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The clue in the old album
At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuth searches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist.
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Dolls of Canada
For the ardent collector and (or anyone who once owned a doll, here is a history of the dolls that have been made and loved in Canada.
Doll collecting, a popular pursuit in Europe and the United States, has been growing rapidly in Canada. Evelyn Strahlendorf has compiled a reference work that traces the development of dolls in Canada and of the industry that produces them. It contains the dates, names, and characteristics of about 1000 Canadian dolls from prehistoric times to the present.
Coverage begins with Inuit and other native dolls, then turns to the dolls that have survived from the days of early European settlement and the dolls of several of the ethnic cultures which make the Canadian mosaic. Much of the book is devoted to the work of commercial dollmakers and the evolution of their dolls, including the history of each company with information about their products, progress, and achievements. The manufacturing process is examined as it developed from bisque and composition through various plastics to the dolls of today.
Separate chapters deal with dolls that portray celebrities (including Barbara Ann Scott, the Dionne quintuplets, and Wayne Gretsky), dolls that are more than playthings (used in displays or advertising), the Eaton's Beauty dolls that were the most popular dolls in Canada for many years, and dolls created by artists.
The dolls reflect the changing fashions and culture of Canada. Their clothing is often the latest in style and materials; their abilities not only include talking, wiggling, and drinking but in recent years extend to bilingualism.
With few exceptions, every doll described has been personally examined by the author.
This book is a valuable reference tool for doll collectors, museums, libraries, antique dealers, doll stores, and flea market operators. Because Canada has been exporting dolls for half a century, it will benefit collectors internationally as well.
It is also intended for a special class of enthusiast Mrs. Strahlendorf calls the closet collector. There are tens of thousands of such people in North America who have dolls and may collect dolls but do not admit their pleasure to others.
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Owlish : a novel
In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lackluster career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina named Aliss who tantalizingly springs to life. Guided by his mysterious friend Owlish and inspired by an inexplicably familiar painting, Q embarks on an all-consuming love affair with Aliss, oblivious to the protests spreading across the city that have left his classrooms all but empty.
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Life Like Dolls
Since the 1980s there has been a growing billion dollar business producing porcelain collectible dolls. Avertised in Sunday newspapers and mailbox fliers, even Marie Osmond, an avid collector herself, is now promoting her own line of dolls on the Home Shopping Network and sales are soaring. With average price tags of $100 -- and $500 or more for a handcrafted or limited edition doll -- these dolls strike a chord in the hearts of middle-aged and older women, their core buyers, some of whom create \"nurseries\" devoted to collections that number in the hundreds.Each doll has its own name, identity and \"adoption certificate,\" like Shawna, \"who has just learned to stack blocks all by herself,\" and Bobby, whose \"brown, handset eyes shine with mischief and little-boy plans.\" Exploring the nexus of emotions, consumption and commodification they represent, A. F. Robertson tracks the rise of the porcelain collectible market; interviews the women themselves; and visits their clubs, fairs and homes to understand what makes the dolls so irresistible.Lifelike but freakish; novelties that profess to be antiques; pricey kitsch: These dolls are the product of powerful emotions and big business. Life Like Dolls pursues why middle-class, educated women obsessively collect these dolls and what this phenomenon says about our culture.
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Holly down in heaven
\"Holly collects dolls. Holly is a born-again Christian. Holly is a fifteen-year-old, brainy, outspoken, spoiled, tyrannical brat. She's also pregnant. During her nine-month odyssey, she must find a way to move forward with the new life she's landed in or remain forever hidden in her own special heaven...of talking dolls. A dark comedy about navigating the treacherous terrain from child to adult.\"--playwright's website.
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All dolled up
Visits paramedic Patsy Carlyle, an avid Barbie doll collector from Helensville who boasts the most comprehensive collection in the country which she opens to the public. Notes that this collecting is the perfect counterpoint to having a serious career and she derives joy from sharing her collection with others. Mentions that the author was borrowing some collectible Barbies for an exhibition she is staging at the Wellington Museum. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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Plastic fantastic
Marvels at the popularity and longevity of the Barbie doll which is now 64 years old. Backgrounds the history of the doll which was designed by Ruth Handler and which was influenced by the German Bild Lilli and earlier a racier version with adult proportions. Visits Patsy Carlyle, an avid collector from Helensville who boasts the most comprehensive collection in the country which she opens up to the public. Speaks to Bodo Lang, marketing expert at Auckland University who praises how Mattel have pivoted and adapted the doll to be more independent and empowered. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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