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Had to share this because it sent me into a fit of giggles. Here's how you know you have too many dollhouses. I thought and thought how to turn the Barstow into a Manhattan-style Brownstone since the Vollmer House is San Franciscan. "Remove the tower, simplify the trims, do all of that and the windows in sandstone..."

Then my helpful albeit smart-alecky husband pipes up and says, "Didn't your mom already have a brownstone you've got out in the garage?"

Why yes she did and it's never even been out of the box, DERP! LOL

WOW!!  I'd love to be able to raid your stash!!!!

5 minutes ago, sage minis said:

WOW!!  I'd love to be able to raid your stash!!!!

Mom had quite a collection. I'd give up every bit of it to have her back. As for Franklin Mint, she also had the Rose Cottage and the Hummingbird cottage, both also still in their original boxes!

The one she didn't have is the one I like most, the Heartland Hollow. For some unknown reason she had all the contents for it but not the house itself! Weird. All of that is going into my farmhouse. The contents from this house are 1930s and are what I intended to put into the 1930s-era Barstow Boarding House if I decide to do that project.

I'd only ever seen this Christmas house before at a Seattle mini show.  I looked up pics and love the Rose Cottage.  The furniture for all are great and I know you will have creative fun arranging the furnishings in homes.  Your mother bought some  great  dollhouses during the dollhouse hey day!!

Can someone advise me as to how best to carefully sell the Christmas house and contents that are original to it?  I came across quite a few dollhouses that I am sort of familiar with but this one?  Wow.  It is just gorgeous.  Such tiny pieces and so many!  Even a dollhouse for the doll of the dollhouse!  Micro mini size its crazy!  Any advice is much appreciated as well as any possible value?  I cannot find out much about it.  Thanks!!!