my wife and I were presented a gift in 1990. It what I believe is a
Hanayome-bride doll. the company where my wife worked was a Japanese
firm. They were pleased with her work and upon learning of our
marriage, the executive of the firm had a glass encased doll flown out
from Japan with his mother. both her and the doll had separate seats
on the plane.
When we were selling our home 2 years ago, a Japanese family came to
our home to look at the home. They came back three times. each time
they brought more family, including the Grandparents. We thought we
had the place sold. It turns out the real estate agent said they were
only there to see the doll. We have the doll and are not sure of the
actual name or the value. It is porceline with Kimono. The wood frame
structure and glass encasing had no nails it, and it is held together
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Request for Question Clarification by
rainbow-ga
on
14 Jun 2002 04:14 PDT
Hi notable_one,
I have found many beautiful, and probably correct, japanese bride
dolls you have mentioned. But I need to know in more detail the
description of the doll itself (clothes color, accessories she may be
holding, position, etc...) I don't want to have give you the numerous
dolls and prices which would probably be of no use to you. Otherwise
I'll be happy to give you that information too. Please clarify.
Thanks!
rainbow
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Clarification of Question by
notable_one-ga
on
14 Jun 2002 04:47 PDT
I will locate the doll from storage in a few hours. I was mistaken in
the Bride Doll description. It is actually a Marriage doll. I do
recall her hands, one was turned up in the air the other was inside
here kimono. the kimono was down to her feet. She stands about 13
inches tall in a peach colored kimono. I will get back to you upon
sunlight here In Washington State.
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Request for Question Clarification by
rainbow-ga
on
14 Jun 2002 05:05 PDT
Thanks for any other details you can supply. It will be a great help.
rainbow
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Request for Question Clarification by
gnovos-ga
on
14 Jun 2002 17:47 PDT
If you happen to have a digital camera available and could take
pictures of the front, back, sides, top and bottom, with special
attention made to any writing on the doll or case, I could probably
have it appraised here in Osaka.
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Request for Question Clarification by
gnovos-ga
on
15 Jun 2002 11:53 PDT
I should clarify, the reason why pictures are so important, in lieu of
actually handling the doll, is that they can run anywhere between $80
and $600, unless you have a particularly ancient one, which could be
as much as $1,000 to $10,000, though that is very rare. There is no
way to know if you have an $80 doll or a $1,000 doll without getting
some idea of it's maker and age.
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