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Title
Raggedys and Teddys Co., Raggedy Ann for the collector
Description
About Us....and, A Story About Raggedy Ann!
We are Larry & Bonnie Vaughan and we began collecting Raggedy Ann and Teddy Bears in the 1980's when we lived in the Tampa Bay area. My wife, Bonnie had a few Raggedy Ann dolls as a child (see hers). I had always been interested in Teddy Bears (see my favorite).
Bonnie's employment changed in 1989 and we had to relocate her to West Palm Beach. I stayed in our home in Tampa while trying to get it sold during a lousy real estate market that wound up lasting for 3 years. Being apart is not good for any marriage so, on the weekends Bonnie would drive (4 hrs.) back home or I would go to West Palm. We wanted to make the weekends something special so, we went to flea markets, antique stores and doll shows and bought all the Raggedy Ann or Teddy Bear items we could find. We found a collector book, The Raggedy Ann and Andy Family Album by Susan Ann Garrison and after looking at all the different versions of Raggedy Ann, we decided it would be fun to try to find as many of the same dolls and items as we could.
Soon the house was so full of dolls and bears that we had to decide what we really wanted to keep and what we really should sell. So, we made up a doll and bear for sale list and mailed it to all the collectors we had met at local doll shows and thus began The Raggedy's & Teddy's Company.
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