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A Topsy-Turvy doll is a double-ended doll, typically featuring two opposing characters. They are traditionally American cloth folk dolls which fuse a white girl child with a black girl child at the hips. Later dolls were sometimes a white girl child with a black mammy figure.
Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by American cartoonist Rose O'Neill.The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell paper doll versions of the Kewpies.
Paper doll with clothes. Book publishing companies that followed in the production of paper dolls or cut-outs were Lowe, Whitman, Saalfield and Merrill among others. Movie stars and celebrities became the focus in the early days of paper dolls in the USA. Paper dolls are still produced and Whitman and Golden Co. still publish paper dolls.
1951: Magic 8-Ball. This toy is a fortune teller's dream come true! The Magic 8-ball was developed in 1950 and manufactured by Mattel. It's still one of the more accurate ways to find out if your ...
Besides the original Patti Playpal doll, several variants were also released (a "walking" version and the non-walking version). The doll line had "family members" which included: 32 inches (81 cm) Penny, 32 inches (81 cm) Saucy Walker who also was sold in a 28 inch version, 28 inches (71 cm) Suzy, 24 inches (61 cm) Bonnie, 24 inches (61 cm) Johnny and the 38 inches (97 cm) Peter.
The iconic dolls are still a hot commodity in 2016, with some versions currently selling for up to $5,000. From the original 1959 Barbie to the spunky 1992 Rollerblading Barbie, ...
Madame Alexander's Wendy doll, from the 2004 Total Moves collection. The company's most popular doll, the 8-inch Wendy doll was introduced in the 1950s. There is also their first fashion doll, Cissy, and Pussycat, a vinyl baby doll. [1] Alexandra Fairchild Ford is a line of 16-inch collectible fashion dolls created for adult collectors. [3]
For example, only 500 print copies of the original edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” were released. Those can sell today for over $50,000.