Not the toy kind....But a real house full of dolls.
The owner of this house collected antique dolls. She had hundreds of them. They were everywhere in the house: on the staircases, on top of cabinets, in closets, sitting in the fireplace, in the bathrooms, just everywhere! She also had old prams and carriages,etc., of course dolls were sitting in them.
The unusual thing(as if 100's of dolls isn't enough) is that most of these dolls were scary to look at. The dolls had ceramic or porcelain faces. Some of the faces were 1/2 missing. Some had no hair. They were in torn dresses.All of them had the eyes of a "cult leader" Wide eyed and staring at you. The carriages had missing wheels. These dolls made "chuckie" look good.
The owner couldn't understand why she should pack up this collection. I told her that the feedback from the agents was that their customers thought the house was scary. They were not able to look beyond the dolls.She wouldn't put them away. The house did not sell and from what I hear there are more dolls.
All personal collections should be put away before the house is on the market, especially if the collection is a distraction.
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