Lip Smacking Black Americana dolls

I'm not sure why black americana would be considered in poor taste to collect as it was a part of history (no different then someone collecting nazi relics in their war memorabilia). These were made in Germany so most likely they were a child's toy not black americana at all. I agree with mindbogglz that these do seem unusual. I have never seen black dolls like these. My mother use to have what had once been referred too as a tar baby doll (very small porcelain doll no more than two inches tall)and I have seen the ones that look to me like "Mrs. Butterworth" which I have heard were called mammie dolls. http://blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com/2010/03/black-dolls-from-other-countries.html http://www.rubylane.com/dolls/,id=91.2.2.html http://www.btinternet.com/~terry.jennison/Antique-Dolls.htm http://www.7huckleberrylane.com/antique-dolls.html http://www.collectorsweekly.com/dolls/german

I apologize if I offended anyone with this object. But I assumed this website was in use for people attempting to find the value of any kind of collector or antique object, that was my intention in posting it, not attempting to offend anyone. I was a collector of dolls and the fact that these were unusual interested me in the purchase. They are obviously not meant to be incredibly offensive. Objects that are considered "racist" to me tend to have exaggerated features or things such as "black face." These dolls don't typify either to me. As I couldn't think of a better description term I used "Black Americana." There are a lot of different collectors of a lot of different things and I don't believe those collectors necessarily intend to offend any one particular group of people.

"racist" You have got to be joking. That is ridiculous. These dolls do not depict blacks negatively at all. nothing wrong with them.

Many people collect these ugly reminders of our past simply due to the fact they are important, historically. I saw a guy on BBC Roadshow who is a collector & people send him these type of artifacts...he happens to be black. My dad left me quite a little collection of disturbing items that I wanted to throw away, initially till I learned more about why they are collected. http://antiques.about.com/cs/aroundtheworld1/a/aa052000.htm Yikes, some people even collect Hitler crapola, but also only for the historical significance.