Doll Purchases in Review 8

eBay doll purchases from August 15, 2021, through December 22, 2021

There appears to have been a lull in my eBay doll and doll-related purchases after August 15, 2021, as indicated by the dates of the above purchases.

1950s Athena-marked, Fata, Milano-tagged Hard Plastic Flirty-Eyed Doll

The August 15, 2021, purchase of the above 1950s hard plastic doll made in Italy was refunded because it arrived without pupils. The seller issued a refund for that reason and allowed me to keep it. I fabricated eyes for the doll as documented in a blog post here.

19-inch vintage Heidi Ott doll

Because of its realistic facial sculpt, this doll by Heidi Ott had been on my doll wishlist for a while until this one was found. As I documented here, I was horrified and disgusted after the doll arrived.

I needed black leggings for an outfit creation for one of my dolls and found a pair on eBay in this auction that ended on October 28, 2021.

Girly Fashion Doll Kayla is the doll that needed black leggings as described here.

Play Wonder Layla is an 18-inch doll by Madame Alexander.

I was contacted through this blog by a woman who lived outside the U.S. and desired but could not bid on the above auction for Play Wonder Layla by Madame Alexander. The eBay seller only shipped to U.S. addresses. I could sense from our email communication that this woman truly desired the doll and needed my help in acquiring it. After we agreed upon the details of my bidding and winning on her behalf, I did, in fact, win this auction and shipped the doll to her after the U.S. seller shipped it to me. All was well that ended well after an extended wait for the eBay seller to ship the doll to me and for the buyer to confirm receipt of the doll. 

Links to Previous Posts in This Series About Past Doll Purchases

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

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Madame Alexander Play Wonder

Play Wonder 18-inch doll

This Target-exclusive 18-inch doll by Madame Alexander has the copyright year of 2011 on the head. I have several other 18-inch dolls by Alexander, but none, until now, with this head sculpt. The head is admittedly oversized, but I've wanted to add a doll that uses this face to my collection for a while. This one was offered on eBay for a very reasonable price in March of this year. 

 

She arrived wearing the striped blouson Madame Alexander-tagged dress that she continues to wear. The dress is obviously not original to this doll, but it was made for an 18-inch Alexander Girlz doll, according to the tag and copyright year of 2010. 

I removed the black pleather skirt that was worn underneath this dress and the black boots that the doll arrived wearing, opting to allow her to wear a pair of Ugg boots (borrowed from Brains and Beauty Malia). Malia has been redressed, so no worries about her feet being bare.

Closeup of face, earrings, and necklace

I used brown and tan wooden beads and copper wire to make her necklace and bracelet. The drop earrings were originally turquoise. I painted these tan to match the necklace and bracelet.

I restyled her rooted black wavy hair by twisting the front and sides and joining the two twists together in the back with a clear rubber band.

This doll's arrival prompted me to create an installation in DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum for 18-inch Madame Alexander Dolls to illustrate several of the different head sculpts and doll lines Alexander Dolls sold through their website and/or through other retailers. Read the installation here.

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