vintage doll clothing Dear Heloise: I inherited about five porcelain dolls that date back to the Civil War. They are wearing their original dresses and, for many years, were stored in a cedar chest.

It includes all four of the original Mattel Barbie dolls and a closet full of clothes (rainbow-striped shirt and all). 3. Vintage Barbie Brand Allan with Accessories , $475 on eBay ...

While American Girl Dolls are quite the find at thrift stores and yard sales, they aren't the only ones. There are other valuable vintage dolls you should definitely buy at the thrift store if you ...

The vintage clothing often needs altering, or calls for embellishments. A doll's head may need an odd-size wig (one mannequin had a 17-inch head; most human heads measure 21 to 22 inches).

Between 1991 and 1997, American Girl added three new dolls to its line-up: Felicity, Addy and 19th-century New Mexico resident Josefina Montoya.To create Addy, its first character of color, the ...

The Qingxu Guan Temple in Pingyao, China, houses a collection of a few dozen very unique displays of opera dolls. They’re an important piece of cultural heritage, but nobody knows how best to ...