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Teddy bear and doll repair in California

9 businesses whose own websites say they are in California, plus 2 placed here by somebody other than them. 4 take work in person.

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Where they are

Davis, Los Altos, Petaluma, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Diego, San Jose, Stockton and Yuba City. Three more do not name a town.

What kind of business

Nine doll hospitals, one restoration specialist, one plush specialist.

Getting it to them

Four take work in person, four take it by post, six do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

One says it repairs joints. Two replace eyes and noses. Three rebuild badly damaged pieces. One takes fire, flood or smoke damage.

In California

  • Dr. Toni's Doll Repair & Restoration

    A Southern California doll hospital run by a certified Dollologist, mainly working on vintage and antique dolls but also taking some stuffed animals and older toys. Visits are by appointment only, photos get you a ballpark figure, and a firm price needs the item in hand.

    2114 Deodar St, Santa Ana, CA 92705(714) 785-6998

    California

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • Realms of Gold Cloth Doll & Stuffed Animal Repair Hospital

    Beth repairs and rejuvenates cloth dolls, teddy bears and other stuffed animals, and has been doing it for over 20 years. She gives a free estimate first and does not start work until you have approved it, and her patients range from a few months old to nearly a century.

    (650) 996-2280hospital@realmsofgold.com

    California

    Placed here from their phone number, not their address

    Said openread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • Bbeauty DollsDDA member

    A doll shop in Yuba City with a doll hospital section, running alongside doll recycling, customisation, adoption and a very large parts inventory of wigs, eyes, shoes and clothes. The parts stock is the interesting part: a repairer with 19 sizes of wig in stock can match something a smaller workshop would have to fake.

    Their site

    Yuba City

    takes it by post

  • BrightSide Restoration

    A disaster restoration company covering Southern California, working insurance claims after fire, smoke, water and mould. Stuffed animals are on their list of textiles restored, alongside wedding gowns and rugs. This is not a repair shop: they arrive after a house fire, pack everything out, and return what can be saved.

    (877) 915-9517info@brightsiderest.com

    San Diego

    Said openread off their site yesterday

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Celia's Teddies

    Celia Baham, an award-winning bear designer and pattern author of more than twenty-five years, who also takes on bear restoration and conservation. Named in the Susan Quinlan Doll and Teddy Bear Museum's own conservation links list, which is a recommendation from inside the trade.

    Their site

    San Jose

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Elaine's Dolls and RestorationDDA member

    Elaine Vernon, a certified Master Doll Doctor of twenty-five years, running a full-service doll hospital in Stockton. Invisible porcelain repair, composition, wood, papier mache, wigs, rocker eyes and costumes. Estimate from photos first, then a final estimate once it is in her hands.

    8900 Thornton Rd, Stockton(209) 956-9084elaine209@att.net

    In their words: “Email or contact us before shipping your doll.”

    Stockton

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • Fran's Doll Care & RepairDDA member

    Listed in the Doll Doctors Association hospital locator, in Davis, CA. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    franbowman2013@gmail.com

    Davis

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Realms of GoldDDA member

    Listed in the Doll Doctors Association hospital locator, in Los Altos, CA. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    dolls@realmsofgold.com

    Los Altos

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • The Dolly WorkshopDDA member

    Listed in the Doll Doctors Association hospital locator, in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    949-713-6996 949-201-8962marinata@cox.net

    Rancho Santa Margarita

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • The Doll Mercantile

    A doll shop on Bodega Avenue in Petaluma where Colleen Richardson repairs and restores dolls, from china heads and German porcelain through to hard plastic and vinyl, and restores teddy bears. Repairs are by appointment, so call before you bring anything in. She also restores vintage doll clothing and does appraisals.

    1510 Bodega Avenue, Petaluma, CA 94952(707) 765-6935colleenrrichardson@comcast.net

    Petaluma

    you can hand it over

  • Georgene’s Antiques & Doll Hospital

    Listed in a published list of doll hospitals by state, in CA. The website the directory gives no longer loads. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    (626) 440-9926

    California

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Everywhere, including California

6 of these are national rather than local: a chain with a shop near most people, a restoration franchise dispatched to wherever the damage is, a manufacturer's own service. They are as available in California as anywhere else.

The Doll Doctors Association lists 5 members in California

We are not going to reprint their phone numbers here. Those were published by the association, about them, and passing them on second hand from a site they have never heard of is not ours to do. Their own locator is the list those people agreed to be on, and it is the one that gets kept up to date.

  • Fran's Doll Care & Repair

    Davis · no website listed

  • Realms of Gold

    Los Altos · no website listed

  • Bbeauty Dolls HospitalBbeauty Dolls Hospital

    Yuba City · has a website

  • The Dolly Workshop

    Rancho Santa Margarita · no website listed

  • Elaine's Dollhouse

    Stockton · has a website

Their locator, with the contact details Read their guidance before you send anything. They say plainly: do not ship until the hospital has agreed to take it, and insure it for its replacement value both ways.

Or post it to one of these

20 businesses anywhere in the country say they take work by post. Before you send anything: of the 194 we have read, 2 say anything about insuring your item while it is with them. Insure the parcel yourself, both ways.