 Home | Recent News | Aberdeen Village | Doll Collection a Thirty Year Passion | Printme 06 Jun 2008 Doll Collection a Thirty Year Passion |  | Eula Sadler shows the custom walnut cabinet that houses her doll collection that spans more than 30 years. | |
Apartment resident Eula Sadler’s doll collection is impressive, though she did make some adjustments when she moved to Aberdeen Village from Illinois. Mrs. Sadler has been collecting since 1976 when she found her first doll completely by chance when she moved into an existing house on a farm they had purchased. “It was in a suitcase in the house,” she said. The tiny doll, which is no bigger than a person’s thumb, is now in a display case that hangs in her living room. She found the small doll along with two toy cap pistols in that suitcase, but she sold the pistols and kept the doll. That started a collection that to date, spans more than 30 years. Her collection totals more than 250 dolls in all shapes and sizes, many of which sit stoically in a Walnut cabinet. “The cabinet was made for them,” she said. “It was made from the raw lumber that came from our farm.” Although she says that she doesn’t have a favorite, she will pull many different ones from their place in the cabinet, pointing out the different styles and intricacies. One small doll that she says she “really likes” is a small doll with a blue dress with yellow and white polka dots and a matching bow in its hair. “When I bought this one, it didn’t have any clothes on,” Mrs. Sadler said. “I made this little outfit and took it back to show the lady and she wanted to buy it back!” Mrs. Sadler made many of the clothes for her dolls. This is an art and skill she shares with her daughter, who not only made clothes, but the actual dolls too. Her daughter shares her doll collecting hobby as well, and attending doll shows was something they used to do together a lot. One particular Christmas, her daughter had been eyeing a doll, but couldn’t convince the seller to meet her price, so Mrs. Sadler purchased it. She didn’t tell her daughter that it was for her, and went home and put it right in her cabinet. Her daughter would look at that doll every time she would visit her mother’s, until on Christmas Day, when Mrs. Sadler wrapped it up and gave it to her as her present. Mrs. Sadler said that her favorite part about being a doll collector is finding the dolls where you least expect to, like the very first time she found that tiny doll in the suitcase. “You never know what you are going to find,” she said.
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