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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Cute and Creepy vintage doll heads


 EEK! Hi guys! I dug some more heads out of the boxes today (is it me or does that sound bad?lol) Some I think are cute and some are creepy as hell. This one above is in the later category for me!



 This one is sweet..she has crazy poofy hair but nice skin!


 An eyeless Patsy or Patsy type head. I think this would be cool with a mini LED battery tea lite inside!

  I think this one was a Horsman..she bridges creepy and sweet.


 OK..ol' dead eyes is creepy as hell!


 Sweet..I think she formerly had a wig.


 This shabby sweet baby is marked Hug Me Kiddie Pals. He/she has tin eyes.


 OK..Creepy but I love this crazy ass one. My hair has looked like this in the morning! A gal after my own heart..not literally I hope...


 This is a sweet one..bald and beautiful..I have sold a couple of the larger ones for "display" mannequins.


 ..pushing the creepy envelope....


 Medusa! Her hair is even better from other angles.


 Ok..don't let her smile fool you..creepy!


 It is all in her wacked out eyes!


Bad hair day but sweet. Bad forehead day too as she has a big old dent!


                                               Worse hair day..


 Another bald and beautiful large girl. Her head is tilt-able.


 OK..I find this old Century Doll Co doll so strangely beautiful she is going to stay with me for awhile. She may end up an angel. She is marked 1924.

 A couple dolls headed for Ebay..this one is a Sun Rubber Company baby. If perfect, quite pricey..but of course 2 fingertips are missing.


 Another unmarked Patsy type with tin eyes. Sweet face!


 A vintage composition Shirley. Don't know if the outfit is original, it is vintage. The socks and shoes are vintage but newer than she is.


And back to creepy! This stuffed Santa is enough to give you nightmares! But creepy sells so off he goes. I have literally only gotten into one layer of doll boxes. Stop back and see what else I find. Comments loved,followers adored! 'Til next time! Julia

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

New box of old vintage dolls!


 Hi guys! I got into another box of vintage dolls to picture and list.


 This poor old boy has an awful repair. A new air clay ear and a proper repair would go a long way!


He is old with an excelsior stuffed cloth body. He has a definite "boy" face. Unmarked and odd.


 A creepy/sweet hard plastic doll head..no mark.


 This one was marked PLAYTHING on her neck. Google told me "unknown US Maker". She used to have a wig. Pretty aqua eyes!


 Vintage Barbies I put on EBay. I love the 1960's outfits. I had Barbie paper dolls in the mid/late 60's that had these outfits in them! My first Barbie was a red headed Stacey with bendable legs. I was 1st grade and a boy in my class informed me "his sister stopped playing with Barbies when she was 4!" I held a grudge against him for years for bursting my joy bubble! My mom worried her boobs were too big for a little girl's doll..lol. My next were in the "Malibu era" I didn't have a lot of Barbies, but my sisters and I had a dollhouse we made them of cardboard boxes and spent HOURS playing.


These are bubble cut (hairdos) with the straight legs. The ponytail one on the right is a bit older. Her but is marked 1958 but someone told me her head may be a Barbie clone head that got switched. Not sure.


 The red suit one is supposed to have a pony tail. Original red swimsuit. A red haired Skipper marked 1963 and a curly banged ponytail Barbie with no clothes..and no fingers..chewed off or some sort of big brother accident?

 New old dolls..These are composition with tin eyes.


 The proportion of the head and body to the arms and legs was not always spot on! Tiny T-Rex arms! The one on the right has "real" magic skin..eek! Those creep me and the skin never ages well. They spring leaks and the stuffing comes out.


 Cute face..marked PLAYTHING too She has her wig!


 This is what my hair looks like in the morning..if I am lucky...


 Tin eyes no mark.

OK..this poor buck toothed one is a bit creepy..my camera refused to focus on her face! LOL I am trying to list other items besides dolls in my shop also. So check back and see what I find! 'Til then! Julia

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Vintage dolls and doll parts


 Hi guys! I have started opening boxes of the old dolls I bought last month. I'm sharing a few here today. I am not by any means a doll expert..just know enough to be dangerous. The one above is an Arranbee Nancy doll. She is Composition with a stuffed body. Composition was a doll making material usually consisting of sawdust, plaster, fillers and glue made into a dough and pressed into molds. Each manufacturer had their own "secret recipe".

This is also an Arranbee Nancy doll..a definite style difference.. She is marked Nancy on her neck. She is going to EBay, the red dress Nancy is going to my Etsy shop.


 I figured out this one is a Madame Alexander. Circle with a plus sign mark (so much research!) She has tin eyes and an open mouth with teeth. I love her crazy mohawked remnant of a wig..she has stories to tell. I think she is starting on EBay as I have no clue to value. A new wig and clothes and she could be cute again.

 I listed several of these American Character Tiny Tears heads in my Etsy shop. Some were hard plastic with hair and a couple were composition. The no eyes makes it creepy. This would be great Halloween decor with a battery tea lite inside! Etsy artists use them to upcycle into altered and assemblage art pieces. I have more heads than I can use, but I plan to "play" with a few too!


 These are a few I unboxed today. I have to research a bit and decide which direction they are going.

 Most don't creep me out, but there are a few I know from boxing them up that are lurking someplace that are quite creepy!

 Poor dead eye Shirley here is a bit creepish..but those cute dimples!

 Pretty aqua eyes..

 I remember this one being marked Horsman.


 This is a crazy one I have on EBay. The eyes move when tilted. I think she may be a Campbell Kid or a spin off of a Kewpie? Dolly Dingle? I couldn't find anything like her online.


 This cute composition Shirley is in my Etsy store.She has some paint cracking under her hairline, but still cute. Her eyes are tin.

 This is a Madame Alexander doll head on a not Madame Alexander doll body..not sure where to go with this one.

 This is a matching one to the Shirley above w/ the pink ribbon. She is on EBay.


 An unmarked Shirley Temple or knock off. She is hard plastic and large. She is on EBay too. Her head can tilt.


 A couple bins of arms legs and bodies..yikes.


Most of these will be going to my Etsy shop in pairs or lots if they are singles. Lots of work ahead! Stop in again and see what else I find! Julia