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Gran66
Mar 26, 2008, 03:56 PM
Attached is a photo of one of my dolls. She is a phonograph doll with six records. Does anyone have any idea of the value?

Clough
Mar 28, 2008, 12:52 AM
When you say "phonograph doll" do you mean the kind that does what is described on the following link?

4 posts tagged “camera” - jelene's Blog on Vox (http://jelene.vox.com/library/posts/tags/camera/)

Below is a quote from the link above.


About this doll, the oldest doll I have in my collection: The Mae Starr doll is another doll that played music with light blue cylinders. Phonograph dolls talk, sing and play cylinders like a record... Mae Starr is 29 inches tall, four inches larger than the Genuine Madame Hendren. The Mae Starr doll was made from 1928 through 1944, when doll production stopped because of the shortage of materials due to World War II. On the back of the shoulder plate is the identifying name: "Mae Starr Doll". There is a rare advertising cylinder for Mae Starr titled "The Mae Star Dolly", which carries this title on the rim of the cylinder. These cylinders were supplied by the Averill Company.