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                    Short Introduction 
  Helma's Top Dolls is a webshop specialized in collector dolls, like the
  Annette Himstedt dolls. Helma's Top Dolls took over the activities of
  former Kay Poppenatelier which was a doll shop in the centre of 
  Gorinchem in the Netherlands. After Annette Himstedt stopped the 
  production of her dolls we closed our shop in 2009. We went on with our  webshop under a new better fitting name "Helma's Top Dolls". Ofcourse with the same passion and service like you used to have when it was Kay Poppenatelier.

Here a short impression of what we experienced the last decades:

       From 1989 till 2009 Doll shop in Gorinchem
   - started with the production of porcelain dolls
     giving lessons in making dolls and much more
  -  It did not take long before the Annette Himstedt dolls
     became our main article
  -  we have sold; Annette Himstedt, Steiff, RobertTonner,
     Götz, Zapf, Zwergnase, Käthe Kruse, Heidi Ott, and 
     several other brand dolls. 

    In April 1999 the famous illusionist Hans Klok (the fastest
    magician of the world)  was our guest of honour on our 
    10 years celebration.

  On 1 July 1999 Annette Himstedt visited our shop in Gorinchem
  and did a signing party.
  This was fantastic, a lot of happy people, it surely was a
   party! 

  On 13 October 2001 Nicole Marschollek (Zwergnase) 
  was our guest of honour on our 12½ year jubilee.

On 6 September 2007 we went to the   Annette Himstedt Manufaktur in 
 Paderborn, Germany, with a touring car  full of doll collectors . 
It was a very special and wonderful day.

On 31 July 2009 we closed our shop after more than 20 years.

But everything still goes on, through the webshop. 

September 2015 we opened our doll Gallery in Vuren.
 

In 2021 we took over the Annette Himstedt Repairs and  Parts from Hedi Allgeier.

15 June 2024 Annette Himstedt came to our Gallery again for a signing party.
And it was a fantastic event again. See more

 

4 October 2025, Celebration of 10 years Doll Gallery Helma's Topdolls with special guest Annette Himstedt.
 It was a fantastic day and many collectors came to get a doll signed by Annette. 

See more

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