Selling Porcelain Dolls

Some dolls from specific time periods have even made it into museums.

Selling porcelain dolls.

In this case the shop owner displays the doll and the doll seller receives the money when the doll sells. Perhaps you inherited a doll collection or are simply downsizing and decluttering but now you are thinking of selling your dolls. There are porcelain dolls as small as 8 inches and baby dolls as big as 18 inches so size is a factor to consider when choosing one. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices.

This is a guide about selling a porcelain doll collection. However newer porcelain dolls will have stuffed cloth bodies with a victorian era outfit. Maybe you received porcelain dolls as gifts when you were a child. Think about the size of the china doll.

Porcelain dolls can also be sold at live auctions. Before you sell your doll compare it to other dolls from the same manufacturer and time period. Or perhaps you begged your parents to buy you a beautiful porcelain doll when you went to the toy store. Porcelain dolls come in male and female designs as well as various ages such newborn babies dolls that look like young women or dolls that look like children.

You can find price databases online consult a doll collecting forum or even check out a book at the library dedicated to dolls. Research your doll s value. Antique porcelain dolls can be incredibly valuable. Buying and selling dolls is the heart of doll collecting even if you only have a few dolls in your attic you need to know if you have trash common play dolls you can donate or a real treasure as certain vintage and antique dolls can be worth thousands.

In fact selling dolls is so popular some companies host. There are literally dozens of collector s guides that revolve solely around the hobby of barbie doll collecting 2 a good up to date guide will help you determine the overall condition and worth of the doll you want to sell. We pay a premium for items in original boxes and name brand accessories. Porcelain dolls that were made 80 to 100 years ago or more can be quite valuable.

The shop owner takes a percentage of the selling price. Sell barbies and other dolls sell your barbies and other collectible dolls and accessories including outfits carry cases doll houses and furniture etc. For example a doll made in 1916 by the french sculptor albert marque one of 100 limited edition dolls dressed by the parisian couturier jeanne margaine lacroix was sold in 2014 by auction house theriault s for 300 000.