http://collectdolls.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-20T22:02:51Z Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/watch-vintage-doll-television-commercials-online.htm <img SRC="http://0.tqn.com/d/collectdolls/1/6/l/S/crissydoll.jpg" hspace=5 align="left">An often overlooked way to research dollls that are no longer in production from about 1960 through today is to find the television commercials for those dolls. Often, those commercials ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/watch-vintage-doll-television-commercials-online.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/watch-vintage-doll-television-commercials-online.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:45:48 +0000 2012-02-20T22:45:48Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/madame-alexander-dolls-video.htm <img SRC="http://0.tqn.com/h/collectdolls/1/9/b/M/madameplayhouse_small.jpg" hspace=5 align="left">Daniel Lazar has produced a neat little video about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/madamealexander.htm">Madame Alexander Dolls</a> for this site. Give it a look--there are lots of great photos of vintage and modern Madame Alexander ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/madame-alexander-dolls-video.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/20/madame-alexander-dolls-video.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:02:51 +0000 2012-02-20T22:02:51Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/barbie-celebrates-the-william-and-catherine-royal-wedding.htm <img SRC="http://0.tqn.com/d/collectdolls/1/0/6/x/1/barbieroyalweddingBL.png" hspace=5 align="left">Who doesn't love a royal wedding? <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/od/barbiemodern/p/barbiedolls.htm">Barbie</a> certainly does, and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/od/barbiemodern/p/mattel.htm">Mattel, Inc</a>. will help you to remember last year's royal wedding of William and Catherine with the new William And ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/barbie-celebrates-the-william-and-catherine-royal-wedding.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/barbie-celebrates-the-william-and-catherine-royal-wedding.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:32:13 +0000 2012-02-17T17:32:13Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/dolls-and-toys-from-a-1930s-childhood.htm <img SRC="http://0.tqn.com/d/collectdolls/1/0/3/x/1/dollsandtoyssrkBL.jpg" hspace=5 align="left">One of the most thrilling things to find when buying and collecting dolls is an original owner collection from someone's childhood. I recently have been privileged to work with just ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/dolls-and-toys-from-a-1930s-childhood.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/17/dolls-and-toys-from-a-1930s-childhood.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:13:05 +0000 2012-02-17T17:13:05Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/11/barbie-struts-her-stuff-for-fashion-week.htm One of the reasons that <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/od/barbiemodern/p/barbiedolls.htm">Barbie</a> has been popular for over 50 years is the genius marketing of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/od/barbiemodern/p/mattel.htm">Mattel</a>. This week, Mattel put on a Barbie Dream House party ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/11/barbie-struts-her-stuff-for-fashion-week.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/02/11/barbie-struts-her-stuff-for-fashion-week.htm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:54:36 +0000 2012-02-11T14:54:36Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/condition-condition-condition.htm With real estate, it's always about location, location, location! Well, with doll collecting, it's always about condition, condition, condition! Or, at least it should be. 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Which is why I ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/doll-protesters-beware-the-russian-police-is-out-to-get-you.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/doll-protesters-beware-the-russian-police-is-out-to-get-you.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:41:30 +0000 2012-01-30T22:41:30Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/dolls-love-joints.htm No, no, not those type of joints! They love and need perfectly legal joints--joints that help them bend and pose and look like dolls instead of statues. Doll joints are ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/dolls-love-joints.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/30/dolls-love-joints.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:34:32 +0000 2012-01-30T22:34:32Z http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2012/01/28/why-do-people-collect-dolls.htm Have you ever wondered why people collect dolls? 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