The Value of Vintage Dolls
Sometimes cleaning out an attic can bring back a lot of memories. It is amazing how you can suddenly recall details of times long forgotten. During a recent cleaning out project on our attic, I was thrown back to the 1980s when I came across some old dolls I thought my mother had thrown away.
The Cabage Patch dolls came out when I was a child and I adored mine! The original dolls were truly one of a kind and every child wanted one but they were rather expensive at first and I just had to have one. It turned out that I ended up with two! I still remember their names, Duncan and Oily. With their perfect little baby faces, yarn hair, newborn sized bodies and their very own birth certificate they were a hit with both children and adults. My Cabbage Patch dolls had diapers, clothes, strollers, bottles and car seats, and I did take both of them everywhere with me, as well as a diaper bag with their stuff in it! Sure their were other life like dolls on the market but none quite like the Cabage Patch. If I remember correctly there was even a cartoon about them. Now that I have found my dolls again, I don’t carry them around with me like I did then, they now sit in their strollers or car seats and are carefully watched over to maintain the good condition that they and their belongings are in.
Another favorite that I collected was Strawberry Shortcake. I had an entire box filled with these. It turns out that these are quite collectible. Even more collectible than the Cabbage Patches actually. Vintage Strawberry Shortcake dolls sell very well on eBay, but I do not know if I’m willing to part with mine. The memories are too precious.
This whole stroll down memory lane prompted me to do some research and I was surprised to see how many vintage dolls actually get bought and sold every day. It seems that I’m not the only one who sees them as a connection to the past. For me, their biggest value is the memories they hold.
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