Niche eBay Market #10:
“Hello Dolly: the Basics of Vintage Paper Dolls” Vintage paper dolls span a wide range of possibilities for E-bay sales. They appear in boxed sets, children's and women's magazines, advertising, comic books, celebrity and movie star dolls, and greeting cards.
Places to find dolls include auctions, particularly estates of teachers or closing schools. An excellent source of paper dolls are old magazines, such as women's or children's or newspapers. Two sources that can yield highly collectible dolls are the Lady's Home Journal from 1908-1915 or Good Housekeeping 1919 to.1921.
In selling your dolls, grade them accurately. Paper dolls are graded like comic books on their condition. The levels are:
• Pristine Mint : Perfect unopened package with seals unbroken. No aging. (antiques will not fit in this category).
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Mint : Like new, with pages uncut.
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Near Mint : Almost perfect, uncut, may show slight wear/defects when closely inspected.
• Very Fine : Slight wear, uncut, maybe slightly wrinkled or creased at staple. No yellowing or brittleness.
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Fine : Uncut, flat, clean, no creases or folds. May show minor aging/yellowing.