Auctions

eBay Decides To Charge Final Value Fees on Shipping - How will this affect your doll sales and purchases?

Doll auctions can be intimidating--if you've never been to one, it's hard to know where to start. Even if you've attended a few auctions, you might still feel like a novice compared to all the calm, cool and collected bidders you see in the auction room. If so, the following tips for attending a doll auction may be all you'll need to feel like...

After 14 years, I'm moving my antique and vintage dolls business away from eBay. Find out why.

eBay and Dolls - eBay and its importance to doll collecting

A long-time eBay user reminisces about the salad days of collecting dolls on eBay--real auctions, community feeling, mutual feedback.

eBay's misguided changes, 2008, and why I haven't bothered covering them until now

A conversation with eBay's Griff on the state of buying dolls and other collectibles on eBay

Doll buyers and sellers speak out against the new eBay hidden bidder system, also known as SMI.

Explaining the July 2006 eBay Stores fee hike and how it will affect you.

All about live doll auctions broadcast on the internet.

eBay ID of Dollsville Doll Store is temporarily hijacked by another user.

A recap of eBay Live 2005 with photo gallery from the conference.

eBay's Hot Doll Categories and Top Doll Buyer Searches for May: Analysis and Commentary

Review of Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles on eBay by Pamela Y. Wiggins.

The family dolls of renowned collector and author Mildred Seeley to be sold at auction.

The eBay doll community is angered by eBay's raising of seller fees.

Child star Jane Withers auctions off her extensive, Hollywood-based doll collection.

Should You Use A Reserve When Selling A Doll on eBay?

Go through the entire process of geting a dollhouse from an online auction with Miniatures Guide Lisa Vollrath.

Valuable advice on how to protect yourself when buying and selling dolls (or anything!) on the Internet.

They're dusty, disorganized, and fun!  Learn what type of doll treasures you can find for your collection AND for your  dollmaking at local and estate auctions!.

Extensive coverage of the January 2000 event--the main auction, the All-Bisque auction, the French Folklore auction, announcement of the "Little Prince Tour," photo albums and more.  From your Guide.

Everything you need to know to attend a live doll auction and come home with the dolls of your dreams at reasonable prices.  From your About.com Guide.

A three-part series on buying and selling items on eBay

The doll auction house online; now has online auctions!  Weekly auctions include fine antiques and "Ten2Go" auctions with no reserves. Site is extensive and also has auction catalogs, online bidding, and results from recent live auctions, plus the auction schedule.

One of the few, all-doll auction houses in the world. Most auctions are held in Ohio, but bidding via mail and phone is available. Some auctions are all-Barbie, others antique and vintage dolls. Online site has auction schedule and a form to order catalogs, but no online auctions or online bidding.

The bookseller goes auction-crazy.  Actually the second biggest dolls auction now after eBay.

Another good site which allows you to search multiple auction sites for items with one search!  Over 100 auction sites.

The jump-off point for eBays extensive doll auctions.  Tens of thousands of listings per day.

Useful site if you buy or sell many dolls via online auctions.  Free hit counters for your listings, other auction services.

Interesting site which allows users to track several auction site for specific items.  Some free tracking; more available with subscription.

Will the new Theriault's doll person-to-person doll auctions be a threat to the eBay doll auctions? From your About.com Guide.

An eBay primer on how to use eBay; lots of useful information.

Same idea as the US Postal service rate calculator; another useful tool.

Track that doll auction package you can't wait to receive, or the package your customer is anxiously waiting for.

Use the very useful rate calculator (domestic or international)  to charge a doll auction customer the correct postage, without a trip to the post office!!

Search multiple auction sites for items with one search. This site took over when Bidders Edge was forced out of business. Too bad--this site may have a multi-site search but it does NOT have the helpful articles and extras that Bidders Edge could offer.

  Useful Auction Watch article on when and how to contact sellers during online auctions.