What Makes Victorian Doll Houses the Most Popular Among Collectors?
Doll houses, whether toys for children or collectible items for adults, come in any architectural style imaginable. From the logical geometric designs of classical and neoclassical architecture to the sometimes confusing subtlety of modern design, miniature houses run the gamut. But what is it about Victorian architecture that is so attractive to doll house collectors? Of all the different architectural styles, the Victorian style is by far the Beatles model kits popular.
One of the elements of Victorian design that is of great interest to miniature enthusiasts is the incredibly elaborate, purely ornate character of Victorian architecture. Featuring lofty, gothic spires, enormous wrap around balconies and porches, and majestic double swinging doorways, this type of house provides ample opportunities to indulge in the little details that miniaturists love. In fact, the more nooks and crannys there are, the more most miniaturists love it. Not only is a Victorian dollhouse an Hopalong Cassidy challenge to their building skills, but an opportunity to create a truly spectacular showpiece.
As is the case with almost any style of art or architecture, there are historical reasons for the elaborate nature of Victorian design. The austerity and neoclassicism of British architecture in the years 1948 Bowman baseball cards up to the reign of Queen Victoria gave way to more spectacular designs during the Victorian era. Fortunately for the more Daredevil designers of the era, the industrial revolution was in full swing at that point, and it became possible to mass produce the style elements needed to create the Victorian look and feel. Another factor in the development of Victorian architecture was the advent of the locomotive. This allowed construction materials to be shipped long distances which enabled those in remote areas to build ever more ornate homes.
Victorian dollhouses are so charming because, like the full-size houses built in the same style, they have a personality. The romance and elegance of a bygone era can be captured once again in a tiny world. There is a very profound magical quality to Victorian architecture that reminds one of faeries, enchanted gardens, and secret passageways Every Victorian dollhouse has its own character, which the owner can then embelish with colors, furnishings and decorations that add their personal touch to the finished product.
Surprisingly enough, doll houses in the Victorian era were used more for instruction than play. Victorian dollhouses served as teaching aids to show young ladies the proper way to behave and how to care for a home. Indeed, some Victorian doll houses were large enough to let the child stand inside and learn how to perform the domestic duties that would some day be expected of her.
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Your Own Personal Online Shopper
Imagine Bakugan find yourself in Weebles market to buy a new digital
camera and, before you part with your money, you want to
comparison shop for the best price online.
If you do a search for "digital camera" on Google.com, the
Web's top search engine, you'll get back over 7 million page
results.
Refine your search to a specific model, such as the HP
Photosmart 935, and you get back 137,000 page results. Now
do a search on BestBuy.com, CircuitCity.com, and Amazon.com
and you'll only find it listed one time, and on that site it
costs $60 more than I paid for it at Target.
Even though the web makes it easy to search out the products
we want to buy, sometimes that mountain Vampirella information makes
it almost impossible to find the best deal.
To solve this problem there are "personal online shoppers"
which help you seek, find, and comparison shop multiple
offers for just about any product you want to buy, online or
offline.
An online personal shopper-type service enables you to log
on to a single site, enter the product details you want to
search, and then have the website give you back a list of
prices and places where you can purchase the item.
The personal shopping assistant sites that rate the best
don't accept commissions for the sale of items through their
services because getting paid based on what the customer
buys would eliminate unbiased product comparisons.
The best services make their money by selling targeted
advertising to merchants and only displaying products in
their search results based on price and features.
~ MySimon.com ~
MySimon.com ranks as one of the oldest personal shopping
assistants on the Internet.
Highlights of the service include an extensive homepage
directory to help you choose the correct product category to
search and a database of millions of products.
On the negative, MySimon.com does manipulate their merchant
listings pages based on how much money the advertiser pays
to show up in the results.
~ PriceScan.com ~
Pricescan.com does not accept money from advertisers to
manipulate their search results, though they will show
targeted advertising on the search results pages.
A very nice feature on this site involves the ability to
enter features you want in a particular item (such as a
computer) and then search all makes, models, and
manufacturers matching those features.
You'll find this especially valuable when comparing things
like computers, which often carry many different variables
and configurations.
~ Froogle.com ~
Operated by Internet giant, Google.com, Froogle.com allows
you to search for specific items you want to buy and then
sort them by price.
You can also specify a price range you're willing to pay for
the item and Froogle will only search for and display those
items that fall within the range.
Froogle also clearly draws a line (literally) between
unbiased search results on the left side of the page and
advertisers on the right.
In the testing for this article, Froogle consistently
returned the highest quantity and most relevant search
results for specific product names entered.
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