European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily a Magazine human hair makes dolls More real. Hildegard a Rinzol a leading German doll maker showed Tome other limited edition dolls. Getting � by Linda White travel editor new children were in the crowd at the Frankfurt doll fair in fact dolls Are much More than child s play to serious collectors promoters said this was the biggest show of antique dolls in Europe. Of the 4,000 to 5,000 dolls on display about 70 percent were Anli Viies. 10 percent reproductions and 20 percent new Art dolls. Interest in doll collecting is growing in Europe said promoter Matthias Wanke. Collecting Lei red about 40 years ago in the United Stales hero it s been going 0,1 Only about 10 years Hie noted however Hal German doll Arliss Are now striding ahead in me Field coming Back to their tradition one leading Arlisle is Hildegard Gunzel of Durmer sheim near Baden bade who has won numerous prizes and has just resumed from a successful tour of the United states. Some of her dons _ individuals and groups which sell from $1,500 up. Have been purchased by museums. I started making dolls 14 years  she said i saw a collection of antique dolls and wanted some of my own but they Weie Loo  Antiques Cool such Uethel 20,000 to 30,000 Marks about $10,000 to $15,000 now. So she began to make dolls. Her specially is the characters from grimms fairy tales Cinderella Snow White sleeping Beauly a complese set was bought by a Tokyo museum my dolls Are porcelain covered with  Grinzel said. It gives the skin feeling and is important Tor facial  her dolls wigs Are handmade the hair implanted piece by piece. An English wig maker provides the Reat hair and one wig can Cost As much As 400 Marks about $200their clothes Are made of antique lace or hand painted St kit takes about 200 hours to make one doll she said. Sometimes i make limited editions but most Are one of a kind i Don i like to always make the same  in contrast to the expensive new dolls Are the even Moro expensive antique dolls. Sandy Rankow of Las vegas Nev a specialist in rare dolls had the most expensive one in the show a French Bru for 27.000 Marks about $13,500bru is synonymous with costly dolls. They had bisque Heads and leather bodies. Most of Rankow a dolls come dressed in their Origina costumes. You have to like the dolls you collect Wanke said. The very old wooden ones Are not As popular As the doll by Barbara a Lett of  Germany bisque made Between 670 and 1930. The bisque Are  he said the oldest doll at the show was about 1 so years old. Wanke has a doll museum in Idstein Germany and sponsors doll fairs All Over Europe. He is a founder of the global doll society begun in 1981 to bring doll collectors from All Over the world together. In conjunction with the society s convention he sponsors Tours which visit Large doll collections in Turin san remo. Venice Italy and Vienna Austria. A also organizes seminars in German and English to Leach the methods of making an dolls or reproduction dolls. One of the most unusual collections was displayed by Klaus and Ingn Schutt of Munich their japanese dolls included those Wilh rattles inside and some whose aces were Mode of Oysler paste. Porcelain was first used in 1910. A number of the dolls were special festival groupings. In addition to dolls assortments of clothes carriages dolls houses and furniture were for Sale. There were stacks of arms Heads legs shoes eyes and wigs. A newsletter the Puppe Brief is available free in German and English rom Wanke other shows coming up Are in Mechelene Belgium nov. 2, Munich Germany nov. 9. Zurich Switzerland nov. 22 and djs Meldorf Germany nov. 30. For information Contact m. Wanke Stol Wiese 25. D 6270 idstein/ts., Germany. Tel. 06431-8213 monday october 27, 1986 the stars and St pipes Page 13