Buying/Selling Dolls Price Guide


Book Description

The premier edition of our complete price guide to dolls is the first true representation of today's secondary market! Compiled by a national team of independent experts in all areas of doll values, this book includes more than 500 color photos and thousands of doll value listings. Buying & Selling Dolls is the first price guide to incorporate on-line auction houses and trading sites with traditional selling forums, resulting in a true, up-to-date representation of secondary market values. The team approach to gathering data ensures an unbiased range of prices. Each listing includes values for a doll in both excellent and average condition, guiding readers to a realistic assessment for each individual piece. From the earliest examples to today's best-selling creations, the dolls are organized by maker, and indexed both by name and by mold number, making it simple to find any doll within seconds. A reference section includes sources for buying and selling dolls.




Jan Foulke's Guide to Dolls


Book Description

"Jan Foulke has been credited for producing "the bible of doll collecting" by both USA Today and The Washington Post. Her extensive series of well written and masterfully researched price guides has become the gold standard for establishing doll values. Her latest guide is the most comprehensive volume to date. Extensively illustrated with detailed, full color photographs by her husband, Howard Foulke, this guide will become an indispensable aid for serious and novice collectors alike"--Publisher website (October 2007).




Lee Middleton Original Dolls Price Guide


Book Description

The first ever identification and price guide to the popular babies from Lee Middleton Original Doll Inc. The book includes the My Own Baby Line, Club Exclusives and all-time favorites. Current values for the earliest dolls to the recent additions to the Middleton family are part of this price guide too. A delightful story about the bundles of joy personally designed by the late Lee Middleton Urick, and creatively carried on by Reva Schick. History of the company, and a peek inside the Belpre, Ohio, factory show how the talented Middleton team create "The Babies That Love You Back!" "TM" 216 color & 1 b/w photos.




Dolls at Auction


Book Description

What is my doll worth? What should I ensure it for? What should I sell it for? How does damage affect the value of my doll? How much should I pay for a particular doll I wish to buy?




Insider's Guide to Doll Buying and Selling


Book Description

This is a bonanza of tips on how to buy, sell, and collect dolls. The beginner to the advanced collector will find this book a must. Featured are a myriad of ways to save you money. Just one successful tip will get you back many times the cost of the book.




Doll Values


Book Description

Well-known collector Moyer has selected the best dolls for each section on antique and modern dolls. Listed alphabetically by manufacturer, the doll's history, marks, descriptions and values are included. Illustrations.




The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls


Book Description

Collectors will delight in acquiring the first and only Black dolls book that is completely published in Full Color! Author Debbie Garrett has written an extensive book of reference on vintage, modern, fashion and artist Black dolls. Featured in this book are Black dolls made from cloth, bisque, celluloid, composition, rubber, wood, and hard plastic. Fashion dolls, modern artist dolls and other doll categories are covered. This long overdue, insightful book includes a price guide and tips.




The Official Price Guide to Dolls


Book Description

Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines.




Dolls - A Guide for Collectors


Book Description

This vintage book contains comprehensive guide to collecting dolls, containing information on the history of dolls, buying and selling, restoration, and a much more. Profusely illustrated and full of interesting information, "Dolls - A Guide for Collectors" constitutes a timeless resource for doll enthusiasts and is not to be missed by modern collectors. Contents include: "What is a Doll", "On Collecting Dolls-Where to Buy, What to Pay, and Dolls Worth Collecting", "Early Toy Dolls", "Dolls of the Nineteenth Century", "China-Headed Dolls and their Marks", "Bidque Dolls and their Marks", "Dolls of Papier Mache and Composition", "Hand-made Dolls", "The Christmas Crib", "The Cloth Doll", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dolls.




Blue Book.


Book Description

The doll industry's bible has been updated with new information and more than 600 photographs, making it the most complete and up-to-date doll guide available.