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Minty Monday: Jackie by Ideal

Sep 122011

I thought today I would share with you some photos that I just haven’t gotten around to putting on the website yet, but they deserve to be seen.
This is Jackie by Ideal. She is 15″ tall, all vinyl, and is quite rare. She was made in 1961, and according to Judith Izen’s book “Collector’s Guide to Ideal Dolls,” she was taken off the market after First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy objected to her name being used for the doll, although the doll looks nothing like her. The Jackie doll is very similar to Ideal’s Liz doll, who was also sold under the name Carol Brent in the Montgomery Ward catalog. The major difference is that Jackie has sleep eyes, while Liz/Carol’s eyes were painted.
Jackie is very high quality and is the epitome of a sophisticated fashion doll.

Doll club program on Toni

Advertising, American Character, Fashion, Hard Plastic, Ideal, Vinyl No Responses »

Mar 192011

At the San-D-over Doll Club meeting today, we had a program on Toni dolls. We watched the DVD “Which Doll is the Toni?” from UFDC and members brought in a variety of Tonis to share, including the original Ideal hard plastic dolls, the 10″ vinyl version from American Character and her larger sisters, and newer reproductions. I normally don’t care much for newer dolls, but was very impressed with the repros of the Ideal Toni by Tonner/Effanbee. They look just like the vintage dolls, with beautiful hair and lovely dresses. I wasn’t too taken by their repros of the American Character 13″ Toni though – she doesn’t have the charm of the original, in my opinion.

This type of program, with a DVD and show-and-tell, works well for a small doll club. What has your club been doing lately?

Over 200 new photos added to VDC site

Hard Plastic, Mary Hoyer No Responses »

Mar 182011

Finally! I have finished uploading over 200 new photos onto a special four page section about the Competitive Exhibit at last summer’s UFDC convention in Chicago. Some absolutely wonderful dolls in pristine condition and lots of rarities – bisque, wood, vinyl, hard plastic, compo, advertising dolls, celebrity dolls, paper dolls.

Here is a sample for you: blue ribbon winners in the Mary Hoyer classification. Aren’t they lovely?

1963

Effanbee, Fashion, Ideal, Vinyl No Responses »

Apr 012010

Today I was scanning the doll pages from the 1963 Sears Toy Book so I can list it on ebay. What a great year for dolls that was! Barbie, Tammy, Chatty Cathy, Tiny Tears, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Tressy, and on and on. Here’s a little bit of the magic:

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