DISPLAYING and STORING DOLLS:

Did you know that dolls are America's third favorite collectables?  After coins and stamps. Showing-off dolls is wonderfully easy.  It is their very nature to command attention.    So much so that the trick is to protect them from too much attention and -of course- the environment and dust.  For those dolls that want to be seen and not touched, a Display Case lovingly mounted on the wall is the way to go.  For those dolls that want to played with just a little, but still deserve protection, Jewelry Cases are the way to go.  And if you collect Barbie dolls, you MUST find out about these great little cases.  Just the perfect size to protect and display a Barbie and artfully showcase her accessories and wardrobe. 

 

 

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Check out my DO-IT-YOURSELF articles on designing and building your own  Display Case  that is perfect for your doll collection.......

 

 

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...... Shadow Boxes -perfect for a single doll and her accessories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Doll Display Case

 

Standing Doll Display Case:

 This display case is an inexpensive means of protecting your Barbie-sized dolls from dust and grime.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doll Display and carrying case

Jewelry-Salesman’s Boxes:

These cases are actually for the jewelry trade, but make great little display cases.  

And they fit  a "Barbie" sized doll PERFECTLY.  They are simple, elegant, and 

very economical. 

 

 

 

 

INTERESTING LINKS:

  This site is not so much for collectors as it is for buying quality toys that will be collectible in a generation or two, but toys2buy.com has some excellent articles on the subject of toys, toy safety, buying toys, selecting the right toy, and just everything toy related.  

 

Gary Sowatzka has simply the best article on how to get started at doll collection.  Undoubtedly even the seasoned collector will find something here interesting.

 

 

Doll Attic is mostly Barbies and a nice forum and commitment to the customer's satisfaction.  But a Jell-o Fun Barbie?  (There is evidently much in this world that this particular wood worker just can not expect to understand.)

 

 

Now this old boy is some kind of committed to his subject, lots and lots of  Japaneese Dolls.

 

 

Barbee Dolls are the center of Marl & B's site.  Good depth,  resources, and gossip etc..

 

 

Sylvia takes dolls seriously.  Sylvia's Dolls is THE site for doll stands.  Lots of ways to pay for them and they also offer dolls & fashion accessories.

 

 

This is a BIG site. My Favorite Doll is a tad commercial for my taste, but also has excellent articles and lots of information.  Their list of doll categories appears to cover the whole ball of wax. 

 

 

Dolls is dolls, right?  Beats me -but the  Original Paper Doll Artists Guild has some beautiful illustrations of fashion through the ages.  

 

 

 

 

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