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Collecting Figurine Dolls
Copyright (c) 2010 Ian Campbell
Dolls are great collectibles; things of beauty and craftsmanship that aren't just the playthings of children.
Figurine dolls come in a huge variety, from those based on the stars (and often the creatures) featured in modern fantasy films like the Twilight saga, to romantic figurines which have their roots in 18th and 19th Century porcelain work.
Figurine dolls go back far into antiquity and collecting antique examples is a marvelous hobby - although, it may well drain your pocket book.
Porcelain figurines became very popular in Britain in the Georgian and Victorian eras, often depicting figures from classical antiquity or more recent history involved in idealized views of the country life that was fast disappearing as the Industrial Revolution ground onwards.
Such figurines are now the province of the exclusive antiques shop of the high end auctioneer. However; any collector knows that keeping one's eyes open is the key to finding a gem that has been overlooked, and such figurines still turn up for a few pennies hidden away in a box in a yard sale. The most popular figurine dolls today are made in imitation of those from the classic period, but are designed to be collected and, indeed, to become the valuable antiques of the future.
You can find wonderful examples of traditional Chinese figurine dolls at sites like Chinacart, still handmade in silk and showing the striking costumes of ancient Chinese history. In fact specializing your collection on a particular country may be a fun idea: reproductions of German and Dutch figurine dolls are charming and rustic in appearance and produced with a real sense of humour.
No discussion of figurine dolls would be complete without mentioning that modern phenomenon the movie spin-off. Star Wars is said to have been the first movie that was marketed in this fashion, and if you have original figurine dolls of Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo or Chewbacca you may be sitting on quite a lot of money.
Sadly, however, if you do have such a figurine doll, it's very likely that it shows the wear and tear of fighting a thousand Death Star light saber battles under the kitchen table. If you're serious about collecting such dolls now and you want them to retain their value, then resist the temptation to even take them out of their original packaging, that way they will retain their value.
The usual rules of collecting apply to figurine dolls - keep your eyes open at all times, because you never know when a yard sale, junk store or market stall might be hiding a gem.
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Sevres Figurine, 1758 (Porcelain) $49.99 Etienne-Maurice Falconet Sevres Figurine, 1758 (Porcelain) - Giclee Print |
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A Porcelain Figurine by a Mirror, 1910 $49.99 Spencer Frederick Gore A Porcelain Figurine by a Mirror, 1910 - Giclee Print |
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Hummel Accordion Boy Figurine HU155849 $120 Porcelain figurine of a child playing the accordion. |
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Porcelain Monkey Soldier Figurine $78.98 This decorative figurine features a monkey in a blue and red soldiers outfit. This unique piece is constructed of porcelain. Color: Blue/red Materials: Porcelain Weight: 3 pounds Dimensions: 10.5 inches high x 4 inches wide x 3 inches deep |
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Hummel Porcelain Kneeling Camel Figurine $353.39 This beautiful Hummel kneeling camel features a porcelain construction. Beautiful painted details highlight this figurine. Materials: PorcelainWeight: 2 poundsDimensions: 5 inches high x 3.25 inches wide x 8.25 inches deep |
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Hummel Lying Camel Porcelain Figurine $374.18 This beautiful Hummel lying camel features a porcelain construction. Beautiful painted details highlight this figurine. Materials: PorcelainWeight: 2 poundsDimensions: 4 inches high x 3.25 inches wide x 7.75 inches deep |
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Hummel Standing Camel Porcelain Figurine $407.44 This beautiful Hummel standing camel features a porcelain construction. Beautiful painted details highlight this figurine. Materials: PorcelainWeight: 2 poundsDimensions: 8 inches high x 8.75 inches wide x 3.25 inches deep |
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Hummel Learning to Share Porcelain Figurine $1536.31 This beautiful Hummel Learning to Share statuette features a porcelain construction. Beautiful painted details highlight this figurine. Materials: PorcelainWeight: 6 poundDimensions: 7 inches high x 8.25 inches wide x 6.25 inches deep |
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Figurine $40.99 Figurine |
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'Birthday Buddies' Decorative Porcelain Figurine $97.79 A boy, his dog and a birthday cake feature on this festive decorative figurine. This figurine is constructed of porcelain.Materials: PorcelainMade in SpainWeight: 1 poundDimensions: 6.5 inches high x 3.25 inches wide x 2.875 inches deep |
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'I Am a Rock' Decorative Porcelain Figurine $116.39 A stubborn little boy in a football uniform features on this adorable decorative figurine. This figurine features porcelain construction.Materials: PorcelainMade in SpainWeight: 1 poundDimensions: 5.25 inches high x 3.125 inches wide x 3.56 inches deep |
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'Jesus Loves You' Decorative Porcelain Figurine $82.1 A young boy sits in prayer on this decorative figurine. This inspirational figurine is constructed from porcelain.Materials: PorcelainMade in SpainWeight: 2 poundsDimensions: 6 inches high x 4.75 inches wide x 2.875 inches deep |
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Hummel America's Freedom Mother Porcelain Figurine $120.55 This beautiful Hummel America's Freedom Mother statuette features a porcelain construction. Beautiful painted details highlight this figurine. Materials: PorcelainWeight: 2 poundsDimensions: 6.625 inches high x 4.75 inches wide x 3.5 inches deep |
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'Anna Accordion' 2009 BG Annual Porcelain Figurine $114.32 A young girl plays the accordion on this adorable decorative figurine. This figurine is constructed of porcelain.Materials: PorcelainPart of the 'Little Orchestra' seriesMade in DenmarkWeight: 1 poundDimensions: 4.875 inches high x 2.25 inches wide x 1.75 inches deep |
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Songbirds Figurine $28 Sharing companionship on a branch, these charming birds symbolize the treasure of friendship. Handcrafted of resin with the look of glazed porcelain. 5" x 6". |
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The Porcelain Figurine by Mecs, Eva [Paperback] $24.69 Eva Mecss novel is best defi ned from the perspective of a psychological dimension. Its a story of an unfulfilled love which still undoubtedly and entirely determined anindividual.The author sociologically describes a very exact and captivating description of a dictatorial era.The novel is also outstandingly complete from the point of psychoanalitical interpretation.The storyline runs in parallel timelevels. A grammatically brilliant composition, and anintellectually uplifting experience where the historical veracity is unquestionable. It alsobrings a spiritually rich content about the never, or a thousand times experienced paradoxof love. Dr Tibor BalazsDirector of Accordia Publishing, Budapest Once upon a time there was a girl, with a beautiful, proud bearing, talents star high on herforehead . . .She was born in the outlying portion of Hungary (as was I), wearing the signature red scarf ofthe young pioneers in the sixties, becoming a big girl in the seventies, maturing in the earlyeighties to fi nd her place in her chosen calling (as did I).After a while, turning her back to everything (home, family, career) she escapes to the otherside of the vast ocean . . . . Why? What secrets haunt and drive her? What prompted the needto reexamine her life from this great distance, from without and above? To me that is whatthis novel is about our fate, as viewed in the mirror of our past . . . . Anna Kubik Erdemes Muvesz Jaszai prize actress Whats amazing is how personally history filters through the years and life in this novel, ending up on the pages in such a way that it becomes an experience for the reader as well.After reading Eva Mecss novel, it certainly became part of me too. Emmerich Oross Author: Mecs, Eva Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 138 Publication Date: 2010/03/27 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.32 inches |
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The Porcelain Figurine by Mecs, Eva [Hardcover] $32.49 Eva Mecss novel is best defi ned from the perspective of a psychological dimension. Its a story of an unfulfilled love which still undoubtedly and entirely determined anindividual.The author sociologically describes a very exact and captivating description of a dictatorial era.The novel is also outstandingly complete from the point of psychoanalitical interpretation.The storyline runs in parallel timelevels. A grammatically brilliant composition, and anintellectually uplifting experience where the historical veracity is unquestionable. It alsobrings a spiritually rich content about the never, or a thousand times experienced paradoxof love. Dr Tibor BalazsDirector of Accordia Publishing, Budapest Once upon a time there was a girl, with a beautiful, proud bearing, talents star high on herforehead . . .She was born in the outlying portion of Hungary (as was I), wearing the signature red scarf ofthe young pioneers in the sixties, becoming a big girl in the seventies, maturing in the earlyeighties to fi nd her place in her chosen calling (as did I).After a while, turning her back to everything (home, family, career) she escapes to the otherside of the vast ocean . . . . Why? What secrets haunt and drive her? What prompted the needto reexamine her life from this great distance, from without and above? To me that is whatthis novel is about our fate, as viewed in the mirror of our past . . . . Anna Kubik Erdemes Muvesz Jaszai prize actress Whats amazing is how personally history filters through the years and life in this novel, ending up on the pages in such a way that it becomes an experience for the reader as well.After reading Eva Mecss novel, it certainly became part of me too. Emmerich Oross Author: Mecs, Eva Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 138 Publication Date: 2010/03/27 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.44 inches |
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Valencia Religious Praying Baby Girl Porcelain Figurine #57083G $4.99 Religious Praying Girl Porcelain FigurineFrom the Valencia Collection, By Roman Inc.Item #: 57083GThis beautifully crafted porcelain baby girl figurine is kneeling & praying with her hands folded. She has her eyes closed & is dressed for bed in an adorable pink nightgown & wearing a pink bow on her head.Dimensions 4"HMaterial(s): PorcelainComes gift boxed. Type: Statues and Sculptures |