Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Antique Dolls Hobby

Antique dolls such as bisque types and many others, are glorious items to collect. They're captivating and quite lovely and they work to bring out the kid in you. antique dolls can be a little perplexing. You can find an attractive item that's practically pointless. You'll also find a meaningless looking doll that's worth a fortune. Pricing antique dolls is pretty complicated. There are certain designs made by certain firms that take in a big price while other models aren't worth much . I came on this odd discovery by a lucky accident when I attempted to sell some old toys that were in my attic. Luckily, I have got a Dear Friend who is a fair, enthusiastic doll collector.

She straight away grabbed on of the antique dolls and said I wanted to take the piece out of the yard sale. She practically passed out when she saw that I was selling the item for slightly less than a greenback. After the yard sale, she took time to tell me the ghastly doll was worth a couple of hundred greenbacks. I hadn't got any idea that any vintage doll could yield that much money. As it seems, many antique dolls are awfully rare and extraordinarily fascinating among collectors.

These fascinating antique dolls are pretty false, though. Truthfully , I had the concept of just tossing the item in the rubbish but I thought that someone would need to fix it. Perhaps some person who liked really old looking things would be at the sale, I realized. There wasn't any way that I might price this doll over a buck but as it seemed, she was worth much more. Naturally, I sold the doll and was more than pleased to let the new owner feel complete in his purchase. He's a collector which has a few antique dolls in his stock. Ironically, he does not collect dolls particularly. This puzzled me but it also make me aware how valuable some antique dolls actually are. Except for my kind buddy, I had no other method of knowing if I stumbled over another valuable find. I chose to research into what guides are available to help me identify which antique dolls are valuable and which aren't.

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