The aisles were lined with enthusiasts, buyers, sellers, and browsers alike at the Lafayette Hotel Sunday.

"When people come in here it's not like a typical store where you'd come in buy something and leave. You talk to the people. There's interesting things. Where did you get your collection? Tell me about this," said Anna Vukovic, Teddy Bear and Doll Show and Sale Coordinator.

Doris Bowers has been going to almost all the doll shows.
She said she collects " anything you call a doll."

Mainly antique and Madame Alexander dolls and Barbies.

She said "they line my whole upper floor."

Some people brought their items out from their homes to be appraised by one expert.

"The thing that's nice is so often, it's passed down from somebody in the family. And finally they get it documented and so often they can't believe that a little old teddy bear could be worth so much money," said Ken Yenke, a nationally know expert on toys, teddy bears and Teddy Roosevelt.

Collecting items passed down from generations and celebrating them with the new ones.

Ten-year-old Wesley Ryder came with his family and said he likes the bears better than all the others.

Ryder's mom, Paula, has been coming ever since the show began 17 years ago.

"Tried to get the kids involved, but they're a little too young to understand the collecting part of it yet but," she said.

Many youngsters don't understand the collecting part but once items appreciate, Yenke says, many people do.

All tickets and other profits went to support the Guardian Angel Fund to help the Marietta Memorial Hospital's home-based hospice program.