Lynn Emdim, a woman with over 1,000 doll collections, shared that she began collecting them on marketplace after falling in love with dolls.
According to her, She spends hours dressing her dolls and even spraying them with perfumes.
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She also revealed that her passion for dolls started 20 years ago when her family friend, Michael Tolamy, gave her a porcelain doll named “Rose” on her birthday. Tragically, just two months later, Michael passed away at the age of 21.
“Michael was best friends with my sons and like one of my own
“Every time I look at Rose I remember Michael.
“From then on my love for porcelain dolls grew and I collected them wherever I could.” She told whatsjam
Ever since then, Lynn has been rescuing dolls from the Facebook Marketplace
She said: “I’m a mother of four sons and sometimes I think I started the collection because I didn’t have daughters.
“I’ve driven all over to pick them up and each one comes with its own story.”
How her husband, Rick feels about this, he said: “They were very dirty and like with every doll Lynn gets, she bathes, shampoos and cares for the little ones until they shine.”
Lynn said: “Rick will drive with me to pick up the dolls – he’s my biggest supporter.
“It just breaks my heart to see the dolls looking so neglected.
“Some of them even had bugs in their hair when I got them.
“I clean them up nicely and dress them in clothes my sister, Laurelle, custom makes for me.
“And then when they’re clean, I spray them with perfume so they smell good and I talk to them and say “Wow, look how clean you look now.”
Rick added: “We’ve paid at most £10 (R250) for doll Lynn really wanted.
“There are porcelain dolls imported from Taiwan and I once saw one in a museum valued at around £7,500 (R180,000).
“But you don’t find those dolls easily in South Africa.”
