Forewarned is forearmed, and so it is with doll collecting.  Knowledge of what you’re looking to collect may help avoid a dolly disaster.   This is especially true if you collect vintage dolls. A little bit of information can help you spot a bargain and avoid a rip off. Of course, lots of information on lots of dolls is available on the internet, and although I often search online for information, I usually head to my bookshelf first.  Yes, I’m old school.  I like books, those papery blogs and wikis of the olden days.  There are lots of reasons why, the main one being you can’t trust everything you see on the internet.  Yes, I know there are some good reliable websites out there, and yes, books can be unreliable too.  But mostly, I tend to believe someone who has spent perhaps years researching, writing and publishing a book than someone…