There are no markings on the doll that I can identify. The doll with brown hair says made with human hair, HTC, made in Korea. The black haired doll and smaller doll have no visible marks as I can see. I know these dolls are at least 30 years old as they were the attic of a 90 year old lady that passed. They were in a box in the attic.
Any information would help.
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These dolls have no value, as they were mass-produced. Enjoy them for what they are
You can sell, but you wil get $10-25 each, realistically
The doll market is at its lowest point in many years and the value of almost any doll is very low.
I am not familiar with the designation HTC and without markings finding out about the other would be not impossible, but very challenging.
What has my interest piqued is the bulk of the dolls I sold in the 80s-90s, did not have human hair, which makes me wonder about the age of yours, as our managers always said the older dolls were the ones with human hair.
They might have been mass produced...I am just not sure.
The one with the darker hair also looks a bit more unusual than most of the glut of the market dolls of the 70s-90s.
If they were mine--I would take an hour or so and take them to a local antique dealer and have them looked it by an expert.
I am FAR FROM an expert and am still learning about the whole valuing dolls market--I just collect what I love (and I sold them new for years when I worked in retail)...like many others...it is time to look at the collection for value (or lack thereof) to decide what to keep, donate or give to family.
Ask the person what they think the age is, and what they think the value is based on age and condition. I would ask on the premise you are trying to decide to insure or not, as they will give you more information than if you go in trying to sell.
If nothing else (and you do find out they are truly mass produced with little value) you will know.
Once you have more information, you can take them to eBay and look at sold dolls to get today's current value. Never use asking price as people can ask the world...SOLD tells you what someone actually paid for the item. Always match the exact item to yours when trying to set values based on eBay....similar is NOT useful as a like doll may be worth nothing, but what you have in front of you may be rarer or more valuable version. Apples to apples match is the key!
Please post back what you find. I am very curious as to what they tell you! I will keep my fingers crossed that you have items that are of slightly higher value than the average! Thanks for sharing.
while generally i would agree that porcelain dolls are probably rubbish insofar as intrinsic value due to overproduction, one detail makes me disagree for once:
Korea, and Human Hair.
There's a chance that this doll was manufactured for the Korean market and not for the bloated and fetishised American/Western market, and as such is more rare than the typical stuff we see everywhere. The look of the doll to me is also unusual, showing a different aesthetic than one usually finds in the faux 'collectibles' one sees so much marketed for the West in what must be soe sort of hellish porcelain doll sweat shop (the possibilities for horror flicks is endless, really)
i don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but there's enough unusual about these dolls to either consult with someone who knows re/ dolls or antiques (though not yet an antique most like). Even more so if the place you found it IE the old lady were Korean in origin or had spent time in Korea
Hey ! This is literally my first time on this site, so apologies if this post in like 10 years old or something aha. If you still have these dolls, would you be interested in selling ? I've been searching and collecting the very pale white skin/red eyed dolls for about a year now, and I have five that I've found locally. I'd be interested in yours if you still have it or are willing to sell it. Thanks !
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