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<p>[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 9463239, member: 5592"]<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>My usual preface: not my forte</i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>But they look a bit off to me, could be just that they have new wigs & what look like new bodies. The back of their heads look better than the overall picture, though. </i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>I always heard that most antique dolls are whiter with painted on blush etc than repros which are generally pinker.</i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>I only have genuine ones so no idea if this is true or not.</i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>I have to say the facial painting on all of them looks wrong to me for antique. ( However, my main area of interest is English vinyl fashion dolls so again, am no expert. )</i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30059"><b><i>The small rubber one is probably a German Ari, should have a triangle on its back with ARI written above it. xx</i></b></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 9463239, member: 5592"][CENTER][COLOR=#b30059][B][I]My usual preface: not my forte[/I][/B] [B][I]But they look a bit off to me, could be just that they have new wigs & what look like new bodies. The back of their heads look better than the overall picture, though. [/I][/B] [B][I][/I][/B] [B][I]I always heard that most antique dolls are whiter with painted on blush etc than repros which are generally pinker.[/I][/B] [B][I]I only have genuine ones so no idea if this is true or not.[/I][/B] [B][I][/I][/B] [B][I]I have to say the facial painting on all of them looks wrong to me for antique. ( However, my main area of interest is English vinyl fashion dolls so again, am no expert. ) [/I][/B] [B][I]The small rubber one is probably a German Ari, should have a triangle on its back with ARI written above it. xx[/I][/B][/COLOR][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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