Hope you guys can help me. I got a Samantha doll around 1988. Slowly got a good chunk of her collection, including a few now-retired items (Xmas dress). I'm missing a couple small things, like her velvet hat and a couple pairs of shoes, but everything is in good shape, as is the doll, except for a few strands of hair as a result of my pre-teen attempts at working on her hair. Nothing major. Around 1992 or maybe before, I bought the whole Kirsten collection.

Alas, my poor gals have been sitting in boxes for five years or so, since my parents moved and mailed everything to me here in Seattle. I haven't had room to set them out; and I'm beginning to wonder if they wouldn't be happier elsewhere. (Is it a bad sign that I'm worried about inanimate objects?!)

Anyyywaaay, I'm not looking to get rich from the sale, but I know pre-mattel dolls with white bodies are supposedly worth a little bit more. I'm wondering if anyone knows a ballpark value? I tried posting on Craigslist but everyone there says they don't want to insult me and say I should give them an idea. I know spent a lot 15 years ago. And I'm still emotionally kind of attached to those two lil rascals. So I don't want to let them go for too little... Is there a place to find out reasonable prices? If the dolls aren't in absolute mint condition (no scratches or anything) is it unrealistic to expect to make at least my original money back?

Thanks for any help you can give me!

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ October 06, 2006 10:20 PM: Message edited by: OSusannah ]</font>