Appraising/Selling Links
The Museum receives many calls from collectors asking how to
get their collections appraised or how to sell their collections.
The following links will help the collector find appraisers that
might help them. Please check them out carefully – their
services may have changed over time.
Appraising Collections
American Society of Appraisers
555 Herndon Parkway, #125, Herndon, VA 20170
Phone (703) 478-2228
Fax (703) 742-8471
asainfo@appraisers.org
www.appraisers.org
For those living in the Santa Barbara area, there is a local
appraiser. If you contact her and she cannot help you, she will
try to refer you to an appropriate appraiser. Her information
is:
Elizabeth Stewart (Appraisals by Elizabeth)
P.O. Box 92115
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
(805) 895-5005
ElizabethAppraisals@gmail.com
American Association of Independent Appraisers website has an
appraiser directory and links to online auctions and references. www.appraisers.org
Debra Gulea offers a doll appraisal service. www.debrasdolls.com/appraisals.html
Doll Designs has a list of appraisers at the bottom of their
web page. http://dolldesigns.com/misc.html
International Society of Appraisers. Collectors can find professional
appraisers and have questions answered. Under "Collectibles – Dolls
and Dollhouses", there were at least six names listed in
the U.S. as of February 2007. www.isa-appraisers.org
Theriaults is a leading auction company specializing in the
sale and appraisal of antique and collectible dolls. www.theriaults.com
This website helps you find appraisers in your own area of the
country. Also you can send in photos and get an appraisal in
several days for $20.00 per picture. www.eppraisals.com
Withington Auction has an appraisal service. www.withingtonauction.com/AppraisalServices.htm
National Antique Doll Dealers Association www.nadda.org/
Selling Collections
As far as selling or disposing or one’s collection, there
are several options available:
1. Do it yourself. Look for a local doll or teddy bear show,
and contact the person or group putting it on. You can often
get a one-day sales license to sell at such a show, and you will
get to keep any profits that you make.
2. Contact a dealer. You can often find dealers at shows who
are willing to buy collections. If this
is not an option, check in doll or teddy bear magazines – many
dealers will advertise in these
publications. Just remember that these dealers are going
to want to make a profit on your dolls, so they will not be offering the full
value for the collection.
3. Sell on eBay. Again this allows you to keep most of the profit.
However you are also responsible for listing the items, photographing
them, and sending the items to the purchaser. You are also responsible
for collecting the payments. This can be more work than you want
to do.
4. Take it to an eBay store that will do much of the work for
you. They will list the item, take the photographs, and mail
the items to the purchaser. They will also want a percentage
of the price, perhaps as much as one-third of the total.
5. Contact an auction house that specializes in dolls or teddy
bears. Again the auction house can appraise your items, photograph
them, put them in a catalog, and collect the payments. But they
will also require premiums from both the seller and the buyer
on the amount that is bid on each item.
6. Donate the items.
Article Links
Dolls
An interview in Collector’s Weekly with Noreen Marshall,
the curator of the Dress, Doll, and Childhood Collections in
the Victoria and Albert Museum in England:
www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-on-antique-dolls-with-museum-curator-noreen-marshall
Betsy McCall paper doll list (this is a listing of some of the
Betsy McCall paper dolls that appeared each month in the McCall's
magazine): www.oldcatalogs.com
Madi dolls by California doll artist Stephanie Blythe: www.madidoll.com/menu.html
Miss Oita - Japanese Friendship Doll: http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/dolls/japanese/oita/index.html
Steps a collector can take to try to identify a doll:
http://collectdolls.about.com/library/howto/ht2.html
Web page for Japanese dolls: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/jshoaf/Jdolls/index.html
WPA world dolls: www.kathywitt.com/index.2ts?page=doll
Teddy Bears
BearsandBuds, an online magazine, has an annual URSA Awards
contest that relies on votes cast by online readers. In 2007
the voting took place from July 10-August 31: www.bearsandbuds.com
Edinburgh Imports, Inc. has a series of teddy bear making tips
and techniques written by Kimberly Foster: www.edinburghimports.com/articles.asp
For help in identifying your teddy bears: www.cymruted.com/html/bear_identification.html
How to tell the age of a Steiff teddy bear:
http:theteddypatchblog.com/2007/09/04/how-to-tell-the-age-of-a-steiff-bear.aspx
Mini Teddy Hugs online magazine for miniature bears: www.MiniTeddyHugs.com
Dollhouses
Dollhouses go green: www.sunset.com/sunset/home/article/0,20633,1117056,00.html
Fairy furniture (this site has some cute paper furniture that
can be downloaded and printed off):
www.thetoymaker.com
Puppets
Bob Baker Marionette Collectibles: www.bobbakermarionettes.com/Collectibles.html
History of the Puppet House Theater: www.puppethouse.org/history.html
Karakuri puppets of Japan: www.karakuri.info
Little Girl Giant (video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc
Jusaburo’s Puppet Museum:
itours.jp/monodukuri/museum/jusaburo/jusaburo_eng.html
Toys
Women In Toys: www.womenintoys.com/profile_BarbaraIsenberg.html
Toy Theatre
For those interested in the history of Toy Theatres (there should
be an English language version on this site if it does not come
up immediately): www.teatritos.com/uk/index.html
Auction Site Links
Frasher’s Doll Auctions (816) 625-3786
James D. Julia, Inc. www.jamesdjulia.com
McMasters Harris Auctions www.mcmastersharris.com/
Sweetbriar www.SweetbriarAuctions.com
Theriaults.com www.theriaults.com/news/news.cfm
Withington Auction, Inc. www.withingtonauction.com/
Books Links
For those who enjoy a good mystery along with their doll or
teddy bear, we are fortunate to have several authors who are
writing just for us.
Teddy bear collectors can enjoy the series of mysteries written
by retired policeman John Lamb. His main character, Brad Lyon,
is a retired San Francisco policeman whose wife makes teddy bears.
There are five books in the series. I am proud to say that the Susan
Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library is mentioned
in his book entitled “The Clockwork Teddy”. Thank
you John! John features a teddy bear artist in each of his books.
So far the artists who have been featured are Susan Arnot, Barbara
Burke, Dolores Austin, Penny French and Martha Burch. To contact
John, visit: www.JohnJLamb.net
    
There is also a series of doll mystery books being written by
Deb Baker. Her heroine is a doll restorer in Phoenix, AZ. The
four books published in this series are:
   
This is a recent mystery involving the world of miniatures.
It is set in Northern California in a fictional town called Lincoln
Point, and the heroine makes miniatures. It is not known currently
if this will be a series of books.
Conservation and Restoration Links
 In California
Celia Baham
Celia’s Teddies
1562 San Joaquin Avenue
San Jose, CA 95118
(408) 266-8129
celiasteds@aol.com
www.celiasteddies.com
Celia does teddy bear restoration.
Mary Barrette
All for a Doll
925 Nine Oaks Lane
Nipomo, CA 93444
(805) 929-4079
mary@allforadoll.com
www.allforadoll.com
Mary repairs dolls, gives doll-making classes and sells doll
supplies.
Elaine’s Doll Repair
8900 Thornton Road, #26
Stockton, CA 95215
(209) 956-9084
Email: elaine209@att.net
www.elainesdollrepair.com
Rose Marie Souza’s Doll Repairs & Patterns (by appointment
only)
1377 Bluebell Way
El Cajon, CA 92021
(619) 422-1305
(Please call between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.)
Charlotte Semple
3474 Beethoven Street
Los Angeles, CA 90066
(310) 398-5052
csemple94@earthlink.net
Pease Porridge Doll Repair
Joanne Pease-Simpson
(951) 369-8511
Outside California
Doll Designs has doll repair information about half way down
their home page under Doll Hospitals and Caretaking Information: www.dolldesigns.com/misc.html
Hanna Bruce Bears and Teddy Hospital (Pennsylvania): http://hannabrucebears.com
Restoration and teddy bear artist Laura Boeck-Singers (Wisconsin): http://teddy-bear-artists.com/LB-restorations.html
Sherry Ferguson does Terri Lee doll repairs (Kansas): www.sherrysterrileedollclinic.com
TLC Doll Hospital/Shoppe (Colorado): www.tlcdoll.com/index.html
More Information
The United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC) has created a mini-seminar
on the topic of restoration of bisque dolls. This seminar can
be seen at www.ufdc.org/miniseminar.html
Theriault’s research information: http://collectdolls.about.com/library/weekly/aa032000b.html
Top 7 ways to ruin your dolls: http://collectdolls.about.com/od/restoration/tp/ruinyourdolls.html
Source of products protecting dolls and collectibles: Products
for restoration
Organizations Links
Cloth Doll Clubs: www.clothdollconnection.com/ClothDollClubs.html
DABIDA (Dutch and Belgian Institute of Doll Artists): www.dabida.eu
IGCC (International Golliwog Collector’s Club): www.gollyfest.com/gfigcc.html
NIADA (National Institute of American Doll Artists): www.niada.org
ODACA (Original Doll Artist Council of America): www.odaca.org
OPDAG (Original Paper Doll Artist Guild): www.opdag.com
TAODA (Texas Assoication of Original Doll Artisits) www.taoda.org
UFDC (United Federatioin of Doll Clubs): www.ufdc.org
Doll Houses/Miniatures
NAME (National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts): www.miniatures.org
Teddy Bears
Good Bears of the World: www.goodbearsoftheworld.org
Japan Teddy Bear Association: http://jteddy.net/english.html
List of teddy bear clubs: www.bearsandbuds.com/together.asp
Teddy Talk web site brings teddy bear artists and friends together
to talk over mutual ideas and concerns: http://teddy-talk.com
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