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Thank you for posting Charlie, he didn't seem all that old.  I hope his items went to homes were they are well loved!

It's hard to convey how I feel about my Empire items that were in Carl Pilletteri's collection, in the simplest terms I am honored to have them in my possession.  I don't just own them, I see myself more as a care taker.  My family thinks I am a little nuts but I have tried to explain to them that once I am no longer around to insure they are passed on properly.  Empires are no where as nice or as important as Scott's Dolls but I love them very much.