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Blue Monday: New Doll Blues

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Last weekend the Austin Doll Collectors Society held their annual show and sale, and M and I managed to get ourselves together in time to get there for an hour or so, on Saturday afternoon. October has been an incredibly busy month for us and I thought we might have to give it a miss this year. But somehow we found the time, and I'm really glad we did because I found this little sweetie to bring home with me:

8 inches of cuteness!

She's an 8-inch compo Vogue Doll (an early version of what would later become the Ginny doll), probably from the mid- to late 1940s. A little before my time -- the dolls I remember from my childhood were all hard plastic -- and a very welcome addition to my Ginny collection, as I don't have very many of these earlier dolls.

Here's a shot of her from the back:

Flip side also cute

She seems to be mostly original -- no obvious repainting, and the wig doesn't appear to be a replacement.  Her outfit (which is a lovely blue and white) looks original too, although it's not tagged (it's not uncommon for the clothing from this period to be untagged) and is just beginning to show its age. But it's clean and seems to be holding up pretty well.

The composition is in pretty good shape, too. She has a few minor cracks and a bit of crazing, but only about as much as you usually find in dolls from this era.  Here's a closeup:

She said "Take me home with you."

Isn't she a pretty girl?

Unconscious Mutterings - Week 613

Thought today might be a good day for some mutterings, so here we go with Week number 613 from LunaNiña:

1. Family :: Manson (Looks like I've been watching way too much true crime TV!)
2. Leather :: Joan Jett
3. Chunky :: Bridgett Jones
4. Shaking :: Elvis
5. Suffering :: Johnnie Ray (Yeah, he was before MY time, too. Really.)
   
   
   
6. Pockets :: Captain Kangaroo
7. Loose :: ...as a goose; ...lips sink ships; Fabian Forte
   
   
   
8. Show :: biz
9. Vest :: cousins (Vest is one of my family names.)
10. Finale :: all she wrote