I’m often asked to help identify the age and value of antique dolls, but I’m not a doll expert. Even as a youngster, I didn’t play with dolls. I was an outdoors girl. But as an antique lover, I’ve ...

A dear friend recently gave me a boxed set of eight little figurines. Each figurine is 3½ inches tall as well as numbered and marked “Made in Japan” and “Japan” on the base. None of them is broken or ...