George Borgfeldt

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Dolls seldom look like real babies or children. Today there are dolls with oversized heads, exaggerated bodies, or monster or cartoon shapes. There were many earlier dolls that had unusual features or expressions. Googly-eyed dolls were popular in the 1920s. One type was made under the 1927 copyright of Oscar Hitt, an […]

DENVER, Pa. – More than 1,100 lots of fantastic antique and vintage toys, banks, sports collectibles and Americana lots are waiting to take the spotlight at Morphy Auctions’ Sept. 6-7 auction, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. It’s one of the most comprehensive toy lineups to appear at Morphy’s in some time and is topped […]

Phrenology, the study of the shape of the skull, supposedly could tell the shape of your brain and information about your behavior. The “science” became popular about 1810, years after it was developed by German doctor Franz Joseph Gali, in 1796. It remained popular until about 1840 as a way to understand personality and to […]