THE DOLL IS an object we can all relate to, whether the memories come from your childhood or from history, they have been in existence since time immemorial. From wood to ivory to bone to ceramic to ...

I’m often asked to help identify the age and value of antique dolls, but I’m not a doll expert. Even as a youngster, I didn’t play with dolls. I was an outdoors girl. But as an antique lover, I’ve ...

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 ...