Doll Antique

Doll Antique

Antique Doll Advice

Antique dolls are excellent items to collect. They're charming and fairly lovely and they serve to bring out the kid in you. Nevertheless, antique dolls can be just a little confusing. You may discover a genuinely attractive item that's practically worthless. You may also discover a worthless searching doll that's worth a fortune.

Pricing antique dolls is fairly complex. You can find specific designs made by specific companies that take in a fairly penny while other models are not worth very much at all. I came upon this odd discovery by a fortunate accident when I tried to sell some old toys that were in my attic.

Fortunately, I have a dear friend who is an honest, avid doll collector. She instantly grabbed on of the antique dolls and said that I needed to take the piece out of the yard sale. She practically passed out when she saw that I was selling the item for less than a dollar.

After the yard sale, she took the time to tell me that the ugly doll was worth a couple of hundred dollars. I had no concept that any vintage doll could yield that a lot dollars. As it turns out, numerous antique dolls are quite rare and pretty desirable among collectors.

These desirable antique dolls are pretty deceptive, though. Honestly, I had the notion of just tossing the item in the garbage but I figured that someone would need to fix it. Maybe some individual who liked pretty old searching issues could be at the sale, I figured. There was no way that I would price this doll over a dollar but as it turned out, she was worth a lot far more.

Of course, I sold the doll and was a lot more than happy to let the new owner feel complete in his buy. He can be a collector that has quite a few antique dolls in his stock. Ironically, he does not collect dolls in particular. This puzzled me but it also let me know how valuable some antique dolls actually are.

Aside from my kind friend, I had no other way of understanding if I stumbled on yet another valuable find. I decided to analysis into what guides are readily available to help me figure out which antique dolls are valuable and which aren't. I discovered a handful of possibilities.

The local book store is really a terrific study facility but it might be pretty pricy in particular if the book does not contain data about the specific antique dolls you're seeking. The library is hit-and-miss, too, too as time-consuming.

The web turned out to be the best resource for quickly determining which antique dolls are valuable and which are not. You may also sell your items on the web as well.
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How can i find out about my antique doll?

Any advice on websites to visit to discover who made my doll, and what the marks mean on the back of her head would be great. I'd also like to know the value of her but dont know where to start. I do know she is over 100 years old. Ive tried some websites but you have to know who made her to get any info. and since i dont know, they cant help me. Thanks.

I wish you had mentioned what the doll is marked, I might have been able to help you. If you have a picture of the doll you can ask at the Doll Board on ebay or if you want you can email me. I'm no expert on bisque, but I can usually find what I'm looking for. You can also try searching for the mark on ebay or Google. www.dollreference.com is also a very good site to help id dolls.

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