So with what I could scavenge around the house, a quarter there, a nickle there, lots of dimes and pennies, and I gathered enough money to afford rescuing a doll. There were three set, but someone jumped on two as I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of them. More than the rescue itself, I was really curious about the type of doll. I know the other person really didn´t care about what the dolls look like, he was mostly in it for the money he could make out of it. Which is fine, this world revolves around money, and I won´t say I haven´t sold some dolls myself just to be able to have enough money to rescue some more and make my collection bigger. There are some dolls I really don´t care for in terms of adding into my collection, so I make them available for other collectors of such dolls, and that way I also know they are going to a home where they will be taken care of. Unfortunately sometimes some dolls might be mistaken for something else lowering their price to the point that they get bought for little girls to play with. I am alright with that too, but it is true that the values at this day in time, have changed. Kids are used to disposing, breaking, not caring for their toys anymore. At least I feel I am one of the last generations to see the value in toys and dolls, because as I have mentioned before, I still have most of my dolls and toys even if I am 33 years old. My mom believed in passing on loved dolls to her daughter, which she did, and I believe that I will do the same with my daughter once I have one, and so on. It really hurts when I see dolls that are broken, not because of an accident, as they may happen, but because the girl or boy didn´t care and broke it. There are many kids out there in the world that have not 1 toy to play with, and sometimes they even have to make their own out of sticks and rocks. I don´t mind either, creativity is the best playmate. The thing is I love collecting dolls, and looking at the work that artist put on their master-pieces which are these beautiful creatures made of porcelain, vinyl, plastic, fabric and other materials. There is magic into creating such beautiful things out of common material, and that´s what I like.
Anyways, back to my find of today. So yes, I got lucky to get my hands on one of the three. I opened the box to see what I had, and at first I wasn´t really amazed. I mean I loved the detail on the doll, and well, it was made out of vinyl which meant it was going to last a long time and it was harder for it to break. I wasn´t sure if I wanted to keep it, I also wasn´t sure if I wanted to re-sell it. I felt for the other guy, and chased him to see if he still wanted this one and at least be able to sell the whole set together. He walked so fast into securing the other two dolls. I think he thought I was going to try to take them from him. That was funny, I am not that desperate! Still, he was too fast for me, and then I thought: "Well, whenever I bump into this person at this place and I smile or say Good Morning, just because I am polite and in a way when you see the same people over and over, it is a good thing to be nice and polite. But he never says hi back, nor anything." Now thinking about that I thought; "Why do I have to do something nice like this? For him it is just business, for me it is more than that. It is appreciation, and maybe at some point finding a good home for the doll." So I changed my mind, I returned an adorable, gigantic stuffed Koala Bear that I was about to buy, and took all the change out of my pockets, and got the doll.Mission accomplished. I had rescued a doll that though not the type of doll I buy for myself, I decided that he could be saved and welcomed into my collection. Yes, I said he.
Doll lovers from all ages, let me introduce you to one of Jeckle and Jansen´s vinyl doll from their first collection of 1992. His name is Mathew. The box says Christian, as I supposed the person that got them, got them confused. The collection that was for sale when I found Mathew, consisted of Mathew, Christian and another doll I really couldn´t get a glimpse of it´s name as it was written outside the box with a marker.
It was made in Spain by this two twin German sisters by the name of Petra Jeckle and Andrea Jansen.
Size: 17 - 19 inches
Material: Vinyl, with soft body, and a mohair wig.
Artist: Design and Modeled by Petra Jeckle
Company: Jeckle-Jansen Künstlerpuppen
Markings: Behind the head it says "1992 Andrea Jansen".
Approx Retail Original Value: $350 - $450 USD
Approx Retail Value as of Aug 30th 2013: $100-$450 USD
Status: Rescued. Keeping this doll in my collection.
I hope you enjoyed these photos and you can use them for reference in case one day you also bump into one of these cute little friends.
With much love.
Missha
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