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Snow babies appeal not only to Christmas enthusiasts but to collectors of dolls figurines and miniatures. Principally manufactured in Germany in the early part of this century these tiny grouted figures decorated cakes in England and mantel pieces in the United States. Today they are avidly sought by collectors who still use them to create little winter scenes. This carefully researched and documented book explores the origins of snow babies. (We

Collecting of black memorabilia continues as an area of growing interest attracting new collectors every day. It includes everything from household figures to artifacts from slavery and covers both the stereotype and the reality of the black experience in America. In a recent Wall Street Journal article Jeanette Carson a pioneer of black memorabilia estimated that of the collectors of black memorabilia the majority are black. This is a way of pre