So says Diane Solomon about why people love old dolls, why they are willing to part with cold, hard cash for the doll they had as a child, why they will spend an entire week dreaming about a doll. People are sentimental. They come back a week later and say, 'I couldn't sleep. The dolls have a sentimental power. Diane is sentimental about most things we had as kids.
Dolls merely scratch the surface.
It has sentimental value, too. It's all worthwhile, according to Diane. Md. Her store is really a hodge-podge of rooms bisected by a center hallway. While she does sell the occasional table and chair, her inventory is ruled by those chatzkes that many of us take for granted or have long since forgotten. From a vintage Harold Lloyd hobby horse to a Kewpie doll from the 1920s to a giant gorilla that may have once lived as a store mannequin, Diane is willing to add it to her collection.