Product Description

The 12th edition of Royal Doulton Figurines will be released July 7th in North America and two weeks later in the United Kingdom. This edition contains the highest number of pages of any collectable book published by The Charlton Press.

With only 15 months between the 10th and 11th editions, the indications were such that the collectable market was holding, but soon after the release of the 11th edition the market slowed. It is now almost three years later that we are printing the 12th edition,

Over this period of time a lot has happened in the Doulton world.

Production of the standard figures has shifted completely to the Far East.

Prestige figures are still produced in the U.K. in small limited edition sizes.

Royal Doulton under the stewardship of Waterford Wedgewood has entered reorganization.

Over the three year period (2007-2009) 488 new figures have been issued.

The worldwide economic slowdown which began in 2007 continues through 2009, with signs it will continue into 2010.

The Collectors Club based in the United Kingdom closed.

A new Collectors Club based in Canada has just released its first Gallery Magazine.

The Doulton market, as with all collectable markets is changing.

Thirty new series have been introduced since the 11th edition, a rather high number by any standards. Some of the more notable are: Butterfly Ladies, Window Seasons Collection, Pioneers, Balloon Clowns, Family and Friends, plus three monthly series, Gemstones, Flower of the Month and Signs of the Zodiac, and a festive series Holiday Traditions.

Two new Prestige figures have been introduced for 2009, the Samurai Warrior and Knight of the Crusades.

New releases, discontinuation dates and up-to-date pricing have been revised for 2009, resulting in the most current edition of Royal Doulton Figurines that every collector must have.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #345865 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 664 pages

Customer Reviews

Royal Doulton Marketplace
I use this book to establish a fair market value on my very large collection of Royal Doulton Figurines. It also is helpful when "shopping" for more of these items. I highly recommend this to all Doulton lovers.

Doulton Figurine Book
The book is very good and has photos of all but the latest figurines. The prices in the book would have to be considered "full retail". I found many figurines for sale in mint condition for 1/2 the book price or less. It is well organized with easy indexing by name or number.

Great Resource For Royal Doulton Figurines Identifications/Value.
This volume is enormously helpful in identifying & valuing Royal Doulton Figurines. Sorted by series (e.g. HN or M) & series # (4-digit number following series) it is very easy to use! Also it has cross-references which are very helpful when you have a name/title instead of the series #.

This book would have gotten a 5-star rating from me if it did not have missing HN series #'s, most of which correspond to animal figurines. Since I am interested in a FEW animals, it would have been nice to have them all in one volume! (I don't really want to buy ANOTHER reference just for the few animals I'm interested in!)

Also, if you are a Bunnykins collector, that info is also missing from this volume. (I'm not, so it wasn't a problem for me.)