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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 2475241, member: 210&quot;]I am trying to limit my treasure-hunting to two days a week (I have many projects I have to tackle on things already found.)&nbsp; I went thrifting one day this week, and then I went antiquing one day, yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw this little doll for a whole $8 (dolls are my second passion, you guys know the first) and it was love at first sight.&nbsp; She reminded me of the Terri Lee dolls, but I have never seen one in person, only online. Here she is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]266039[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]266040[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]266041[/ATTACH] </p><p>She is in very good shape, the eyebrow is not missing paint, just a reflection, and the red mark on the right side of her face looks like, of all things, a lipstick print.&nbsp; Hair great, just needs a light cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was the first thing I researched when I got home.&nbsp; This is who she is:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1953-1954 Freydberg Mary Jane doll, </b>17&quot; tall, all hard plastic more slender body than Terri Lee, wigged, sleep flirty eyes, closed wider mouth than Terri Lee, head turning walker, clone of the Terri Lee doll, Mary Jane is an <b>unmarked</b> doll, made by <b>G. H. &amp; E. Freydberg, Inc. </b>and<b> Kathryn Kay Toy Kreations, Inc. </b>owned by<b> Kathryn Fassel</b>.&nbsp; Terri Lee successfully protected their Terri Lee doll copyright and won the suit in 1954, all Mary Jane doll molds and any finished product was then destroyed, the company restructured with a new Mary Jane doll product and new name of <b>Togs and Dolls</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link, for reference ONLY, not my auction, that shows her in a store ad:</p><p><a href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/825392-12013ABC3262/1950x27s-Mary-Jane-Doll-Terri-Lee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/825392-12013ABC3262/1950x27s-Mary-Jane-Doll-Terri-Lee" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubylane.com/item/825392-12013ABC3262/1950x27s-Mary-Jane-Doll-Terri-Lee</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I love a good find mystery, so if you every see this doll, grab her.&nbsp; She is actually more rare than a Terri Lee doll.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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