Sneaking Into Robert Tonner’s Unbelievable Vintage Doll Collection *secret doll stash*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2019
- WHAT!! This is one of the most EPIC live videos we have EVER filmed!! Robert Tonner took us inside his secret doll stash in a warehouse in Kingston, New York. For the first time, Robert unveiled his vintage doll collection and we got to chat with him and see many of the dolls he is passionate about. Get ready for vintage favorites like Revlon, Kissy, Sweet Sue, plus dolls that are a little less known but still his favorites! WHO KNEW?!! This was SO much fun. Thank you so much, Robert Tonner!!
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I love the first doll he showed, the Revlon Blonde with the gorgeous navy dress with the flower accent and then the Schiaparelli creation on the Effanbee doll. So nice of Robert Tonner to show us around his collection, it's been a real treat. Thank you Rachel and Robert!
liktom thanks so much for tuning in, we had the best time!!!
I wonder if he has a 18" Tiffany Taylor Doll?? One of the most beautiful dolls in the world next to Robert's dolls!!!
This is amazing. Thanks so much to both Robert Tonner and Rachel for sharing all these wonderful dolls with everyone.
Thanks so much for tuning in! I am glad you enjoyed this amazing tour as much as I did!
Have you Hurd of the Terri lee doll
Sydney Chase has always been my favorite doll, I thought she had the most beautiful face. I agree that the 16 inch dolls are preferable, Barbie size is so small to work with and fit correctly. Details are easier to achieve. Doll collecting - it's a kind of madness - you should see my collection in all sizes also. I had such a series when I was a kid, and started to collect them again when my granddaughter was born and never stopped - she is now 18 years old. I get it, (really should stop). Tonner dolls were the absolute best. The end of the Tonner Doll company has left such a hole in the doll world - we miss you. Thank you for all the ones we got through the years. And thank you for this tour in the treasure room. Are we ever going to see new Tonner dolls? I sure hope so.
We appreciate your comment! And YES, we will have more Tonner dolls coming THIS YEAR!! Details hopefully SOON!
I was DOLL CRAZY FROM DAY 1!!!! LEARNED TO SEW, KNIT & CROCHET FOR THEM IN CAR, 3 DAYS FROM NY TO FLA. TWICE/ YR.!!!! GRAM SAT NEXT TO ME & TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING SHE KNEW! MY 3 SISTERS & I, HAD THE BEST DRESSED DOLLS IN NY (BARBIE, BABY DOLLS, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, CHATTY KATHY, BRIDE DOLLS, MAD. ALEXANDER, ANTIQUE DOLLS, ETC. - WE HAD THEM ALL!). WHAT FUN! I GOT A SINGER SEW. MACH
ON MY 8TH B.DAY , WAY AHEAD OF THE 8TH GRADE HOME ECONOMICS CLASS! I TOOK OFF! FOND MEMORIES, NOW I MAKE CLOTHES FOR ALL MY NIECES, AND GRT. NIECE'S 18" AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS!!!
I always love to listen to Robert talk about dolls. His collection is fabulous; he is fabulous.
His collection IS fabulous! So glad you enjoyed this!
I was lucky enough to meet the man who started Uneeda Doll Company. My favorite doll from my childhood was the Uneeda doll named Suzette. Love Robert Tonner’s dolls!!! I have many of them! Robert is such an amazing man! Thanks for the doll clothes pattern video!❤️💕🎀🐿
Thanks for sharing!!
I'm just learning so much and finding this channel and being introduced to Robert Tonner this way is fabulous. Rachel you are an amazing interviewer, thank you for pulling out of Robert that something personal which makes it impossible not to adore him for being so humble.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for your kind words. I filmed this LIVE on Facebook so it was pretty crazy, we had so much fun! Thank you for being here.
Im in my 50s, and when you held a 24 inch doll, you really felt like you were holding a baby. Perfect size doll. Pity they dont make that size for children any more. Also not difficult to sew for.
Not everything from the past should be forgotten.
@@RachelHoffmanDolls dolls in past are the best made 🇬🇧
Oh they do make dolls that size still! They are hard to find but they are there!
Love these dolls! 50s and 60s are my era dolls.
Awesome!! So glad you enjoyed this!
I love that Robert Tonner has a collection of Ideal Kissy dolls! My very cool older cousin gave me her Kissy Doll last year and I cried when I saw her nestled in the tissue paper. I loved Kissy since I was five years old. Whenever I am feeling low, I turn to Kissy and squeeze her arms and everything is alright. Thumbs up Robert Tonner!
Thank you for your kind words and for tuning in, we are so glad you enjoyed this!
I've been trying to learn more about vintage dolls and I have read about
Mr. Robert Tonner. Beautiful dolls. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you for joining us!!
I enjoyed this so much ! Robert seems like such a down to earth guy. My favorite doll when I was young was an Effanbee Doll called "Gumdrop" she had a blue dress, and platinum blonde hair. I gave her to a family that couldn't afford dolls. I spent years looking for another one,I finally found her on e bay ! I was so thrilled. Love seeing the dolls that I cherished as a kid. I own Kissy,Chatty Cathy,Twiggy,Shirley Temple,and repros. of Patti PlayPal. I love dolls !
I watch this video over and over to see all the beautiful dolls. I can dream that Robert Tonner calls me and wants me to organize and document his doll collection.
We’re so glad you love this video and thank you so much for your purchases. You helped us a lot and we have more to come!
An absolutely INCREDIBLE collection!
I love seeing his dolls and it proves his true love for dolls!
I was in awe! Just like being in a time machine!!! So MAGICAL!
Thanks so much to Robert Tonner and Rachel for sharing his collection!
Thank you so much!
Thank you do much for sharing your knowledge and love of dolls ❤
You are so welcome!
i''m guessing the reason many toys stayed pristine in boxes more than most other items is because it's a relatively small window of childhood when kids actually dress/brush/play with toys.. grandparents/godparents/aunts/uncles/etc, might live across country and are still remembering the 6, 7, or 8yo they saw the last time they visited, so keep sending toys when the kids are 10, 11, and 12 and outgrowing the "play" phase of childhood.. either that, or like you say, a nicer/upscale doll is gifted and then mom emphasizes that it's a "fancy" collector/display doll that should NOT be undressed/brushed/handled under ANY circumstances, so it gets immediately boxed/put away at the top of a closet until the kid gets older (and then gets forgotten about), or else gets displayed on a tall dresser, or a high shelf for display ONLY.. most little kids are pretty smart, there were hundreds of things we all grew up intuitively understanding weren't to be played with, or even so much as touched: dad's tools, mom's good china, grandma's lead crystal, great-grandma's sterling silver, etc.. . the expensive china doll from aunt mary would most likely have been in that same category in most families..
Yeah I remember when I got dolls my mom would always tell me to keep them as they are in boxes👀 I was just too eager to play with it as a kid tho
TYLER WENTWORTH and her friends are my only dolls now..
Even the first ones are incredible and so well made..
Part of Bashette Ironworks and love to spoil them .Thanks for your hard work Robert !!!
Thanks for sharing!!
This is second time I ve viewed this video and I think a museum is needed to get all of these dolls out of boxes and on display to be enjoyed !!
Thank you for tuning in and enjoying this peek into this marvelous collection!
Roberts doll designs and sculpting have made so many generations of little girls so happy! He designed one of my favorites.
I own a Magic attic club doll named “Megan” I got for Christmas in 1996 when I was 9 years old. I love my Megan so much that I still have her till this day. She has always been the most beautiful doll I own. I have dolls that are adorable and cute….but my Megan is gorgeous! She looks like a Porcelain doll but she’s made of fine vinyl.
I love how Robert designed Megan with the most gorgeous strawberry blonde/red hair and green eyes. you don’t see many dolls with those stunning colors.
Megan is one of my prized childhood favorites. She has made me so happy & I hope Robert sees how his work is cherished.
Thank you so much for sharing!!
My Revlon Doll was my favorite doll!!! So fun to see them again.
Thank you and thank you Robert Tonner for sharing with us a part of YOU. xoxoxoxo Many blessings to your both ad a very Happy Holiday and New Year.
By the way I have at least 100 of your dolls without counting them all. Just love you!
Thank you so much!!
There is always at least one doll and/ or bear that owns us.... They are the keepers of secrets and greats loves... Enjoy
I love your pfp🖤I collect dolls AND Persians🤓
I am glued to my couch watching all of these beautiful dolls. I love dolls and I am 70 years young I can come to Mr. Tonner’s storage room and never leave lol he has such an amaizing collection. Thank You both for sharing! 👍💖💖💖💖💖💖🌟🌹
Wow, thank you!!
2 yrs watching this later and this is still so fascinating!
I love watching these videos! Thank you for taking the time to share these special moments :-)
Roger Lloyd you’re so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Oh Rachel! What a treat, tysm for taking us along. Take ❤ care
Glad you enjoyed it!
I would like to see the sweet Sues and their outfits. Wow! Just amazing the dolls and the fashion. Such fun! So glad these virtual doll conventions are available. First time seeing this and I have to watch this again.
Love Robert's collection.
"A magical world in a little box", what a marvelous description! Indeed, each doll presents their own character, their own storyline as unique as each person who holds them. A most wonderful prompt for building IMAGINATION! THERE IS NO WORLD I KNOW LIKE THE WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION!
Shall I prompt you further? Penny Brite, Velvet, Poor Pitiful Pearl, LIDDLE KIDDLES, Furga Beauties and Valentinas, Mary Poppins sets with Jane and Michael, The World of Love (and Peace, Flower, Soul, etc), . . . Love the 70's dolls! Tonner's best works have got to be the Ellowyne Wilde series IMO. I only wish there had been more flat-foot dolls in his line.
This was absolutely an amazing TOUR (video). WOW!... I have a few of the 18 inch Kitty Collier dolls, and also several of the Tiny Kitty dolls. But with me, it all started w/ the Tyler Wentworth dolls (Signature style) , and then the dressed Tyler dolls, including Esme. Anyhow, I had no idea that Robert also had such a wide collection of dolls from the 1950s. Those vintage 50's dolls, in Robert's collection, are truly amazing, and so many are still in the original boxes too! WOW
This is out of this world, I'm not sure I was ready for this!
Thank you so much to both of you, it's breathtaking! So so beautiful, amazing!
Thank you so much for your kind words, it’s so appreciated!!!
What a special treat!
I am speechless. Just brilliant !
Fascinating and beautiful Doll Collection. 💖
LOVE this!!!!!
This video is so fun to watch! I've been enjoying you channel a lot. Thanks for putting this content together for us. Super appreciated!
Thank you for giving us a tour and inviting😊
Great collection! I hope he's designated a beneficiary for his collection. 💝
Beautiful Dolls , I enjoyed seeing dolls from my Childhood.❤️❤️
What fun to see this collection! I was especially interested in the Effanbees as I designed bears for the Bear Essentials line.
We’re so glad you enjoyed this!
And how on Earth was Liz not popular?!?!?!? 🙀🙀🙀🙀 she is masterpiece!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
This is such a great video. Thank you both so much. Delightful
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for posting this video- I love Robert Tonner dolls. It's nice to get a glimpse of the type of dolls that Robert actually collects.
Glad you enjoyed it! We had SO much fun filming this video!
❤ this is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
2 years later... I still watch this from time to time. Therapeutic
Awe I love that!
Another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. We LOVE you, Robert! 💝 💝 💝
We do! Thank you for watching!!
Oh, I loved watching this show! Years ago, I collected Revlon Fashion dolls. I wish I had never sold them due to downsizing for retirement.
Wow! What a great chance to see all those amazing dolls! The Emilie and Duchess sculpts are my favorites. I love his Mary Astor doll too.
Thank you so much!
I love it 💕 it’s wonderful to know the doll creators are just as weak as we are 😂 those little dollies just sucks everyone in with their little adorable selves 😂❤️💯 thank you Robert, I don’t feel so bad about my dolls 😉
So glad you enjoyed! Thank you for watching!
Yes, this was wonderful! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love 💕 it ALL ❤!!!!!!
A wonderful collection - so many beautiful dolls.
Thank you 🤗 We appreciate you tuning in!
My best friend had a ton of dolls !! She and her mom took them and boxed them up when she turned 17 . They stored them in the attic she got married and had a girl ! She then decided to go into the attic to get the dolls down found they had been destroyed by animals . Oh how devastating it was !! Vintage Barbie , baby Chrissy , The Dawn dolls, Sonny n Cher , Dorothy Hamill , the happy (Sunshine)Family , the list of dolls from the 60s to the 70s was endless .
Thank you for sharing, we thrilled you enjoyed this!
I just found you and am so glad! This is just awesome, what a collection. I love the Tressy doll, I had one, oh what great memories.
Thank you so much!
Rachel words can’t Express how happy my heart is ,how grateful I am that you’re doing this because without you I would never see your beautiful awesome amazing tours and dolls thank you, thank you ,thank you, thank you so much and thank you again keep doing what you’re doing I’m ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘watching
You are so welcome
just saw this...Rachel I have to complement you on the fabulous way your eye make-up looks!! you are a true beauty...in 2019, and in 2022!!!
That is so kind, thank you, Janet!
Loved watching this video. They kept standing next to the Nancy Ann Storybook dolls and I was hoping they’d open some of them. I’d love to see an exhibit if all these dolls. So very cool!!! Thanks fot sharing Robert.
That's a great idea!
I REALLY do love Mr Tonners works
He gave me some ideas on new dolls to look for!
Surely, this storage room is what heaven must be like!!! I remember seeing the Miss Revlon display at UFDC in Chicago. I can still see it in my mind's eye!
HEAVEN!!!
I grew up with Miss Revlon and Betsey McCall...love this collection! Falling for Sweet Sue as well!
Love it! Thanks for watching!
I love that these moving eyes it seems as they are just sleeping inside their boxes. And then you open the box, and it's as if she wakes up to look at you.
I love that, too!
Wow... I wish I could have this collection 😍
Love these 💕❤️💕
Thank you so Much Robert and Rachel
Thanks for tuning in!!
This is a fantastic video. So interesting seeing part of doll history.
Thank you so much for watching!
I think you are doing a great job introducing Robert Tonner and seeing some of his collection of dolls. He is a terrific maker of dolls himself. I have seen some of his dolls in person and they are fabulous. I hope he starts making them again, you are doing a great job of bringing dolls to life all kinds of dolls and the antique ones and are incredibly lucky to have had a mother who loved dolls and had her own business and handed down to you and your family and you have the same kind of love for dolls as your mother had. I believe your baby Holland Diane will have the same love for dolls as you and her grandmother did. Please keep up the wonderful work you do introducing everyone to all the different types of dolls that you have. It would be very interesting to see Robert Tonners collection of dolls like he had in this video and also dolls he has made so more people will get to know him, his dollmaking, you could also have other dollmakers on too! Thank you for all you do and I know with a baby it isn't too easy but I do think she enjoys seeing what you do.
You are a man after my own heart! Sweet Sue’s are underrated in my opinion especially the 24”! So happy to see this! I do the same thing…just love to look at my collection from time to time. This is my favorite period, too!
Right on! Thanks so much for watching!
Wow. Wonderful collection.
Thanks so much for tuning in! We had so much fun with this video.
Beautiful😍
I love my vintage dolls! Two of my favorite dolls are my pre teen tressy that I dug out of a box at the antique store and my Madame Alexander Puddin that I just found at a thrift shop.
Thanks for sharing!! Good find!
More,more,more!!!
Hopefully someday!
sooo cute!! would love to be inside that room!
It was a dream!
WOW!!!
Wonderful! Display them!
Have to have a place to display them! Thanks so much for watching.
Hi Rachel and Robert! I am so excited, listening to this video right now. I wish I could be right there, just enjoying all of these wonderful dolls with you both. I am totally blind, and I too am a dull collector myself. I have been collecting for so many years now, and it’s so nice to hear you especially Robert and your joy of dolls. I wish my husband could love dolls and want to help me with them keep bringing these videos to us, I absolutely love them!
Thank you so much for your comment and for being here and listening in with us. We appreciate you so much!
@@RachelHoffmanDolls it is my pleasure Rachel! I do really enjoy both you and Robert, and your love for all of these dolls and sharing them with us. You just inspire me to keep going and Rachel a special thank you to you for making me feel better about myself.😊
Je viens de découvrir cette vidéo. Je ne connais pas bien les poupées américaines, car francaise, mais je peux vous dire que je me suis crue au paradis! Quel plaisir de voir une telle collection, surtout en ce moment où l’on veut culpabiliser les collectionneurs pour l’impact sur l’environnement. J’ai adoré et j’aime votre Dollsschop ! Bonne année 2024 !
I love your service and come all the time for various reasons.
Thank you!
Love the boxes with henges.
Beautiful💖I love dolls, never had dolls as a little girl.
Thank you for watching, we are glad you are enjoying dolls now!
Luv luv luv 💓 thank you 😊
Thank you for watching!
Dolls that I would like to see made by Tonner: short set (few characters): Addams Family. If he could make a doll as beautiful as Carolyn Jones - wow! She'd fly off the shelf. Long set (a lot of characters): Lost - Hurley would be great!
Thank you so much, love your suggestions!
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching!
Wow! Thank you so very much I love dolls.love to be there.🥰
You’re welcome 😊
Beautiful collection! At first while watching another video, I didn’t know who Robert Tonner was or why he had this many dolls. Now it all makes sense to me lol I looked him up, and
I understand why he has all these dolls now.
I just want to say I just discovered Betsy McCall/Robert Tonner dolls, and I love them. They’re very cute!
I’ll definitely be getting one or two..or more lol
Robert Tonner is an amazing doll designer :) I am glad you met him through this video!
Tressy was the original grow hair doll. Ideal bought the patent from American Character whenthey closed shop. Thankyou for sharing!
Thanks for the info!
I don't have many friends. He is the perfect friend. Amazing.
He is amazing. ❤️❤️❤️
The outfits look gorgeous.
Thanks!
Wow! Amazing collection. I love his dolls. I've purchased several, secondhand, to dress and give as gifts. I would love to see if he has the Sweet Sue or Revlon doll like I had as a child. I still have my Seeet Sue but lost her original clothes.
Thank you so much!
Omg I had tressy and that very outfit with the trophy and flowers! ❤️
Tressy is such a cool doll!!
What a treat. Thank you Mr. Tonner for sharing your personal stash. As a child, I did not really care for dolls. My poor mom would save up her hard earned money to buy me dolls and I tended to look at them a few minutes and then want to go outside with the dogs, horses, etc. Here I am in my mid 60s and getting a second chance to fall in love with dolls.
I always loved dolls. I'm soon to enter my sixties and still do!
We are thrilled that you enjoyed this!
Thank you so much. I really got insight on Mr. Tonner. Full disclosure I collected early Gene dolls. still need a chaise lounge.
I had moved to LA to work in film and years later wanted a doll that represented Hollywood in my collection. I was a broke film student and saw a Gene but couldn't afford her at the time. I used the Ebay for the first time to buy that Gene doll decades later :-) and got hooked. Thank You so much for the details and wonderful designs.
That is awesome! Thank you for being here!
Madame Alexander heaven! Sweet! Thank you!
Ahhh I want a Jennifer doll♡♡ He has such a wonderful collection ♡♡♡
Thank you for watching!
This is a treat the faces and dresses
Thank you for watching!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you so much for this video Mr. Tonner! Ugh i had fun listening to you. I too used to wonder how hair pins were used. 😊 I definitely need dolls part shampoo and conditioner!🤩
Glad you enjoyed it!
@RachelHoffmanDolls I really did. I love your ferver for dolls too! I live in Northglenn and want to visit your Doll shop!🥹💗
I understand why you find it hard to pick one favorite. They are all stunning. But, I don’t see any Ginny dolls. The were my favorite. I still have mine from 1957. She’s like new as I found her precious and didn’t want her to get worn. I did change her outfits from time to time and played with her gently.
Thanks for this video all roberts dolls are adorable 🥰🥰wish he could do video on effanbee dolls I don’t know if it’s just me but Robert sounds so much like Steve Martin
Thank you for the new Toni!
Thanks for watching!
I love your Jackie an Liz favorite Dolls ! Out of all the collections of dolls Sophia Maria Nettles age 29 💖💜💜💜💜💜💜