The Beloved Kathe Kruse Dolls, Yesterday and Today written by Lydia Richter and published by Hobby House Press. It is a soft cover book will help collectors to protect themselves from buying Kruse dolls at unrealistic prices. It will also help them to build up their collections. The palette of early Kruse dolls, as well as those made after 1945, are disclosed in detail for the first time in this very important book. The answers to your questions are given in this book.