If one of your hobbies is doing detective work to scout out the most-wanted items at estate sales and thrift stores, you know the excitement of the thrill of the hunt. Finding a highly valuable ...

Dollmaker explains why the recent porcelain doll mystery spooked the world. — -- Porcelain dolls are deemed creepy by many, evident by the world’s recent reaction to a batch of them being ...

A dear friend recently gave me a boxed set of eight little figurines. Each figurine is 3½ inches tall as well as numbered and marked “Made in Japan” and “Japan” on the base. None of them is broken or ...

Heidi Phelps wants people to dream when they visit her home. The 67-year-old doll maker, who runs her studio, Heidi’s Puppenstube, from her basement, displays porcelain dolls throughout her house in ...

Both the PBS and BBC iterations of Antiques Roadshow have seen many impressive and precious dolls appraised over the years, but they still disturb viewers and even some experts. Most vintage dolls don ...

She tells me antique doll making started in Germany, rising to popularity during the 1800s. “It was mostly a man’s hobby — they painted them and dressed them,” she explains, marveling at how much ...

ANTIQUES Roadshow fans were amazed at the whopping value of Lady Eleanor, a vintage porcelain doll, by one of the BBC show’s experts. Viewers of the much-loved BBC show were taken aback by a “creepy” ...

Richard Meunier wasn't expecting to find a pair of eyes looking back at him when he climbed a ladder outside a historic house in downtown Moncton and pulled off a couple of clapboards. Meunier was ...