Cabbage patch creator xavier roberts ed his design in 1976 and sold the rights to company giant coleco in 1982. Worlds away from the beauty of antique porcelain dolls, cabbage patch dolls have a friendly, kidfromnext door appearance. Most valuable cabbage patch kids in 2018 updated list with. Collectible most valuable cabbage patch dolls easy price. Cabbage patch kids werent actually born in a field of vegetables, but out of the entrepreneurial mind of a 21yearold art student, xavier roberts, in helen, georgia. The dolls started to get gimmicky and strayed too far from their original concept of being sweet, huggable, and adoptable. The signature stamp, tag and notice provide clues to the identity of a cabbage patch doll. Among the most expensive dolls from the cabbage patch kids line seem to be those released in the first few years after 1982.
I know most cabbage patch dolls arent very vaulable nowadays but i heard there are some that are. This 1985 james dudley cabbage patch kid is in pristine condition and. Look at the prices on this page for the most expensive, recently sold dolls. Cabbage patch kids were created by american art student xavier roberts in 1978.
Collectors pay well for whats considered a vintage cabbage patch kid. During this time the foreign market factories produced cpk from 19841985. This video takes a look back at the fad and attempts to figure out why they became so. Vintage cabbage patch doll 1984 coleco sheryl janice red hair green eyes new. Product title cabbage patch kids adventure doll, brown hairblue eye girl average rating. You can gauge by that and then watch what they are doing on servers like ebay or ruby lane. Is your cabbage patch kid worth hundreds of dollars. List of top ten most expensive baby dolls in the world. Rarest and most expensive garbage pail kids cards ever made. As popular as these huggable dolls were, cabbage patch kids are not the most valuable dolls on the market. Apr 12, 2017 check out these childhood toys now worth a fortune. Crochet fashions wardrobe fits most 16 to 20 soft sculpture. If you have one of these dolls from the 80s, then you might be sitting on a good sum of cash. Dolls that were made prior to the coleco handover are worth the most.
The brand was renamed cabbage patch kids when the dolls went into mass production in 1982. Your old cabbage patch doll could be worth thousands of. The value of cabbage patch dolls depends on their rarity and their popularity with collectors. So now you dont have to feel weird about keeping a whole lot of old baby dolls in your basement. The greeneyed cutie with a dimple in her left cheek still had the signature of creator xavier roberts on her bottom, which may have helped her fetch such a grand price. Coleco filed for bankruptcy in 1988 and in 1994, hasbro mattel took over the brand. October 1983 heralded the start of the cabbage patch riots. Oaa still make dolls with cloth faces, and hasbro produced a special 10th anniversary edition in 1992 which featured cloth heads.
This top 10 list of expensive toys like hot wheels, gameboy and tamagotchi are now super valuable and sell for a lot of money on ebay. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The value of an individual doll depends on popularity, date of manufacture, and number of dolls currently available for sale. The 20 most valuable toys from your childhood do you have. The cabbage patch doll phenomenon took the world by storm overnight, it seemed, those strange little people were everywhere. However, a few may have it on the right cheek in an upside down position. The cabbage patch kids went on record as the most successful new doll introduction in the toy industry. Collector information, identification my cabbage patch kids. Most valuable cabbage patch kids in 2018 updated list gazette.
The next cabbage patch kids to make it on this list of most valuable are a pair of special edition fraternal twin dolls. If youre looking for colourful and cheerful collectable dolls, then these are for you. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as needle molding. They created what most people remember as cabbage patch kids from their childhood the vinyl headed, softbodied, yarnhaired dolls that.
Collectible most valuable cabbage patch dolls below are the items located for you based on most valuable cabbage patch dolls, which were the search words that you entered. Cabbage patch kids are a line of soft sculptured dolls sold by xavier roberts and registered in the united states office in 1978 as the little people. And now, more than 20 years later, theyre still popular. This doll was also holding the singing birds that complete the look of this doll. Signature stamps also appear in different colors that correlate with the. Most expensive baby dolls in the world top ten list. Cabbage patch kids, originally known as little people, became a. People are starting to sell their prized cabbage patch kid dolls for thousands of dollars.
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Cabbage patch kids was one of the most popular toy brands in the 1980s. Jan 02, 2019 cabbage patch kids were one of the biggest fads of the 1980s but im having trouble understanding the appeal. Today, most people know what a cabbage patch kid looks like, but at the. You might have the most valuable cabbage patch kids just. Most valuable cabbage patch kids in 2018 updated list. In most instances, the xavier roberts signature stamp appears on the left butt cheek of the doll. The doll brand was one of the most popular toy fads of the.
Vintage cabbage patch kids that are worth a fortune. Sold at a charity auction for the council of fashion designers in 2010, this doll is. If you see too few items then please broaden your search terms a little. These toy versions are recognizable by their smaller size and vinyl heads. Your old cabbage patch doll could be worth thousands of dollars. Cabbage patch kids were first created in 1978, and by the early 80s, they were everywhere. They do not list the cabbage patch doll values anymore since the bottom fell out of their market. Sep 25, 2019 ironically, some of the most valuable cabbage patch dolls werent sold under their nowfamous name. Cabbage patch dolls were created in 1979 and in the early 80s they were mass produced, meaning they were made in large n.
Do you have valuable cabbage patch kids hiding in your. Back in 1978 when cabbage patch creator xavier roberts first began selling his dolls, he made each one by hand. The originals were all cloth and sold at local craft shows, then later at babyland general hospital in cleveland, ga. Original cabbage patch porcelain collectible doll from 1985. Rare and valuable cabbage patch dolls ghost of the doll.
Cabbage patch kids became yesterdays news by the late 1980s. Does anyone know what to look for in cabbage patch dolls to see if there are rare and valuable. Oct 30, 2017 the cabbage patch kids went on record as the most successful new doll introduction in the toy industry. A literal warning about playing with fire, the oozy suzy card shows a wax model of a girl being melted into thick globs of wax by a gentle flame. Dubbed little people, each doll had a soft cloth head and was signed by the creator himself. The 28 most expensive dolls ever made and how much they.
You will quickly notice that they arent worth much if you ever go to sell any. Nov 21, 2016 they arent, and in fact can be purchased cheaply at yard sales, thrift stores, and flea markets. Shoppers hopped from state to state, and withstood freezing temperatures in line, and fought each other in stores all to buy cabbage patch kid dolls. Crochet fashions wardrobe fits most 16 to 20 soft sculpture dolls including baby toothie, cabbage patch, doll baby, and sweet dream leisure time publishing on. Vintage cabbage patch doll mint condition very rare with. But the older doll value books list the color coding of the early dolls. It all began with a young american art student called xavier roberts. I heard something about rare head molds and that red head dolls are worth more. The most soughtafter gpk cards for collectors are the japanese gpk cards, called the bukimi kun. The dolls were based upon a design originally created by martha nelson thomas. Unfollow rare cabbage patch dolls to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. May 22, 2018 as with all things old, vintage and collectable, the value of the doll will be dependent on the rarity and condition its in. What are the 25 most valuable garbage pail kids cards worth. The cabbage patch kid is by no means the most valuable collectors doll to date, although it was their cuddly and soft nature that set them apart.
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