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Price on eBay: $8,500 Porcelain dolls don’t have to be more than 2 feet tall to be worth a lot of money. This little lady stands only 15 1/2 inches tall, but her ornate details and impressive ...
A bisque doll or porcelain doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of bisque or biscuit porcelain. Bisque dolls are characterized by their realistic, skin-like matte finish. They had their peak of popularity between 1860 and 1900 with French and German dolls. Bisque dolls are collectible, and antique dolls can be worth thousands of dollars.
The dolls were affordable enough that children of the era could buy them with their own pocket money. [2] Smaller versions of the dolls were also known as penny dolls, because they were often sold for a cent. [5] [6] Most were made in Germany. [7] They are also made in bisque, and can come in white, pink-tinted, or, more rarely, painted black. [3]
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. [6] Many of the original, small-sized German-produced bisque Kewpies (c. 1912-1915) range from $200–$500 among collectors. [ 13 ]
Highest listing price on eBay: $16,000 In 1959, Ruth Handler — co-founder of the toy giant Mattel — was watching her daughter, Barbara, play with paper dolls.
American Girl dolls were a cult-like phenomenon that seemed inescapable for any child of the '90s. In 1986, the first three dolls hit the market – Molly McIntire, Kirsten Larson and Samantha ...
China dolls, 1850-1870 - Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium . A china doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of glazed porcelain. The name comes from china being used to refer to the material porcelain. [1] Colloquially the term china doll is sometimes used to refer to any porcelain or bisque doll, but more specifically it describes only ...
Many, like Simon & Halbig, came from the Thuringia region, which has natural deposits of the clay used to make the dolls. [1] [3] Simon & Halbig was known for excellent sculpting of their doll heads, and the high quality of their bisque (porcelain). [4] German childlike dolls were predominantly produced between 1890 and 1930. [3]