DOLLS THIS WEEK-- AUGUST 31, 1999
NEWS
UPDATE ON EBAY RESERVE AUCTION POLICY
Last week in Dolls Ths Week, I
reported on the controversy surrounding the announced changes to the eBay Reserve Auction
policy. Since that report, eBay has been meeting with its community on the Discuss
New Features Board; the last meeting will be on September 1, at 5pm PST. In any
event, the new fees of $.50 for reserve auctions under $25 and $1.00 for reserve auctions
over $25 were implemented today. For more information on the meetings and the
change, please visit the eBay
Announcement Board.
Check out some of the controversy on the eBay Discuss New Features Message Board.
Check out a protester's page at: http://members.tripod.com/murch/enoughindex.html
What do you think? Share your views with the community in the Doll Bulletin Boards where we are discussing the New Controversial eBay Policy (click on "enter as Guest" if you are not a member).
PROSCULPT SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST: Vote
for Your Favorite Doll; Winners Announced September 15
The Jack Johnston Prosculpt Scholarship Contest closed today.
To see the over 70 original doll sculpted by the entrants,, and to vote for your
favorite doll, go to http://www.artdolls.com, and
click on the bar of Prosculpt to see the entries. 15 professional dollmakers are
judging the dolls. The winners will be announced on September 15; top prize is a
$1,000 sculpting scholarship.
DON'T MISS THE COOKIE JAR CONTEST ON
THE ABOUT.COM COLLECTIBLES SITE!
Check
out the great contest at the Collectibles site--win this lovely Raggedy Ann and Andy
Cookie Jar! Go to
http://collectibles.about.com/library/weekly/blclark.htm for information on how to enter!
DO YOU HAVE NEWS FOR DOLLS THIS WEEK?
Do you have a doll event to promote, a new doll to announce, OR do you have a
review of a doll event? Please e-mail me at collectdolls.guide@about.com and
let me know!
DO YOU HAVE DOLLS FOR SALE OR TRADE?
Did you know that you can place FREE classified ads for your dolls for sale or
trade (or, dolls wanted) in the Dolls Forum? Unlike AOL and other services, we DON'T
charge for ads for dolls over $100. Visit the Dolls
Forum to find out how to place your ad; if you are not yet a member, click on
GUEST, but you will need a free Forum ID to place your ad.
Previous Weeks in Dolls:
Ebay Change Reserve Policy
Barbie Slugs it out with Sindy; Toy Design Industry; Arab
Doll Leila
Barbie as a Computer; $1 Million Doll Auction
Dolls of Color e-mail list; TRUs buys Imaginarium; New
eBay look
eBay Book on Internet Collecting; Beanie Barbie
More eBay Outages; Top Dolls of the Summer
Summer Festival in Billings; Doll Summer School at Crafty
College
Austin Powers Doll, Barbie Legs as Amputee Fingers, Jill Barad
LA Times Interview
The Tarzan and Butterfly-Art Barbie Controversies
The Year 2000 DAG Convention is Announced
Theriault Duet Auction
Loss of ODACA Artist Kathryn Williams Klunsman
Review of Anaheim Dollmaking Show
