How much do old porcelain dolls sell for

Most dolls will have a manufacturer’s stamp on them and a marking indicating the year they were made. If you can’t find any obvious manufacturer’s markings, look for any markers on the back of the head, shoulders, or upper back of the doll.

Currently, the most expensive porcelain doll ever sold was a bisque doll sold by Theriault’s for $300,000 in 2014. The doll was from a set of 100 created by French sculptor Albert Marque for the Parisian couturier Jeanne Margaine-LaCroix in 1916.

Look for the Maker’s Mark

If you can find the manufacturer mark, or maker’s mark, on your old doll, it will give you the most important information needed to identify the doll. Take a good photo of the mark or draw a copy of it to keep handy. Doll manufacturer marks are typically found on the back of the head or neck.

Antique dolls are 100 years old or more. Notable dolls from the 50s are considered vintage.

Bonhams has broken the record for the world’s most expensive doll, selling a rare German Kämmer & Reinhardt character doll for £242,500 ($395,750), reports ArtDaily. The Knightsbridge auction, which took place September 24, erupted into a round of applause when the winning bid went through.

A dull face coloring is a signature mark of an antique porcelain or bisque doll. The eyes, cheeks, and lips of the doll will look dull. Inspect the eyes of the doll for an indication of its age. These antique dolls that were made before 1870 had eyes that were painted on.

As mentioned, bisque is unglazed porcelain. Porcelain is created from a paste of clays and water which is molded and then fired at temperatures above 2300 F. … If there is no color added to the bisque and it is left white and unglazed, the doll is sometimes referred to as a “parian” doll.

Most doll marks are found on the back of the head, on the torso, and sometimes the feet. All letters, numbers, and symbols may be important. Don’t forget to look for labels on the doll clothing, or paper labels.

According to 200 Years of Dolls (fourth edition), a 10-inch Kewpie with a bisque head, composition body, and glass eyes today is worth $6,500, while a 20-inch (510 mm) doll is valued at $20,000. Many of the original, small-sized German-produced bisque Kewpies (c. 1912-1915) range from $200–$500 among collectors.

The main reason that dolls are so unsettling is that most of them lack any sort of facial expressions. … Porcelain, wax, and other types of kitschy, haunted, vintage dolls tend to offer rather flat facial features and they’re pretty creepy as a result.

The prices on trolls range from only a few dollars for late, common Russ trolls, to more than $200 for rare 1960s Dam Things animal trolls (such as giraffes and lions). Smaller, more common animals can be found for $25 to $50. Non-Dam troll animals can be much cheaper, especially if their tags are not attached.

Sometimes a doll head has several different marks, including the name or initials of the maker, the country where it was made and additional numbers. The numbers might refer to the size of the doll or the design of the head. The letters “DEP” indicate that the doll’s design was patented.

Keep them in a closed cabinet.

Instead, keep them in closed cabinets, away from pets, dust and sunlight, in a temperature-controlled area of your home. Place dolls in archival boxes (rather than acidic wood or cardboard) and cushion them with acid-free tissue or cloth.

Today, trolls are not as common as in the early 1990s, but can still be found. Today’s trolls are made by several manufacturers, including Dam Trolls which only sells their current trolls in Denmark.

Dam Vintage Naked Troll Doll – $321

Why It’s Worth So Much: A blue-eyed, pointy-eared Troll with outward-facing arms indicates it’s an original from the ’60s Dam collection. With a height of only 2 ½ inches, the doll sold for more than $300.

The toys are also known as good luck trolls, or gonk trolls in the United Kingdom. The dolls were first created in 1959 and became one of the United States’ biggest toy fads in the early 1960s.