Found this in my grandma's basement. It was given to me as a gift when I was 4. So it's at least 20 years old. But I can not find anything online about this doll. There is no certificate of authenticity and nothing printed on her neck or back or feet. Any one know anything about her? The box was basically destroyed, but she's in pretty good condition besides a small chip in the foot and missing one of her eye lashes.
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These are mass-produced dolls. Yours is worth less than $25.
It is sad to see such beautiful dolls listed for sale with very few 'takers' no matter the price.
You may never find this exact doll sold on any site so for current value the only thing you can do is find similar sold dolls in similar conditions and go from there.
Dolls are just not very valuable right now and the market seems to be moving slower and slower. Dolls do not appear to be on very many 'wanted' lists so dolls at very low prices - even $.99 plus shipping are sitting unsold for months and months.
You can always check eBay current listings for your doll or place a watch on a similar doll to see if it sells. Asking prices are not current value - just prices someone would like to receive for their doll.
www.ebay.com/
Here is the link to sold listings which can represent current value so you can look for similar dolls for a close idea of the value of your doll.
www.ebay.com/
Your doll does have a chipped foot, damaged box, and no COA so that places your doll lower than most that are being sold as many are still in their box and have a COA with name.
I hope you like her and can find a place to display her in your home.
Lovely gal! Her brunette counterpart sold recently (NOT asking price but sold price) for $45.
I can tell you for a fact that the seller netted much less than that because he/she sold it with free shipping (she is a tall doll so the box to ship her in would have had to be big--so shipping could have cost the seller up to $35 dollars).
Subtract out shipping and eBay and Paypal fees, and my best guess is her actual value was $2-4 to the seller.
If you are not an experienced seller, I suggest trying her at $10 in a local sale venue and taking the best offer.
Something I have learned recently though a number of doll collector groups I belong to is you may fetch $10-$15 for the clothing alone (no doll). If you go this route, you have to give exact measurements of the clothing and state which doll they came from (brand and size).
Then there is another continent of buyers that buy lots (meaning a grouping of 2 or more--usually 8-10 in a lot) of doll heads, arms, legs, feet (if they are ceramic) to craft with...so if you had a lot of these you may fetch $10 and up for the pieces.
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 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 sell in pieces as above, or to hold on to them for 10-15 years when the doll market may recover and people will love these again as a "collectible".
I certainly agree with Pghgirl's suggestions as the doll market is so fickle and shipping is a nightmare.
When doing research, I see so many sellers listing dolls that if they sell, it may indeed cost the seller money instead of them making even a small profit.
I recently looked at one doll that had been listed since 2014 and never sold.
Now the seller still has free shipping and the cost of shipping since the USPS changed to DIM method for shipping may have tripled so the seller would lose money to sell this doll on today's market.
There are many companies that produce dolls and each one adds these papers to the doll boxes. Your doll is mass-produced and normally they sell online for as low as $5 and as high as $35. Right now the market is flooded with dolls like this and it might be a good idea if you want to sell this doll to wait until it is closer to the holidays before posting it online.
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