Antique Trader's Doll Makers and Marks: A Guide to Identification [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Description

An indispensable tool for authenticating pieces and weeding out forgeries, this book is destined to become a standard reference for doll collectors and dealers. It provides a description of each manufacturer's production history, doll mold characteristics, and illustrated examples of each maker's mark.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: kp books; illustrated edition edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582210004
• ISBN-13: 978-1582210001
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #450,758 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best all-round indentification guide to dolls, June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This book has more information in one volume than any other doll ID guide that I've seen. I especially appreciate the doll size charts--helps to determine what size head goes on which body for many makes of antique dolls. Newer dolls are covered, too. It's my most-used book!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting addition to any reference library., July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This book has hundreds of doll marks and identifications. It has been a superb help in identifying dolls of all kinds. If you buy this one you will use it often.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have !, May 25, 2002

By	Sue (Las Vegas, NV, USA) - See all my reviews

A must have..buy dolls or has a collection and needs to find marks, #s, makers, and not just for bisque, but compo and other materials, old dolls to more resent dolls. So full of information
those marks that you thought you'd never find you just might here. You won't go wrong.. and what a price.. Couldn't live without it. Wonderful book.