The doll is made of plastic materials that provide a distinctive design that kids enjoy for its head. In this way, they can play more creatively. 5. Vintage Retro Style Cabbage Patch Anniversary Dolls 10th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kid (Zora Mae) Collectible Doll’s Auction Price Imitation cabbage patch dolls flooded the market shortly after Robert Xavier’s dolls started making huge sales. Hence, you have to be sure your cabbage doll is genuine before exhibiting it. The following are the ways to identify vintage cabbage patch doll: Size

The history of cabbage patch dolls began with a 21 year old Robert Xavier, an art student at a missionary school in North Georgia. He discovered the dolls made by a woman named Martha Nelson and wanted to sell them but the woman rejected the idea of selling dolls she fondly called Doll Babies. Cabbage Patch Kids dolls typically had 16-inch heads, fabric bodies, and yarn hair. In addition to being huggable, their “adaptability” and “uniqueness” were what made them so desirable. Cabbage Patch Dolls aren’t exactly Little People Dolls, but this doll was their inspiration, making it incredibly valuable and collectible.The blanket and pacifier come with this doll that kids can remove and reapply whenever they like. Kids can play with the doll in different ways, so they’re given some freedom to choose how they do so. This particular Cabbage Patch Kid was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the dolls. Titled Zora Mae, this doll had blonde curly hair and wore a pink outfit and matching bonnet. The Cabbage Patch Popcorn Girl is a rare Christmas doll for all theme-based collectors. It has yellow hair, hats, and flowery dresses to uplift the festive spirit. And this one’s rare because Xavier Roberts signed it and added some heart-shaped name tags at the base! The dolls were “adopted” by approximately 3 million by the end of the year. A holiday toy frenzy of this type would be a recurring theme over the years. In 1983, it was Cabbage Patch Kids.

While the Cabbage Patch Kid may sound like ‘just another doll’, what added to their popularity was the fact that each doll came with their own adoption papers, the dolls were soft, meaning they could be taken to bed just like a fluffy animal and they were somewhat ugly but in a cute way. The legend (story) behind how the dolls had came to be also made it feel as though the adoption process was real for many little girls who had been gifted a Cabbage Patch Kid. In the earlier years of production, the company also stated that no two dolls were identical. This meant every child in the street had their own unique doll. Recognizing a Cabbage Patch Kid Coming in many different designs, the 25th-anniversary Cabbage Patch Kids all came in a green outlined box that states 25th anniversary. Each of these dolls came with a silver spoon. All of which have a fundamental role to play in its success. A Cabbage Patch Doll like this is a valuable vintage and rare item. 14. Hand Signed Little People Twins Moreover, the toys have soft bodies. With this feature, your child can cuddle up to the doll easily. As well as using plastic materials, they were able to add more detail to the head. If you love quirky dolls, you’ll surely flip over this big-nosed girl from Cabbage Kids. Unlike others, this one has a big, round pokey nose and painted purple eyes. Also, it’s more premium and comes with original heart-shaped tags and engraved dates!It is more common for the signature stamp of Xavier Roberts to appear on the left cheek of a doll. However, it appears upside down on the right cheek in some instances.

If you are more into theme games, get the Kimono Girl Cabbage Patch doll from Japan. It’s all dressed up and has a lovely, matching obi (sash) and sandals. Also, this one’s about 16 inches tall, and you’ll get it in a Seiza posture, perfect for high-tea games!Robert would tell people the dolls weren’t for sale but that they could be adopted at a price ranging from sixty to as much as a thousand dollars. Robert sold the dolls at arts and crafts shows before opening a clinic that he called BabyLand General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia where the employees dressed up like doctors and nurses and took care of the dolls in cribs as if they were real babies. The value of Cabbage Patch dolls had gone up since the 1980s, when they first became popular. There are, however, some new designs in the re-release, which don’t add as much value to the original. The original Cabbage Patch Kids stood between 16 and 18 inches tall while the Preemies measured between 14 and 15 inches. The Coleco produced a number of specialty lines of the dolls during their peak time and it is these limited edition style CPK’s that often fetch the highest prices at auction. During 1985, Coleco produced special edition kids such as twins, world travelers, and western kids and later in 1986 specialty kids such as the astronauts and all-stars were released. Following this, in 1987, Coleco released a Cabbage Patch Kid designed to be able to be bathed and another kid that could talk.