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All just about eBay8 Dolls That Sell Well on eBay
by:
Sydney Johnston
From the beginning, eBay's primary growth came from the
collectibles market. There are two basic models for eBay
sales:
1. Presently
accessible consumers goods. This is a price-
driven model, and tho'
smart sellers can earn above-
average prices, buyers are there looking for a bargain and
price is the #1 consideration.
2. Different buyers are collectors, looking for one-of-a-kind
unique items that they can't locate elsewhere. Here, cost
isn't as important as it is with user
goods. The power
of this market is obvious because, before eBay and the
Internet, most collectors were confined to a local market.
Dolls have always been big sellers as eBay collectibles and
eight of them are especially strong sellers:
1. The Cabbage Patch Kids began in 1978 and are ne'er
"sold". They are 'born' at Babyland General Hospital in
Cleveland, Georgia and proud parents pay an 'adoption fee'.
The Cabbage Patch Kids were one of the greatest toy
phenomenons of the later Ordinal
century. At one time, it was a
common sight to see fully grown women purchasing
and feeding
with
their babies in hand. In restaurants, the Kids had their own
chairs and were always befittingly dressed for the
weather.
2. Precious Moments began in the early Decade once
creator
Sam Butcher began drawing the lovable teardrop-eye
children as gifts for family and friends. Now Sam's
Precious Moments graphics is among the most recognized in the
world, and eBay prices reflect this popularity.
3. Gentlewoman Alexander dolls were created in 1923. These
beloved dolls range from Charlie Brown to babies and
children to elegant dressed women to exciting
and famed
women like Greta Greta garbo and Judy Garland. With all the
varieties of costumes, a single doll can be a Decade fille
as easily as a member of the court of Joe louis XIV.
4. Lee Pamphleteer dolls, according to legend, are so real in
appearance that fully grown men sent for a rescue squad to save
"the baby" from a bolted car! Mistaken identity is
supposedly a frequent occurrence and the dolls have been
counted as "passengers" on airplanes and saved
from store
countertops to prevent the 'baby' from falling. As one happy
owner says, "These dolls are so lifelike it's uncanny."
5. American Girl dolls are adored by millions of little girls
(and fully grown ups, too!) They are not only from some times
and places, but are ethnically diverse: Felicity from
colonial Virginia; Josephina from the 1830's in New Mexico;
Kirsten is "a pioneer girl of strength and spirit growing up
in Gopher state in 1854"; Addy is alive in the 186o's, having
escaped from slavery with her mother; Samantha is "a bright
Victorian girl living with her flush gran in 1904";
Kit is growing up in 193os, during America's Great
Depression; Live-bearer lives in the 1940's patch her dad is away
at war; Kaya is a Nez Perce Indian living in the northwest.
6. Hasbro dolls are one of the products of the large
Hasbro company, who claim to have been fashioning toys for eight
generations, including famed games like Monopoly, Scrabble
and Clue.
7. Bratz dolls, unlike older dolls like Gentlewoman Alexander and
Cabbage Patch Kids, have no long history as favorite toys or
collectibles. Nevertheless, their cost has astonied eBay
sellers and the Bratz collection was one of the 'super hits'
of the 2003 holiday season and sales have been strong ever
since.
8. And, no surprise, Barbie is the best-selling doll on
eBay. Since Mattel has recently declared
that Ken and
Barbie wish no longer be an "item", dolls from the 'good old
days' once
the name "Barbie" was seldom
detected
without 'Ken',
will inevitably become much valuable.
Anyone who loves and understands the doll market, can do
very well commerce dolls on eBay. They've been strong
sellers for the 10 years eBay has been in existence and are
almost certain to remain popular for years to come.
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