Frequently Asked Questions Page 

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Where to Buy a Sasha Doll

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How Much to Pay for an English Sasha Doll

Debbie offers the following pricing guidelines for purchasing (or selling) a Sasha.

• A clean naked doll with good hair and no tag or packaging but in very good condition ---I'd pay up to $75
• All of the above with an authentic Sasha outfit (not necessarily the one the doll originally wore)---I'd pay up to $100
• All of the above with a wrist tag---up to $125 ($150 for a large silver and perhaps $175 for a gold).
• All of the above with original clothes---$150-$225 depending on wrist tag.
• All of the above with original packaging (not necessarily mint packaging)---$175-$300.
• All of the above with absolutely mint everything---$200-$350.
• And of course if it is a very hard to find an old doll from the 60's that is in absolutely mint. For these, the Hiker, or Wintersports I might pay up to $400, and I would go as high as $700 for the Princess.

Note: These price guidelines were made in 1996 - you will need to adjust for inflation as appropriate.

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How to Wash and Style Sasha's Hair

Kenneth Loyal Smith, Costume and Textile Conservator, gives us advice on a safe way to style Sasha's hair.

• Wash Sasha's hair with shampoo and then follow with a conditioning rinse.
• Let the rinse stand long enough for the water-softener to coat the fibers. This is not destructive, as the water-softening agent bonds to the molecular structure with a weak bond, called a Van der Wall bond, which is removed when the molecule is exposed to water again.
• Or...use of an NON-perfumed fabric softener, I use Downy...one teaspoon diluted in two cups of warm water, as an alternative conditioner
• Rinse the conditioner, comb the hair to the desired style or put rollers in, cover the head with a cotton sock and use a hair dryer set on low speed, but with low heat (no heat does not help.)
• Keep the dryer at least 8-10 inches from the head. The cotton sock wicks the water from the hair and the dryer does not set the hair, as much a speed the process.
• Note: You actually can cause damage by allowing the hair to dry at room temperature as this allows a chemical change as the water works its way to the end of each fiber to dry. Oxidation causes a build up of bad stuff on the ends of the fiber...fake hair, in this case. Quick drying, by using a dryer, erases this problem.

"Try my method. I am a Costume and Textile Conservator with two masters, one in chemistry and one in textile conservation. These are tried, proven methods."

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• And much, much more...

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