My sister passed away and left a lot of porcelain dolls and clowns. She also has a lot of other antiques. I want to sell them, but don't know how to. I live in Beaumont Texas. They are pretty dusty, but some of her other antiques were worth 2000. So I'm just looking for some help on what to do.
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Look for identifying marks on all items. Dolls may need to be undressed. It may be worth the fee to bring some items to a dealer.
You have my deepest condolences on the loss of your beloved sister. May her memory always be a blessing.
Sounds like you have your hands full.
Who did you sell the other antiques to?
Where I am many "antique" dealers take furniture, dolls, etc. and sell them off for families a part of an estate sale. These can either be run at the house or at the shop of the dealer.
Unless you have a lot of time and research everything this is probably your best bet for selling the rest of the items, including the dolls.
Without seeing the dolls, I can't tell you if they are the ones that are valuable or the ones that there are a glut of where you may only get a few dollars each. I hope you have the valuable ones, but dolls usually are NOT big money makers.
There is a woman in TX that I have heard about who is a doll doctor--maybe she can get you started on those:
The second link is to a bunch of estate sale companies in your neck of the woods:
www.estatesales.net/
I don't know any of them personally, so best to ask around to friends and see if anyone knows anything about them.
I do suggest when you go through this process to sell to read the contracts VERY CAREFULLY to know what to expect, including what will happen with any items that don't sell.
We just went through quite the fiasco with a friend who did not take my advice and read the contact of the estate company who did her mother's estate. It was a bad situation for all involved.
Read, understand, ask and THEN sign and keep up with them weekly if you are doing something like sending it to a place for auction.
Post back with an update. Best wishes that you can handle this easily. Finding a company to help may not get you HUGE bucks, but it will get you a good value on the items without the hassle of having to do all of your own research and sales, which can take months and months and months to complete.
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