Q — I own a Royal Doulton Balloon Lady that I purchased in 1988 for $375. What is its current value? – D.S., Allentown A — Kevin Pearson’s “The Doulton Figure Collectors Handbook ...

My balloon lady was inherited from an elderly cousin ... as can be determined by a date mark. Royal Doulton began producing this Harry Nixon designed figurine in 1929 and discontinued it in ...

I did the same myself during a Royal visit to Nile Street and ... she put her initial ‘I’ on the back of thousands of Doulton classics like Balloon Lady, Autumn Breezes, Top of the Hill ...