Charity Auction Update

For those of you concerned over the $500 needed to keep Betsy House from Foreclosure...envelopes around the tables at the Auction raised a whopping $2,400 for A Friend's House - in addition to the $14,000 raised...it brings our total to $16,400! Thank you one and all!

Virtual Raffle Winners!

For the 2009 online convention experience, we were overwhelmed at the vast support we received from you, our virtual attendees! From those that entered by leaving a comment on the first post...to the over 100 entries received via email...we now have the lucky winners and their prizes! We want to thank everyone for joining us...and for making the online experience rich for all! Congrats to the winners...but you all have made this a very special convention for us. See you, soon...we have more blogging coming up for the August 1st Fall/Holiday Preview Event at the Tonner Company Store, Kingston, NY...AND the November 7th Tyler Wentworth Anniversary Celebration, Kingston, NY (check www.tonnerdoll.com calendar for all the details).

ONLINE VIRTUAL RAFFLE WINNERS
BASIC RENEE DEVEREAUX - MILADYBLUE
BASIC LOUISE DEVEREAUX - SANDRA STURMAN
BRIAR ROSE (SLEEPING BEAUTY) - M. E. BLAIR
THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (FRIDAY FOSTER) - PAMSDOLLOVELY
HOLLYWOOD STARLET (JOAN CRAWFORD) - STEVE CASEY
BASIC WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST - YVI IN GERMANY
DOROTHY GALE - LYNNE MORGAN
WILL TURNER - JANELLE (HAAR5)
HIGH SEAS ELIZABETH SWANN - JOHN MORGAN
MINOR CONUNDRUM (AGNES DREARY) - RENATA IN BC CANADA
CHERRY CORDIAL DEEANNA DENTON - TERRI GOLD
PLUM ROYALE DEEANNA DENTON - J.M. OB

Please email us at help@tonnerdoll.com with your shipping address (no PO Boxes, please). Congratulations!!!

2009 Tonner Convention Special Exhibit

This year's special exhibit came in two parts: First, Louise Fecher, Author of Here Come the Bride Dolls, arranged a showing of some bridal themed dolls from her personal collection. From manufactured dolls to repaints and mix & match, Louise brought a true treat for the attendees in honor of Tyler's Wedding. Second, to pay tribute to ten years of Tyler Wentworth, Robert Tonner selected his top 30 favorite dolls from a decade of the House of Wentworth. Dolls ranged from company-made items, to OOAKs and prototype dolls from Robert's personal collection. Attendees were asked to vote for one doll that was their personal favorite - we will be announcing the top ten dolls in the near future along with one lucky winner who will win a full registration tot he Tyler Wentworth Tenth Anniversary event in Kingston, NY on November 7, 2009 (winner will be chosen by random from the voting ballots obtained at convention). We thank Louise and Robert...along with Paula Kagan, Exhibit Chair, for bringing us a glorious, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these magnificent works of doll art.