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After you receive an item, inform me within five (5) days that you want to return it. Using the Contact form on the web site, provide the reason for your return. The item must be repackaged as you received it. The package should be covered by insurance to cover the purchase price. Your original payment will be refunded through PayPal. Return shipping charges will not be refunded.
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Miss Ashley by Georgetown was designed by the artist, Pat Thompson. She wears a pink satin gown, has an umbrella and hat all decorated with over 500 inches of lace. Her porcelain face is framed with blond curls. She is 16 inches tall, has a stand, numbered certificate dated 1989.
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Heidi Ott designed some little dolls produced abroad but not in Switzerland. Fipsi is 9 inches tall with a pellet filled body, painted features including freckles on a vinyl head with human hair, vinyl hands and vinyl bare feet. She wears a printed playsuit with a knit long sleeved shirt.
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Lauren from "The Collectibles" by Phyllis Parkins, is not only an Award Winner but was pictured on the cover of "Dolls Magazine." She stands 18 inches, has a Walnut stand that fits onto her feet and is No. 40 of 300. She wears a pale blue dress of satin with a net and ecru lace overskirt and pantaloons. Her dress is full and held up in sections with mauve ribbon roses.
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Kristen, another beauty by Phyllis Parkins, was awarded the "Dolls of the Year 1990" award. She is 18 inches tall, porcelain except for a soft body, with bendable arms and legs. She has a Walnut wooden stand that fits into her feet. Her coiled braided hair is adorned with a floral bandeau that compliments her pale rose satiny dress with an embroidered overlay of sheer fabric. Lots of ribbon and ribbon roses. Her pantaloons match the dress.
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Yvette is a magnificent doll designed by Phyllis Parkins of "The Collectibles." She is 20 inches tall and has an oak stand with brass pegs that fit into openings on her feet. There is a brass plate showing her number 34 of 300 dolls issued. She has a porcelain head, arms and legs but a soft body. Yvette wears an Apricot colored taffeta dress lavishly trimmed with Ecru lace. Her eyes are blue. She has very pale white-blond hair of mohair adorned with a bow matching her dress.
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Katherine Refarbet of Corolle designed Marie, a demure 12 inch soft body doll just perfect for the young girl to treasure. She has long blond hair and blue eyes and wears a pink and white striped dress.
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Rothkirch Puppe is an example of quality German doll making. She is 14 inches, has a very firm cloth jointed body with vinyl hands and head with painted features. She wears a blue striped cotton dress and leather shoes and in her pocket she has a pair of wire (lens less) glasses. Her braided blond human hair is in coils. She was one of the dolls by Mrs. Rothkirch-Holzner presented at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany in 1986. This doll resembles those of Heidi Ott, is No. 116.
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Bastion and Babsi are 20 inch German dolls produced by Schildkroet (Turtle Mark) and are in boxes (quite beat up) all printed in German. They were designed by Heidi Ott when some of her dolls were manufactured by Schildkroet in 1978-79. They have rooted hair on vinyl heads, vinyl hands and cloth bodies and feet. Their facial features are painted. Bastion has long dark trousers, a red knitted sweater and tie. Babsi has a long polka dot cotton skirt, short sleeved sweater over a long sleeved blue tunic. There is a pattern included with each for new outfits.
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Tiffy (in vinyl) is the same as the porcelain Tiffy designed by Phyllis Parkins of "The Collectibles" She's smaller, measuring 17 inches if her legs were not bent as a baby. Her dress is lace trimmed of pink Rosebud print. She has a bonnet over her blond hair and her blue eyes have a twinkle. A wonderful play as well as a collector doll. She is No. 492 of 5,000.
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Pascha one of the dolls of the "Cherished Customs" collection by Wendy Lawton. Pascha is dressed in a beautiful embroidered ethnic dress of red and white. She wears black sox and leather boots. Her hair is in a long braid wrapped with ribbon and she has blue eyes. Also has a hand-painted egg to hold in her hand. Signed and numbered 261/750 in 1992.