One of the reasons that Barbie has been popular for over 50 years is the genius marketing of Mattel. This week, Mattel put on a Barbie Dream House party during Fashion Week in New York. It was a lavish party with live models dressing as Barbie and showing off some of her most iconic outfits on the runway for the fashion community. The event also showed off some hot new Barbie technology at BarbieWow.com where you can put together your own Barbie outfit if you have a webcam! For more info, read Barbie's Wardrobe Celebrated at Fashion Week Bash at MSNBC.

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. The difference between a doll in mint condition and the very same doll in fair condition can be many hundreds or thousands of dollars. Read about different types of doll conditions in Doll Conditions from Factory Fresh to My Dog Ate It.

Sure, you know that doll damage is not a good thing, but do you know what types of damage can appear on an antique bisque doll, and do you know what kind of affect on value such damage has? If you'd like to learn more about doll damage, especially on fragile antique bisque doll heads, then read my FAQ on What Types of Damage Can You Find on an Antique Doll?

Sometimes I come across an article about dolls online that makes me do a real double-take...and then I know that I have to share it here. Which is why I now bring your attention to the doll protesters in Russia. Evidently, human protesters in a Siberian City were denied the license necessary to hold a political protest. So...intead, they stealthily installed a protest where dolls held the placards instead! Authorities are trying to have these unlawful doll protesters removed. Read more in The Guardian's Doll 'protesters' present small problem for Russian police