How do you remove cigarette odors from collectible porcelain dolls and boxes that you acquired for resale?

Q: I was contacted by an elderly woman needs extra money, selling his collection of porcelain dolls that she has acquired over many years.

A: I feel for you, I was selling dolls on eBay for 10 years and have stayed with a rating of 100%. They will not buy from you if they are Smokey, most mints dolls Franklin and other more recent does not sell, even if they are a very small amount.

Franklin Mint - other companies like it?

Q: Looking for names of companies mail that sell porcelain dolls, commemorative plates, etc. They usually advertise in magazines.

Can you tell me some names of other companies?

A: There is one called Mint and Bradford Exchange or along those lines.

LE Phantom and Christine

Vision and Christine This couple from the Franklin Mint is crafted of fine porcelain and superbly complex. The Phantom wear a beaded cape ...

My Franklin Mint Dolls

by Ashley loves Marilyn

The emotional attachment Marilyn I preferred to concentrate most is the Franklin Mint Porcelain Dolls. I have (so far) six dolls in my treasure. I have been collecting since July 2009, so I'm incredibly impressed by how Ive managed to squeeze into such a sum unexpectedly anyway. The first one I got was The Leaning Marilyn Doll, which is based on a meeting she had with Milton Greene, who is often referred to as the ballerina sitting. My only other was the Vicki Parker "There's No Show Like Subject Affair" Doll. Based on the get-up she wore during the show stopping final discharge.Third, I obtained was about Caswell doll from "All About Eve." The doll is nice. His face appears dissimilar to the option of porcelain dolls that Marilyn All About Eve, when it was relatively minor, and it was still pretty chubby-cheeked Ness to her that his people often Callow. Thus, the Franklin Mint made the doll this way too. The fourth in my collection was the doll in sugar cane "Some Like it Hot". It is based on an incident in the train where she performed "continuously Untamed." The fifth was Marilyn The remote also sometimes referred to as The Big Doll Vicki.The doll is based on performance characterization of Vicki Like Theres No Show Concern Organization. This doll is much larger than any of the other Franklin Mint Dolls. It retailed for $ 500 when first released, that $ 300 more than any of these dolls. I have a weakness to it so much. It is an off-and-out amazing. His costume is very good. She has shoes made of genuine leather and is quite Bejeweled. She is my one of my favorites. And then the sixth. This recent turn loose Eternally Marilyn. It is two slightly smaller than most of my other dolls. However, it is in all probability the most elegant.It is based on a meeting she had with Richard Avedon. The meeting was a step forward for the talking film "The Prince and the Showgirl." This doll has been published in the current 2009, I think the dolls released in 2000 on the neighborhoods are more conscientious in his eyes than those released in the 90s and I feel that is why they committed sales for more when auctioned on Ebay. I mate doll Eternally Marilyn. It is wonderful. Im so happy that I have one.

Source: My Franklin Mint Dolls