American Girl — Collecting

~wolf Tue, Dec 28, 1999 (20:25) seed

Do you collect American Girl Dolls and other items? Talk about them here!

~wolf Tue, Dec 28, 1999 (20:30) #1

Laura introduced the topic of porcelain dolls to the collecting conference and the American Girl series. here's her post: I know that I always wanted to collect Porcelain Dolls when I was younger, but mom couldn't afford them. So now I get to live my dream through my daughter. Who has a couple of absolutely gorgeous porcelain dolls. She also has the Josephina: American Girl Doll and would like the Samantha doll. These dolls are very well made and have a doll hospital. The children also learn about the time period that these girls are from (Josephina is from Mexico (now New Mexico) and 1824). Does anyone else collect dolls like this?

~MarciaH Tue, Dec 28, 1999 (22:14) #2

Could someone describe what these dolls are like? The name is not familiar to me. I guess I do not collect so I do not know, but I'd like to...

~LauraMM Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (07:25) #3

Here is a picture of Josephina, the doll that my daughter Rebecca has They are beautiful dolls, a bit on the pricey side.

~wolf Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (09:44) #4

do they all come with stories about them?

~LauraMM Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (10:59) #5

Oh yes, they all do. Here's Felicity Here's Kirsten Here's Addy Here's Samantha Here's Molly

~LauraMM Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (11:00) #6

Here's Molly;)

~LauraMM Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (11:02) #7

They also have baby dolls

~wolf Wed, Dec 29, 1999 (16:27) #8

cute! how many does your daughter have?

~LauraMM Thu, Dec 30, 1999 (07:34) #9

Beck's only has Josephina and the Baby doll. (Xmas gifts both) The starter set for the dolls is a whopping $300. Now you can purchase a doll with a book for $98. Like I said they are pricey. She pretty much destroyed Josephina and if I get her another one, I told her she has to take good care of it.

~wolf Thu, Dec 30, 1999 (08:53) #10

a starter set? wow!