[MamaB]

Then it is the buyer who is to blame. He/she should have done homework before spending a lot of money for something. I collect dolls but I buy them for how they look not what they will sell for in the next 50 years. Some have been expensive for me but Jan and I loved them. I am trying to find some way to sell or give away a few. We probably have about 100 or more. I even took one in a Christening dress down to my mom in MS after Jan died. She loves it as do the others in the nursing home. There is just something about a baby doll! BTW, my mom will be 102 in April.

[Miss Marple]

Good for you! My sister has a large doll collection (mostly dolls of the 40's and 50's) but she has given up collecting any more because she doesn't have room to display them. I will pass on what you do as a suggestion to her.

I happen to collect Department 56 Village houses. I buy them because I like setting up a miniature Dickens village every Christmas, not for investment.