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I respond promptly to questions and orders. Purchases are carefully packed and shipped quickly. I accurately describe the items presented in my listings. I love excellence and work hard to please my customers.

About Us

I stopped playing with dolls at age 13 and began collecting them the same year.
My mother started my collection with two antique bisque dolls, Maria and Susie.

I have collected dolls for over 50 years and have loved every minute of it!
I joined a doll club in 1974, after seeing a “Doll Show Today” sign and hitting the brakes. The ladies there welcomed me, answered my doll questions, and invited me to come and join their doll club.
I have been a UFDC member ever since, and have attended and helped with numerous Regional Conventions, as well as attending a national convention in Washington D.C., where I was a judge’s helper. I have served at many conventions and made many lovely friends.

I currently belong to two doll clubs and have served in various offices, one of them being President. I have given a multitude of programs over the years, and have great doll friends and wonderful memories.
I participated in “The Museum Comes to Life” doll displays as well as appraising dolls at the museum’s “What’s It Worth” annual events.

But let me tell you something about my family—they were all collectors of antiques and beautiful things!
My grandparents lived in a mansion in Tacoma, Washington, and their place was like the best museum ever! But to me it was a magical fairyland of beauty, history, and color.

My grandmother passed on to me her childhood doll Esther, along with her trunk that was given to her as a girl on Christmas in 1909. The trunk was filled with very well-made clothing, shoes, hats, coats, and accessories that her mother (my great grandmother) had made or collected for the antique bisque Kestner doll named Esther.

My other grandmother lived with us and loved dolls too. She bought me dolls, made me lots of doll clothes, we had doll tea parties, and she told me stories of her China dolls. Nana, as I called her, also collected other items, like Fenton glass, cups & saucers, and souvenir spoons to name a few.

My parents loved and collected antiques and beautiful quality collector items.
But my mother’s main love was antique and vintage jewelry. She collected it for many years. My father had beautiful custom large jewelry cases made for her on two Valentine’s Days to hold her beloved jewelry collection. She lined the drawers with velvet and felt, and color coordinated the pieces. I loved looking at them as a child. And when she passed away in 1997, and I inherited the cases, I also was a lover of jewelry and sought to buy pieces that made complete sets.

I have been a seller on eBay for almost 26 years. I have a perfect record there with almost 1,000 positive feedback, no defects, no negative or neutral feedback, and no returns. This will tell you that I am a very conscientious seller, who is a perfectionist and loves excellence.
I love for people to be happy with their purchases from me and my communication with them. I take good pictures, pack items carefully and describe them accurately.

So, I am now at a point where I need to sell some of my better dolls, as well as selling from other vintage and antique doll collections I have purchased along the way.
I hope to find good homes for them and pass them on to others who will appreciate, preserve, and hopefully enjoy them as much as I have.

I eventually will be parting with other collectibles and jewelry from my late mom’s and my collections.
I am now joining Ruby Lane and I hope you will visit again soon. There are so many wonderful items here and yet to come that will delight you.

Thank you for reading my story. Welcome!!