Doll Collecting 101: A Guide to Antique Doll Materials 

This was an AWESOME video. I didn't know most of this stuff so...very glad you invested so much time on this. Thanks to Paul for his camera work and always love to hear about your Mom. I LOVED seeing your Mom's Madame Alexander dolls when I was there. Can't wait to come back. Please do more of this kind of educational stuff. SO didn't know most of the great stuff you guys covered. Thanks again.

Great video❤ The antique dolls are my favorite. I would think I died and went to heaven in your doll shop❤

Thank you for this most informative video. Love your style; so natural and uncomplicated. The stone doll you showed is the famous "Venus of Willendorf" in Austria. I have seen it. It was found in a small village in the province of Lower Austria by the name of Willendorf, hence its name. The doll is 4.5 in tall and said to be 25,000 to 30,000 years old.

This is a great intro- I do know the types of materials that have been used historically, but seeing the dolls up close is so helpful. I enjoyed every minute and I hope you will continue with this as a mini series. You present so very well and it is a pleasure to listen to you.

Thank you, what a wonderful collection. I love watching these, learned so very much!

I love listening to you teach about dolls

I just love all your dolls , I was at a flee market and I bought a rubber doll like the one my mom had that I use to play with , it brought me such joy to find her , I didn't think that I would ever find one just like her.

This is so interesting! Thank you for educating me in such an entertaining and fun way x

Rachel, I loved this show. You did a great job.

thank-you for this great info. I mostly have collected playline, plastic dolls, from the 1970s on, so i have very limited knowledge on the older antique dolls. I have only started to get into them in the past few years. I love that you make these type of doll more accessible to everyone by taking the mystery and confusion surrounding this older stuff away. i was always scared to get into the older dolls, because it seemed so overwhelming, i didn't even know where to start. Your videos have helped me understand antique dolls, and the differences between them. This video is a great compilation of so many things that you have touched on before, but all in one place! You are such a blessing to the doll collecting community, and i enjoy everything you create, but most of all the love, and joy that You, Christopher, Paul, Stanley, Linda and everyone in your circle, have shared with all of us! You're just an amazing, positive light to everyone, and i am a HUGE fan of yours.

Omggg i've been waiting for the antique content. We need so much more!😭😍

Rachel to me you are an expert because you know so much more than I could ever know, just listening to you helps me alot , it's alot of fun when you visit people and show their dolls thank you so much for all you do to help me along the way God bless you Cindy

Thank you for what you are doing & sharing with the world on historical dolls. Love ❤️ antique dolls so much!

Love this video!!! I don’t collect older dolls but love learning about them.

Great video!

I loved this video Rachel. It’s always good to go back to the basics. I love seeing the antique dolls in your shop and I always learn a little something in every video. Nice to see you and Paul working as a team! Thank you so much for this informative video. You have so much to share with us. 🙏😊💕

Chock-full of valuable information! You do an amazing job breaking it all down for us. Thank you Rachel!

Hurray!

Loved this video!

Great video, very interesting. Maybe for a next video: about different kinds of dollhair and hairstyles?

Great video. I am learning so much watching your channel. Thank you Rachel!

Thank you, Rachel. This video was so good and interesting... You are a huge communicator and keep me interested all the time, despite English is not my first language!! I LOVE your blouse, in fact you always look gorgeous. And every corner of your shop looks amazing with all the treasures you have in there. We are waiting to see more videos like this, please. ❤❤

Hi Rachel, I loved this fun day at the doll shop. Even though I've been doing dolls since I was given my first antique doll at the age of eleven, I learned something today from your wealth of information! I have a really great old peddlar doll with a huge huge basket of wares. Actually, she is wearing her wares in pockets all over the front and back of her generous skirt. You said " the bigger the basket of wares, the more expensive the doll," which I learned today from you. It makes sense too, because she has everything from dollies to needles! Much love and thanks, Linda M. xoxo

Thank you Rachel for the very informative video on the types of dolls from antiques to modern. I have books in my bookcase from past years but seeing you explain & show each type of doll at the same time is much more interesting. My favorite are the hard plastic from the 1950's - 1960's.

Thank you, Rachel. It was fun to see examples of various types of dolls and materials. I'm a modern doll collector but it's so interesting to learn the history of dolls and dollmaking.

Great videos. I lie the miniature dolls 8" under. I know you have some in your doll shop and I had suggested in the past if you would kindly do a close up review of their compositions and styles.

So many great dolls, loved watching this video ❤

Love the doll world and your videos!

This is an awesome video. Thank you for taking the time to go over the different materials. I learned a lot.

Your doll's store is "The Heaven" for me ❤❤❤❤

19:16 my eyes teared up laughing when you were talking about her, she has been through a lot 😂 and still so sweet.

Thank you for the refresher.

Thank you Rachel, I learnt a lot from you!

As a beginner doll collector, these are SO helpful! I mostly collect Disney fairy dolls but I love antique dolls as well, especially ones with big poofy dresses lol

I collect bjd, but have a few bisque dolls and have been repainting story book dolls that are in rough shape... I'm finding myself really interested in the paper mache dolls and the china dolls. I'll have to keep an eye out for those from now on. Love seeing your shop and learning about historical dolls. It's funny how my interests and taste in dolls is changing from fashion dolls to historical type dolls. 😮. Weird...lol! I, too, miss my mom, and wish I had spent more time learning from her. We're so involved with ourselves as young adults. So now I seem to appreciate the elders I come across more than ever. Cheers, mama!!!

Thank you Rachel, Great information. I was especially interested in the paper mache examples you showed. I have my mother's paper mache girl doll in her original outfit. She has a very well made cloth body and is about 23" high. I'm so glad she has survived all these years. Thanks again!

Gosh. I'm on here because I like Shirley Temple! I think you're a Doll! Thanks!

Thank you for the wonderful informative video. I will pass it on to my doll club.😊

Great video! Really enjoyed it!!

I always LOVE all your videos, please keep making them. ❤

Love this type of video! Beautiful dolls! I need the sticker that says it's not hoarding if its dolls!!!😁😊😍

Really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing this section of history on doll.❤

Oh my but this was a wonderful video. I learned so many basic things about the different dolls. Very helpful in trying to identify what type of doll we are looking at. I love discovering things I do not know and I am always willing to learn. I say yes to more videos. So excited at the title, Doll Collecting 101. Please continue to make more videos to add to your classes. You are now an official teacher of dolls. Thank you Professor Rachel.

love, love, love this video..... wish also to see more how your little baby-girl is growing .... thanks for all of your hard work

Loved this video! Thank you!

Really enjoyed this, learning so much about dolls -- Thank you!!

Sooo interesting!! Love to see all kinds of dolls. I would love a vídeo with character dolls, Bru, Jumeau ...thank you Rachel 👌💫❤️

Great video.

Oh my goodness that raggedy ann dolls i have my raggedy ann doll right next to me right now wow haha😊

Very good. Thank you

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I really enjoyed this video. So interesting ❤️

Rachel, I learned so much from this video🤗🤗 and I really ENJOYED THIS VIDEO SO MUCH💖💖💖💖💖!!! With my modest Doll collection, I never thought about what they were made of, but they are all vintage Dolls, except my Mom's Bridal Doll from the 1950s😢😢😢 which with profound sadness😪😢😢, got lost in my recent moving process on Aug. 7th😢😢😢. I have never really thought of what my Dolls were made of, except for my Cloth Dolls which are my Raggedy Andy❤❤ and my Holly Hobbie Doll💙💙!! I would say that my favorite Doll materials from your videos and from your and your Mom's Collection as much as from Johnathan Green's collection are: Cloth Dolls like Raggedy Ann❤❤ and Raggedy Andy Dolls❤❤ from all time periods, ❤💚Diana Vining's modern cloth Christmas Doll❤💚, Bisque, like the French Jumeau Dolls❤❤❤, hard plastic like all of your Mom's stunningly gorgeous hard plastic Madame Alexander Dolls❤❤❤❤, Vinyl Dolls like Ruby Red's Doll Minnie which has a very soft pretty face look with her cute Bantu curls❤❤, and also a mixture of hard plastic with vinyl like Robert Tonner's Ellowyne Wilde Dolls💖💖💖😼😼!! And I so LOVE Barbie Dolls💖💖💖💖💖 and I was wondering, if some of the Barbie Dolls from the 70s and 80s were made of a combo of hard plastic as well as vinyl🤔🤔? And Although I am not into Wax Dolls, @ 9:55 I so LOVED that Baby Wax Doll with her beautiful glowing skin, eyes, and dress with bonnet 💙💙💙💙💙!!! Rachel, I have learned so much and I really am looking forward to seeing your next video, which I am slowly catching up!!! Thank you so much for this material and history of materials lessons on the Dolls😃😃💖💖💖💖💖!!!

Thank you so much for this ! I love your dolls, but I also love your attitude ! How does one tell an antique china head from a modern one ? I never knew the secret. Thanks for all you do for the doll community ! You are a treasure !

Very interesting explanation mostly for those new at collecting dolls. ❤

This video was so great! I loved seeing your examples. I'd sort of absorbed some knowledge about antique dolls over time, but it was really nice to see things laid out the way you did. I love them all but I think my favorite are the cloth dolls, but I loved seeing your favorites in every style! I especially loved the one whose eyes open and close, how cool! The gorgeous glossy China doll @ 27:00 minutes in. Wow! She was amazing. She instantly reminded me of how I imagined the China doll in one of my favorite books growing up - The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin. If you're making this a series, I would love to learn more about cloth dolls and "soft sculpture" dolls, like the early Cabbage Patch dolls. I inherited some beautiful cloth dolls, some made by modern native american artisans.

So pretty ❤😊🎉

🙋‍♀️❤ loved this video! Nice to see you relax a little and just play dolls with us! Big Welcome to your brother!

Really interesting video.

Great video 🙂Always nice to get an overview and refresher of doll info, and there is nearly always something new or something you forgot 🤓Looking forward to more videos like this one, thanks for sharing Rachel🥰

wonderful!

Hi Rachel, I absolutely loved this video. It was so informative. I have collected all types of dolls 4 a long time, and it's nice to have found a group of people (friends)who enjoy dolls. Thank you. Ps. My kids think I'm nuts. Lol.

I loved this. Thankyou so much Rachel. I've always adored dolls but was really discouraged after a certain age by people because they said dolls are for children. I was lucky enough to have 4 beautiful children and decided then that I wasn't going to stop them from enjoying whatever they wanted. My son still has all of his dolls, and then my daughters went through their stages but my youngest, who is 20, is as passionate about dolls as i am. I can't afford much so i find damaged dolls that people want to just about give away and i fix/restore them. I've learnt so much from Linda. Now i have 2 K✡️R dolls that need a lot of work. The large doll has a broken head so I'm going to attempt to sculpt the missing parts with fine milliput, but the medium girl just needs a new wig and clothes. I have the original outfit but the silk material is falling apart, so I'll make a copy. Hugs from Australia 😊 xx

Great video so interesting. 🙏💙😊

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As bonecas antigas são as que mais amo❤

Really loved the video! I am hoping on a tour of the modern dolls, bc they don't show up much. Also, do you have any plaster/uncommon material dolls?

Great video😃! i learned so much!!! I myself collect all kinds of dolls and have two beautiful porcelain/composit Ashton Drake dolls I also have a porcelain bride doll but I don't know who made it, it's not old but it's big and incredibly beautifully painted on the face, I'll have to see if I can find some more info I love watching your videos and I always learn something new I look forward to more of the same kind LOL Klaus

Your mother had such a good eye!

Thank you for a very informative video. I did not know that Ellowyne was hard plastic and vinyl and that I could pierce her ears with a thumb tack!

Hello Rachel, will you be getting another Doll restoration expert to assist with your new arrivals? The video was interesting. You & your brother did a fine job. I must admit I’m very jealous of the dolls in your emporium. Thank you for the tour!

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Just find your channer . Very interesting 😊. I ve started collect dolls maybe 1 year ago . Before i ve collected and still do just porcelain like Sevres , Niderviller, Luneville, Chantilly ect ... french old manufacturers of 18th century. But i felt i miss sth . Aaand this is ...dolls ! Hello from France 🤗

I get such a kick out of the hairdos on some of the paper mache dolls. They put beehives to shame! I don’t think the wax over paper mache is scary…just well loved and possibly carried around by her hair, which children do to this day. I’m amazed they survived in such good shape. I also love cloth dolls…I used to make them for various children. I made my first one, a Raggedy Anne, at 16 for my baby sister…she’s quite large. I had never put yarn through heavy cotton canvas and hate wearing a thimble, so there are a few drops of blood under her hair, lol. She’s almost 60 years old. I collect adult and little girl composition dolls and hard plastic; their faces are so beautiful. Madame A and Effanbee are my favorites.

I've recently bought two dolls at an estate sale. I don't buy dolls nor do I collect them. However these two got my attention. One is the size of a small child it's heavy and made of porcelain l was told that it was made by a famous doll maker. But the other one is really old it's smaller in size I think it's made of wood inside. And the exterior reminds me of celluloid. I've only seen this type of doll in museums and antique shops. Have no idea what the value is. I'm going to sell them. But I'd like a fair price.

Im not a fan of antique dolls, they creep me out. I prefer vintage dolls (like 50s-00s dolls) but i loved this video and its very interesting

Hi Rachel I love your videos and work! You inspired me to collect one of my favorite dolls, have you seen the Gorham Valentine ladies dolls by Pamela Valentine?? If you like I can send you some pics 🥰

Interesting

Rachel, I also like to see Antique Dolls in original condition but, when should a collector consider restoration? Thank you so much!😊

I have a lot of things that I am going to get to, Some day Love this I think you say My favorite as much as I do

It isn't easy having family and people opposite who have a minimalism feng shui belief of less is more. I prefer more is more people and love watching shows where people have collections or even the pawn shop show just to see what interesting things people bring in. I think maximalism style needs more exposure. Not all people want to live in a throw away society.

This is a GREAT video! Enjoyed it so much! I have a question - maybe a little bit off of the subject, but I don't know where to ask this. Do the shoes that fit the Tonner Grace doll also fit the 16" Tonner Tyler Wentworth doll? Are any of the clothes/shoes interchangeable between the dolls? Thank you! :)

I did like it when you said, if it’s Dolls it’s not hoarding. This was really informative. I was surprised in many ways. I had a question when you showed the Tonner doll. I got an older Grace doll brand new in the box with the plastic still on her face/hair and arms. She was the one in the aqua gown and black hair. I think she is Grace Deluxe. I looked her up on your website and their is a slight difference, not really too noticeable, in the skin tone of her vinyl face verses her hard body. Is that a normal thing. I think she was an early one.

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Poupée a lencienne jen ai eu une il a 65 ans deja je lai malheureusement perdu de vu ou 🤔 cet mes préférés. Tres belles poupée. ❤️❤️❤️

I did not know cellioid was flammable ahhh so does that cause issues with shipping etc. hope someone can answer this v

Good afternoon Rachel u still doing a doll show

I have a Rollison doll, made by Utley Doll Company. I would like to know what is inside this doll , there must be one left falling apart to autopsy . She is so heavy, I think more than a new born. I feels like her middle is hard plaster. I think I have a picture in this computer.

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I am making Raggedy horse doll just for my slafe because of raggedy Ann dolls made get to this thing and now I am trap making different raggedy horse doll ya

Do the old dolls have human hair?