I have 58+ porcelain dolls from my 96 year old mom. How do I sell them?
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If they are inexpensive dolls, sell them in lots. Expensive dolls should be sold individually. You will save shipping fees and commissions if you use local sites like Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp. You will reach a large audience if you use eBay
Hello. If you are not an experienced seller, with that many dolls, I strongly recommend finding an antique dealer to first cull out any that have collectible value and have them sell them for you.
For the remaining dolls, my next pass would be to find either an estate sale company or a consignment store and have them sell off (either on consignment or do a buy out paying you cash up front) for the lower value dolls.
In both cases, you will get a part of the proceeds and all of the hassle and storage goes to the places doing the work.
Dolls require extensive research and it looks like you have a mix of some of the lesser value and some potentially higher value dolls in these pictures.
This two fold approach will help you maximize your exposure and final proceeds.
If you cannot get anyone who is willing to buy them, sadly the last option is to donate them either to a big box thrift store or if they are still in boxes, to a charity that takes toys for children in need and take the tax write off if you can.
There is a huge (millions and millions and millions) of dolls on the market today and the sales are the slowest and resale values the lowest they have ever been.
I hope you have places in your town to work with. It will be the easiest for you. No muss, no fuss, get a check when it is done (or cash on the spot if you have ones that buy outright).
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There are many places online you can sell dolls at. I know you can find hundreds of them on eBay. This might not be your best best because they take a longer time to sell there. You can go to marketplaces on Facebook and list the dolls there.
Before you start selling off the dolls you need to make an inventory of the dolls and decide which one are collectors dolls and which ones are mass produced. Collector dolls are better sold on forum or markets where collectors visit. Mass produced dolls are better sold on Facebook or even eBay.
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