Editor's Blog | DOLLS magazine | Collecting Dolls https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-blogs/editors-blog-dolls-blogs/ Advice By and For Professional Doll Makers Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:40:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 Doll Collecting: What’s in Store for 2022? https://dollsmagazine.com/doll-collecting-whats-in-store-for-2022/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:31:00 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=17115 We invited several doll-industry professionals to join us in sharing their memories of the past year and their thoughts about what the doll world can look forward to in 2022, including both personal highlights and general thoughts and observations. Last week’s post covered their look at the past year; now let’s see what they’re looking forward to in the new year:

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]]> Year in Review: So Good to See You in 2021 https://dollsmagazine.com/year-in-review-so-good-to-see-you-in-2021/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:26:00 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=17022 In looking back at the events of the last year, we wanted to provide as many different perspectives as possible. So we invited several artists, retailers, and doll manufacturers to share their memories from the past year, including both personal highlights and their thoughts about the doll world in general, and what they’re looking forward to in 2022.

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]]> DOLLS, Doll Reader magazines merge https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-doll-reader-magazines-merge/ https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-doll-reader-magazines-merge/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:25 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2012/01/27/dolls-doll-reader-magazines-merge/ The two premiere publications covering doll collecting, DOLLS and Doll Reader, will merge into one title in 2012 published under the name DOLLS by Jones Publishing. The deal was announced Jan. 27 at the Debut of Dolls and DOTY Awards Banquet during the IDEX trade show in Orlando, Fla. Jones Publishing also presented its Lifetime Achievement […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-doll-reader-magazines-merge/feed/ 0 Dollmakers Who Dare to Care: Check Out The Charity Issue! https://dollsmagazine.com/dollmakers-who-dare-to-care/ https://dollsmagazine.com/dollmakers-who-dare-to-care/#respond Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:15:04 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/12/02/dollmakers-who-dare-to-care/ At the time, my intention was to cover Creedy’s doll-related charitable efforts in an article in an upcoming issue of the magazine, but somehow, it didn’t feel like enough. Next week at the office, it struck me that we needed to do an entirely charity-focused digital issue and call it “The Charity Issue.” Ten-percent of […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/dollmakers-who-dare-to-care/feed/ 0 What Is the Fate of Doll and Toy Publications? https://dollsmagazine.com/what-is-the-fate-of-doll-and-toy-publications/ https://dollsmagazine.com/what-is-the-fate-of-doll-and-toy-publications/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/08/04/what-is-the-fate-of-doll-and-toy-publications/ Few people would argue that the doll industry is a shadow of its former self—that its heyday of the ’80s and ’90s is long past. As a relative newcomer to the doll industry, I wasn’t around in those days. But have I heard stories. So many long-time doll industry people remember packed-out shows with collectors […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/what-is-the-fate-of-doll-and-toy-publications/feed/ 0 Leading Men: Sign Me Up for a Collection! https://dollsmagazine.com/leading-men-sign-me-up-for-a-collection/ https://dollsmagazine.com/leading-men-sign-me-up-for-a-collection/#respond Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:31:17 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/06/11/leading-men-sign-me-up-for-a-collection/ Since working with DOLLS magazine, I’ve noticed a characteristic that many collectors have. When a particular doll or doll theme captures a collector’s attention, a “true” collector wants every possible incarnation of that doll or dolls related to a particular theme. I like dolls. I like them a lot. In fact, I have a fledgling […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/leading-men-sign-me-up-for-a-collection/feed/ 0 Dolls ARE Art! https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-are-art/ https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-are-art/#respond Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:18:24 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/06/02/dolls-are-art/ Dolls are seldom seen as art by the general public and the larger art community. It’s an interesting phenomenon to me. Well-executed dolls require mastery of far more artistic skills than required of, say, a painter—designing, painting, sculpting, wig-making, costuming and engineering, numbering among them. Yet, dolls are often viewed as eccentric, inferior and sentimental, […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/dolls-are-art/feed/ 0 That Thing that Moves Me Most https://dollsmagazine.com/that-thing-that-moves-me-most/ https://dollsmagazine.com/that-thing-that-moves-me-most/#respond Fri, 14 May 2010 21:55:22 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/05/14/that-thing-that-moves-me-most/ I’ve always been moved by art. It’s the one thing that’s remained constant in my life. No matter what age I am, no matter what life circumstances I’m in, no matter where I am—art compels me. When I experience good art, I get this deep-in-my-soul kind of feeling that touches me to the core. Everything […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/that-thing-that-moves-me-most/feed/ 0 What Do You Think of Reborning? https://dollsmagazine.com/what-do-you-think-of-reborning/ https://dollsmagazine.com/what-do-you-think-of-reborning/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:17:08 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/04/15/what-do-you-think-of-reborning/ Reborning… it’s a topic that draws mixed reactions from both those who have collected and created dolls for years and from those in the general public. It has even captured the attention of those in the media, as the phenomenon has been featured on The Today Show, 20/20 and a documentary by the BBC called […]

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]]> https://dollsmagazine.com/what-do-you-think-of-reborning/feed/ 0 I Have an Alice Confession to Make https://dollsmagazine.com/i-have-an-alice-confession-to-make/ https://dollsmagazine.com/i-have-an-alice-confession-to-make/#respond Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/2010/03/09/i-have-an-alice-confession-to-make/ I have a confession to make. I have never read or watched Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I’m not quite sure how it happened. It just did. And I became hyper aware of this fact as I was thrust into the Alice craze happening in the doll world and beyond, largely in part to the Tim […]

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