Ask Sherryl Shirran how many doll she owns and she can’t tell you exactly. Somewhere past 1,000, she figures. “I have too many dolls to count.” The Anaheim home that Shirran, 75, shares with her ...

SEABROOK — When you rounded the corner into the Billiards room at Dan Willinger’s house in Malden, Massachusetts, you would stop in your tracks and stare in disbelief. Staring back at you were over ...

Bettina Dorfmann, a German superfan, holds a Guinness World Record for collecting 18,500 dolls, including ones from the 1959 collection. She offers restoration services through her doll hospital, ...

WHAT? SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO START WITH TWO: WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE AND WHAT'S WITH THE DOLL COLLECTION? Originally part of the YWCA when it was established in 1919 in Detroit, today it's ...

For artist Betye Saar, dolls are much more than objects of play. They are vessels for the imagination and the catalysts for storytelling. They create magical memories for children and conjure enduring ...

Lisa Williams, PhD, recalls watching a segment on CNN and hearing a little African American girl tell anchor Anderson Cooper that brown skin like hers looked nasty. The cable network had commissioned ...

Stuart Holbrook, president and head auctioneer of a renowned doll auction house, gave hobbyists a sneak peek inside the word of high-priced doll collectibles during a recent talk at Windmill Library.