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| Garage Sale Season Ends and the Holidays Begin
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Added on 11/03/07 by Betsy
This is my favorite time of year. After the Dirty Nurse costume is packed away for another year and before Aunt Trudy, the original Dirty Nurse shows up for Thanksgiving, it's clean out the house time.
The time of year when people call Empire carpet to freshen up for the Aunt Trudy. And how can sweet Aunt Trudy squeal with jealousy over the new Berber if she can't see it?
Time to take everything to Goodwill.
For the Ebay seller it is when we kick it into high gear, clear our calendars and hang out all day at the local thrift shop. It does seem strange that people would wait until the frost hits to clean out their house, but with holiday fast approaching Goodwill will fill with large toys, TVs, stuffed animals and clothing as people make room for the new.
Any mom looking at the Toys R Us Wish Book becomes increasingly clausterphobic at the idea of being surrounded with additional hunks of purple, pink and blue plastic.
Your job as a Suburban Recycling Professional is to turn those forgotten 2006 Little Tikes kitchens, American Girl dolls and Fisher Price Loving Family Dollhouses and market yesterday's trash as Christmas morning treasure. Good luck people.
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| Selling Cabbage Patch Kids - Ebay Value
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Added on 11/02/06 by Betsy
Every child of the 80s has fond memories of Christmas morning 1984 when under the tree was a Cabbage Patch for every boy and girl. Mom watched us with tears welling in her one good eye- the other blackened from the beat down she took unable to defend herself both arms wrapped tightly around your "Angela Marie" at the bottom of a pile of mommies in the Kmart toy aisle.
Ahhhhh memories.
Today mommy wouldn't have had to take the beat down.
She could have just spent 850 dollars on Ebay and bought one with your first name and eye color to boot.
So 20 years later, what is a Cabbage Patch really worth.
Well that depends.
Back in the 70's Mr. Roberts took a fascintation with used women's undergarments and built an empire.
His initial dolls were sold at craft shows and were 100% pantyhose nylon.
These early dolls were produced from 1978-1983. I was lucky to find a pair of these early uglies. I thought I had struck Goodwill gold.
How much do you think they sold for?
After listing them 3 times they at last sold for around 80 each. A good return on 59 cents, but not retire to a beach in Boca good.
Babyland General (yes it is a real joint you can visit on your next white trash road trip right after graceland) still makes these soft-sculptured dolls and sell them for $180-upwards of. . . (read post) |
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