Posted 7 years ago
crocus4mr
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Doll is marked Alexander 1961 on back of head. It has vinyl head and composition body. White dress with pink says Mimi. It is 21 inches tall. I can't find any dolls called Mimi. I have found some portrait dolls that are 21 inches and say Alexander 1961 on back of head. It is also jointed at the knees. My mother-in-law had this doll in her collection. She is no longer living so I can't ask her. If you can help I would appreciate.
Thanks,
Carol
She has the Jacqueline Kennedy face which MA company produced in 62 but white house asked not to use her name on their dolls so she was reintroduced in 1965 as a Portrait doll . She may have the Cissy body does she ? Fully jointed ? They continue to use her face dated 1961 even today . Yours looks like 1972 version but must be a very hard to find character . I will try to look at my books later and see who "Mimi" was supposed to portray . She is a real treasure !
Thanks, yes I did think she had the Jacqueline Kennedy face and read somewhere about not using her name. How can you tell it is 1972? You mean they are putting 1961 on the faces of the dolls they make even today? Only knees are jointed. Are all Cissy dolls fully jointed? What does fully jointed mean? Like waist, elbows, wrist and knees? Thank you so much for information. I hope you can find out who Mimi doll was suppose to portray. I'm just sort of at an end trying to figure it out. I was so happy when I saw this site!
1962-present Alexander Portrait Dolls, 21" tall, vinyl dolls with rooted hair, sleep eyes; Sarah Bernhardt (in burgundy dress), Bride, Gainsborough (several gowns), Godey (several gowns), Madame Alexander (pink gown) & Madame Pompadour (in pink lace dress), Melanie (several gowns), Mimi (white gown pink trim), Queen (gold gown), Scarlett (many gowns), plus many other dolls. She is mentioned as one they made and early ones had Cissy body I can see your's does not have elbow joints so a later one . I will still try to locate a photo of her in a book but this describes her as a Portrait doll . They are very sought after .
Oh and also using the lighter hair color came later like yours . Early ones were brunette. and just jointed at knee's
She is lighter hair color like later but only jointed at knees like earlier ones. Also, I noticed you said Mimi had white gown with pink trim. Her gown is like that, but cape is an orange color. Thanks again! So exciting to find out about her! Yes, if you can find a picture of her that would be wonderful!
I find reference to her in all my books . She was made only one year 1971 and therefore the elusive photo of her in books . I do not have a book of Just Madame Alexander dolls and perhaps she would be in it . But I am sure she is all original and in beautiful condition and any MA collector would love her ! I some some blue books of value but prices change all the time so I would say they are not accurate . She is special and keep her out of direct sunlight and prefer in a glass display case .
Oh I meant to say early ones were jointed like Cissy . oops Yours is well documented in all my reference books as made 1971 only .
Well this may help showing the orange cape . The original dress for Mimi !! :-)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-CISSY-SIZE-21-034-Alexander-2170-MIMI-Portrait-GOWN-ENSEMBLE-/112432283635?hash=item1a2d7c7ff3%3Ag%3AWbMAAOSwBt5ZNX1~&nma=true&si=MHzzbG07zheJUO4yg4Taza0%252BQ3g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Yes, yes!! :- That is the dress and the cape. That cape matches the dress better than mine does. Must be some fading that has taken place. And, the Mimi tag is in better condition. I even have one shoe that is original I think. Yes, I must keep her out of sunlight. I just remembered that my mother-in-law had her in a glass case sitting in front of a window. Thank you, thank you so much for researching this out for me Manikin and in such a short amount of time. Do you have any recommendations as to what would be a good good book to buy to identify MA dolls?
Was this ebay posting recent?
It sold June 8th 2017 . You almost need to buy 2 books on her dolls since usually one covers up to early 1970 and then they updated books to cover 70's- 90's As in all books sometimes there is not a picture of every doll the company made so there is no guarantee she will have her photo in it . I looked through 5 books and none had her picture in it just referenced her . If you plan to buy more MA dolls or have more than a book would be needed for sure . I would have to say Pat Smith's books are usually good .
Mystery solved . Oh you can go to edit and drag 3rd photo to number one position of all the photo's . Then n the thumbnail that shows on CW people will see doll and pass her by like I did at first because you just see something white on photo no doll :-)
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying about editing 3rd picture and dragging it to 1st? Do you mean on the 3rd picture of the outfit that sold on E-bay? Thumbnail picture? I don't see it!
Oh, I know what you mean now. Drag the #3 picture that I put up to #1 by editing it, huh? I tried but without any success. So if I show picture of doll first, other people looking on CW will try and identify her?
I did it! I just looked on e-bay and there is a 21" Mimi for sale. She is in mint condition. Seller says it was her doll growing up. Looks like she has done some research on it. Thanks for information on books to buy.
Yes I see one showed up today on Ebay she says Hard plastic but she is vinyl and in beautiful condition !
Mark your mystery solved there is a place on your post to do that , Great you moved her photo to show now too :-) Have to watch how sale goes on ebay too for such a minty doll .
Oh yes, it does say hard plastic. It will be interesting to see how much Mimi is worth. Thank you so much Manikin for your help. It is so wonderful to have you and CW available to all of us! Really special!!
Glad you came to us and hope you stay and share any of the items you collect too :-)
Here is latest update Mimi was a Opera or Opera Star .
An Opera star! Wow!! I'll have to look that up. Thanks for that info. How did you run across that?
Browsing through some old books :-)