MYSTERY TRUNKS OF DONATED DOLLS AND QUILTS | PAUL AND LINDA HELP ME UNBOX | "TAKE THEM TODAY"

When someone says they have a trunk full of dolls and antique quilts to give away, we go get them (within reason!) These trunks were 10 minutes from our shop and Paul went and got them with his trunk. Thanks, Paul! These dolls were going to be thrown away or given to Goodwill if we didn't get them so we went and got them. Unbox and chat dolls with us, and see a sneak peek of the things we are doing to improve the shop.

[@lizcarol8000]

When we were stationed in England, I always dreamed of finding a trunk full of dolls, the closet I came was when one of the antique dealers than I had gotten to know, she called to tell me she had cleared an old house and found a trunk in the attic, most of what was in there was linen but there was an Armand Marseilles doll inside that was in excellent condition. She was 26" and had her mohair still in good condition, it was short but looks like the original owner, probably a little girl, had cut it but it was still full. Usually the rats got a hold of the mohair and would eat it but this one was good. She sold me the doll for $75 and that was in 1973, and I still have her, she was my first antique doll and I treasure her and hopefully my daughter will keep her in the family, but if not, she has been a lot of joy to have. thank you for sharing Holland Diane with all of us, she is a doll too!

[@cricketandcorkysclubhousef8686]

So real talk. I love seeing Paul. Something about him is so charming! I’m excited that he has decided to get his own channel. I’m so here for it. 🥰

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Awe thank you so much! Paul really appreciates this. ♥️

[@debrajcw6028]

Hello Rachel,Linda,Paul,Stanley,and precious Holland Diane Thank you forfilming all of these beautiful things,that meant so much to the collectors,buts so much more than that,everytime you repair them,fix their hair,broken limbs,you are honoring all of those who loved them so much! keeping them in fantastic shape for the future! Thank you all so much!

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thank you so much for the wonderful comment!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@debrajcw6028]

@@RachelHoffmanDolls Youre welcome

[@galeholt3757]

Nice to have a brother to lend some muscle. And he shares similar interests Holland Diane is cute as ever. I got a glimpse of a doll the reminded me of one my Grandpa brought me from Guadalajara. I was born in California. Stay well and safe. From Tennessee

[@raggedyann4372]

That is a lovely doll collection, from around the world. The cutest is Holland Diane crawling around🥰❤️🙏🏻Thank you for always sharing🥰

[@wantingoneangel8976]

Rachel, I really LOVED this doll haul reveal in the hope chest💖💖!!! My favorites are the Effenbee Bubbles Composition Doll, small African American Doll with a hearts on her red dress❤, Boy Doll cloth doll dressed in Lederhosen and a German like hat made in Hungry💚, large African American Cloth Doll💖, 💜the cloth Doll with purple gown with a 15th century ruffled collar💜, and the blonde rag doll @ 6:05 with a royal blue coat💙 as well as a blue dress with yellow💛 and red designs❤!!! And that Baby quilt is so cute too!! My Late Dad might have been interested in the Navajo Dolls because when my Late Dad first came to America, he did volunteer work on a Navajo Reservation on the West Coast!! I have a Native American Doll, but she is not homemade by a Navajo Person. Talk about Babies Holland Diane looks like she want to crawl on an adventure through the Doll Shop🧸🧸💜💜💜!! I really LOVE seeing Holland Diane who is the sweetest and cutest of all the Dolls💖💖💖!! And I would LOVE to see Paul's 112 American Doll Collection❤❤❤!!! Rachel, thank you for sharing with us all the Dolls Paul and Linda help take out of the hope chest, have Stan help out with Holland Diane's adventures, and have Holland Diane be a part of the video as always💛💛💛💛💛!!!

[@cyndylandon664]

The doll with the woven shoes is Russian. One of my faves! That felt doll could be an English Chad Valley doll.

[@terriviola7754]

I love Paul's sense of humor! Tell him I have a big collection of American Girls, probably because I have 4 daughters and now 2 granddaughters. He will need to explain to us about the bodies. I'll be on the lookout for a Nellie!

[@Beth01111]

Paul’s got a great smile. Tell him to get that channel up.

[@Webkinzlover064]

I’m excited for Paul’s channel. I love American girl, especially the historicals

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Perfect! You are in the right place!

[@MsPrecious61]

Historical AG Fan here too! The best! Love that a man is collecting! Smart guy!

[@carmencolon3520]

First time seeing Holland Diane crawling 👏 👏 👏 👏. Love the surprise doll trunks . Beautiful quilts.

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

😊 thank you

[@laurat3157]

You sure have nice people donating to you! Wow, lucky you! Paul is just a "doll" himself! I love trunks! Someone's whole life collecting in trunks :(

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

So true! We are glad we were able to rescue it!

[@bettyboop4263]

That is wonderful how generous people are to donate the trunks full of goodies. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@tonywild1963]

That was amazing to have the two trunks donated, with so many dolls and items from someone's life. Was interesting to share this with us. Thank you and looking forward seeing Paul's collection .

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the comment!

[@barbaracrain2975]

GREAT JOB WITH VIDEO!! DOLLS BRING JOY TO THE WORLD, FOR NOT ONLY CHILDREN BUT THOSE THAT LOVE CRAFTMANSHIP!! ITS AN ART IN MAY FORMS!!!🥰👏👍❤

[@robertsmith-ve6zc]

the trunks are amazing yall are just a joy to watch and brighten's my day looking forward to paul's channel when he is ready to film one😇

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thank you so much!

[@geraldosiqueira9257]

Eu gosto muito do Pool.. I like Pool very much!! 😍🥰

[@evekankam6744]

Those dolls looked so interesting and the quilts were beautiful,looking forward to seeing your special guests,thanks for sharing

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

You are so welcome!

[@shirley1413]

That’s was fun to watch, I always find your vlogs interesting and relaxing.

[@ronaldhale1561]

Wonderful presentation Rachel, Paul still has a sense of humor and wow Linda and Stanley still looking good. And of course the boss,, Holland Diane is inspecting the floors to make sure there's no cracks and if any repairs need to be done. The shop is looking good Rachel,,,, I hate to break this to you but again one of my granddaughters and myself thought for a moment that we saw Grandma Diane peeking around the corner with a big smile on her face,,, so I guess she's proud of what you're doing to the shop... Please have a great wonderful day yours truly ,,, the dust devils from Nevada. The time now is 10:05 a.m. Monday July 25th 2022

[@charliestreeter5799]

I’ve been feeling quite down recently and your videos have helped take me to a happy place. I don’t have a big doll collection but it is slowly growing! Sending love from Brighton, England❤️

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

You are so welcome! We are SO glad to hear that the videos bring joy. That is our hope!!

[@folklodoll4780]

Votre boutique est un havre de joies et nous fait rêver ! Merci à vous. J’ai adoré la malle !

[@debrajcw6028]

I put my comment about this on another video,but Thank you for posting all of them. Its always a treat,to see these videos,dolls,all of you,Thank you!

[@vickiromines1552]

WOW!!!! What an Awesome Find/Gift! Shop is looking GOOD!!! So Exciting to go there! Such a Great Video!!! LOVE your little Holland crawling! Time sure Flys. Maybe you put some up Ebay? I be watching. Glad to see Paul! Your MOM be so happy 😊 see you ALL Enjoying what she loved most!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I’M interested the dolls from Mexico and the Dine (Navajo) dolls…also the character felt face…beautiful quilts.

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Glad you enjoyed this! Thank you for watching!

[@joymontague251]

Yes the beautiful smiling character face felt doll is my favorite! 💞

[@shannancarothers4578]

The yo-yo dresser top runner brought me back to my childhood. On Sundays in the winter or if it was cold or rainy my grandmother had yo-yos cut out for us to gather. As we got older we learned to cut them out and then as our skills got better she taught us how to sew them together.

[@pnkbunnydv]

Beautiful quits!!

[@paulanewhouse4252]

Paul seem like such a nice person. He has me interested in American Girl now.

[@dwayneacevedo6275]

Can't wait to see what's going on.

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thanks for joining!

[@folklodoll4780]

Adorable petite Holland !❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰

[@bdpaquin2592]

Love your videos… thank you!

[@sharoncollins7983]

Make a bench out of the cedar chest. You could store things in there like Christmas or toys.

[@caitlincook9773]

I just got a bunch of old dolls from my grandmothers collection. Happened upon your channel, so interesting!

[@damnitskat]

I will take the doll being held by the person wearing the blue shirt...seems so life-like! Lol.

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

LOL! She is VERY lifelike!

[@puddingpudding9134]

been loving the videos w paul! so im happy there seems to be more coming! really looking forward to it! i love your dynamic :)

[@MsPrecious61]

I love babies and dolls! If I lived in Colorado, I would love to help with Holland Diane. I am a Texan though! Smile!

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thank you so much!

[@lizcarol8000]

sorry, I mispelled closest...

[@elainedarquin5587]

Tell Paul I am interested in his new channel as I have quite a few AG dolls and I love them ❣️

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

We are so glad to hear this, Elaine!!

[@ragdolldreams21]

Great video and dolls! Let us know what Paul’s channel is and I’ll be sure to subscribe. He seems like such a sweetheart and I hope he finds the Nellie doll. 💕

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Also into textiles…I’ll be waiting to see what you decide to do.

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thanks so much for tuning in!

[@joecoloff4247]

Paul is the best

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Thank you!! He’s so fun!

[@lauraleecreations3217]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bethwyland7693]

The red-haired cloth doll with the fancy dress and high lace collar is Queen Elizabeth I.

[@lindasnyder5048]

Wow on these trunks that is alot of history in them... love those quilts I love dolls and of course quilts and I sew them also ..so are selling these on line or in the shop...

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

We have them packed away now, we are going to have an estate sale in the fall and will likely offer them there. Thank you for watching!

[@lindasnyder5048]

Would love ❤️ to come but you are to far...I'm in the Midwest a few states away...

[@AprilClayton]

This is more exciting than Storage Wars. Have you ever received a doll in one of these hauls that was spooky? Looking on eBay, a Tessie talking doll really seemed unnerving. Fun topic for Halloween.

[@kellysmith8269]

The comical spooky dolls “is just people‘s projections… I am an empath and have over 2000 dolls… Not one is spooky. I know it’s a lot of fun for people to pretend and for many it doesn’t seem like it’s pretend… But it indeed is. The spooky doll and creepy doll phase of the recent years is ruining the Doll industry and taking away the nurturing effects that Dolls have for small children because older adults are no longer sharing their love of Dolls with the younger generation. And we wonder why there seems to be less nurturing in our children. It’s not healthy to project that onto Dolls or onto the next generation. When I work in assisted living facilities… Not one person talks about creepy dolls or has had an experience with a creepy doll… It’s all from the younger generations that have watched to many movies or heard from other people their stories all of which again I believe are projections

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

I have never considered a doll spooky, so nope! So glad you enjoyed this!

[@AprilClayton]

@@kellysmith8269 this makes a lot of sense. I was badly frightened by a movie where dolls came to life at an inn and attacked the guests. I was afraid my dolls would greet me at the top of a dark staircase. I love dolls but sometimes those childhood fears creep in.

[@rhodaseidenberg9579]

When are you doing the virtual doll convention? Miss you at UFDC

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

The end of August. I hope the UFDC event is amazing. Will miss seeing everyone!

[@liketoponder]

That was fun! I still have some baby clothes I saved. I guess this generation doesn’t? Lol

[@sensitivecuriosity5054]

Let me know when Paul starts his channel. I am big ag fan

[@yerffej99]

Can you wash and old quilt!

[@RachelHoffmanDolls]

Sometimes! It depends on the way it’s made. We sometimes dry clean them, too.