I am wondering when this doll would have been made any other info anyone has on it. The tag says Century Collection and her name is Lucinda. I have tried to find out, but haven't been able to find her anywhere.
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These dolls were made in the 1980s and later. They are worth very little.
Cute doll but the doll market is flooded and more added everyday with some thinking Christmas will increase sales. Dolls are no longer on most little girl's wanted list so not sure even the holiday sales will increase very much.
Some sellers are trying to improve sales by showing dolls out of boxes or in different than original boxes trying to make them look like more valuable items.
Sometimes listing a doll size (inches) will help but then most small sellers do not know they need the size in the description title so that is a loss.
Most small sellers will not know or will not list a doll name so that does not always help either.
Your doll could be among the thousands listed on different sites but who has the time or inclination to search through all these listings?
Even if found, unless it is a 'sold' doll then the price would be meaningless as asking prices are only what a seller would like to receive and really has very little to do with current value.
Here is what an appraiser wrote a few years back when someone ask about value of a similar doll:
"She is a newer collectible doll and was never meant to be a toy. Mass produced in 1980s-90's . They have flooded the market and have very little monetary value. They are more for decoration purpose. If I had time I could find one like her but so many are posted to sort through them . She is Pretty and if you enjoy her that is her true value."
You could list your doll and place whatever price you feel is good and reduce the price if no one shows an interest but you wish to list her on sites that have 'pick up only' so there would be no shipping involved.
Here is a link that gives a good explanation about finding the value of these dolls.
dollreference.com/
That is a good question about why she doesn't show up anywhere. The best answer I know is most people who resell dolls these days are "flippers" who buy them very cheap at thrift stores and hope to turn a profit or people who inherit them and want them out of the house because they either hate dolls or just have no room for them.
These folks have no clue how to name or identify their dolls and all they want to do get it listed and sold.
This lack of care results in a bunch of garbage in Google searches...as they will be listed as "Porcelain Doll Plaid Dress" or "Red Haired Doll with Hat". Some don't even know to list the brand and they almost never know the "name" from the COA. It is sad.
For her age, this company made most of their dolls between the 1980s-90's. It is often hard to date them by the company's design so people would think they are old (read more valuable) than they really are.
If I had time I would probably be able to find her, but it could take hundreds of key words in just the right Google logic to find her. There are just too many dolls out there for sale at the moment and too many ways they are described.
Sadly most of this brand of dolls are sitting unsold on various online forums as low as 99 cents. This is because the supply is so high and the demand is so low.
There as been a lot of discussion on these dolls as the holidays are coming up. My feeling was they should always be given to children as gifts because that was what dolls were meant for--to be loved by a child.
I have had some folks tell me they gave their 1980s/1990s dolls to their children or grands or nieces and nephews to play with and the children have gotten hurt by them because these dolls were so poorly made in the first place and add age to them that in play they have been known to shatter into tiny pieces. UGH. That truly made me sad.
My new advice is to hold on to them for 10-15 years when the doll market may recover and people will love these again as a "collectible".
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