Each antique dolls has a story to tell, that's why the fascination to collect. The background of the manufacture, creators, seamstresses. Collectors like to know how to children play with these dolls. Now, the dolls collecting is second stamp collecting and is the most popular interest in US.
Although the cost for antique dolls is high, but this does not affect collectors and the reason is they plan properly before they buy any dolls they want.
These are consider investment for them. They reap up as much as on the antique dolls they want to collect, so this is where they save their money for. But if a student of dolls, they would try their best and updated on the doll.
If she has more dolls, she can have better understand about the history of these dolls. These are no more antique dolls for her, but collectibles.
Antique dolls are expensive if produced before 1930. Be they wax, bisque, wood, china, papier mache, or porcelain, and they are consider rarity for a collector
The age and weight of the material are possibilities the antique dolls may not be authentic in parts as some collector will prefer it to be.
Antique doll production are everywhere. Example manufacture company in US, Germany, UK, India, France and so on. But the best manufacturing company of doll are from china.
Collectors can still determine the history of the dolls they buy wherever these are manufactured.
They love for the history of the dolls, so they will have the information they need to know to get the authentic dolls and is these worth the value.
KK Lim is the founder of Antique Doll Shoe, a website that offers antique doll shoe information.
Website: www.antiquedollshoes.blogspot.com