Many people will run auctions claiming their items are Steiff, if ID is no longer attached, but it often turns out they're not Steiff. To be an educated consumer, as with any collectible, do your research! ...
This guide includes written and visual examples for new sellers who wish to maximize their profits when selling their personal collection of BOYDS BEARS on eBay. The guide will give examples of what collectors...
How to tell if your Boyds Bear is valuable! Over the years, I've come to realize that you are ony as good as the materials you have. What I mean is that you can't just go to a thrift store or a flea market...
Apple Whimseys, Inc. was a company of seven women artisans who designed, assembled, decorated and produced collectible plush animals costumed as historical characters and seasonal personalities. To aid in this...
Try and keep dolls in a dry room away from dust and household traffic. Good to keep a ceiling fan running in the room where dolls are stored. If you must stack your dolls try either standing them straight up...
One of the universal gifts of friendship is the teddy bear. I usually find old ones and either sell them to find those bears a new home or take a special bear that I might find and give it to a special...
Customer Care: GOODNESS -- Where to Start? I remember that there was once a saying that “The Customer is Always Right!” Perhaps, in this age of depersonalized electronic communications the adage (and the...
I would suggest first looking at the dolls. What comes to your mind first when you think of a nice doll? There are types and materials as baby, fashion, girl, boy, year, series,vinyl, composition, china,...
This guide was put together to give you the history and collectability of the Gund Snuffles Bear. Snuffles is the best-known bear Gund ever created.. It was designed in 1980 by Rita Raiffe who, at the time,...