Friday, July 11, 2014

Doll Shopping Finds at Tuesday Morning, Antique Stores & More

While out of town this week, I've been keeping busy and having fun visiting all of the local area antique stores, flea markets, Tuesday Morning, and more. 

Tuesday Morning here must have hit the Ai Ball Jointed Doll jackpot. There were six different Ai BJD's here for $29.99 each. I've never seen that many in one store before. I took pictures of each one in the store so I could share which ones they have. They were all so cute, that I couldn't decide which one I liked best. Here are the pictures that I took in the store.

Lupinus is a precious little sleeping girl with closed eyes, a sweet brown bob, a beautiful floral dress, and a cute bear hat. She also comes with her own teddy bear and basket bed with bedding that matches her dress.

Lupinus

Lemon is decked out in bright yellow, green and white. She has long blonde curly hair, green eyes, and even a lemon shaped hat.

Lemon

Leptospermum has wild blond hair, blue and black striped pants, and a matching funny shaped hat with two points.

Leptospermum

Lagrus has straight blond hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a pink and white dress and she has a matching coat and hat with bunny ears.

Lagrus

Aster has beautiful long auburn sausage curls. She wears a green dress adorned with white lace and she comes with her own white teddy bear.

Aster

Nerine has blond curly hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a print and polka dot dress adorned with lace. She has a lacy bonnet and her own brown teddy bear.

Nerine

I think Nerine has the prettiest smiling mouth that I have seen on an Ai doll yet. Just look at her sweet happy face.


Tuesday Morning also had two Little Pullip dolls in stock for $9.99 each. They were Silver Ranger and Police Jack.



I searched every nook and cranny of all of the local antique stores. I found this sweet little girl at one of the antique stores. She was so cute that I had to bring her home.


She is a Kathe Kruse doll with her original hang tag. She has a cloth body with a wire armature which makes her posable. She was made in Germany, but I haven't been able to find out exactly how old she is yet. She is wearing her original dress, hat, and tights.


The same antique store had a jar filled with tiny wicker baskets for $6. I love finding miniatures, and there are just so many possibilites with these tiny baskets. There turned out to be 24 baskets in the jar.


I picked up a little classified ad paper at one of the antique stores, and inside, I found an ad for someone selling some old dolls. I called the number, and spoke to a nice lady who was selling her mom's doll collection. Her mom, who was a long time doll collector, passed away last year. I decided to go take a look at her dolls, and I'm happy to share that I purchased my first composition doll from her.


She is an Arranbee (R&B) Nancy doll. From the research I have done, she is from the 1930-1940's. She is 20" tall and she is made completely from composition. She is marked NANCY on her neck.


I just fell in love with her open smiling mouth with four teeth. She has sleep eyes and a human hair wig. She appears to be wearing her original dress and bonnet.


I also purchased 41 issues of Antique Doll Collector magazine from  her.

 

There are various issues from 2004-2011. I'm really excited to get these since I've been wanting to learn more about antique dolls.


I've been looking at antique bisque Kewpie dolls for a while now, even though I don't have one yet. My daughters think they are adorable too. We've been to a lot of antique stores this summer, and a couple weeks ago, my 8 year old said she just wants to find a Kewpie doll. I told her that they were made of bisque and were very fragile though, and she changed the statement to "I just want to find a vinyl Kewpie doll". Guess what the lady also had in her collection... a vinyl Kewpie doll. So I had to buy her for my daughter.


I also bought these little Madame Alexander dolls for my daughters.  Little Red Riding Hood is just adorable.


Hitty Etta came along on the trip with me since she is a travel doll. Here she is by the window in the hotel.



She traveled in my purse wrapped in this adorable little Hitty applique quilt from eBay.


It's been a wonderful trip, and we will be heading home later today. I hope you enjoyed hearing about our adventures.

Have a wonderful weekend!!! 

19 comments:

  1. *GASP* Nancy is beautiful!!!! Congrats! Love to see more of her in future posts.

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    1. Thanks Rhonda! I'll be sharing more about Nancy in future posts.

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  2. Oh Wow! You did have a terrific time ... I love your Nancy, what a gorgeous face she has. I've always liked seeing teeth in a smile and those chubby little cheeks of hers are so cute. :)
    Cheers,
    X

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    1. Hi Xanadu! I just can't resist that open mouth with tiny teeth inside ever since I got my antique Kestner.

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  3. I've never seen AI BJD's before! I'll have to stop by Tuesday Morning tomorrow!

    ~Kewpie83

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    1. Hi Ashley! I hope you were able to find an Ai BJD at your Tuesday Morning too. If you don't find any there, you can order them from Amazon too. Some are as low as Tuesday Morning's price, but some are priced higher.

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  4. Sam here. Of course, after reading this blog post I just had to pop into our local Tuesday Morning store, and low and behold, they actually had one Ai doll left! The doll is called Beloperone and is dressed in a jester type outfit, and now belongs to my daughter. (Too bad they didn't have anymore!)
    You find the best bargains and beautiful dolls! Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Hi Sam! I'm so happy that you found an Ai at your local Tuesday Morning. I looked up Beloperone and she is adorable. She has such a cute little mask to match her Jester outfit. She can take on a totally different look by simply redressing her too. You can also customize them by changing their wigs and eyes. Just part of the beauty of BJD's. I hope you and your daughter are enjoying your new little Ai!

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  5. I love all your doll finds, they're so great! I also love that Hitty blanket, it's adorable :)
    (By the way, I nominated you for the MagNeoBio award! You can see my post about it at the link below:

    http://ohmydollies.blogspot.com/2014/07/i-was-awarded-magneobio-award-twice.html

    ★ Shelby-Grace ★

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    1. Thank you for the nomination Shelby-Grace! I am so honored that you thought of me!!!

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  6. Wonderful finds! I especially love all those tiny baskets. Now the matriarch in your doll house can be a Longaberger collector. ;-)

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    1. Good idea Melody! :) Some of the baskets will be going in the dollhouse, and I will be sharing some with my friends in my doll making class. We are making Peddler dolls, so these baskets will be perfect for them!

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  7. What great finds! The antique store finds are fabulous! I loved seeing the Ai dolls in their packages - interesting to see all the accessories in each of those.

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    1. Thanks jSarie! I'm planning another post with some more details and close up pictures of the Ai dolls that came home with me! :)

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  8. Those are great finds! You’re pretty lucky to have gotten those adorable dolls in one store. I’m sure other doll collectors are looking forward to seeing the Ai dolls too! Anyway, have you posted some close up photos of the dolls? I hope you could direct me to that post. Little Red Riding Hood is so adorable, indeed!

    Loretta Boronat @ My Sibling Dolls

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    1. Thanks Loretta!!! I just posted close up pictures and details about the new Ai dolls tonight. Here's a link to the post: http://onceuponadollcollection.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-ai-ball-jointed-dolls-from-tuesday.html

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  9. Do you know if they fit Blythe or Lati outfits? I'd be interested, but only if I can find items to go with them! Thank you for all the pictures and info. They're soo helpful!

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    1. You're welcome Mrs Macarons! I'm not sure if Blythe or Lati outfits will fit as I haven't tried any, but I think Ai's are closest to Lati Yellow in size. They're only 12.5 cm. tall (about 5"), but have kind of a chubby body. Please let me know if you find the right size outfits for them.

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  10. Does your R&B Nancy have a red fabric (felt or velvet?) tongue? Besides painted lashes, does she also have natural lashes as part of her sleep eyes? Your doll looks like a pristine version of one I know well: the doll my mom gave me to play with during our stay with Grandma in 1960. Mom’s had a badly matted wig, quickly replaced, so it would have been either human or mohair. She had named her doll “Nancy” in about 1939. I’ve always thought it was her favorite name since it’s mine, too! There may have been a largish “N” followed by smaller letters incised into the neck, but too deteriorated to read. Do you think we have a more played-with version of your beautiful doll? -ns
    FYI – some 8” Mdm. Alex. dolls were copied especially for McDonald’s Happy Meals … even smaller as Hallmark ornaments!

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