DOLLS WEEK OF JULY 22, 1999
NEWS
EBAY ANNOUNCES BOOK ON INTERNET
COLLECTING
eBay (the
online auction site) announced this week the upcoming publication of an official
Guide to Collecting. The book will feature an introduction by Pierre Omidyar,
founder and chairman of eBay. The first printing of 100,000 copies will be available in
November, just in time for the holidays, for $13. "The Official eBay(TM) Guide to
Buying, Selling, and Collecting Just About Anything" is the only authorized book from
eBay (so far) on collecting. The book will focus on person-to-person online
collecting. Read all about it in this Excite News
article. And, for tips on participating in online auctions for doll collectors, read
Buying
& Selling Dolls Online: How To Protect Yourself from your Guide
UFDC NATIONAL DOLL CONVENTION ONE
WEEK AWAY; EXPERIENCE IT HERE ON ABOUT.COM!
The 50th annual, national UFDC convention,
themed "Opulence and Elegance" is only one week away! This event promises
to be a gala event, with nearly 2,000 participants, doll competitions, special exhibits,
luncheons, seminars, workshops, annual meeting, and much more! The souvenir doll
this year for the banquet was designed by Robert Tonner. Your Guide will be
attending this event, as well as teaching the "Doll Collecting and the Internet"
seminar, and there will be live UPDATES on this site from the event, as well as a live
chat!! Don't miss all the fun, and if you are going, e-mail me at collectdolls.guide@about.com and let me
know; I would love to meet you!
HOW WOULD YOU REDESIGN BARBIE--BEANIE
BARBIE OR STARBUCKS BARBIE, PERHAPS?
The San Jose Mercury News had a contest for its
readers to redesign Barbie any way they wished. Their submissions--everything from
Internet Barbie to Starbucks Barbie to Liposuction Barbie--to the winner, Beanie
Barbie--are very amusing!
UPCOMING DOLL EVENTS
UFDC NATIONAL CONVENTION, Washington Hilton and
Towers, August 1 to 6
Yearly doll collector's convention; over 2,000 attendees, doll show,
competition, seminars, workshops, banquets, and yearly business meeting. Look for
live, daily updates from the convention on this site! Doll show is open to the
public on Thursday, August 5. . Also in Washington DC at this time is the NIADA
convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda MD which opens its salesroom to
the public on August 1. Finally, the ODACA show is at the Washington Hilton on
Sunday, August 1, also at the Washington Hilton in Georgetown.
ANNUAL DOLL FAIRE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA,
July 24 and 25. Liverpool, NSW
This is the largest Doll Fair in Australia! Held by the Doll
Collectors Club of NSW, at the Whitlam Leisure Center, Memorial Avenue, Liverpool, NSW,
Australia. from 10 to 4. Over 200 stalls, and doll identifications. For
more information, visit The Doll Collectors Club of
NSW
THERIAULTS "My Cousin In Brittany"
Auction, Arlington Hilton & Towers, Greater Washington DC August 1
A catalogued auction of rare and antique dolls; includes dolls from
the estate collection of Herbert Weinberg of Suffolk, Virginia and the private Lenci
collection of Ethyl Neary of San Francisco. Preview begins 9am. Discovery Day
(uncatalogued) auction to follow immediately after catalogued auction. See www.theriaults.com for more information.
THERIAULTS The Doll Body Auction, August 4,
Arlington Hilton
Very unusual auction of 250 bodies (no heads!) for antique dolls! Great
opportunity to learn about bodies. Bring your head and try the body on!
Preview begins at 5pm.
Previous Weeks in Dolls:
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
