RADIANCE

I can't believe it. I'm actually getting a certain doll that I NEVER thought I'd be able to get. Actually, I have not as yet gotten her. I need to pay the person first (that does help!). What doll you say?

Why, it is a VERY limited edition Princess Diana doll made by the Franklin Mint several years ago. There were only 75 produced and they were for a private gathering put on by the Resnicks (if I have my info correct). The Resnicks, by the way, own the Mint. Needless to say, we, the public, never knew this doll existed until one showed up on eBay a few years ago. Holy cow did the shit hit the fan on the Princess Diana doll club I'm co moderator of.

We begged to find out how to get our little hands on this RARE doll. Hell, I even WORKED at the mint and could not get my hands on this doll, which we call "Radiance". The official name is "Diana, Princess of Wales Radiance doll".

When one turns up on eBay, it goes for a few thousand dollars. Yea, uh huh, I'll take two! AUGH!!

Well, over the weekend on the Diana doll club, there were discussions (again) on this elusive doll and I posted my usual "I WANT THIS DOLL" speil. I whine good!

Well, I could not believe it, but one of the long time members of the group emailed me privately to tell me she would sell me this doll, that she got two (I don't know how), and this one she has never taken out of the box! From what I have gathered from the club owner, this person knew she was sitting on a gold mine as this doll is NUMBER ONE of seventy five!!! and she knew the buyers on ebay would go nuts bidding on this doll.

Ok, so back to me (it's all about me, you know...LOL). This person emails me to see with an incredible offer (still high but NOT even in the high hundreds of dollars), telling me of her love of Diana and how she just could not put this doll on ebay as she wanted to make sure it went to someone who loved Diana and would not resell it. (with stipulations I don't post on the board whom I got the doll from nor the number...deal I say).

I jumped on this one, then asked if I could make two installment payments, of which she said yes. I spent the night laying awake, wondering what I was doing, yet knowing I'd never get this kind of deal on this doll again. Then this morning I have an email awaiting me that she has lowered the price for me by $200.00!!! She didn't feel right in selling it higher than the highest price Diana doll the mint ever made! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I'll send her the money this week....and have my doll...and you can be sure that THIS doll will of course NEVER come out of the box. And my Franklin Mint Diana doll collection will be COMPLETE!

Now, ok, so all non doll people are scratching their heads at this long winded blog, wondering, what the hell is wrong with this person....well, we KNOW what is wrong, but that is another issue.

Suffice it to say that this blogger is SPEECHLESS and overjoyed and well, hell, this is MUCH better than an orgasm..well, ok, on par (but lasts longer).