Bisque Doll Restoration

Her face vas severely damaged. And she needed new clothes.   This is what Ed Doyle from Palm Coast, Florida said upon receiving the restored doll: Dear Luba, if I did not already say it my wife was very happy to see her doll back home. She loved the quality of the repair and the ..

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Antique Doll Repair

DOLL RESTORATION AND OUTFIT DESIGN Antique doll collecting is all the rage now. Really. And so is doll repair and restoration. We get up to twenty calls and emails a day from people requesting assistance in bringing their beloved dolls back to life. Young and old, men and women.  Dolls never go ..

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Luba Sokolina and Luel Restoration Studio restore Camel and Rider for Lighner Museum in St. Augustine, FL

Children Adopt Camel in Memory of Mother, Long-Time Museum Volunteer Major museum piece now resides in the Dressing Downton™ Exhibition’s Egyptian Room Written by Angela deGregory, Lightner Museum Curatorial Assistant Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida:  “Adopt an Artifact”, a giving program ..

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Doll Guide

According to Antique Doll Collector magazine there are more than 300 million dolls in the U.S. alone, most of them owned by adult men and women over fifty.  In the last forty years doll collection has advanced from an after-work pastime to the most popular hobby in North America and Europe. This is ..

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Antique Doll Repair: They Whys and the Hows

Should you Repair your bisque or porcelain doll? You’ve had it for years, and your mother or your sister had it before you. Maybe your grandfather gave it to your grandmother on their honeymoon. Your mother inherited it and passed it on to you. Now you want to leave it for your daughter or niece. ..

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