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Five Ways To Clean Porcelain or Bisque Dolls

Five Ways To Clean Porcelain or Bisque Dolls

To continue with methods to clean toys I have spent a great deal of time cleaning old bisque and porcelain dolls. I always thought the claim "smoke free house" was kinda goofy until I bought a large lot of vintage Penny Dolls on ebay only to find they had obviously...

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder?

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder?

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder? Organization! I love to see how people organize and display their collections! In this day of internet I found these three interviews on youtube with three very different collections but all three have a lot of...

See-Mor Moon-A-TIK Uneeda Doll Co

See-Mor Moon-A-TIK Uneeda Doll Co

Uneeda Doll Company was founded in 1917 in  Brooklyn, New York and continued to produce dolls until it's demise in 1991. Uneeda was also known as the Tony Toy Company of Hong Kong, as some dolls are marked. Uneeda Doll created many types of dolls ini the comanies ...

Where Do Sashas Come From?

Where Do Sashas Come From?

I had the pleasure of representing Sasha Dolls in the early 80's when International Playthings was the distributor. From that I developed a love for the beautiful simple design of these timeless dolls designed by Sasha Morgenthaler and am happy to share both my...

TV Memorabilia

TV Memorabilia One of the more useful of my collections is Toy Reference books which I peruse of a regular basis looking for ideas to blog so today I came across “Collectible Television Memorabilia” by Dian Zillner. Now the first thing I have to check is what year...

Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys!

Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys!

Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys for our second Designer Toy Show featuring original art from local talented artists that have customized Munny’s from kidrobot.

Artist Rebecca Casey

Artist Rebecca Casey

Artist Rebecca Casey Rebecca Casey was one of the first featured artist at Art Of Toys with her series of assemblage ceramic and toy art creations. Art Of Toys was both happy and sad as we sold out all her creations for they had become mascots to the gallery. A native...

Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012

Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012

Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012 Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012 with her wonderful miniature dragons and monsters thou Deb Canham has been a leading figure in the bear world since 1987 when she became the UK's first miniature bear artist. In...

Laurelin Gilmore created a Munny Monster!

Laurelin Gilmore created a Munny Monster!

At Art Of Toys we have been fortunate to have this talented artist share her work several times in the years past. (I myself own more than one fab painting) Laurelin is known for her beautiful oil paintings that combine the world of today with a fantasy twist so the...

Munny Art at Art Of Toys

Munny Art at Art Of Toys

This month we are excited to experience the creative juices of some of Sacramento's most up and coming artists though their creations using kidrobot's Munny forms. - First released in 2012, the MUNNY is a blank vinyl figure designed to inspire creativity and allow...

Robots featured at Art Of Toys

Robots featured at Art Of Toys

Exhibit Title: “ROBOTS” Artists: Chris Cinder, Robert Gordon ,Joel Stinghen and Garry Gay Exhibit Dates: May 1 thru June 9th Robots one of the most popular shows at Art Of Toys is back featuring Chris Cinder, Robert Gordon and newcomer Joel Stinghen! The whole family...

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