Miniature Dolls . To qualify to be a miniature doll, a doll has to be less than six inches tall. Sixties and Seventies Dolls . This genre includes dolls that were big in the sixties and seventies, like Tammy, Dawn, and Chatty Cathy. Wooden Dolls .
Wooden dolls are generally foreign and very old.
They are meticulously carved from wood and adorned with clothes and wigs. After you have chosen a doll, thoroughly educate yourself on it. The links above will start you off on your path, but do some more detailed research on the history, availability, and prices of your type of doll before moving onto the next step. An extensive knowledge on your type of doll will bolster your pathetic haggling attempts. At the very least, it'll keep you from getting bamboozled.