another collecting passion of mine-pindolls

Nice collection.........Don't see many of those around.

Pin Dolls? Can you explain the name?

the holes u see at the bottom ,thats where the fabric was stitched to, normaly in the shape of a dress. and this fabric was used to hold pins, when sewing /dress making etc, hence pindoll, they were mass produced in the 1920s, with the german ones being the most sought after. (as ever )
the most prized ones are the dolls with (arms away_) which had to be made in two pieces. where the arms leave the body , and then return to the hips, are the next grade down , but still sought after, some folk call them half dolls or half pindolls,,,the very far left picture gives you an example of the fabric attached