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I want to sell art 101- Second Chat
UNDERSTAND PRICING! what is your cost of material what is your time worth or better yet how much would it cost you to pay someone else to create...your time is worth $ add a basic profit (this will be lower when you first start) So now you have determined a...
I want to sell art 101 first chat!
Since site is in new Wordpress format I decided to repeat a few basic chats on selling your art that I discovered were needed after posting a “Call to Artists” in early 2013. Since I have been told blogs are more about photos than words I will break into short...
DATING DISNEYANA- OLD NEW REAL OR FAKE
Dating Disneyana is often challenging, but there are hundreds of clues to help pinpoint a more exact age. Major indentifying factors include graphic style, nature of the copyright notice, the characters depicted, manufacturer’s name, country where produced, release...
Collecting TV Memorabila is a hobby that just keeps growing!
I just found an awesome reference book on collecting TV toys at my favorite used book store, Beers Books in Sacramento, CA. The book was published in 1996 but has loads of pictures and basic knowledge on TV Toys makes it easy to use. Here is the intro! Collecting...
History of Marbles
The earliest marbles weren’t called marbles, of course, because marble wasn’t the source material just yet. The earliest marbles were actually round stones, nuts, fruit pits or fired pieces of clay and pottery. Some say they were found in the Egyptian pyramids and in...
WHAT MAKES DISNEYANA SO COLLECTIBLE?
Disneyana items are particularly attractive as collectibles. Some of the major reasons are as follows: Disneyana is ART. In most cases, it is good art that often reflects the popular culture of the era in which it was produced. Older pieces are recognized as art and...
WHY ROBOTS?
Why robots? Okay I do not have a robot artist on the site…yet… (there will be a few this month) so technically I should not have so many robots in the gift and vintage section but I love the design concepts of robot toys ! Tin windup robots have not only the wonderful...
Erector Set History
A.C. Gilbert, a toy manufacturer and Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault, unveiled his first Erector set in 1913, one-upping the contemporary Meccano building toy by allowing kids to build square girders. With a pulley, gears and strips of metal, kids could build...
Yolanda Bello
Yolanda Bello, whose dolls are critically acclaimed for their realism, their sculptural excellence, and their rich depth of emotion, says that her goal is to design dolls that “achieve purity of expression”. Yolanda Bello’s work as a doll maker is known to...
Why Collect Disneyana?
Collecting anything-stamps, old bottles, primitive tools or baseball cards- has many self-satisfying rewards. Finding a rare or perfect condition piece in some junk shop is like discovering gold. Every antique shop or flea market provides the thrill of the hunt and...
The Tale Of Frozen Charlotte
This poem or song is the basis for calling the porcelain nude bath dolls "Frozen Charlotte". The poem- song came out sometime near when the dolls could be found in stores. I have not heard this sung nor seen music for it...I would not call this a song for children...
Louis Marx and Company
Art Of Toys usually has quite a few Vintage toys from Marx Company so here is a great history from good ol Wikipedia on Marx. AOT includes this info with Marx toys Louis Marx and Company Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. Its...
What is Disneyana?
Any item associated with Walt Disney Productions or its affiliated companies is considered to be Disneyana. What is utilitarian today, will become collectible tomorrow. The degree to which any item of Disneyana becomes collectible depends on many factors. Certainly...
Midgetoy Brief History
Midgetoy -Brief Company History It was 1943 when Alvin and Earl Herdklotz formed the A & E Tool and Gage Co. Their first products included precision tooling such as gauges that measured the contours and shapes of airplane propellers. With the end of...
PENNY DOLLS VS FROZEN CHARLOTTE
To be or not to be a “Frozen Charlotte” I have collected small dolls for years and particularly love the frozen bisque dolls from 1920-1940s from Germany and Japan. I went crazy buying them in antique stores around the country and on eBay over the years but have had a...
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