In Seattle and it had photos of her doll shelves. She was a vintage Barbie collector.
I was just hit with the thought, I want to do this too. So I started with Barbie repro dolls and it grew from there.
Funny thing is, I ended up buying a doll on eBay from the woman in the newspaper article. I told her how much I loved the feature and how it inspired me to begin collecting.
Her response was basically, that will be $55.00 with shipping and no comment on how she inspired me