Get Started
By Denise Van Patten, About.com Guide to Doll Collecting
You"ll find everything you need to know about gettng started with dolls and doll collecting here. Information for beginners, identification and pricing information, how to organize a collection and much more. For collectors of all types of dolls from antique to modern.
- Identifying and Valuing a Doll
- How To Protect, Repair and Preserve Your Dolls
- Top Tips for Doll Collectors
Identifying and Valuing a Doll

So you own a few dolls! That"s fantastic...but, now what? Learn how to figure out which dolls you have, and how to value those dolls.
How To Protect, Repair and Preserve Your Dolls
Once you own dolls, you need to know how to protect and preserve them. Here, you"ll find information on doll repair, doll preservation and doll conservation. Light, temperature and methods of storage can have profound impacts on the condition of your dolls and must all be taken into consideration. Even if you"ve perfectly stored and protected your dolls, sometimes. you will need to clean your dolls, restring them or otherwise repair them.
- Top 10 Tips to Protect and Preserve Your Dolls
- Top Ways to Ruin Your Dolls
- How To Restring a Doll
- Tips For Successful Doll Restoration
- Doll Restoration and Conservation: What You Need to Know
Top Tips for Doll Collectors
Whether you are new to doll collecting or an old pro, here are the things you need to know which will help you put together a world class doll collection.

