The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls

by Debbie Behan Garrett

Collectors will delight in acquiring the first and only Black dolls book that is completely published in FULL COLOR! Author Debbie Garrett has written an extensive book of reference on vintage, modern, fashion and artist Black dolls. Featured in this book are Black dolls made from cloth, bisque, celluloid, composition, rubber, wood, and hard plastic. Fashion dolls, modern artist dolls and other doll categories are covered. This long-overdue, insightful book includes a price guide and tips for buying and selling in the collector's market. This is a "must-have" book for collectors and social historians who want to see first-hand the evolution of a childhood plaything which in recent years has also been fashioned for adult collectors. 8 1/2" x 11" - 436 Color Photos

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

Debbie Garrett’s interest in collecting black dolls commenced after the 1991 catalogue purchase of a “collectible” porcelain doll intended as a gift for her daughter. After the doll’s arrival, the decision to keep the doll and to begin a collection ensued.


Her avid interest in black-doll history prompted research on dolls made during and before her childhood. Before writing her first black-doll reference book, The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls, Hobby House Press, Inc., 2003, Ms. Garrett's efforts to connect with other like-minded collectors culminated in founding the WeLoveBlackDolls Yahoo! Group, in January 2001. In February 2002, as cofounder and editor of The Black Doll-E-Zine, “the first and only e-zine (now group) devoted to collecting black dolls,” her doll research, writing, and networking with doll collectors and artists continued. As a member-at-large of the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Ms. Garrett has contributed to their Doll News quarterly publication. Garrett's articles have been published in Doll Castle News, Dolls, Contemporary Doll Collector, DollReader, and her profile as a collector is included in October Gallery's book, Connecting People with Art by Evelyn and Mercer Redcross.



Ms. Garrett, a native Texan, is the married mother of two adult children, Angela and Adam, and doting granny of Angela’s two precocious boys. Her non-doll-researching/collecting time is spent working as a CMT-credentialed, home-based, allied health professional for a leading global provider of clinical documentation.

Reviews

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing how much information is in this book! Love it and am so happy to have it in my collection. Unfortunately there's so many more dolls I want now! Thanks Mrs. Garrett!