Some Q & A s About Tonight’s Doll That I will be Posting for Sale at 8 p.m. Eastern Time

I’ve had a few questions about the doll I am offering for sale Monday evening at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Many new people have asked to be on my “New Dolls” mailing list, so this post is for them, and anyone one else who may not be familiar with the way I sell my dolls.

I try to make selling and buying my dolls as easy and uncomplicated as possible. Essentially I make a doll and when it is finished I post it here on my blog IzannahWalker.com. The first person who emails me after the doll is posted and says they want to buy the doll gets it.

Tonight’s doll will be a reproduction of Hannah. You can see photos of the original antique dolls and some of my reproductions of them and read about the prices of my dolls here: https://asweetremembrance.com/…/izannah-walker…/ A few of the newest reproductions that are in development (such as Emma Blue, and a more time worn version of Isadora) aren’t pictured yet.

The Hannah that is going to be offered for sale does come with a wardrobe of 3 dresses, and possibly an apron that will coordinate with all of the dresses (if I get it made in time). I have not calculated the time and materials cost of the extra pieces of clothing yet, which do have extra antique fabric and more time consuming details. I WILL have that figured out by the time I offer her for sale. I took all day Sunday off to play with my granddaughter.

There is apparently a bit of confusion about whether or not I auction my dolls… The short answer is no, I don’t.

I do not do auctions. I simply post a description and many photographs of the doll that I have finished and ready to sell. There is no bidding, the price on each doll is a fixed price. The first person who emails me and tells me that they want to buy the doll gets it. The only tricky part is that the dolls take over 100 hours of working time to make, and usually another 100 hours total to dry between all the different steps.

I can’t make enough dolls for everyone who would like to buy one, so the dolls tend to sell very quickly. I announce when I will be posting them so that everyone has an equal opportunity to look at the doll, decide if they would like to have her/him and email me to say they want to buy her/him. As soon as the doll is sold I post that information immediately.

There is no bidding, the listed price doesn’t change, and I am selling them outright. Hopefully it isn’t stressful for anyone besides me I do my best to make it very straightforward and simple.

As always I am incredibly grateful for your interest in my work. Thank you!

(In case you are asking yourself why I don’t have a website with inventory control the answer is that it is too expensive. Especially when you take into account the limited number of dolls I am able to make in a year. )