. If you didn't know the mark on the back of her head was from the Japanese firm, Morimura Brothers, you might think she was German. She has her original composition body and comes with what I believe to be her original onesie, shoes & socks. I'm not sure about the rest of her clothing but it is certainly of the same time period that she is from. Her bisque is beautiful...on a par with nicely-made German dolls. She has blue sleep eyes with painted lower lashes. Her brows are a light multi-stroke brown. She wears a brown human hair wig. Just a lot of good stuff going on here! SOLD
Here's an 11" Grodnertal reproduction doll. The underwear is 100% cotton and lace-trimmed, made to fit her exactly. There are 3 pieces....a chemise, a pair of drawers, and a petticoat. Her dress is of a muted 100% cotton print, trimmed at the neckline in sage green silk. SOLD
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