Avery

Avery arrived 5th July, 2017. She is an Asian equestrian from the FAO Schwartz Classic Doll line by Götz. She wears her hair in a bob without a fringe, which is one of the things that really appealed to me (all the Hannah's have long hair).

Avery came with two rather splendid outfits: a set of equestrian attire which I sold on and a cowgirl set, comprising jeans, check shirt and cowgirl boots which she is wearing.

There were three other dolls in the Schwartz Classics range: Tess; a new, blonde Hannah, Claudia; an Hispanic school girl, and Nina; an African American performer.

The FAO Schwartz Classic line, which sold at Toys R Us, was discontinued in 2013, so I was lucky to find her in NRFB condition, still in her lovely zippered carry case.

History: FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 under the name "Toy Bazaar" by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz, in Baltimore and was once the oldest toy store in the United States.

Although she has the Hannah body, she is not a doll I think of as a Hannah doll.