Insider's Guide to Doll Buying and Selling


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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.




Insider's Guide to China Doll Collecting


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This is a bonanza of tips on how to buy, sell, and collect china dolls. The beginner to the advanced china 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.




Insider's Guide to China Doll Collecting


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This is a bonanza of tips on how to buy, sell, and collect bisque girl dolls. The beginner to the advanced German 'Dolly' 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.




How to Sell Toys and Hobbies on eBay


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Make a bundle selling toys Set yourself apart in a catgory with nearly a million items for sale with this insider's guide to turning dolls into dollars. Attract both buyers who collect toys and those looking for great gifts for the kids in their lives with targeted keywords, specialized pricing strategies and hot display tips. Whether you're a seasoned toy collector or just looking to clear out the toys in your garage, you can benefit from these exclusive tips from eBay PowerSellers specializing in toys and hobbies. You'll get: Sources and leads for the best places to buy toys and hobby supplies Proven methods for identifying new toy and hobby trends Insider secrets to predicting the next hot toy Tricks to taking great photos of every item Tips about damage or wear that affects pricing Copywriting techniques that bring in droves of bidders The best shipping options for fragile or rare toys Plus: eBay PowerSellers' exclusive category tips!




HowExpert Guide to Doll Collecting


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If you want to learn about the history of dolls, caring for and storing your dolls, starting a collection, buying, selling, and collecting collectible dolls, doll knowledge for collectors, and joining the doll community, then check out HowExpert Guide to Doll Collecting. The first toy ever made was the doll! Today doll collecting is the world’s largest hobby. Dolls remind us of our favorite childhood moments, a time in history that we are most fond of, and even a beloved art style reflected through the doll. HowExpert Guide to Doll Collecting can lead you through the stages of doll collecting. Whether you are starting a collection or adding on to one, there is a wide variety of dolls to choose from. These include ceremonial dolls, bisque dolls, rag dolls, and paper dolls, to the beloved characters like Strawberry Shortcake, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Barbie. Finding that doll that brings out your love for collecting is the easy part. In this book, you will learn the proper care for dolls, doll lingo, how to spot a replica, and tips on keeping a logbook. We even took a peek at the history of haunted dolls. The tips in HowExpert Guide to Doll Collecting will show doll enthusiasts just what they need to know to become doll collectors. Check out HowExpert Guide to Doll Collecting for learning about the history of dolls, caring for and storing your dolls, starting a collection, buying, selling, and collecting collectible dolls, doll knowledge for collectors, and joining the doll community! About the Author Charlotte Hopkins is a freelance writer from Pennsylvania; she is an author of nine books, including her children’s books, featuring Pixie Trist and Bo, and her “365 Days” series. She wrote the book, From the Dark Tunnel, about surviving child abuse, under the pen name Tori Kannyn. She was also published three times in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, the Shadows & Light Anthology, and Authors for Haiti. She has released a line of journals and logbooks under “Kannyn Books.” She is also a collector of several items. Her first collection was keychains. She also collects penguins, wooden boxes, miniatures (including miniature books), journals, and pens. She just started collecting Magic 8 Balls and Pen Cups. She has a fondness for writing, photography, astrology, history, museums, and everything purple! HowExpert publishes how to guides by everyday experts.




Buying/Selling Dolls Price Guide


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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.




Dolls - A Guide for Collectors


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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.







Sell Crafts


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Do you love dolls? Would you like to make a profit from homemade dolls? Would you like to sell your doll crafts skills? If yes, this doll guide for Etsy profit from home and beyond is going to be for you! According to an article from April 2011 in inc. magazine, the average Etsy seller makes just $785 a year, but you can do so much better. If you love dolls and if you would like to earn money with dolls, you will love this guide. It is going to show you the 4 most unique methods and techniques of how to cash in with dolls via sites like Etsy, Pinterest, and beyond! Discover the stories of my doll passionate friends who are able to run a profitable six figure doll business and eBay experts and authors like Jim Cockrum have called this phenomenon "a virtual empire"! You will learn about the most critical profit from dolls success ingredients. You must absolutely know about these unique success ingredients because knowing about these success ingredients is the key to making a profit from dolls. You will also learn very unique and profitable doll making methods and techniques from the doll passion into profit elite. This guide is chock full of the most unique cash for dolls strategies, techniques, expert knowledge, and resources used by the "Dolls For Profit Elite" of today. These are the secrets that have been guarded for years by the doll passion elite. Finally these doll making profit secrets have been revealed so that you can copy and profit from the same proven and successful doll profit strategies. This guide also includes a list of the most up do date doll profit resources. Use these profitable doll into profit success ingredients, doll making techniques and doll profit expert knowledge to your advantage and profit today. In fact, if you are serious about profiting from dolls and if you are applying the information immediately you will be able to achieve similar results as my friends who are going to reveal their doll profit making stories inside the guide. This doll passion into profit is yet another example of the concept that I am calling the from passion into profit concept. You might have already picked up my first volume of this series called: From Passion Into Profit: Compilation Of Craft Stories - Volume 1. If you have, you might be familiar with my concept called from passion into profit. This concept works for any craft and hobby. Having a passion for dolls is yet another perfect example of a passion that you can turn into profit very easily and quickly. For some of my friends who are passionate about dolls this passion has even been a life-changing experience for them. They are now able to live with their passions and lead a lifestyle they love. This profitable from doll passion into profit guide is part of the "From Passion Into Profit" series because like the first volume it will show you how you can transform your own passions for dolls into profits while enjoying the most wonderful passionate lifestyle with your family and loved ones. The guide also covers very profitable and unique ways to profit from doll today! In summary, this guide introduces you to the most unique ways of making profits with your passion for dolls. It is also going to ultimately transform your life into a truly enjoyable and passionate lifestyle. Finally, this guide is going to show you the most profitable strategies with making profits from dolls, and it gives you the most profitable doll into profit lessons. You already love dolls, right! There is simply no other more beneficial way to become financially independent. This knowledge might even turn you into a from doll passion into profit celebrity or authority within the doll making community. This is an amazing opportunity for any doll lover so make it happen today and let's get started with the most exciting ways of how to make profit from your dolls ASAP - the from doll passion into profit way!




Insiders' Guide® to Charlotte


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Skyscrapers. Sports. NASCAR. Nature. Culinary delights.A world-class, can-do city. A crown jewel of the New South. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities Our insider, Craig Distl, a native of North Carolina and a longtime Charlottean, has been a journalist for the Charlotte Observer, and his articles have also appeared in Charlotte Magazine, Southern Sports Journal, and Golfweek. His writing has received awards from such organizations as the North Carolina Press Association.