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Best in Show & Artist Doll (more than ,250) - “Rapunzel” by Hildegard Günzel

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The ballots are in, and DOLLS readers have chosen their favorite doll creations of 2012 from among the nominees selected by a panel of expert judges at the beginning of the year. Our thanks go out to all the artists who entered the competition and to the hundreds of you who took the time to vote. Congratulations to all our winners!

Look for all the details on how to enter our 2013 competition next month, in the January 2013 issue of DOLLS!

The hallmark of a true artist is vision and verity — Maggie Iacono has both in spades. Her notion of what defines a doll is lovely and unflagging; and her choices of colors, texture, construction, and subject matter emerge straight from her heart. They are real, honest depictions of what is in her mind and in her soul.

The 2011 Dolls Awards of Excellence

De Poppenstee celebrates both crystal (15 year) and silver (25 year) anniversaries this year. Bets and Jos van Boxel started De Poppenstee in 1986, when they rebuilt a former farmhouse with their own hands into a gallery and studio.

Recessionary times can prompt people to rethink their expenses—and often the first thing to go is discretionary funds. Money once spent on non-essentials like entertainment—whether that is dinners out, movie tickets or another doll for a collection—isn’t quite as plentiful as it was in recent years.

The Toy Shoppe Owners Danny and Barrie Shapiro Create Friends for Life

Since Danny Shapiro opened The Toy Shoppe in Richmond, Va., in 1975, he and his wife, Barrie, have paired hundreds, perhaps thousands, of collectors with the highest quality dolls and teddy bears. The Shapiros are matchmakers, relationship experts. Above and beyond anything else, they are partners.

Rinkya Auction Service Aims to Take the Anxiety out of Bidding for Dolls.

Many eBay shoppers know that sinking feeling only too well: The utter, absolute agony of de­feat that comes when your attempt to win the latest must-have doll or doll-related item is spoiled by a last-minute, deeper-pocketed bidder. You replay the depressing scenario re­peatedly and wonder why, oh why, did that auction have to end when I couldn’t be at my com­puter to coun­terattack the down-to-the-wire bid blitz?