Every listing was read from the business’s own public pages rather than from speaking to them, so check before you rely on it.

The Plush Hospital
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What happened to it? / It's old and fragile and I'm scared to touch it

Antique bear restoration, when it is too fragile to handle

This is where the gap between mending and restoration matters most, and where the wrong choice is irreversible. Some restore sympathetically and leave the wear. Some restore to as-new. Both are legitimate and they produce completely different objects, and it is rarely stated on a website which one you are getting.

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Who takes this kind of work

96 of the 108 repair shops we hold could take this on. 12 could not, and they are further down with the reason. These three fit best; the rest are listed underneath them.

Mar-Ke Mohair

Plush specialist

From $100

Said by appointmentquoted about 2 weeks thenread off their site yesterday

Why this one

  • Works in mohair and older fillings
  • Repairs jointed limbs

Worth knowing

  • Won't do part of a job. It's the whole thing or nothing
  • Replaces the old stuffing. Whether they will make an exception is not stated, so ask
Contact form on their siteBy mail only, no drop-offShows finished work on their siteTheir page doesn't mention insurance
Everything we know about Mar-Ke Mohair

Jenny Baby's Doll Hospital

Doll hospital · Hopkinton

Quoted per job

Why this one

  • Works in mohair and older fillings
  • Repairs jointed limbs

Worth knowing

  • Doesn't say whether they take work by mail
  • Also runs The World of Dolls, a travelling presentation with 45-plus collectable and antique dolls from the late 1800s to the present. We come to you.
617-980-6642Jennybabys26@yahoo.comIn person. Doesn't say whether they take mailShows finished work on their siteTheir page doesn't mention insurance
Everything we know about Jenny Baby's Doll Hospital

The other 93, in order

Same checks, lower down the order. Where they are and how you hand it over matter more than our ordering does, so both are here.

Who we ruled out for this, and why

12 of the 108 are listed on this site and are deliberately not above. Ruling somebody out is a claim, so here is each one with the reason, and you can disagree with it.

  • Works through your insurer after a fire or a flood, and invoices the claim. There is no way to hire them directly

    BrightSide Restoration · CRDN · CRDN Team Crouch · FRSTeam New York · Paul Davis Restoration of North Dallas · Prism Specialties · Rockwood Dry Cleaners · Shamrock Cleaners · Stober Textile Restoration · Textile Restorations, trading as ReNew · Lyons Restores

  • Volunteers with sewing machines, not restorers. Right for a split seam on something modern, wrong for this

    Repair Café North Carolina

What it costs

  • What a full restoration actually costs

    $300-$450

    from 1 published price

  • Weighted, memorial and memory work

    $75-$89

    from 2 published prices

Read from repair shops’ own public pages in August 2026. Most of this trade publishes nothing at all, so treat these as the shape rather than a quote. The full rate card.

Questions people ask

How many repair shops can work on jointed limbs?
96 of the 108 we hold in the United States could take this on, and 12 could not. Every one of them is named on this page, including the ones we ruled out and why. Across both countries we have read 185 businesses in total, so if you have seen a bigger number quoted somewhere, that is the one.
What does it cost?
What a full restoration actually costs: $300-$450, from 1 published price. Weighted, memorial and memory work: $75-$89, from 2 published prices. All read from repair shops' own public pages in August 2026, across 33 individual prices from 7 businesses. Most of this trade publishes nothing at all.
Will they insure it while they have it?
Almost certainly they have not said. Of every repair shop we have read in both countries, two have written anything down about losing or damaging an item. Nobody has been asked the question directly, including by us. Ask before you send anything you could not replace, and get the answer in writing.

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