Tuesday, 9 December 2014

CENTURY 21 THE PAPER DOLLS 'COPPER' CUT - OUT BOOK 1968


During one of my regular cyber forays I came across this Century 21 item which is completely new to me, the Paper Dolls Cut Out Clothes Book [ Worthpoint ] . This one pictures a lady called Copper. The Paper Dolls were a late 60's pop band believe it or not. I had to look them up as I've never heard of them! Here's the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Dolls_(band). Copper is really Sue 'Copper' Marshall. The name Paper Dolls must have a gift to those cut-out doll guys at Century 21 Publishing!

The mod style reminds me of the girls in UFO so I can see why they were Century 21 stablemates, along with other groups like The Monkees and Dozy, Dave, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who also got the cut-out doll treatment!

Here are the Paper Dolls singing Something Here in My Heart and Someday courtesy of You Tube and here's a selection of record covers all on the PYE label. PYE were connected to Century 21 Merchandising. They appear to have also been popular in Japan.



I have been unable to find any reference to Century 21 Publications and the other two group members, Tiger and Spyder, but I imagine they are out there. Has any one got the other two cut-out books? The Worthpoint 'Copper' listing ran as follows:
VINTAGE "THE PAPER DOLLS" C UT-OUT CLOTHES BOOK COPPER DATED 1969 BY CENTURY 21 PUBLISHING LTD.THIS IS A RARE PAPER DOLL CUT OUT BOOK OF THE 1960's GIRL GROUP "THE PAPER DOLLS." THIS ONE IS OF COPPER ( SUE MARSHALL).

AS YOU CAN SEE THE DOLL HAS BEEN MADE UP. IT IS DOUBLE SIDED WITH A PIECE OF CLOTHING FOR THE FRONT AND BACK. THERE IS ALSO 8 PAGES OF BLACK & WHITE PICTURES OF THE GROUP IN THE CENTER.

THERE IS ONLY 1.5 ITEMS OF CLOTHING MISSING

4 comments:

  1. This post is a real challenge, I usually view on my phone and this one appears as thin, dark grey lettering on a black background! Keeps me alert!

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  2. Not much better on my MacBook screen... but at least I could select the text, so the highlight made it black on white!

    Best -- Paul

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  3. sorry about that guys. I've adjusted the font size and colour now.

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  4. Thanks, I'll cancel that appointment at Specsavers.

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