American Doll and Toy Museum: Thank You, Anonymous

American Doll and Toy Museum: Thank You, Anonymous:   I wanted to say thank you to our anonymous donors who gave the museum some real treasures over the past two weeks.   Three or four Mondays...

Thank You, Anonymous

 

I wanted to say thank you to our anonymous donors who gave the museum some real treasures over the past two weeks.  Three or four Mondays ago, I arrived at the museum o find 12 boxes full of dolls outside our door.  These were mainly artist dolls, including one by Titus Tomescu representing Jesus with two children, some Ashton Drake, Boyd’s, all beautifully kept.  There was no note with them, just a mysterious, wonderful gift.

Last week, we received in the mail a small box containing cylinders for a composition phonograph doll.  There was a note describing what they were, but no name.  The return address used was that of the museum.

Then, on Sept. 20^th, I got a call from a very nice woman who wanted to donate her late sister’s doll collection  There were between thirty to forty dolls including Lady Anne Dolls of the former Williamsburg Doll Factory, QVC, Rustie, and similar dolls.  In all these donations, no two were alike, which is miraculous considering the museum’s very large collection of dolls, toys, puppets, books, and models.

We are expanding, and are working to lay the cement foundation for our building.  While we are closed to prepare for this renovation ill at least November 8^th, we encourage everyone to view our collection on Instagram under ellen_tsagaris, on Pinterest under American Doll and Toy Museum, on our website American Doll and Toy Museum.org, on our Facebook pages American Doll and Toy Museum, Dr. R., Dr. E’s Doll Museum and Antique Doll, and on our blogs, American Doll and Toy Museum, Dr. E’s Doll Museum, International Doll Museum Blog, and Dr. E’s Doll Museum in Greek, Japanese, and Spanish.

We are also on X under my name, under Antique Doll, under Dr. E’s Doll Museum, and on Tumblr under Antique doll.

Happy Collecting