MIKELMAN BARBIE, CANDI

MiKelman is a doll artist. MiKelman has created several doll lines that have his name.

1. MiKelman began the very FIRST Barbie make-overs. He repaints, reroots, restyles the dolls from scratch. MiKelman even created a line of reproduction Barbie dolls to REALLY look like the early dolls. MiKelman created many famous OOAK Barbie's long before Mattel did them; Marilyn Monroe, Lady Di, Lucy, Marlena, Paul Newman, Paul David, and many others. Mikelman's one of a kind celebrity dolls auctioned for over 1,500.00 each.
2. MiKelman is the creator of the popular CANDI doll. He painted all the faces, and designed all the clothing from 1995 thru 2003. The Retro Candi line, The Popular Price line, Christmas Candi, Santa's Helpers, Betty Page, New York Collection. MiKelman took an unheard of doll line, revamped, repainted and resculpted the doll and made her world famous. Many other artists want to take credit for what he did. MiKelman moved on to another doll line when his Retro Candi line was stolen, his name was removed from all the packaging and was sold by some unscrupulous dealers. During MiKelman's Candi reign, ONLY his authentic doll line was sold at the Paul David Barbie Warehouse in Ohio.
3. MiKelman is the creator of the popular CHARICE doll line. Early examples released with a mis-spelled name of Charisse. The RETRO line was extremely successful. MiKelman painted all the faces, styled all the hair styles and made all the fashions for the Charice line. He even created a Boyfriend for the Charice doll named Dominic. Dominic was 12" tall, like Ken dolls. A huge wardrobe was created for the Charice and Dominic lines. Charice lines were Velvet N Bows, Glamour Girl, Digital Darlings, Fuschia Fantasy, Santa Baby, Christmas, Neuveaux, New Retro, Betty Page, and many more. His FABULOUS FUR line of Charice was the most popular. Most of MiKelman's Charice lines were only limited to 250 pieces per doll. Some 125. Once again only the authentic line of Charice dolls were sold at the Paul David Barbie Doll Warehouse in Ohio. Knock-off lines were sold under another name.
4.Candi and Charice have retired2001. MiKelman still works on revamping and repairing Barbie dolls.His Candi and Charice lines are now very collectible overseas as well as the USA. Short runs of most of the dolls were limited to 250 pieces.
PAUL DAVID has re-opened his Barbie Warehouse in Chillicothe, Ohio and currently offers the Candi