Original Listing Description

eBay Annalee 16” Reindeer in Burgundy Velour Santa Hat & Saddlebags with Evergreen Saddle & Gold Reins Doll. An excellent gift or addition to your collection Excellent condition. Dated 2008.Pictures are part of the listing, so please review them. We mention any flaws we see but may not be perfect inspectors. Check out our other Annalee listings. We offer many of the rarer dolls alongside popular favorites. OUR GOAL IS THAT EACH DOLL IS A GIFT YOU’D BE PROUD TO GIVE AND THRILLED TO RECEIVE!Our dolls come from various sources as well as my personal collection.We combine shipping if you request an invoice – or contact us – before you pay. We pack each doll carefully in individual packaging and use new and recycled boxes. Mainland USA shipping or free local pickup only. We do not mark up shipping fees.Refunds will be given for 30 days if item is returned in the condition buyer received it in. Buyer pays shipping. No restocking fees.THE ANNALEE STORY – “one of New Hampshire’s largest employers and the nation's most honored doll firms”Born in 1915, Barbara “Annalee” Davis started making cloth dolls in the 1920s and selling them as display items in 1934. She founded Annalee Mobilitee Dolls with husband Chip Thorndike in New Hampshire in 1955. At its height, 300 employees generated $15 million in sales. Son Chuck, who had begun managing daily operations in 1995, moved the manufacturing overseas in 2001. He and wife Karen, who still live in NH, signed many of the dolls owned by collectors today. After Annalee’s 2002 death, the company was sold in 2008 to a group that included the dolls’ Chinese manufacturer. In 2013 a small, mostly patriotic themed product line of USA-dressed dolls – called Assembled in America – was started in Meredith, NH where it continues today. A few dozen employees – many trained by Annalee over 25 years ago – currently design and market all Annalee dolls and operate a gift shop in Meredith.Prior to 1987, sewn-on labels only show the year(s) the design was copyrighted. More recently, labels include the year of manufacture. Some labels include both. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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