After much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth over the demise of my FujiFilm FinePix camera, which abruptly stopped working, I saw a Kodak EasyShare at work. Eagerly I purchased it (it was half price--only $15), rushed home, tried it, and discovered it Didn't Work. There was a newer model of the EasyShare and I thought I would return the bad one and get it. Meanwhile, I was looking for a foot pedal and controller for a Riccar sewing machine that my HLP had found. Mrs. Smith, who does home health care, wanted to go to Savers too, so she and her dementia lady and I all went to my store on a shopping expedition. Little did I realize what I would find.
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| The Riccar--from the 1970s, I think, made in Japan |
I exchanged the bad camera for the new one, got the foot pedal, and then found, buried beneath the stuffed animals in a bin, a hard plastic dolly!
Her wig was coming loose and at first I thought I didn't really want her because she has teeth and she looks much younger than my other dolls of that era. She was with the toys and should have been in the Collectibles section, so I thought I would take her with me as we traveled through the store and put her in her rightful place. Of course by the time I got there, I wanted her. She was marked $9.99 and I got 30% off. When we got home I had to sneak her inside and hope HLP didn't notice her.
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| Penny and Joanie helped me hide her. |
Then I had to find her different clothes, because I'm sure she was tired of the same outfit she'd had for who knows how long.
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| This dress fit her quite well. |
She is a Baby Barry doll and since my last name is Barry, it was obviously preordained! Here she is at the Doll Reference site (4th one down):
Baby Barry
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| This is a little fuzzy but it shows her teeth. |
I don't know if I will get her a new wig or try to comb out her hair. Maybe I just need to glue some of it down.
Then there's another new doll I haven't mentioned yet. I got her a few weeks ago. Again, I saw her at work and knew immediately she was an MGA doll. They have a distinctive Look about them.
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| She had no clothes when I got her |
She is 18 inches tall. I thought she would make a good big sister for Veronica. She is an MGA Best Friends Club doll.
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| "And I'm going to get a pony or a bike!" Veronica tells her new sister. |
That same day I found a composition doll in our Collectibles section. I have three similar dolls and had no intention of getting another one. She looked just like Mamie only she was wearing a Marie Antoinette dress.
She is a Dream World doll, 11 inches tall with stapled-on clothes.
Dream World
Mamie and Elnora and Glinda were happy to see her.
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| The four compo girls, with Peggy and Sydney in the background. |
I'm not even going to say I'll never get any more dolls again. There are just too many wonderful ones out there.
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| A windowful of dolls |
If windowful is not a real word, it should be! The ghost lamp on the left is from the Salvation Army. I simply couldn't resist it.
I really enjoyed your post, you had some really lucky finds. Your work is great, i would have even more dolls if i worked there.
ReplyDeleteThe temptations that are thrown my way are terrible!
ReplyDeleteYou have a fab collection of vintage dolls, you have such luck finding them.
ReplyDeleteMy first digital camera was a Kodak, I still use the Easy Share programme with my new Panasonic, I love it because it is so easy and straight forward to use.
Did you get the sewing machine foot pedal from your work too? They are very expensive to replace new.
Yes, the foot came from my store. We don't get a lot of them but I had told some of the people who work in back to keep an eye out for one, and two days later I was told they had just put one out. Employees are not allowed to buy things for two days after they come out, so I had Mrs. Smith get it. It was only $1.99! I've looked them up on line and they usually cost between $30 and $50. I haven't had a lot of time to play with it yet.
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