Value of an Amanda's House Porcelain Doll?

Value of an Amanda's House Porcelain Doll - doll in a blue box, perhaps a bride doll I am looking for the value of this doll. It is an Amanda's House porcelain doll, Grace #22129. It has never been out of the box.

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Pghgirl40
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January 18, 20200 found this helpful

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While I was not able to find your lovely listed or sold at the moment, I can tell you that generally the Amanda's House porcelain dolls are low value resellers with most sitting unsold on eBay and other sites for 15.99 and less.

There is a glut of dolls on the market at the moment so the prices have been driven down.

If she was mine, I would start her at 14.99 and take best offer, which I would not be surprised may be as low as 5.00 + shipping.

Thanks for sharing her!

cybergrannie
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January 19, 20200 found this helpful

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Such cute dolls.
I can remember when dolls were all the rave - especially at Christmas time - mothers and grandmothers all looking for that 'special' doll for some young girl to see under the Christmas tree.

But - so often - they were told these were special dolls and were to be 'admired' and not played with because one day they would be valuable and may help her pay her college expenses (or something to that effect) as all the companies were touting their dolls as 'collectibles' and, sadly, masses of people believed it.

So for several years now the 'masses' have decided to cash in on all their 'collectible' dolls and all markets have been flooded with these mass produced dolls.
Sadly it is rare to see a doll sell for even the original price (and certainly not for the true value of the money paid years ago) and so many end up in thrift stores and even at low prices they are hard to move.

eBay is the largest doll selling market in the world and the place where appraisers check for current value before searching any other place.

If you just search 'dolls' on US eBay site you will find over one and a half million dolls listed at any given time (all kinds/types/brands/etc).

Very few are really 'collectible' dolls and it is definitely a buyer's market but still very few buyers and even fewer 'collectors'.
Collectors seem to be interested in true antique dolls but not so many of those are available so they usually still hold their value.

ThriftyFun members usually recommend selling on local venues (pick up only) as shipping is a real problem/hazard and just adds to the cost of the doll and strips any small profit a seller might make (buyer pays cost of doll + shipping) so think about placing your dolls on sites like Facebook Marketplace, LetGo, OfferUp, Craigslist, etc.

You can start your prices as high as you like and see what the market will pay. Lower the price as necessary.
Of course, it would be even nicer if you happen to know someone who would really appreciate having one of these beautiful dolls.

Thrift stores do not make a lot of money on this type doll but they still like to receive them so think about donating them to your local Hospice thrift store (they serve the public in wonderful ways).

Ana
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January 19, 20200 found this helpful

Not a rare doll but nice looking. Not going for more than $20 at best! Maybe really good staging for her. Auction/bid will be your best bet for a good price!

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