I have 25 to 30 Loyd and Lee Middleton dolls. Some have been signed by Reva Schick and Lloyd Middleton. I also have a few Ashton Drake dolls. I would like to sell the lot. I started buying them in the early 90s.
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I would separate the Lloyd and Lee dolls from the Ashton Drake dolls because they are much more expensive. Figure out the price of each doll from looking at actual selling prices on eBay and offer as a lot selling for 10% less than if bought separately
Neat collections. I would not sell these all as a lot, unless you are doing it to a consignment store or second hand store, and then you won't be doing yourself justice if you don't know the exact value of each doll.
eBay sold prices (or if you can find identical dolls on other sites) will give you today's market value for each specific doll.
This link shows examples of the Middleton dolls (green is sold, black is not):
www.ebay.com/
Many people are asking huge bucks for these dolls, but those are left on the table. There are some still selling in the $50 range. You have to match exact dolls and conditions to yours to determine values.
The same with the Drake dolls:
www.ebay.com/
This one is overwhelming, because there are almost 17,000 completed, 6,000 sold. You can obviously narrow your search by doll size or you can try name, but this is usually not how people list them.
The Drake dolls sell on average from under $5 to the low $20s unless you have one of the rare and hard to find ones, like Mel Odom doll at sold for almost $1,300 (I hope that is one of yours!!)
Keep a spreadsheet of your values so you can determine the best way to sell.
Ebay for the high value, a consignment store or flea market for the low value (or find someone needs a doll to love and give those away).
If you have a bunch that are low value, you could group them together, but that will lower the value even more as people may not want all of them, but just one.
Wishing you an easy selling experience!
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