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We are offering a large assortment of original Tonner Ellowyne Wilde 16″ dolls, outfits, and accessories, fresh from an avid local collector who mixed and matched her dolls for her display and sent many out for customization.

Featuring here an interesting lot. Includes two Ellowyne dolls who were repainted to look like twins; each with a blonde Monique wig in different styles.

Both dolls originally had rooted hair, which was shaved as she preferred to redress and re-

wig them.

Custom paint, each has faint freckle spots.

Both come with vintage Gene Marshall folding directors chairs (some wear to canvas), and each has a luxuriously soft new condition velvety rose throw blanket.

Ellowyne with braids also in an untagged crisp floral day dress, her wig has a Monique tag, and she has the pink velvety throw.

Her twin has the red roses throw, denim jumper, and blouse; her blonde wig is a tiny bit small, so it tends to shift as it is not glued down.

Dolls each are in original Tonner tights/pantyhose, both excellent. FUN lot! Please visit our Connectibles eBay Store for this and many other dolls.

We are offering a wonderful group of antique Cabinet Cards fresh from local collector. Most are theater actors & actresses. Featuring here a portrait by photographer R. E. Atkinson, Newburgh, NY & Cornwall-on-Hudson NY. Long haired boy with his equally long hair beautiful dog, posing for portrait.   Measures 4-1/4″ x 6-1/2″.  Some smudges and wear to the card stock; photo is overall good with some fading.  Please look closely at photos for details.  Also shown is here is a portrait of Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), from the famed Barrymore family & great aunt of modern day actress Drew Barrymore. Considered by many to be greatest actress of her generation, this is an early portrait of her, likely around the time she first appeared on Broadway in 1895. Sarony photographer, 258 Fifth Ave, New York. Her name written on the back.  Measures 4-1/4″ x 6-1/2″.  Significant smudges and surface wear as shown.  Please look closely at photos for details.  Please visit our eBay store Connectibles to review all of our Cabinet Card offerings.

Delighted to be offering a wonderful example of this unusual American Character 1961 Hedda Get Better (Bedda) Whimsie doll.
21″ stuffed vinyl one piece body and limbs, three faces instead of the usual one.
Poor sick face has hand painted chicken pox spots; sleep face has painted closed eyes, and the happy face has smile and painted open eyes.
Faces were advertised as “Poor Sick Hedda”, “Sleepy Hedda, and “Happy, All Bedda Hedda.”
Molded hood has a pompom on top which is the control knob to rotate. Was a popular present for kids with chicken pox at that time!
Original cotton pajamas, everything in very good overall condition with light wear.
Works great. Please look at the dolls in our eBay Store Connectibles.  Please see video below to watch her in action:

Remarkable collection of antique composite wildlife animals along with an African/Egyptian figure. I was going to piece them out but honestly this is dramatic with them all together that I am listing as a collection first.

• Mostly Elastolin and Lineol unmarked Germany figures, largest is the elephant at 6-1/4″ x 4-1/4″.
• Condition is consistent with age but overall most are very good. Zebra paint layer has flaking and losses more than the others.
• Please look closely at photos to see what wear and tear is on them.
• A very special collection, impressive on display.
• Includes 1 figure, giraffe, Capybara (I think), elephant, zebra, tiger, camel, lion, lioness, buffalo, horse, leopard, monkey, cat or lion cub set 2.

See these and many other collectibles in our eBay Store Connectibles.

All Things Bakelite: The Invention of Plastics – a documentary at the Mark Twain Library, Redding, Connecticut.  A little history of this extraordinary substance.

In 1907, a determined chemist named Leo H. Baekeland created a new synthetic substance that could not be easily classified. He called the substance – a synthetic plastic — Bakelite. A provocative documentary on Baekeland All Things Bakelite: The Invention of Plastics will be presented by his great-grandson, Redding’s Hugh Karraker, on Saturday, April 16 at 3 p.m. at the Mark Twain Library.

The film by John Maher explores the life and work of Baekeland, the “father of modern plastics,” who was responsible for one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century. The primary source and impetus for this illuminating was Karraker, who is the film’s executive producer.

“I wanted to celebrate Baekeland’s life,” Karraker said. “His invention had a huge impact on our lives, but little is generally known about him.”

The film is indeed a celebration of Baekeland—his genius, his innovation, and of a progressive era in America that defined the nation. Karraker spent over ten years researching his great-grandfather’s life, and had access to his mother’s notes on Baekeland’s meticulous collection of 62 diaries. Karraker brought all this to filmmaker John Maher and the result is an hour-long film that is a both a joyous and a provocative exploration of a subject relevant to everyone.

Maher makes history come alive as he weaves interviews with Karraker and other family members with beautifully realized period re-enactments of Baekeland—seen as a curious boy growing up in Ghent, Belgium, then as a persistent chemist and inventor in New York, and later as an old man reflecting on the toll that running the business of the Bakelite Corporation had taken on his life. Archival footage, intimate family photos, and first-person accounts transport us back to the dawn of the modern age when individuals like Baekeland, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and others led a revolution of innovation with their inventions.

Pre-owned gorgeous Mattel Chatty Cathy Doll, all original 1st (Prototype) 1959 design with covered speaker.

• No markings on her back.
• Blonde, blue eyes, wearing a hard to find pink “Sunday Visit” outfit. Dress is pristine and crisp, with BOTH Japan & Chatty Cathy tags.
• Also never worn pink bloomers, coordinating hair bow, pink shoes, and even her original shoe horn still attached inside the box.
• Chatty book, original box, all excellent.
• Her pull-string works but the speech is garbled and I can’t make out the words.

Otherwise this doll is one of the best Chatty Cathy dolls we’ve offered.  Available in our eBay Store Connectibles.