General Articles

• The Basic Doll Types Part 1
  If you are serious about starting a doll collection of any kind you should have some basic knowledge of how to identify doll types. There are basically nine doll types that include:
  
  
• The Basic Doll Types Part 2
  The most important of the German Doll makers was JD Kestner. This company’s dolls were produced from the year of 1820 to year of 1938. Early Kestners are marked with X, XI or with a mold or size number. The later dolls are marked with “Made in Germany.” The JD Kestner Company produced a wide range of dolls with shoulder heads, turned heads, socket heads. The eyes also varied. Some eyes were painted; others were set glass, or glass sleep eyes. Kestner is very well known for his creation of “Hilda, character babies and Googlies.
  
  
• Furnishing Your Dollhouse
  When furnishing your dollhouse, the options are almost limitless. You can purchase pre-made furnishings. If you have both the skill and the time, you can create your own miniature furniture. You can also use printables ordered from catalogs or downloaded online.
  
  
• How do you determine the Worth of Your Vintage Dolls?
  How do you know when a vintage doll is worth something? There are doll value books you start with; however, just looking up your particular vintage doll in the doll value book does not mean yours is worth what the book says.
  
  
• Famous Doll Houses From Around The World
  Here is a short list of the world's most famous dollhouses from around the world that truly are unique:
  
  
• Giving Dollhouses As Gifts
  Dollhouses are wonderful gifts for both children and adults. Children love the interactivity of this fabulous toy. A toddler's imagination will run rampant, inspired by the familiar backdrop of home and family.
  
  
• Six Steps To Creating The Perfect Dollhouse
  Each dollhouse is its own unique creation. No dollhouse will be exactly like another, nor should it be.
  
  
• Vintage Doll Collecting Chad Valley Toys and the Palitoy Toy Company
  Palitoy was the name of a British toy company that manufactured some of the most popular toys in Britain, of which some were original items and others were under license. The company, near Leicester, England, grew out of a plastics firm established by Alfred Edward Pallett in 1909 and became one of Britain’s leading toy manufacturers. Some of their most famous toys included: