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Originally Posted by Arfies
I found the seller's Etsy listing. The "repro box" looks nothing like the ad, especially not for that price (!) |
Yes - the custom box is way off, which leads me to believe the ad is genuine (because the box there looks like something Ideal would do). The vintage Carol Brent dolls are not that expensive to find either. Anyone could make a version of this prototype too quite easily (if you can sew). So this custom is way overpriced.
That ad is mostly likely (if genuine) a dealer catalog page that sales reps used to take to stores to get them to order products. It is interesting that Libby Majorette made the big 15 inch I Dream of Jeannie in 1965 too - were they copying the size of the original Samantha doll?
It's a shame he's they are not selling copies of the trade ad separately.