Antique Doll Parts
Research many sources and find the antique doll parts you need to repair any vintage doll from your collection.
If you are starting to collect antique dolls you need to remember that most of the dolls out there were once owned by little girls who played with them, loved them, dressed and redressed them so their bodies may be worn out. Dolls that are worn out and don't have their clothes may be a good place to begin your collection. Replacing antique doll parts, eyes, and bodies can become expensive. Finding the original clothes is even harder. However, reproductions of clothes and shoes are available.
However, before you get in over your hair, you should study up on antique dolls. It is good to look at as many dolls and outfits as you can so you can judge quality and authenticity better. You can go to museums and doll auctions to start out with. There is also a magazine called Antique Doll Collector.
If you are interested in reselling your dolls, you should stay away from dolls with imperfections. However, if you are just buying them for your own enjoyment, go nuts! You can afford rare dolls if you settle for a slightly damaged one.
If you want to undergo repairing your antique dolls, good luck. There are many guides and kits that can be purchased or read on the internet as well as in hobby stores. The doll parts themselves, antique doll cloths, eyes, heads, molds, wigs, and other parts should be easily found with a little research.
If you need to compose replacement parts, such as toes or fingers, you can make molds out of Cernit. After you do that you can sculpt the part of Darwi mix.
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