Identifying Porcelain Dolls?

Judy
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August 25, 20180 found this helpful

Both dolls are mass-produced and essentially worthless. They may have sentimental value to you.

Pghgirl40
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August 25, 20180 found this helpful

It looks like the company that made the Lissi dolls, which is in Hong Kong is still around. There is an email address. Perhaps they could tell you if the box is right for the doll.

www.lissi.com/windex.htm

If you had the time or desire, you could go to eBay and look at all the auctions and see if you can find an exact match to the box and look at the face and clothes, or face and clothes and look at the box. That is a huge undertaking as there are hundreds of Lissi dolls out there on the market.

I am confused...is the doll in the box the one with no markings? does the other (not pictured? have markings)?

There are many places to look for markings... the back of the neck, scalp under hair if it is loose hair, feet bottoms, butt, or back, maybe even the small of the back.

Sadly these dolls (the Lissi series if that is indeed what you have) has not held their value in today's market.

There are sold ones on eBay ranging from .99 cents to $30 dollars. That said if it is a Lissi and an exact match is found sold, that would give you the EXACT Value in today's market...I hate giving ranges because there is always an exception to the rule and a like item maybe valueless and the exact item may have significant value. For every line of mass produced dolls it seems there is a ringer in there with value!

Is there a picture of the second doll? If I missed it, I am sorry. I would like to see what I can tell you about it.

Hope this is helpful to get you started to figure if you have a match or not.

cybergrannie
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August 25, 20180 found this helpful

It is difficult to say very much about your first doll unless you can check to see if she has any markings.

Your second doll may be valuable as she may be one made by a very celebrated artist: Virginia Ehrlich Turner.

cybergrannie
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August 26, 20180 found this helpful

Your second doll looks like she may be a doll designed by a famous doll maker; Virginia Ehrlich Turner but I believe she and possible the first pictured doll may have some type of markings on their back or neck at the hair line. You should look for these symbols/markings so you will know for sure.

• I believe Virginia Turner is retired now but she designed and made many "special" dolls (she loved and made all of the Wizard of Oz" dolls) but she also made some mass produced dolls (yours may be one of the latter) but you need to check with a knowledgeable doll person to find out for sure.
• Here is some information from her history:
• "Turner Dolls is also famous for offering some of the last mass-produced dolls made in the United States. From the original sculpts to the vinyl and porcelain production to the costumes (all designed by Virginia), everything is done by the Turners and their employees on the farm-turned-factory. Lately, to give the dolls even more authenticity and value, Virginia has taken to hand-painting the eyebrows. So now no two dolls are exactly alike."
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• If you Google Virginia Turner dolls you will find a large collection of images of dolls and you may find your doll. You will also find a lot of different sites with information about this sculptor as well as her dolls.
• www.google.com/search?q=virginia+turner+dolls&client...
• eBay has a lot of her dolls listed for sale so you might keep checking for your doll although you will only see similar dolls. Asking prices have prices are just that - asking prices but you can also check eBay sold listings and get some vague idea as to value of her dolls.
• www.ebay.com/.../i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2323012...
• Here are somewhat similar dolls that have recently sold on eBay.. sold prices are in green.
• www.ebay.com/.../i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=virginia+turner...
• Here is a link to Virginia Turner's site but I believe it is just information as I do not believe she is answering emails but you could still try it. You could ask about your doll - Mc Kensie.
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• www.turnerdolls.com/.../Virginia.html
• Here is a sampling of some of her "special" dolls:
• samanthasdolls.com/.../
• I think you should ask about this doll on a doll forum site to see if you can find out more about either of your dolls. This is one of the best sites to ask:
• www.tapatalk.com/.../
• If you decide to ask about your dolls you will need to remember to ask about only one doll at a time and show several pictures, especially if you find any markings, as well as supply any information you have on their provenance and their size. Also, show clear pictures of the box with the second doll. Taking your dolls out of the boxes to check for markings will not lower the value of the dolls.

Here is a link to more history just in case you are interested:

www.dollsmagazine.com/.../