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Life like dolls : the collector doll phenomenon and the lives of the women who love them /
Since the 1980s there has been a growing billion dollar business producing porcelain collectible dolls. Avertised in Sunday newspapers and mailbox fliers, even Marie Osmond, an avid collector herself, is now promoting her own line of dolls on the Home Shopping Network and sales are soaring. With ave...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the 1980s there has been a growing billion dollar business producing porcelain collectible dolls. Avertised in Sunday newspapers and mailbox fliers, even Marie Osmond, an avid collector herself, is now promoting her own line of dolls on the Home Shopping Network and sales are soaring. With average price tags of 100 -- and 500 or more for a handcrafted or limited edition doll -- these dolls strike a chord in the hearts of middle-aged and older women, their core buyers, some of whom create ""nurseries"" devoted to collections that number in the hundreds. Each doll has its own name |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p, 267-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203505042 9780203505045 9780415944502 0415944503 9780415944519 0415944511 9786610059874 661005987X 9781135944957 1135944954 9781135944902 1135944903 9781135944940 1135944946 1280059877 9781280059872 |