COLLECTING COLLECTIBLES
There have always been folk who will spend
their money on things
just so thay can look at
them. Wherever they are kept – glass cabinet,
on a table, on a shelf or in
a bank deposit box, they are things they MUST
have!
When I was a boy, like a lot
of others, I started to collect stamps. I
acquired a stamp album and
delighted myself in separating, from a huge
packet of stamps bought for
next to nothing, those stamps that I hoped
would be worth a lot of
money./
But I guess my enthusiasm
wasn’t sufficiently permanent to keep at
coll;ecting stamps. I never did find and really good ones and as
the
summer days and school
holidays arrived, the outdoors beckoned with
cricket and a host of other
things which replaced my stamp collecting.
Nevertheless, there are many
today whose business is philately.
Collecting is a “thing”
people do. Whether it be old newspapers, rare
porcelaine, vintage cars or
wine, statues – the list is endless.
BUT, a new collectible has
walked onto the scene in the last 5 years.
The collectimg of REBORN BABY
DOLLS.
These dolls are exceptionally
lifelike and their manufacture is time
consuming, painstaking and
world-wide and here are a few phrases
taken from the pages of some
websites:
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“Sheila
Michael's "Original Award Winning Dolls" are now available to
collectors around the world. Babies
range in size from a few inches to life-size.
Works from past to present are featured in Sheila Michael Original
Dolls. Each doll is a hand-sculptured work of art from polymer clay using no
molds in the sculpting process. Sheila's
babies are now available in Solid Silicone, limited editions. Every doll is made to resemble a real baby or
child”
“Lee
Middleton sculpted her first dolls to look like her own two children, and soon,
relatives and friends asked Lee to sculpt dolls that looked like their
children. Word spread quickly about Lee's talent and she soon found herself in
charge of an unexpected "cottage industry." Supply and demand forced
Lee to continuously find larger locations for production. In 1989, Lee opened a
manufacturing facility in
“Secrist
is the largest manufacturer of vinyl reborn doll kits, reborning supplies, and
training materials. We support your artistic endeavour by offering the BEST
instructional DVDs to help you create a beautiful vinyl newborn baby. We make
it easy to get started with our reborning starter kits that have all the
necessary supplies so you can start with the best!”
This business has become so
popular that there are people who want to get into it, but have little or no
knowledge of it, so training courses have been ste up to enable those who want
to try rheir hand at making these dolls can
do so.
Reborn Baby Dolls is a new
art form, but one that’s growing very fast. The
dolls are very lifelike and
realistic and have become very, very collectible.
Twins and triplets are
available as is a whole range of clothes, dummies, etc.
There is also a range of
reborn baby dolls for children, but they are different
from the collectible items.
yet sell extremely well.
I can see a huge future in this
business.
Tony Bryan
