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Yay, information technology's yard sale and flea market place season! Thinking of unloading some of your possessions? Don't start sorting till you know what you tin can sell to the neighbor kid for a buck… and what might be worth (a lot) more. For instance, think when McDonald's had Happy Meals with collectible miniature Madame Alexander dolls as the toy? People are all over them on eBay.

Merely if you lot're looking to make some major cash, skip the Madame Alexander Happy Repast toys stashed in your attic (eBay sales on those range from but $i for a single effigy to $100 for a full Wizard of Oz collection from 2008) and hope that you have some vintage Madame Alexanders hiding up there instead. Certain classic Madame Alexander dolls — especially those from the 1940s and 1950s — might be worth well into the thousands, according to antique doll collector, historian, and practiced Dr. Marsha Trentham Hunter, who has been a member of the Madame Alexander Doll Club since the 1970s.

Whether you're wondering if you're sitting on a goldmine, or looking to hit the jackpot on the local estate sale circuit, hither are the Madame Alexander dolls that are most in demand among collectors today. Our intel comes from Theriault's, a leading sale firm specializing in antique dolls and playthings:

Today'south Most Valuable Madame Alexander Dolls

Difficult Plastic 18" and 21" Dolls, From the Early '50s

This 1 recently sold at sale for $25,000.

Cissy Dolls, From 1955 to 1958

Who is Cissy and why does she fetch $5,000-plus? She's technically the name of the head and face mold of America'south first "manner doll" (pre-dating Barbie, in fact). Cissy lent her likeness to an array of muses, from red-headed brides to tulle ballgown-clad debutantes.

21" Limerick Dolls, From 1942 to 1946

Limerick is a material made from a sawdust-based composite that was the go-to for dollmakers before hard plastic made it obsolete. This Marie Antoinette example sold at sale for $20,000.

Early Cloth Dolls in Express Production

Madame Alexander's material baby dolls are what put founder Beatrice Alexander Behrman on the map when she started her visitor in 1923. At the time, porcelain dolls were the thing but also decumbent to breakage and so when Madame's cloth characters came to market it was a game-changer.

Take annotation that the specificity of this listing shouldn't discourage you from seeking out other lucrative secondary market place opportunities. Hunter suggests monitoring eBay, Ruby Lane, and Etsy to see what doll models are being offered for sale and the amounts they have sold for.

An important resale guideline, if your doll is not in its original packaging: "Cleaning is not recommended," says Hunter. And if your vintage Madame Alexander's comps are high, a pro tin can sell her for you apace (standard offers tend to exist forty to lx percent of the estimated resale value). "The dealer or sale house will advise if the status is detrimental to the selling of the doll and include whatever professional repair or cleaning in its offering or guess."

And if you're not set up to part with your Madame Alexander, equally saleable equally she may be? Shop her properly so that she ages with beauty. "I recommend a container that is non air-tight — moisture tin can be trapped in an air tight one — using archival tissue newspaper as the wrapping material, and putting the container within the temperature-controlled house, not in an attic or garage," she says.

Source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/money/a28313518/madame-alexander-dolls-value/

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