The list is compiled as an online source to satisfy curiosity, foster nostalgia and perhaps serve as a guide to rename your kid. Vintage cabbage patch dolls pre 1990 cabbage patch kids, known as cpks for short, are a line of softbodied dolls that are just waiting to be adopted. How to sell original cabbage patch dolls our pastimes. Cabbage patch kids dolls from the 70s are worth collecting. Cabbage patch kids, known as cpks for short, are a line of softbodied dolls that are just waiting to be adopted. On all the little people dolls created from 1976 1980, the dolls were hand signed by xavier roberts using a permanent marker. During the 1983 christmas season, parents in the united states frantically searched everywhere for the coveted. Each one is lovingly born in our cleveland, georgia cabbage patch and delivered by local artists.
During this time the foreign market factories produced cpk from 1984 1985. Xavier roberts introduced the world to his little people or cabbage patch kids in 1976 in new york and sold the rights to a major toy manufacturing company in 1982. According to the cabbage patch kids website, they became the best selling new doll ever to be introduced to the toy market. Since 1978 authentic cabbage patch kids and little people created by xavier roberts, cuties, adoptimals, and other cabbage patch toys and gifts are available at. Thomas briefly let him sell her doll babies, but stopped. Cabbage patch kids are a line of soft sculptured dolls sold by xavier roberts and registered in the united states office in 1978 as the little people.
While later tsukuda dolls would come with special costumes and in special editions as well, the 1983 tsukuda cabbage patch kids resembled the ones sold in the us save for the japanese print of the dolls papers and the box. This was possible by creating dolls with different colored eyes and hair. If you get too few items then please change your search terms a little. Babyland general hospital in cleveland, georgia remains a top tourist attraction and special event locale.
The unique names given to the cabbage patch dolls included edwin nicholas, cora delilah, william jack, rose katniss, emily jane, destiny raine and jared benjamin. The greeneyed cutie with a dimple in her left cheek still had. He asked her to supply him with dolls to sell in georgia, where he lived and worked. Vintage cabbage patch dolls pre1990 for sale in stock ebay. Each toy originally had its own birth certificate, adoption paper, and a unique name.
Stefs collectible id series episode 1 music credit local forecast slower kevin macleod. So now you dont have to feel weird about keeping a whole lot of old baby dolls in your basement. The dolls were based upon a design originally created by martha nelson thomas. Stefs collectible id series episode 1 music credit local forecast slower kevin macleod licensed under. It didnt take long for these unique toys to start flying off the shelves. He originally called the dolls little people and made them entirely out of cloth. Today, a cabbage patch kid doll may be worth at least 2,000 dollars.
Since then, the dolls have been in high demand, and so, along with new models of. At the same time, people were becoming fatigued by electronics the last popular doll, baby alive, ate food and pooped it into a diaper. Stefs collectible ids episode 1 how to identify vintage. Cabbage patch kids names from the 80s and 90s if you were a child of the 80s or 90s, youd remember the popular, sculptured dolls called cabbage patch kids. Roberts created his own version in 1978, and in 1982 he licensed the dolls to coleco for massproduction under the name cabbage patch kids. The very 1st 1,000 handmade dolls were taken from a 1937 baby name book. When we asked the bafm community what your cabbage patch doll was called, we were blown away with the names. Cabbage patch kids vintage retro style yarn hair doll original brunette hairbrown eyes, 16 amazon exclusive easy to open packaging 4. Although the kids and memorabilia are always on display the areas change as we acquire more. In its first year, over 3 million cabbage patch kid doll s were sold.
The cabbage patch doll promised a return to simplicity. Giant list of original cabbage patch kids dolls 80s. Jennifer rosenberg is a historian and writer who specializes in 20thcentury history. The brand was renamed cabbage patch kids when the dolls went into mass production in 1982. Vintage cabbage patch japanese tsukuda pink wedding dress girl doll. The papers have only one name written in english and japanese. Choose the one you want and you will be given the opportunity. Sometimes he signed each cheek, and sometimes he was known to sign the front of a dolls outfit. Some of the jesmar dolls did find their way into the state as coleco imported them. Your old cabbage patch doll could be worth thousands of dollars. In the years of 1983 and 1984 they went by the names of. The cabbage patch dolls hit the scene in the early 1980s and came complete with adoption papers for the new parents. People were so crazy about purchasing a cabbage patch doll that i remember watching the news and seeing mothers lining up at the toy store and fighting over them when there was a new delivery.
Identifing the old coleco and hasbro cabbage patch dolls. Daughter was given a cabbage patch doll and i think she was made in 1985 if i remember correctly. The iconic toy has been an official olympic mascot 1992 the cbk. Orig 1985 girl signed dark brown wool hair cabbage patch doll. Xavier roberts signed every little people doll and every cabbage patch doll. Cabbage patch kids, originally known as little people, became a popular toy in the early 1970s. Since 1978 authentic cabbage patch kids and little people created by xavier roberts, cuties, adoptimals, and other cabbage patch toys and gifts are. See more ideas about cabbage patch, cabbage patch kids and dolls. Little people was changed to the cabbage patch kids in 1983 coleco released mass market cabbage patch kids, they made kids, preemies, babies and toddlers in many different editions from 19831989. After signing contract with appalachian artworks, inc. The cabbage patch dolls also known widely as cabbage patch kids were created by xavier roberts. My cousin had a muchloved bald cabbage patch doll which she named sascha. My cabbage patch doll looked like this one and her name was sasha. Product title cabbage patch kids rocker doll, blonde hairbrown eye girl average rating.
May 20, 20 i had a few cabbage patch dolls when i was younger, but i think they were from garage sales or hand me downs, so i dont know their names. Mar 20, 2018 this is a complete list of cabbage patch kids made from 1982 to 2018. The coleco dolls t he success of the cabbage patch kids by coleco created many imitators. Vintage cabbage patch kids that are worth a fortune. Unfollow cabbage patch doll names to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Each of our original handstitched to birth cabbage patch kids and little people are individual works of art. People are starting to sell their prized cabbage patch kid dolls for thousands of dollars.
Cabbage patch kids 9 deluxe splash n float green eye girl flamingo. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as. How to know whether a cabbage patch kid is a first edition. Jan 24, 2020 the cabbage patch dolls were not only an instant hit during the 1980s but could also be described as a fad within this decade. Every second little girl was asking santa claus for one in 1983, even so much so that the shopping centers who sold these were crowded with moms trying to get their hands on one in time for christmas before they sold out. Collector information, identification my cabbage patch kids. The cabbage patch dolls were not only an instant hit during the 1980s but could also be described as a fad within this decade. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Magic crystal valley now is a 6,000 square foot log cabin that houses our collection of over 5,000 cabbage patch kids and hundreds of c. But a new vice minidocumentary, the secret history of the cabbage patch kids, reveals that the dolls were actually invented by artist. Please let me know if there are any cabbies missing from this list also, i need a good picture of every single cabbage patch doll in this list it is a huge task. The value of an individual doll depends on popularity, date of manufacture, and number of dolls currently available for sale.
The weird, rabid history of the cabbage patch craze. The dolls were displayed in a hospitallike setting and were up for adoption. Information about how to identify cabbage patch kids and foreign factory information. Unfollow cabbage patch kids names to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. These deluxe 17 babies and 20 kids are available exclusively on our website and at babyland general hospital. Cabbage patch dolls were created in the 1970s by xavier roberts. For a wide assortment of cabbage patch kids visit today. Choose the one you love and you will be given the opportunity to customize. The most common 1985 cabbage patch material is ceramic. Your old cabbage patch doll could be worth thousands of. Is your cabbage patch kid worth hundreds of dollars.
As a cabbage patch kid sold overseas, the tsukuda dolls were specifically made and sold in japan. He began to produce the dolls through his babyland general hospital in cleveland, georgia in 1979. The following are the listings that we found for you based on 1985 cabbage patch dolls, which were the keywords that you entered. Each is uniquely dressed in fully removable clothing and comes with a birth certificate. How to identify vintage coleco cabbage patch dolls in 3 easy steps. Jan 01, 2014 how to identify vintage coleco cabbage patch dolls in 3 easy steps. Cabbage patch kids names from the 80s and 90s be a fun mum. You might have the most valuable cabbage patch kids just. Original cabbage patch dolls are still sought today by collectors around the world. The first cabbage patch doll was released in 1983 and designed by a man named. They experienced popularity in the 1980s, and original cabbage patch dolls made before 1990 are considered vintage.
Collectible 1985 cabbage patch dolls easy price guide. One factor that contributed largely to their success was that each doll was oneofakind. Cauliflower kids, flower kids, pumpkin kids, kraut kinder, broccoli kids, copies of the four original head molds with the were made in the asian factories. Most valuable cabbage patch kids in 2018 updated list.
The company changed the name from little people to cabbage patch kids and went on to sell millions of the dolls. In 1982, xavier roberts began marketing his famous soft sculpture dolls, previously called little people, as cabbage patch dolls. In 1976, xavier roberts met martha nelson thomas at a craft fair. Details about 1985 navy boy cabbage patch doll dark brown hair name george elmer nov 1st. Cabbage patch kids werent actually born in a field of vegetables, but out of the entrepreneurial mind of a 21yearold art student, xavier roberts, in helen, georgia.
These toy versions are recognizable by their smaller size and vinyl heads. These dolls, made by xavier roberts, began with the name little people and were sold with individualized birth certificates. Cabbage patch kids official, newborn baby doll girl comes with swaddle blanket and unique adoption birth announcement 4. On february 14, 1999 we opened magic crystal valley, the museum in leonardtown, maryland. Sep 05, 2018 in 1982, roberts little people officially underwent a name and brand change, becoming cabbage patch kids, with massproduced vinyl faces made in hong kong replacing the fabric ones. Cabbage patch world traveler doll spain in box, blue eyes tan hair, world traveler cabbage patch doll. Hailey theeuwen was the first colecoproduced cabbage patch. Cabbage patch kids holiday baby doll purple dress 14 cabbage patch kids. When i was young i had a cabbage patch doll and she came with a name. Check out the newest additions from authentic cpk birth certificates and comment with your own kid names to add to the list.
In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as needle molding. Nearly every kid had one, unless your parents opted to buy the cheaper version. If you see too many options then please narrow your search phrase and search again. How much is a 1985 cabbage patch doll worth answers. When cabbage patch arrived in 1983, materialism had reached a new high. In its first year, over 3 million cabbage patch kid dolls were sold. The cabbage patch kid names lists are gathered from reader submissions of their dolls names or auctions for vintage dolls or their adoption paperwork as well as found through thrift store and yard sales. Xavier roberts hand printed the name tags which accompanied his babies and printed each birth certificate with his own fists as the footprints. Samantha and rebeccas names were predetermined, but i have since added middle names, so their full names are. Since cabbage patch kids came into being at babyland general hospital in 1978, they were an instant hit with parents and children alike. Cabbage patch kids rocker doll, blonde hairbrown ey.
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