ESTATE SALE COMING APRIL 2023!

Mesa Arizona Curated Collections Estate Sale

I am excited to announce I will be hosting an ESTATE SALE in Mesa Arizona this coming April 2023. Huge collections of miniatures, pottery, dolls, porcelains, dresdens, roseville, weller, rookwood, books, furniture, clocks, kitchie collectibles and so much more. Keep coming back for updates as the Date is to be announced in March. I will update photos as we progress. Here is a sneak peak to what you will find.

Buddy Lee ‘ A Man of Action ‘

Buddy Lee dolls

Buddy Lee was an advertising mascot for Lee Jeans. The doll, a promotional item for the company from 1920 to 1962, was brought back as the star of television advertising for the company’s Lee Dungarees line from 1998 until the mid-2000s.

Sales manager Chester Reynolds, later Lee’s board president, came up with the idea of using a doll to “model” miniature versions of the company’s clothes for store displays. The 12½-inch composition dolls first appeared in the windows of Dayton’s flagship store on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, then were used at stores nationwide.

Lee encouraged stores to sell the dolls after the displays were taken down, and later provided the dolls for retail sale, including versions dressed as a cowboy, Coca-Cola deliveryman, railroad worker and gas station attendant. Starting in 1949, Buddy Lee was produced as a 13-inch hard plastic doll.

1920s Buddy Lee Doll Signed on Back wearing his rare

The Buddy Lee dolls were discontinued in 1962 because they were no longer profitable. By then, Buddy Lee had become the second-highest-selling doll in the United States.

BUDDY LEE ‘ MAN OF ACTION ‘

Buddy Lee dolls

My Buddy Lee obsession began March 2020 and now I can’t stop myself. I am constantly on the lookout for Buddys. https://www.facebook.com/BuddyLeeDollShop

Buddy Lee was an advertising mascot for Lee Jeans. The doll, a promotional item for the company from 1920 to 1962, was brought back as the star of television advertising for the company’s Lee Dungarees line from 1998 until the mid-2000s.

Sales manager Chester Reynolds, later Lee’s board president, came up with the idea of using a doll to “model” miniature versions of the company’s clothes for store displays. The 12½-inch composition dolls first appeared in the windows of Dayton’s flagship store on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, then were used at stores nationwide.

Lee encouraged stores to sell the dolls after the displays were taken down, and later provided the dolls for retail sale, including versions dressed as a cowboy, Coca-Cola deliveryman, railroad worker and gas station attendant. Starting in 1949, Buddy Lee was produced as a 13-inch hard plastic doll.

1920 SIGNED BUDDY LEE RARE FOOTBALL UNIFORM

The Buddy Lee dolls were discontinued in 1962 because they were no longer profitable. By then, Buddy Lee had become the second-highest-selling doll in the United States.