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Denise's Doll Collecting Blog September 2003 Archive

By Denise Van Patten, About.com Guide to Doll Collecting since 1999

IDEX Premiere: 2004 DOLLS Awards of Excellence and Tonner Keynote Speech

Tuesday September 30, 2003
IDEX Premiere will take place in Orlando, Florida, from January 23 to 25th, 2004 at the ExpoCentre. IDEX is generally the first chance for collectors to see all the ... Read More

Girl Scouts Send Dolls To Iraq

Wednesday September 24, 2003
Dolls are important to little girls all over the world--and a Girl Scout troop in Lubbock, Texas has recognized this in a big way. They've organized the creation of 15,000 ... Read More

Blythe Doll at FAO Schwarz

Saturday September 20, 2003
Blythe dolls are all the rage. On eBay, you can often find these big-eyed, big-headed doll from the early 1970s, selling for $1,000 and up (sometimes way ... Read More

Mattel Adds New Branches to Happy Family Doll Tree

Friday September 19, 2003
This month, Mattel has made a welcome addition to its popular Happy Family line of dolls. The addition: Grandparents! The Grandparents join Midge, her husband, Alan, ... Read More

Chicago Dolls Have All That Jazz

Wednesday September 17, 2003
Robert Tonner Dolls has presented several new lines of dolls this year, including the Miss America dolls and Tiny Kitty. Now, the Tonner Doll Company is set to ... Read More

Matt O'Neill Doll Debuts

Monday September 15, 2003
Although the entire Matt O'Neill Collection has not been announced yet, a photo has been released of the eagerly awaited Matt'O'Neill doll, Robert Tonner's first regular-line male doll in ... Read More

Is Your Collecting Out of Hand? Do You Want to Be on Reality TV?

Friday September 12, 2003
The producers of MTV's "The Real World" are looking for a collector with an out-of-control collecting habit to appear on their new show, "Starting Over." Of course, I thought ... Read More

Barbie: A Threat To Islam

Wednesday September 10, 2003
This sort of thing has come up in the media before, but its always a little shocking each time Barbie and Islam hit the news together. This time, ... Read More

The Doll That Made Me Cry

Wednesday September 10, 2003
Ok, so I'm an emotional sap. I don't think I've ever had a doll that made me cry--well, maybe I've cried before when I've had to pay the bills ... Read More

Spy Doll With Style

Monday September 8, 2003
If you haven't watched ABC's spy show, Alias, you are missing lots of good, cliff-hanger style fun. I'm addicted to the show, and I've often thought that the ... Read More

2003 Revision To Online Dolls Price Guide

Thursday September 4, 2003
All of the dolls in the Online Price Guide have now been udpated to 2003 values. Plus, there is a new section for each doll in the Guide called "Market ... Read More

Time For Tea

Wednesday September 3, 2003
An end-of-summer Tea, with dolls in attendance is just the sort of thing to bring old and young doll lovers together. Such a tea could be held anywhere--one such ... Read More

Dolls As Role Models

Tuesday September 2, 2003
Should dolls be role models? Author Daryl Lease takes a humorous look at whether or not dolls should be role models--and if so what type they should be--in You ... Read More

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