JohnGollop/istockphotoEvery antique store in the nation has a porcelain doll for sale somewhere on one of the shelves ...

Who among us doesn’t remember the iconic Troll Dolls of our childhoods ... that we never dreamed they’d be worth anything when we grew up. Not actual cash money, surely.

This writer may not have had a single felt critter to her name, but she remembers visiting a school pal and marvelling at her glossy collection of teeny-weeny animals, all wearing old-fashioned ...