In another hall, on opposite sides, Gone With The Wind Scarlett O'Hara dolls compete for attention with Wizard of Oz character dolls. Some finished bisque children stand in front of small flags of many nations. Next to them is an exhibit explaining the creative process for the porcelain bisque Children Of The World figurine series. Past the pearls are more of the items Resnick once called, "things people want to need." At the top of one wall papered with a photographic image of a large field of flowers is written in big letters, "As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life."Ĭoloring life in this room are porcelain bells and dishes decorated with birds and flowers. Scarlett O'Hara dolls are just one of the "things people want to need." As Resnick said in a prepared statement just after the pearls were purchased, "The people of the world adored Jackie, and now we can make part of Camelot accessible to all who visit our museum." A collectible Jackie wedding day doll is displayed nearby. A large wall display of Camelot-era photographs featuring a faux-pearl-wearing Jackie back a single tall display stand, the real faux-pearls resting atop (Actually, when we visited, the real fakes were out being cleaned, and a false fake was on display). Franklin Mint Vice Chairman Lynda Resnick bought the necklace at auction for $211,500 (pre-auction estimated value: $700), and immediately set about creating "Jackie's Pearls"-fake faux-pearls-now on sale at $195 per copy. ![]() "The people of the world adored Jackie."Ī fake Faberge Egg is on the cover of the museum brochure, but the main attraction these days is a three-strand faux-pearl necklace that once belonged to Jackie Kennedy. So, while it may seem odd to have a dark, mood-lit red velvet-feel display hall of fake Faberge Eggs fifty feet from an array of die-cast metal miniature automobiles, it all really does make perfect sense. Male and female visitors get equal opportunity to ooh and ah. The works exhibited are not connected by period, artist, or theme - only by collectibility. The outside of the museum is nondescript, but inside it is inspiring, in an extremely head-shaking way. We believe the Franklin Mint Museum is the best museum in the country, and we can prove it. Every day, the Franklin Mint Museum, part of the Mint's 188-acre headquarters in picturesque Delaware County, PA, exhibits these collectibles in displays so polished and demure and Windex-sparkly that the museum-quality "value and beauty" of each item is made obvious. ![]() "The artistry of the Franklin Mint celebrates the pleasure that collecting imprints on the human experience."Ĭhairman and Vice Chairman, The Franklin MintĮvery year, the Franklin Mint sells something like $750 million worth of Gone With The Wind dolls, Tiger Woods Eyewitness Commemorative Medals, Star Trek Chess Sets, Elvis Portrait Plates and nature-inspired designer thimbles and demitasse spoons. "There exists a basic human instinct to collect.to possess things that will last.to surround oneself with things of value and beauty."
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