Pop into any antique store in the country and you’ll likely find at least one porcelain doll sitting on a shelf (probably next to the vintage figurines). But how much are these delicate dolls worth?

If one of your hobbies is doing detective work to scout out the most-wanted items at estate sales and thrift stores, you know the excitement of the thrill of the hunt. Finding a highly valuable ...

A dear friend recently gave me a boxed set of eight little figurines. Each figurine is 3½ inches tall as well as numbered and marked “Made in Japan” and “Japan” on the base. None of them is broken or ...

My mom has been wondering about the value of a doll she has had for many years. I tried to find information on the Internet, but haven’t been able to find anything. I am sending three pictures to you.

Ann Marie Carlson shifted half a dozen pieces of the thin porcelain in her hands and dry-fitted them together. A piece of the forehead matched a cheek, a tiny nose fit into place and a skull piece ...

I like to imagine the voyage of a single porcelain doll I owned as a kid. Her head was made in Armand Marseille’s factory in Thuringia, Germany. Her face, maybe 1 of 1,000 made that day, was produced ...