It Pays to Wait: Parisienne Pretty Silkstone Prices

The Barbie Silkstone doll Parisienne Pretty is on sale at the Doll Market for $69.97.

That sounded like a pretty good price until I checked eBay. The least expensive NRFB sold for $49.50 plus $9.50 shipping. The highest sold for $74.99 plus $7.14 shipping. There are currently about 25 NRFB Parisienne Pretty dolls for sale. One Buy-It-Now with a damaged box is going for $44.95 + $11.23. The same seller has a good box for $5. additional. Because I'm a deboxer, I'd definitely go for the damaged box as long as the seller guaranteed that the doll was mint.

Those that like to bid can have fun as there are several auctions running.

It's a very nice Silkie mainly because of the excellent quality of the fashion and jewelry.

When she was released her list price was $139.95. I don't know if anyone actually paid that much. I bought mine from a dealer in June, 2009 and paid $99. plus shipping.

So if you collect Silkstone dolls and don't yet have Parisienne,  this will make a nice addition to your collection and you will save a bundle because you waited until now to buy her.

It pays to wait.

Tonner Product Release - August 10, 2011

As I previously posted, Tonner releases will be presented on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month if there is a new product in stock.

Jane - Twilight LE 500
Dakota Fanning/Jane Head Sculpt
DRESSED TONNER CHARACTER FIGURE™

15" Teenager Body

 $179.99

Revlon™ Pink Parfait Outfit
Fits 10.5" Vintage REVLON™ Body  
LE 500   $79.99

Revlon™City Sleek Outfit Only

Fits 10.5" Vintage REVLON™ Body

LE 500   $79.99

Sleek Outfit Only

Fits Such Dolls as Cami & Jon™ and Antoinette™

LE 300   $89.99

South Hampton Outfit Only 

 Fits Such Dolls as Cami & Jon™ and Antoinette™

LE 300   $69.99

Free shipping on these items until August 14th.

Video of Robert Tonner introducing the new Jane from Twilight. 

All the photos in this post are from the Tonner Doll Co. (You knew that, didn't you?)

What do you look for when buying or admiring a repainted doll?

Fellow collector, inti, posed this question on Prego this morning. Along with her question, she posted a montage of the eyes of her repainted Ellowyne dolls. For inti, the eyes are the most important factor in making a decision. 

She said,  "The most important thing to me in a repaint are the eyes, especially and specifically the irises & pupils. Of course, it has to all blend together with the rest of the face and other parts of it but it is usually the eyes that attract me to a repainted doll...Lots of times though when artists display pictures of their dolls, they don't provide close ups of those beautiful eyes or of the doll looking straight forward. It really turns me off when that is done, but it doesn't stop me from contacting the artist/ and or the seller if I am motivated enough with the whole face repaint and do ask to see pictures of the eyes up close."

Link to original post where you can see a slide-show of the eyes.   
Please remember that you need to be a member of Prego (it's free) to log-in there.

On eBay: Doll Shoes & Boots

I've been hunting around (wasting my life) for the past few hours for stuff for my 12" dolls. It never ends. I started out on Etsy and wound up on eBay. Here's some stuff I thought you might find interesting.

MSD Size 1/4 BJD Shoes Doll Boots  Dollfie 1311 Sale

Yosd Shoes 1/6 Size BJD Doll Boots Yosd Dollfie BB 012

Pink is everywhere!

 

Snow Boots for Blythe / Pullip / 1/6 doll shoes - white

Blythe 1/6 Obitsu Momoko Doll Shoes Crocodile Boots

You know you want these for yourself.

[Sunny's World] 1/6 Shoes ( N023BB )

New Dollfie Yo SD Mary Jane 1/6 BJD Dolls Shoes Gold

I love these gold shoes. The bows come off for another look. 

Fashion Royalty dolls will not be able to wear these shoes mainly because the shoes are not arched but also because they would look ridiculous on a sophisticated fashion doll.

These shoes are mainly for Momoko, Obitsu, Blythe, Pullip, Yo-SD BJD, and I'm guessing Misaki will fit too. One seller gives the measurement of 'Inner Foot Length (Approx.): 1 3/4 inch (4.5cm).' The first pair of shoes is for a larger doll. Those are my favorites.

Go grab a doll and a ruler and check out the wonderful selection of shoes at seriously great prices.  These shoes are all coming from Asia-probably directly from the factories where they are made.  My eBay search was for 1/6 shoes in the Dolls & Bears category.

Honoring Vanessa Perrin

While I should have been doing paperwork and other important things, I got busy instead creating a montage of my Vanessas. I captured all 22 original sculpts. There is a duplicate and a few altered ones in there. I left out my other OOAK Vans. Can you find the altered ones and the duplicate?

Seen on the W Club Board

Posted by idrusa: 

"Sugar"     OOAK Poppy Parker by idrusa

Isn't this just adorable? The repaint and reroot colors are perfect for Poppy Parker. She's verrrry sweet now!
This was originally a Beatnik Blues Poppy. Idrusa did a wonderful job of transforming that doll into "Sugar."