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There is also a Crees and Coe porcelain Diana in the blue gown on ebay, but it's listed under collectibles, not dolls. It's priced at $495. I remember a while ago someone was auctioning off this doll and had the price set at something like $25,000. It was laughable. Some people think they have the rarest of the rare. Reminds me of a saying a friend who was in real estate years ago had about people who priced their houses very, very high. He sighed and said, "Everybody thinks their house is the Taj Mahal."
Thought I would mention it incase we have Diana fans that would like to see Paul's Dianas or have interest in seeing her dresses.
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I haven't heard that Van Craig died. I know he stopped making dolls a long time ago and went into the Christmas ornament line, producing small versions of his dolls as Christmas ornaments. I have two of them. They're usually on ebay. Van also did window design for years in NYC, usually the Christmas windows at Saks Fifth Avenue (I think). His dolls were wonderful if you like that style. They're caricatures rather than serious pieces, very artsy and edgy for his time.
I do know that Nancy Wiley's brother Billy, a very talented doll artist, passed away in -- if I remember correctly -- the late 90s. Some of his work appears in Nancy Wiley's book. Very thought-provoking pieces, and his sister Nancy took right after him.
Maybe Frank can be of better help.
Yes, this doll's gown is beautiful. I wouldn't throw it out of bed for eating biscuits. However, the Madame Pompadour in the green gown in the Boucher painting is a less formal gown without panniers. It's more flowing and loose and relaxed. If Paul and Peter's Madame Pomapdour in green looks anything like the Boucher painting, it has to be awesome. Hawaii doll artist Margie Herrera did a Madame Pompadour in this green gown, and it's to die for. Can't wait to see Sianney's pictures of the Crees & Coe version.
Hi Sianney,
I know we all would be interested in seeing this picture of a Madame Pompadour. I, especially, would be interested. It probably is one of the famous portraits done by Francois Boucher. The two that I know of are the one in which Madame Pompadour is sitting in her boudoir wearing a green gown, and the other is where she is standing in a garden wearing (I think) a rose-colored gown.
