Links
Look at & learn about dolls:
Doll Reference – a great site with pictures and info on all types of dolls from antique to modern.
Doll Collecting at about.com – mostly geared to new dolls, but has some good articles on vintage dolls too.
Deluxe Doll House is devoted to the wonderful dolls made by Deluxe Reading. This very extensive site by Deanna Kruger has lots of photos and information.
Dollikin Friends is a club on Yahoo devoted to Uneeda’s 19″ Dollikin.
Here you will find photos, information, a message board, chat
room and more.
Val’s World showcases the wonderful doll collection of Valerie Myers. Lots of great pictures and information here.
Golden Rose Dolls – Lisabeth and Linda have a really nice site devoted to glamour dolls.
Vogue Jill, Jan and Jeff page by Vicki Broadhurst has great photos of these dolls in all their outfits.
The Bleu Door has a wonderful section devoted to Betsy McCall paper dolls.
Black Doll Collecting is Debbie Behan Garrett’s blog. She mostly writes about new dolls, but there is some excellent information on vintage dolls here, too.
Fashion Doll Guide is an awesome site devoted to vintage Barbie, her friends and family.
Who’s That Doll? is a comprehensive site devoted to 6.5″ fashion dolls like Dawn, Pippa and Rockflowers, and their fashions.
Vintage Cloth Doll Patterns blog is my latest project. I have collected patterns for making cloth dolls for years, and I’m documenting them here before I downsize them.
Shop for dolls:
eBay – This link takes you right to the doll section.
Ruby Lane is a great site to shop for antiques and collectibles of all kinds. There are many doll dealers there and they have a great return policy.
American Beauty Dolls Shop specializes in hard plastic dolls in wonderful condition. Owner Nancy Stronczek has vinyl and composition dolls, too.
Hatton’s Gallery is run by well-known doll dealer Moira Hatton. She carries all types of quality antique and vintage dolls.
Toys of Another Time sells all kinds of great dolls from the ’60s and ’70s. Owner Cindy Sabulis is the author of several books on vintage dolls.
Karen’s Toys sells a variety of playthings from the 1960s to today, but her specialty is dolls of the ’70s and ’80s, like World of Love, Dawn, Hugga Bunch and Herself the Elf.
Paper Goodies From Judy’s Place is a great place to find vintage, new and reproduction paper dolls. It’s a wonderful reference source as well as an online store.
Buy stuff for your dolls:
Old Doll Patterns.com is a great source for photocopies of vintage patterns for doll clothing, as well as cloth dolls and stuffed animals.
Quality Vintage Doll Patterns is another site where you can find patterns to dress your vintage dolls.
Fix your dolls:
The Doll Doctors’ Association can point you toward a doll hospital in your area.
Talky Tina Press sells kits and parts to repair most any kind of vintage talking doll.
Copyright 2006-13 by Zendelle Bouchard
Looking for information on Miss Revlon Dolls. Sizes, names, original outfits and values ty for any information.
The Revlon page is here. There is a link on that page to go to the outfits page. Values on Revlon dolls have come down quite a bit in the last ten years. You can buy a played-with 18″ Revlon doll for less than $20 now on eBay. Mint in box dolls go for $200 and up. 22″ and 15″ dolls are more valuable than the 18″ and 20″ sizes. The rarity of the outfit is a factor as well. You can learn a lot just by looking at what dolls have actually sold for on eBay. Thanks for writing!
I have recently made a purchase of a Jolly’s Robin doll (on e-bay) Manufacturing # 4880, Jolly Toys Inc. New York, N.Y. 10011. The dress, the doll is wearing has a white long lace overlay, satin bodice with a blue waist ribbon. I am inquiring about the company’s history, (understand that it stopped production in the late 1970′s).
Interested to know what outfits came with the doll and the year this doll was made. The seller included many articles of clothing- (clothing outfits looks vintage). A blue cape that was included, has real fur around the trim. She is a Beauty!
I don’t know any more information about Robin than what I have on the Kaysam-Jolly page. Unfortunately there is no reference book on their dolls, so what little information I have has been cobbled together from various books and dolls I have seen for sale on eBay. So far, I have not seen any Jolly dolls that were sold with a wardrobe of outfits, although a few of their dolls had outfits sold separately, but I have not seen any for Robin. Real fur was very rarely used by any doll manufacturer – so it is likely that her cape at least is homemade. If your doll or her box has a zip code on it, that indicates she was made after 1963. If you come across any more information, please leave a comment on the Kaysam-Jolly page. Thanks for writing!