Doll collections are an investment in money time and love.
Aging doll in attic.
When they stumbled on it 11 years later they were shocked by how much it had aged.
Yes the doll and the owner had the same name but the boy answered to gene robert was a childhood birthday gift from otto s grandfather who bought the doll during a trip to germany.
The family cant even imagine what the doll looks like now.
The doll was left throughout the night with a locked off camera placed in front of it.
Run the clock forward eleven years.
Some people think it was the climate temperature of the attic.
Since you have so much invested in your dolls you need to take care of them.
The doll was given away.
The family bought the doll in good condition said mr eaton.
After eleven years of being confined to the house s attic the doll had somehow aged and decay going from an adorable child like doll to a withered doll resembling an old man.
An ordinary baby faced doll.
They had to decide that the outgrown toys cluttering the kid s rooms should be got rid of or stored away.
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Robert the doll was originally given to key west painter and author robert eugene otto by a servant of his family legend has it that the servant who was familiar with voodoo and black magic cursed the doll after becoming displeased at the way he was treated by the otto family it soon became clear to the otto family that something was very wrong with the doll they.
No one knows what caused the doll to age.
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Robert the haunted doll.
But no one knows if its true.
Im the first to believe in haunted dolls because ive witnessed it myself.
But id like to play devils advocate in all likely hood this doll had a leather face and after being kept in a moist dry attic space the leather might have shrunken like that of a raison leaving the appearance of an old person.
Amongst them was a doll.
The aging doll also known as the doll that grew old is a strange doll whose location is currently unknown.
Although collectors generally think of preservation when they think of antique and vintage dolls modern dolls are also very susceptible to damage from time and the elements.
They decided to store it in the attic.