Can anyone tell me anything about these dolls? My grandmother gave them to me when I was two or three years old. I am trying to find information as I only have one certificate that tells me basically nothing.
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Sorry but it would be almost impossible to tell you very much from the picture you listed. If you are lucky, someone may recognize one doll but without more information and better pictures I cannot be of much help.
As cybergrannie mentioned, markings are important to the process of researching. Other places to check in addition to her suggestions are the scalp, butt, and bottoms of the feet.
If you can't find any maker or markings you will have a some challenges. But it isn't impossible. It will take a lot of work, but you can:
--show them to everyone you know and put them on other doll websites as everyone has their own little niche and someone may recognize them immediately.
This one is a little bit of a challenge because there have been millions of dolls made around the world...and finding the right person the first time out is a little like finding a needle in a haystack :(
--the second easiest way to start is to go to Google images and type in (one at a time) a description, like the height, hair color, dress style etc. to piece together info.
--the third easiest way is you can do this same type of search in eBay to learn more by reading posts.
Other things that may give you more info (like their age or composition) are:
--you can do things like figure out if the hair is human or synthetic by burning a strand (human hair is usually a doll of more value than synthetic--but not always):
This YouTube video talks about that. www.youtube.com/
These all look like newer (what I mean by that is 1970s through 1990s) but looks can be deceiving.
--you can try to see what they are stuffed with (always risky because you don't want to damage), but typically really old dolls were stuffed with things like sawdust or cotton (not modern synthetic materials)
--you can try to figure out if each of the faces is porcelain or bisque
en.wikipedia.org/
A couple of my favorite sites are below that may be useful to you, although some seem to recently have broken links (GRR):
www.thesprucecrafts.com/
antiques.lovetoknow.com/
There are also a list of doll museums that I have been considering putting my my bucket list to call to see if they help with identifications. If one is near you, maybe you could take them for a road trip:
www.thesprucecrafts.com/
If you are looking to sell, we at this site can give you lots and lots of info on setting value and selling...with the understanding that in most cases, these lovelies are better being held on to and loved as the market today is saturated and with supply high and demand low, they aren't fetching much.
Good luck! Hope this helped!
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