Cabbage Patch Kids
AVERAGE OG PRICE: $24.99
MIGHT FLIP FOR: $3,000
The round-faced, soft sculpted baby dolls first registered for their U.S. copyright in 1978 and exploded in popularity. Toy collector Laurie Anderson Dowell clarifies: “One didn’t buy a Cabbage Patch doll, one ‘adopted’ it. Hence you were paying an adoption fee.” Many a child begged their parent for a Cabbage Patch Kid doll for Christmas. And due to the extreme prestige put on it, many parents agreed to ‘adopt’ them.
Rare dolls are still coveted, but worth way more nowadays. A James Dudley 1985 Cabbage Patch doll, for example, might go for $3,000 and a 1981 Blonde Girl Little People doll could fetch $2,000.